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Absurdity Exception Applied to PLRA Attorney Fee Cap in Pre-incarceration Claim by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the attorney's fees of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not apply to prisoner lawsuits arising before their incarceration. The Civil Rights Action, filed by Ralph Robbins, sought …
Article • May 15, 2007
Police Surveillance Consent Decree Modified by The court directs modification of a consent decree intended to protect First Amendment activity against police surveillance by removing various onerous requirements ("a dizzying array of highly specific restrictions") while preserving the prohibition on investigations intended to interfere with or deter protected activity and …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Searches, Police Searches
Complaint Against Police Survives Motion to Dismiss by The plaintiffs complained of a warrantless search and use of force by police officers. At 994: The City argues that the appropriate standard for a motion to dismiss is "not whether plaintiffs can demonstrate a set of facts, but rather, . . …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sexually Intrusive Public Pat Search Violates Constitution by The plaintiff was arrested on misdemeanor noise charges and subjected to a search that amounted to a pat frisk inside her dress, under which she was wearing nothing, in which the officer allegedly swiped his hand across her groin area, at which …
$7,000 Award in MD Jail Strip Search; Fees Remanded by The Fourth circuit court of appeals upheld the denial of a Baltimore, Maryland police officer's JNOV motion and objections to jury instructions. Plaintiff, a police officer, was arrested for disorderly conduct and strip searched as part of the arrest. At …
Winning Appeal Not Enough to be Prevailing Party for Fees by The U.S. Supreme Court has held that a party who prevails on an appeal and is granted a new trial is not a prevailing party entitled to an award of attorney fees. This civil rights action was filed by …
Article • May 15, 2007
Theft of Property During Search by Police Officer Actionable by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a police officer may be sued for the theft of a soda pop during a search executed pursuant to a warrant. This action was filed by the owner of the Lone Mallard …
Article • May 15, 2007
Qualified Immunity: An Objective Legal Reasonableness Test by Qualified Immunity: An Objective Legal Reasonableness Test The U.S. Supreme Court held that police officers conducting warrantless searches of innocent third party homes in search of fugitives are entitled to qualified immunity, if objective legal reasonableness is met. Russell Anderson, an agent …
Article • May 15, 2007
$30,000 Paid for Broadcasting Florida Jail Strip-Search by After being arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence, and disorderly conduct, the plaintiff in this case was taken to Florida's Delray Beach Police Department's holding cell to await his transport to the Palm Beach County Jail. …
Arrestee Strip Search Upheld in Maryland by The plaintiff was arrested on an outstanding warrant and detained for about 14 hours. Her neck brace and medication were confiscated and not returned during that period. The pain the plaintiff suffered from lack of medication and neck brace was not a serious …
Attempted Rape by Cop States Claim by The plaintiff alleged that the defendant police officer stopped him, conducted an unlawful pat down search, handcuffed him, took him to a remote location, and tried to sodomize him. The allegations state a constitutional claim under the Fourth Amendment's protection against unlawful searches …
Ninth Circuit: Before Conducting Warrantless Parole Search, Police Need Probable Cause to Believe Parolee Lives There by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that ?before conducting a warrantless search pursuant to a properly imposed parole condition, law enforcement officers must have …
Pre-Trial Defendant Released on Recognizance Is Not Subject to Warrantless Search Without Probable C by Pre-Trial Defendant Released on Recognizance Is Not Subject to Warrantless Search Without Probable Cause by John E. Dannenberg In a case of national first impression, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that when …
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