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Article • December 22, 2017
Filed under: Disclosure of Records
Pennsylvania Police Motor Vehicle Recordings Not Exempt From Disclosure by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 14, 2016, a Pennsylvania appellate court held that video and audio recordings made by police vehicles were not automatically exempt from disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. §67.101-76.3104 (RTKL) or the Criminal …
Article • December 21, 2017
Ninth Circuit: Police Brady Duty Was Clearly Established in 1984 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the law was clearly established before 1984 that police officers have a duty to disclose material, exculpatory evidence. In 1963, the United …
Article • December 21, 2017
$2 Million for Police Killing of Woman in Her Home by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson South Carolina police paid $2 million to settle wrongful death claims of the estate of a woman who was shot to death in her home by police while executing a misdemeanor arrest warrant. A …
Article • December 21, 2017
Seventh Circuit Upholds Malicious Prosecution and False Arrest Dismissal by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of false arrest and malicious prosecution claims of two Illinois men. Jai Crutcher was incarcerated on Illinois offenses from 2002 to 2010. He was released …
Article • December 21, 2017
Second Circuit: Action Not Mooted by Rejected FRCP 68 Offer of Judgment by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a rejected offer of judgment is “a legal nullity” which does not moot an action. Radha Geismann, M.D., P.C., is a Missouri corporation …
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Whistleblowing
D.C. Circuit Reverses Denial of DOJ Whistleblower’s Attorney’s Fees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit reversed a lower court’s refusal to grant attorney’s fees in a whistleblower action. Elissa Rumsey works for the United States Department of …
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Searches, Arrest Warrants
Voluntary Surrender to Arrest Warrant is Fourth Amendment Seizure by David Reutter by David Reutter The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court's dismissal of a Fourth Amendment claim on grounds that surrendering arrest warrant is a Fourth Amendment seizure, it was not clearly established so as …
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Immigration
Supreme Court Remands Border-Shooting Case for Review Under Bivens and Abbasi by David Reutter by David Reutter The United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's rehearing en banc decision to uphold a federal district court's dismissal of a civil suit brought against Jesus Mesa, …
Article • December 21, 2017
Joint Stipulation Doesn't Remove Federal Jurisdiction in Motion to Intervene by David Reutter The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals granted consolidation of mixed motions from separate members of a class action suit filed against the United States Marshals Services (USMS) alleging racial discrimination directed at its African-American employers. …
Article • December 21, 2017
Reversal of Summary Judgment Due to Conflicting Officers' Reports by David Reutter by David Reutter   The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a federal district court's summary judgment granted to the Town of Seaboard in a diversity suit that alleged unreasonable use of deadly force. The court …
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Class Certification, Police
Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) Bars Federal Court's Exercise of Jurisdiction in Alabama Red Light Scam by David Reutter by David Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal district court's decision to remand a class action suit back to the state court. The Eleventh Circuit agreed that …
Indiana Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Sex Offender Prohibited From Contact With His Own Children by by Christopher Zoukis David Bleeke was convicted in 2005 of residential entry, attempted criminal deviant conduct and sexual battery for entering an adult female's apartment and attempting to digitally penetrate her vagina. …
Article • December 20, 2017
$4.5 Million to Widow of Man Shot by Police by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Naily Nida, the widow of Michael Nida, who was allegedly shot in the back by Downey, California police officer Steven Dean Gilley, settled a wrongful death lawsuit May 9, 2013 for $4.5 million. On October …
Article • December 20, 2017
$345,000 to Police Over City's Failure to Promote by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A female police captain passed over for promotion to chief of police has prevailed in a lawsuit against the mayor and city that refused to promote her. Beverly Alexander had been with the Steele Police Department …
Article • December 20, 2017
Texas Man Battered By Police Settles Civil Lawsuit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A Williamson County, Texas man has settled a federal lawsuit against two police officers and the county for an undisclosed amount. Will Aguilar was driving his motorcycle home from a paramedic class April 9, 2009 when …
Article • December 20, 2017
$12,500 Settlement in Oregon Unlawful Search and Seizure Lawsuit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An Oregon man and woman who claimed that Portland police violated their civil rights by unlawfully searching their home have settled a federal lawsuit for $12,500, plus attorney's fees. Sarah Hill and Brent Lopez had …
Article • December 20, 2017
$1.65 Million Settlement in Nebraska Wrongful Arrest Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A Cass County, Nebraska man has agreed to settle a federal civil rights case that alleged that he was accused, arrested and jailed for a double murder that he did not commit. Matthew Livers was arrested …
Article • December 20, 2017
$1.75 Million to Settle Case of Police Beating That Led to Brain Damage by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The guardian of a Seattle man who suffered brain damage as a result of a police beating has settled a federal civil rights claim for $1.75 million. On May 29, 2010, …
Article • December 20, 2017
$82,056 Jury Award in Florida Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A Florida jury has awarded $82,056 to a man who claimed he was beaten by a Hallandale Beach police officer. Kenneth Salazar, a 37-year-old schoolteacher, was driving in Hallandale Beach October 30, 2009, when he was …
Article • December 20, 2017
Filed under: False Arrest
$77,500 Settles Michigan Woman's Wrongful Arrest Suit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A Michigan woman who was jailed for writing a message in chalk on a sidewalk has settled her federal lawsuit for $77,500. Melissa Marie Jackson visited her boyfriend at the Genesee County Jail on October 18, 2010. …
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