Date: 10-26-2021

Case Style:

Lily, et al. v. Tay Christopher Cooper

Case Number: 3:19-cv-00745-DMS-AGS

Judge: Dana M. Sabraw

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of California (San Diego County)

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Carol Hepburn - 206-957-7272

Defendant's Attorney: Douglas S. Gilliland

Description: Crime victim lawyers representing Plaintiffs, survivors of child pornography crimes, who sued Defendant based on his conviction of child pornography offenses claiming statutory liquidated damages of $1.5 million for injuries as a direct result of the wrongful and criminal actions of the Defendant.

Tay Christopher Cooper, a 67-year-old Carlsbad resident who taught history at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista.

Defendant was sued for statutory liquidated damages under 18 U.S.C. 2255.
"(a) In General.—Any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this title and who suffers personal injury as a result of such violation, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor, may sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover the actual damages such person sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. Any person as described in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to have sustained damages of no less than $150,000 in value.

(b) Statute of Limitations.—Any action commenced under this section shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within six years after the right of action first accrues or in the case of a person under a legal disability, not later than three years after the disability.'

Outcome: Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Chief District Judge Dana M. Sabraw on 10/19/2021. (zda) (Entered: 10/26/2021)

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