by Christopher Zoukis
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a statute restricting all registered sex offenders on parole in California from residing in large swaths of the state is unconstitutional as applied to registered sex offenders on parole in San Diego.
The challenge, brought by four registered sex offenders ...
by Christopher Zoukis
On June 5, 2015, the Michigan Supreme Court shut the door on two plaintiffs who had been injured by Michigan state employees.
On May 19, 2007, Lori Stone injured her neck when two different Michigan State Police patrol cars crashed into her automobile. Stone was required to ...
by Christopher Zoukis
Joseph Boulton, a jail guard at the Genesee County, Michigan jail, lost his claim alleging unconstitutional retaliation for protected speech on July 29, 2015.
During union arbitration proceedings, Boulton testified that Sheriff Christopher Swanson had misrepresented the amount of Taser, firearm and CPR training that Sheriff's Office ...
by Christopher Zoukis
The First Appellate District for the California Court of Appeals has remanded a lower court's decision to civilly commit a prisoner as a sexually violent predator (SVP).
The Alameda County District Attorney filed a petition to commit Joel Curlee as an SVP in December 2010. During the ...
by Christopher Zoukis
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights claim brought against the Jefferson County, Missouri Sheriff's Department by a man beaten during a traffic stop.
Edward C. Schoettle, an insulin-dependent diabetic, was driving his truck down a highway ...
by Christopher Zoukis
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently denied the City of Milwaukee's attempt to force the removal of the judge presiding over several unconstitutional police strip-search cases on the basis of several allegedly improper statements.
The City of Milwaukee contended that U.S. District ...
by Christopher Zoukis
The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has vacated two onerous conditions of supervised release and reversed the imposition of a 20 year term of supervised release on a sex offender for violation of the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act (SORNA).
Moisés Medina, a convicted ...
by Christopher Zoukis
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that an excessive force claim made by the estate of a man killed by police during an arrest can go forward.
While conducting a baptismal ritual with his aunt at Honeymoon Island State Park on ...
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 22, 2011, Michael Nida and his wife were stopped at a gas ...
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 for about three years when it came time for a new ...
