Kentucky 1983 Law

<H2> Luther Poynter v. Aaron Bennett

Bowling Green, Kentucky, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 82 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory. Luther Poynter was incarcerated in the Barren County Detention Center (“BCDC”) on December 25, 2020, for contempt of court due to his failure to pay child support. On December 28, BCDC moved Poynter to a general-population cell, where Scotty Wix and Timothy Guess were... More...

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Karim Codrington v. Jay Dolark, et al.

Louisville, Kentucky personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff Karim Codrington was the victim of an unlawful traffic stop, search, and arrest. During the criminal proceedings arising from that stop, a Kentucky state court suppressed the evidence illegally seized from his vehicle and dismissed his criminal charges. More than t... More...

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Michael McIntosh and Rebecca McIntosh v. City of Maidsonville, Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky condemnation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on violation of due process theory.<br> <br> The City of Madisonville condemned one of several mobile homes that Michael and Rebecca McIntosh own in their Kentucky town. The City demolished the property a month later. The McIntoshes filed this § 1983 action in response, alleging that the City deprived them of their due p... More...

$0 (01-21-2025 - KY)
Reuben Jelani Adams, et al. v Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government, et al.

<h2><br> Lexington, Kentucky civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.<br> </h2><br> This matter is before the Court on the Defendants' motions to dismiss. [R. 13.] The five plaintiffs were football players at the University of Kentucky. [R. 1 at 1.] Months after a houseparty ended in a physical altercation, Detective Cory Vinlove submitted a criminal complaint charging the Plaintiffs with... More...

$0 (10-04-2024 - KY)
Ashley Franklin v. Franklin County, et al. </center

<h2><br> Franklin, Kentucky civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> 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)
C.J. v. United States of America, et al.

Louisville, Kentucky personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Federal Tort Claims Act theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff C.J. alleges that Officer Jacob Salcido sexually assaulted and battered her while an inmate at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She sued the United States and Salcido on February 10, 2023, alleging that Salcido violated her constitutional r... More...

$0 (06-06-2023 - KY)
Angela V. Goodall v. Beth Casper, et al.

Louisville, Kentucky pro se Plaintiff sued Defendants on a federal question theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff filed her Complaint on a Court-approved form. [R. 1]. Plaintiff names as Defendants Attorney Beth Casper, Jefferson District Court Judge Jennifer Leibson, Jefferson District Court Judge Anne Delahanty, Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Susan Schultz Gibson, Meadowood Management and its owner Ter... More...

$0 (05-18-2023 - KY)
Dr. Larry Cunningham v. David W. Blackwell, et al.

Lexington, Kentucky civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a 1983 civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> The University of Kentucky investigated two dentistry<br> professors for entering false data about whether they, or their students, had performed services<br> for patients at a university clinic and whether they, or the clinic, should be paid for those<br> services.... More...

$0 (07-25-2022 - KY)
Jennifer Hall, et al. v. Kenton County, Kentucky, et al.

Covington, Kentucky personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to recover damages for the death of plaintiffs' child which occurred while her expectant mother, plaintiff Jennifer Hall, was incarcerated at the Kenton County Detention Center.<br> <br> <b... More...

$0 (07-05-2022 - KY)
James Yates, et al. v. Kim Davis, et al.

Ashland, Kentucky civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on 1983 civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Kim Davis, the former county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky refused to issue marriage licenses to two same sex couples. <br> <br> Davis asserted qualified immunity as a defense against the Plaintiffs' claims.<br> <br> Davis, a Republican, lost her bid for reele... More...

$0 (03-18-2022 - KY)
SAMUEL HUNTER V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQQO5F2W38V2AmMWn19NbIjl38cB4uyxhIhqQ&usqp=CAU"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red">Kentucky Supreme Court<br> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Samuel D. Hunter was convicted by a McCracken County jury of rape in<br> the first degree, v... More...

$0 (08-24-2020 - KY)
RICKY ALLEN BOWEN V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0499784.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription.gif?fit=300%2C42"><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> In December 2018, Bowen... More...

