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Donna Davis Javitz v. Shelby Watchilla, et al.


Scranton, Ohio civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.




On November 14, 2023, Plaintiff Donna Davis Javitz (“Javitz”) filed an amended complaint in this matter, asserting various civil rights claims under § 1983 against Defendants Shelby Watchilla (“Watchilla”), Romilda Crocamo (“Crocamo”), and Luzerne County (“Luzerne County” or the &ldquo ... More...
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Jarvas Martez Perkins a/k/a Jarvas Perkins a/k/a Jarvas Lontrell Perkins v. State of Mississippi

Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon



At the time of trial, Officer Devion White was employed by the Hattiesburg Police
Department in the “Special Operati... More...
   $0 (09-14-2024 - MS)

United States of America v. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Espionage

Former CIA Officer Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Espionage



A former Central Intelligen... More...
   $0 (09-11-2024 - HI)

George Marvaso, et al. v. Richard Sanchez


Detroit, Michigan 1983 civil rights violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action arising from an arson investigation, Plaintiffs appeal the district court's entry of summary judgment for Michigan State Police lieutenant Richard Sanchez based on qualified immunity. Plaintiffs claim that Sanchez drafted misleading affidavits that resulted i... More...
   $0 (08-23-2024 - MI)

James D. Buchanan v. Dr. Cooper and Turn Key Health Clinics, LLC


Muskogee, Oklahoma 1983 civil rights violation lawyers represented the Plaintiff.



On September 16, 2016, Plaintiff was riding his bicycle when a vehicle struck him. He suffered multiple injuries due to the accident and was taken to Eastar Health System, where doctors diagnosed him with facial abrasions and lacerations, tenderness in his ribs and back, and diminished b... More...
   $0 (08-22-2024 - OK)

Jeffrey Krug v. Bloomsburg Univesity, et al.


Williamsport, Pennsylvania civil rights wrongful termination retaliation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



Jeffrey Krug, formoer dean of the Zeighler College of Business and a tenured faculty member claimed that he was wrongfully terminated in 2018.

Defendant Bloomsburg University (“BU”) is an institute of higher education under the control and operation o... More...
   $0 (08-22-2024 - PA)

Tyler Cole Thompson v. Matthew Mericle, et al.


Muskogee, Oklahoma 1983 civil rights wrongful death lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



Thomas Cole Thompson, age 58, was shot and killed by Officer Matthew Mericle and other Ada, Oklahoma, police officers during a confrontation during the service of a warrant on Thompson.... More...
   $0 (08-21-2024 - OK)

Floyd Patterson, Jr. v. Sheriff Andy Simmons, et al.


Muskogee, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.



Plaintiff Floyd Patterson Jr. (“Plaintiff”) is the Special Administrator of the Estate of Floyd Patterson III (“Patterson”). Plaintiff is the father of Patterson. Plaintiff brings this action under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and raises a state negligence claim against City of Muskogee a... More...
   $0 (08-19-2024 - OK)

Pedro Amaro v. Corizon Health, Inc., et al.


Albuquerque, New Mexico 1983 civil rights violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



In this prison civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff-Appellant Pedro Amaro alleges he was denied appropriate dental care, in violation of the Eigth Amendment.

Proceedings in this action were stayed while Mr. Amaro and several defendants named in ... More...
   $0 (08-19-2024 - NM)

Kyle Eyre v. City of Fairbanks, et al.


Fairbanks, Alaska 1983 civil rights excessive force lawyer represented the Plaintiff.




Eyre's estate argues that the officers failed to warn Eyre that they might employ deadly force and failed to use less intrusive alternatives. Those factors are relevant in assessing the reasonableness of deadly force, see S.R. Nehad v. Browder, 929 F.3d 1125, 1137-39 (9th Cir. 201... More...
   $0 (08-19-2024 - AK)

Charles E. Nealy, Jr. v. David Shinn


Phoenix, Arizona civil rights Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.




Free Exercise. To prevail on a § 1983 claim against an individual defendant, a plaintiff must show "that the defendant personally participated in a deprivation of the plaintiff's rights, or caused such a deprivation to occur." Arnold v. In... More...
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Molly Vogt v. MEnd Correctional Case, Inc., et al.


Minneapolis, Minnesota 1983 civil rights violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.




Joshua Vogt was arrested on January 2, 2020. According to the arresting officer's report, Mr. Vogt "behave[d] normally through the entire stop" and "did not appear to be . . . under the influence."

Arriving at the Crow Wing County Jail around midnight, Mr. Vogt wa... More...
   $0 (08-18-2024 - MN)

Louise Arnold v. Charles McClinton


El Dorado, Arkansas 1983 civil rights violation claim lawyer represented the Plaintiff.




