Pierce County v. Washington State Dept of Social and Health Services, WA, Order Granting Plaintiff's Emergency Motion to Remand, Civil Committment Evaluations, 2023 Pierce County et al v. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services et al Doc. 27 Case 3:23-cv-05775-MJP Document 27 Filed 09/26/23 Page 1 of 14 …
Estate of Tirhas Berhane v. City of Lynnwood, WA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Suicide, 2023 Case 2:23-cv-01048-KKE Document 1 Filed 07/12/23 Page 1 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE …
Ninth Circuit: Government’s Inflammatory Arguments in Sentencing Memorandum and at Sentencing Hearing Implicitly Breached Plea Agreement Promise Not to Recommend Sentence in Excess of Low-End Guidelines Range by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Government’s inflammatory arguments in its …
Washington Supreme Court Announces Adoption of ‘Rule of Automatic Reversal’ When Prosecutor Flagrantly Appeals to Racial and Ethnic Bias During Voir Dire by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Supreme Court of Washington, sitting en banc, announced a new rule for situations involving flagrant appeals to racial and ethnic bias …
Lambert v. Kittitas County, WA, Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Medical Care Cost, 2023 1 Pages 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON 9 IN AND FOR YAKIMA COUNTY 10 ROBERT MIKEL LAMBERT, Plaintiffi'Petitioner, 11 12 13 14 …
News in Brief by Alabama: WBMA in Birmingham reported that a former probation officer in Fayette County was convicted of sexual misconduct on Dec. 8, 2022. The former officer, Michael Steven Painter, 51, was found guilty on charges of using his office for personal gain and custodial sexual misconduct — …
Ninth Circuit Suppresses Evidence as Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Where Officer Lacked Probable Cause to Arrest Man Who Displayed Handgun in Open Carry State by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of …
Gardner v. State of Washington DOC, WA, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Care, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 6 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR PIERCE COUNTY 7 8 9 PAULA GARDNER, individually; JORDAN BRADLEY, individually; and AIRON BRADLEY, individually, NO. COMPLAINT Plaintiffs, 10 v. 11 12 …
Office of the Washington State Auditor-Whistleblower Investigation Report-Nov. 2022 Whistleblower Investigation Report Department of Corrections Published November 17, 2022 Report No. 1031424 Find out what’s new at SAO by scanning this code with your smartphone’s camera Office of the Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy November 17, 2022 Cheryl Strange, Secretary …
Washington Supreme Court Announces Race and Ethnicity Are Relevant Factors in Analysis of Whether Someone Has Been ‘Seized’ by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In a case of first impression in Washington, the Supreme Court of Washington clarified its seizure analysis by expressly holding that race and ethnicity are relevant …
Washington Supreme Court Clarifies Burden of Production Standard for Entrapment to Be Entitled to Jury Instruction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Washington held that a trial court erred when it refused to permit an attempted child rape defendant to introduce evidence of his lack of …
SCOTUS Refuses to Extend Bivens Remedy to Either First Amendment Retaliation Claim or Fourth Amendment Excessive-Force Claim by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) held that a federal court may not extend the remedy it created over 50 years ago in Bivens v. …
Tremaine v. USCBP, WA, Settlement, Denial of Records, 2022 1 Chief District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 11 12 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 2:19-cv-334-RSM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT UNITED STATES …
Rogers v. DCYF, WA, Settlement, Strip Search, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 The Honorable RICHARD A. JONES U.S. Magistrate Judge MICHELLE L. PETERSON 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 MICHAEL ROGERS, et. al., 10 11 12 CASE NO. 3:21-cv-05248-RAJ-MLP Plaintiffs, vs. …
Conditions at the NWDC- Reporting of Sexual Abuse and Assault, 2022 Conditions at the NWDC: Reporting of Sexual Abuse and Assault Photo courtesy La Resistencia MAY 16, 2022 This report is part of a series regarding Human Rights Conditions at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, based on ongoing …
News in Brief by Connecticut: On Apr. 15, 2022, a Norwalk police officer of 10 years was arrested of assaulting a family member. WVIT, a news channel serving New Britain, reports that officer Jermaine Nash, 44, was arrested after a call was made to police in the mid-afternoon of the …
Meagher v. King County, WA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 2:19-cv-00259-JLR Document 119 Filed 03/29/22 Page 1 of 5 1 Honorable James L. Robart 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 …
‘Sentence First; Verdict Afterwards’: Civil Asset Forfeiture Ruins Lives on Basis of Allegations by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The FBI seized almost one million dollars from Carl Nelson and Amy Sterner Nelson in May of 2020 after having shown up the month before to their home in …
News in Brief by Arizona: The family of a homeless and mentally ill man who died after being restrained by Phoenix cops in 2017 will get $5 million from the city, after a 7-2 city council vote in favor of the payment on November 17, 2021, according to a report …