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SAMUEL HUNTER V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0493957.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription.gif?fit=300%2C42"><br> </center><br> <br> <br> In 2016, seven-year-old Stacy... More...

$0 (08-23-2020 - KY)
RICKY ALLEN BOWEN V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0499784.jpg "> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription.gif?fit=300%2C42"><br> </center><br> <br> <br> In December 2018, Bowen liv... More...

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JEFFREY JONES V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Lebanon, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jeffrey Jones, who was charged with first-degree assault, tampering with<br> physical evidence, resisting arrest, six counts of third-degree criminal mischief<br> and being a first-degree PFO. The charges stemmed from allegations that <br> 2<br> Jones beat James Burdine with a hammer, causing serious physical injury and<br> then tamp... More...

$0 (07-31-2020 - KY)
JULIUS CATLETT, JR. V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="350" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0134867.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Shaun Smith was shot and killed in the early morning hours of<br> September 4, 2016, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Smith and friends drove to an<br> annual block party a... More...

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TIMOTHY NOLAN V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="350" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0479751.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> A Campbell County grand jury indicted Timothy Nolan on thirty counts,<br> mostly felonies involving sexually related crimes, with several of the charges<br> involving... More...

$0 (07-31-2020 - KY)
CHRISTOPHER LUTIN V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0499911.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> Christopher Lutin’s father, Felix Lutin, and Brian Quintero’s mother,<br> Teresa Vidales, were in a long-term relationship when Lutin and Quintero were<br> growing up. Felix... More...

$0 (06-16-2020 - KY)
ANTWOIN WILLIAMS V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0369522.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On June 10, 2016, Williams spent most of the day riding around in a car<br> with Sequoia Camp, Jacoya Mangrum, and Mangrum’s one-year old son. Camp<br> drove, picking up Williams around... More...

$0 (06-15-2020 - KY)
ANTONIO SALLEE V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0040889.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Sallee and Rosetta Sallee (“Rosetta”) had been married for seven years<br> and resided in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Between July 2015 and February<br> 2016, Rosetta’s daughter Emily (... More...

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NORTON HEALTHCARE, INC. V. DONNA DISSELKAMP

<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="600" src=" https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTqcGAfBNwfNKayFwRXUycO4ZnDLNjnA_e6T4LJv1yr2tdnRidd&usqp=CAU"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red">Kentucky Supreme Court </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Donna Disselkamp relied on circumstantial evidence at trial to support<br> her age-discrimination claim under the K... More...

$0 (06-14-2020 - KY)
SAM CORNETT V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> These charges stem from the shooting death of Alisha Tye and her<br> unborn child. At the time of h... More...

$0 (04-18-2020 - KY)
THOMAS D. JACOBS V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> Understanding this case begins with the people involved and their<br> relationships to each other. ... More...

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CURTIS SNELL V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> Linsey Kidwell (“Kidwell”) and her boyfriend Lamar Mills (“Mills”) had<br> arrived at Muggb... More...

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THOMAS D. JACOBS V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> Understanding this case begins with the people involved and their<br> relationships to each other. ... More...

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CURTIS SNELL V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> Linsey Kidwell (“Kidwell”) and her boyfriend Lamar Mills (“Mills”) had<br> arrived at Muggb... More...

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LARRY LAMONT WHITE V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> The facts of this case are set out by this Court in its original opinion as<br> follows:<br> Armstr... More...

$0 (04-17-2020 - KY)
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. ERNTRAVIS M. BREDHOLD AND COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. EFRAIN DIAZ, JR. JUSTIN SMITH

<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> A Fayette County grand jury indicted Travis M. Bredhold and charged<br> him with one count of murde... More...

$0 (04-17-2020 - KY)
ERIC LEE ANTHONY V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><P><font color=”ff0000”><h2> Call 888-354-4529 if you need a Criminal Attorney in Kentucky. </font></h2></center><br> <center><img width="300" src="http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0315171.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2010 Anthony shot Dontae Thompson. He was convicted of the <br> shooting, was sentenced to prison, ... More...