Louise Arnold, as administrator of Roderick McDaniel's estate, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Arkansas Civil Rights Act (ACRA) against Deputy Charles McClinton of the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, Columbia
County Sheriff Mike Loe, and Columbia County... More...
   $0 (08-18-2024 - AR)

Kameron Evans and North Evans v. Cabot School District, et al.


Little Rock, Arkansas 1983 civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.



Kameron and Noah Evans (collectively, the "Evanses") started attending public school in Cabot, Arkansas when they were 13. Prior to that, the Evanses lived in Cambodia, where they were born. Kameron and Noah have brown skin and allege that, since attending the Cabot School District, they have be... More...
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Ashley Franklin v. Franklin County, et al.


Franklin, Kentucky civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



In January 2019, Ashley Franklin was an inmate at the Franklin County Regional Jail (the Jail). When Franklin became ill on January 18 and needed to be transported to a hospital's emergency room, Jail Sergeant Brandon Price sexually assaulted her in the transportation van. Franklin brought this lawsuit ag... More...
   $0 (08-15-2024 - KY)

Estate of Isaiah Andrews v. City of Cleveland, Ohio, et al.


Justice went to hell in Cleveland, Ohio when Isaiah Andrews was convicted in 1974 for murdering his wife.



Isaiah Andrews spent nearly 46 years in prison for the alleged 1974 murder of his wife. After an Ohio court determined that the government failed to turn over key exculpatory evidence, Ohio granted Andrews a new trial, and a new jury found him not guilty. He filed a... More...
   $0 (08-13-2024 - OH)

Thomas James Clauso, III v. Guard Martinelli


Camden, New Jersey civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



Plaintiff is a convicted and sentenced state prisoner currently detained in South Woods State Prison ("SWSP"), Bridgeton, New Jersey. DSOF ¶ 1. On July 26, 2018, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants and other individuals raising claims regarding the conditions of his confi... More...
   $0 (08-12-2024 - NJ)

Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al.


Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.



"Civil rights violations by government officials can occur in many situations, but police misconduct may be the most familiar. Concerns over excessive force by police have mounted in recent years. Excessive force violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids unreasonable searches and... More...
   $0 (08-09-2024 - KS)

Ezequiel Bahena v. Jeremy Sugai, et al.


Denver, Colorado personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 1983 civil rights violation theory.



Trooper Jeremy Sugai and Corporal Joshua Curtis participated in the arrest of Ezequiel Bahena in the early morning hours of July 31, 2021. Although they believed Bahena exhibited signs of driving under the influence, Bahena alleged the men immediately prof... More...
   $0 (08-09-2024 - CO)

Andrew Thomas Scott v. Michael Allen, et al.


Denver, Colorado personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 1983 civil rights violation theories.



Plaintiff is a process server and owns a process serving business in Colorado. Am. Compl. [#35] ¶¶ 13-15. On March 12, 2021, Joseph C. Maher (“Mr. Maher”), an attorney for the Colorado Department of Revenue (“DOR”), asked Plaintiff to serve a... More...
   $0 (08-09-2024 - CO)

Devon Arseneau v. Eliane Pudlowski, et al.


St. Louis, Missouri civil rights violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on 42 U.S.C. 1983 legal theories.




Arseneau and her ex-husband litigated custody of their child in the St. Louis County Circuit Court. The state court appointed Elaine Pudlowski, an attorney with Frankel, Ruben, Klein, Payne &Pudlowski, P.C., and Brian Dunlop, an attorney with Dunlo... More...
   $0 (08-08-2024 - MO)

Jarvas Martez Perkins a/k/a Jarvas Perkins a/k/a Jarvas Lontrell Perkins v. State of Mississippi

Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence



¶2. At the time of trial, Officer Devion White was employed by the Hattiesburg Police
Department in the “Special Operations... More...
   $0 (08-06-2024 - MS)

Billy D. Rhoades, et al. v. Kevin Stitt, et al.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on 42 U.S.C. 1983, due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Oklahoma Governmental Tort claims Act.



According to the Complaint, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin appointed Plaintiff Billy D. Rusty Rhoades III ("Rhoades") as the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety ("the Department"... More...
   $0 (08-05-2024 - OK)

Alan Rodemaker v. City of Valdost Board of Education, et al.


Vadosta, Georgia civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.




Rodemaker filed his first lawsuit, Rodemaker I, in federal court in April 2020. It named as defendants the five black members of the Valdosta Board of Education - Warren Lee, Liz Shumphard, Tyra Howard, Debra Bell, and Kelisa Brown - in
heir individual capac... More...
   $0 (08-05-2024 - GA)

Angel Salcido v. City of Las Vegas, et al.


Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.




On Sunday, November 8, 2020, sometime before 3:00 p.m., San Miguel County Sheriffs Office (SMCSO) Deputy Jayme Vigil was on patrol, traveling on Collins Drive in Las Vegas. (Doc. 87) at 4 (citing (Doc. 87-1)). Two ind... More...
   $0 (07-31-2024 - NM)

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