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Estate of Donovan L. Lewis v. City of Columbus, Ohio, et al.

Columbus, Ohio personal injury lawyer represents the Plaintiff who sued on an excessive force civil rights violation theory.

Twenty-year-old Donovan Lewis was at home in bed, around 2 a.m., when police officers entered his apartment to arrest him on outstanding warrants. Once inside the residence, Officer Ricky Anderson fatally shot the unarmed Lewis in the abdomen as he sat up in bed. Pu

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Myisha Niter, et al. v. Marian Brown, et al.

Dallas, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a deliberate indifference civil rights violation theory.

Christopher Darnell Williams died by suicide while detained in Dallas County Jail. His family sued the Texas Department of Public Safety, (“TDPS”), Dallas County, Sheriff Marian Brown, and unknown jail employees. Plaintiff-Appellants brought claims under

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Guistina Aprileo v. Cheryl Claporood, et al.

Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim.

In 2018, Guistina Aprileo requested police assistance with resolving a disagreement at her
home between her adult children. Soon after the police arrived, she found herself in a dispute with one of the officers, which led to her arrest on charges including disorderly conduct. Rath

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Jay F. Vermillion v. Tom Francum, et al.

Indianapolis, Indiana, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theory.

Jay Vermillion, a prisoner at Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana, appeals from the summary judgment rejecting his claims that prison officials dismissed him from his job in the prison’s law library in retaliation for prior lawsuits.

This suit arises from Vermillion’

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Andrew D. Coe v. Darrin Atkins, et al.

Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Andrew Coe sued four correctional officers and a doctor under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to his need for high-top shoes to manage his painful foot condition.

To walk, Coe uses a cane and wears leg braces. When Coe arr

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Ibhar Al Mheid v. Kathy Mincihew, et al.

Macon, Georgia, Ibhar Al Mheid, proceeding pro se, without a lawyer, filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Georgia against a police officer, a prosecutor, a state court judge, and a jail healthcare provider, bringing claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law.

Al Mheid, a physician who lived in Atlanta, was in a romantic relationship with Grace Wright, a college student in Athens

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Mr Michael Devin Floyd v. Santa Clara Department of Corrections, et al.

San Francisco, California civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that his rights were violated by the Defendants.

Late in the evening on August 18, 2021, Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Devin
Floyd was arrested and brought to the Santa Clara Main Jail for booking. Four hours
later, Floyd was transferred to the nearby Elmwood Correctional Facility. There,
correct

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United States of America v. Devin Long

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession and firearm felonies.

As they surveilled Devin Long, officers observed him engage in several suspected drug transactions. Based on these discoveries, a magistrate judge issued a warrant to search Long’s house for evidence related to drug trafficking. The search turned up a host of illegal fir

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Charles Bozzo v. Jennifer Nanasy, et al.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

rles Bozzo was fired from his job as a correctional officer with the Michigan Department of Corrections after a coworker accused him of making harassing comments. Years later, he sued two MDOC employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that
the pai

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Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

They were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree murder, for the 1994 shooting death of 19-year-old Karen Summers, after being identified by witnesses.

Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree

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Robert W. Otto and Julies H. Hamilton v. City of Boca Radon, Florida and County of Palm Beach, Florida

Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on civil rights violation theories un 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Otto and Hamilton are marriage and family therapists licensed to practice mental health counseling in Florida. They sued Palm Beach County and the City of Boca Raton in the West Palm Beach division of the Southern District of Florida, alleging that or dinances

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Chanetlle Jones v. City of Sarasota Springs

Salt lake City, Utah personal injury laweyrs represented the Plaintiff who soed on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.

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Estate of Ian Simmers v. County of King, et al.

Seattle, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

After confessing to the crime, Ian Simmers was convicted in 1996 in the
Superior Court of Washington for King County for first-degree murder when he
was sixteen years old. Decades later, Simmers moved for a new trial. In response,
the State moved to vacate the conviction, w

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United States of America v. Estate of Anthony Ray Lopez, Sr. v. City of Oontairo, et al.

San Bernardino, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.

Anthony Ray Lopez Sr., Madeline Vasquez, and Josephine Guadalupe
Dominguez (collectively, “Decedents”) died on November 8, 2022, while in a storm
drain in the City of Ontario, County of San Bernardino, State of California, after
flood officials re

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Alonzo G. Davison v. Clifford Smith, et al

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, inmate proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Plaintiff is serving a 45-year prison sentence based on 2002 convictions in Tulsa County District Court of lewd molestation of a child and sexually abusing a minor. After the Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. 894 (

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Bradley Waters, et al. v. City of Altus, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

At about 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2019, Officer Thomas Hobbs stopped
Mr. Waters after observing him veer to the side of the road, drive into a curb, and
nearly hit a pole. When Officer Hobbs questioned Mr. Waters about the incident, he
explained that he was

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Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane

Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination.

The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) contains an insurance mandate that requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. Samaritan Ministries International (“Samaritan”) is a nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry (“HCSM”) whose members are exempt from th

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Gwen B. Witherspoon v. Christopher D. Ince, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendants in a declaratory judgment action.

Gwen Witherspoon owns land in Garvin County, Oklahoma. The Landowners own an adjoining parcel of land. The Landowners, by use of three Oklahoma statutes—Okla. Stat. tit. 27, § 6; Okla. Stat. tit. 66, § 53; and Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 1201—sought “to take

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Ann Barclay Dewet, et al. v. G. Russell Rollyson, Jr., et al.

Bluefield, West Virginia, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 taking without due process.


Smith owned real property in West Virginia. She failed to pay the real estate taxes
assessed for 2016, and the Mercer County Sheriff sold a tax lien on the property to Boer.

Boer then sought a tax deed to the property. He prepared a list of those to be

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Charles Darnell Jones v. Jerry Hobeck, et al.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

In 2022, Jones filed a complaint alleging a conspiracy to arrest and jail him in violation of his constitutional rights

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Ryan Morrison v. New York State Trooper Michael Strain, et al.

Syracuse, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

Ryan Morrison sued New York State Trooper Michael Strain and other law enforcement officers following Morrison's June 17, 2022, arrest. Morrison alleges false arrest, obstruction of governmental administration, and excessive force, stemming from an incident where officers responded to

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Reggie Caswell v. Donald G. Uhler, et al.

Syracuse, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Plaintiff Reggie Caswell brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several employees of Upstate Correctional Facility ("Upstate C. F."): Superintendent Donald G. Uhler, Assistant Deputy Superintendent Denise E. Sauther, Lieutenant Thomas F. Quinn,

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Leslie Chislett v. New York City Department of Education, et al.

New York City, New York, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.

Plaintiff Leslie Chislett, who is Caucasian, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim of racial
discrimination under three theories: (1) she was demoted pursuant to a municipal
policy that made race a determinative factor in employment decisions; (2) she
suffered a hostile work en

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Christina St. Clair v. County of Okanogan and Isaiah Holloway

Spokane, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory
under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Christina St. Clair brough claims against Okanogan County Sheriff Deputy Isaiah Holloway and his employer, Okanogan County, based on Holloway’s sexual misconduct. St. Clair alleges constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a violation of the Washington

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Julie A. Tamm and Rosannea M. Przybylski v. Milan Nerad

Grand Rapids, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Count I—First Amendment Retaliation (42 U.S.C. § 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count II—Llewellyn Preemption (state-law claim); Count III— Reasonableness Challenge – Square Lake (state-law claim); Count IV—Selective Enforcement Equal Protection) (§ 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count V

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