$0 (10-25-2019 - KY)
Kenneth Bisig v. Time Warner Cable, Inc. </h>

<center><br> <img widtu="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/usao/kyw/images/courthouse_louisville.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> This case is about promises made, promises broken, and disclaimers signed. And it is a reminder that not every broken promise occasions a legal remedy.<br> Plaintiffs1 sued Time Warner after it allegedly failed to make good on oral promises of continued employment and bette... More...

$0 (10-08-2019 - KY)
David Samarripa v. J. Ray Ormond

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.kyed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow1_0_0.gif"><br> </center><br> Indigent individuals may seek permission in the district court to appeal adverse judgments without prepayment of appellate filing fees. At issue in today’s five consolidated cases, each filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, is whether district courts may grant such motions in part ... More...

$0 (03-11-2019 - KY)
CURRY NICELY V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0131781.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> An Ohio County grand jury returned an indictment in October 2016 <br> charging Nicely with twenty offenses. Alicia Payne was named as a co<br> defendant on nineteen offenses. Mark Nicely, Appellant’s father, was named as <br> a... More...

$0 (02-20-2019 - KY)
TAIRA LITSEY V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kathy&l=Daniels&i=45&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Tulsa Contract Legal Secretarial Services</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center<br> While on regular patrol on July 3, 2016, Officer Besednjak ran the <br> license plate of the vehicle traveli... More...

$0 (02-20-2019 - KY)
PERRY JACK PROBUS JR. V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0019564.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Tammy Robinson was working as a nanny when at mid-morning she <br> answered a knock at the door. There stood a man later identified as Solomon <br> Slinker. He was dressed as a deliveryman and claimed he had a package for the <br... More...

$0 (02-20-2019 - KY)
JOHN DANIEL CLARK V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0472704.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Various individuals gathered at the residence of Johnny Bill Clark (“JB”) <br> Among them were JB, appellant JD (JB’s son), Todd Anthony Rowe (the <br> deceased victim), Samantha Clare (JD’s sister and Rowe’s girlfriend... More...

$0 (02-20-2019 - KY)
Brandon Meriwether v. Heather D'Hondt, Dustin Bowman, Kenneth Keith, City of Frankfort, Kentucky

<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Frankfort, KY - Brandon Meriwether sued Heather D'Hondt, Dustin Bowman, Kenneth Keith, City of Frankfort, Kentucky on a civil rights violation theory ... More...

$0 (01-11-2019 - KY)
James A. Jackson v. Thomas Lawson

<center><br> <img widtu="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/usao/kyw/images/courthouse_louisville.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiff appeals from an order granting summary judgment in defendant police officer’s favor in this § 1983 wrongful detention case. We affirm.<br> I.<br> On December 16, 2016, Louisville Metro Police Officer Thomas Lawson responded to a report of a suspicious person in... More...

$0 (01-15-2019 - KY)
TIMOTHY NUTGRASS V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0444251.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> On March 17, 2014, Nutgrass engaged in a verbal dispute with his sister <br> and brother-in-law. After the disagreement, he went home where he drank <br> vodka soda and took pain pills for his back and three over-the-co... More...

$0 (12-18-2018 - KY)
CLEOSEY DARNELL HENDERSON, II V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0046055.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Henderson was indicted on December 28, 2011 and arraigned in <br> January of 2012. His jury trial was scheduled at that time for July 17, 2012. <br> His first appointed public defender was present with him at a bond reduction <br... More...

$0 (12-16-2018 - KY)
Amy Jo Hicks v. John Lee Perkins v. Commissioners of Social Security

When individuals in this country are unable to work because of physical or mental disabilities, they may file for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits. The eleven plaintiffs here all filed for these benefits, and they all eventually received them. The trouble, however, is that they were represented in their efforts by Eric Conn, a ... More...

$0 (11-26-2018 - KY)