Washington 1983 Law

<H2> United States of America v. Jonathan Leslie Allen, AKA Johnathan Allen, AKA Ghost

Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Defendant claimed that the government commit grand jury abuse by offering perjured testimony. Allen alleges that testimony from an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) was false because Allen did not “meet” with ag... More...

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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... More...

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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. Â§ 1983, a violation of the Washington... More...

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Vanessa Velasco Ortega v. Isaiah Holloway, et al.

Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. Isaiah Holloway and Vanessa Velasco Ortega cross-appeal from the district court's order granting in part and denying in part Holloway's motion for summary judgment. Holloway encountered Velasco Ortega in the course of his duties as a Deputy Police Officer for the O... More...

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Leona M. Qualey v. Pierce County, et al.

Tacoma, Washington personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory. The suit calls tOn Jan. 16, 2022, Moses Portillo was shot and killed. The plaintiff claimed that the shooting "unnecessary, reckless, negligent and wrongful,â€ and it claims Dolan violated proper police procedure, Sheriff's Department's policies and procedures and Washi... More...

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<H2> Jamall S. Baker v. Tammy O'Reilly

Seattle, Washington civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation claim. * * * Prisoner civil rights laws protect inmates from violations of their constitutional rights while incarcerated. These laws safeguard against cruel and unusual punishment, discrimination, and denial of due process. Key areas of protection include freedom from excessiv... More...

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Monet Carter-Mixon v. City Tacoma, et al.

Seattle, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.... More...

$24500000 (12-31-2023 - WA)

Monet Carter-Mixon, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Manuel Ellis, et al. v. City of Tacoma, et al.

Tacoma, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Masyth Ford used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him in 2021. The Complaint: Plaintiffs, MONET CARTER-MIXON as Personal Representative of the ESTAT... More...

$4000000 (07-11-2023 - WA)

R.W. v. Columbia Basin College

Richland, Washington employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Family Medical Leave Act violation theory. R.W., a nursing student at Columbia Basin College, revealed to his doctor that he had homicidal ideations and that he imagined killing his teachers. Upon learning this information from the doctor and conducting further investigation, the Colle... More...

$0 (12-08-2023 - WA)

Richard S. Wilkinson v. Scott Rodgers, et al.

Spokane, Washington civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on First Amendment violation theories. This matter relates to a Position Statement adopted by the Washington Medical Commission ("WMCâ€) on September 22, 2021 to address misinformation related to COVID-19 and the available treatments. A detailed factual background in discussed in the Court's Order... More...

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Donovan Allen v. State of Washington

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTONDIVISION IIDONOVAN ALLEN,No. 54172-6-IIAppellant,v.STATE OF WASHINGTON,PUBLISHED OPINIONRespondent.LEE,C.J.â€”Donovan Allen appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgmentin favor of the State, which dismissed his claim under the Wrongly Convicted Persons Act (WCPA), chapter 4.100 RCW. Allen spent 13 years in prison for a cri... More...

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Estate of Cindy Lou Hill v. Spokane County and NaphCare, Inc.

Spokane, Washington civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on 1983 wrongful death negligence theories claiming that Cindy Lou Hill, age 55, died as a direct result of not being treated for peritonitis due to a ruptured liver adhesions that caused a hole in her small intestine. The Court entered a default judgment against the County for destroying a video recording ... More...

$27000000 (07-20-2022 - WA)

Chad Bock and Nathan Bock v. State of Washington, et al.

Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 seeking $350,000 in damages. This case was initially filed in the Spokane County Superior Court, 19-00002-02761-32 9CCA, 21-35182, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. After the Spokane County prosecutor filed charges<b... More...

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Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding v. Kshama Sawant, et al.

Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Defendant denied their Constitutionally protected rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available. ... More...

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Dep't of Ecology v. Acquavella

<center><h2><center> Yakima, WA - Water Rights lawyer represented defendant with a Yakama Nation treaty that reserved water rights for the Yakama Nation claim. </h2></center> This case presents the culmination of the fight for surface water rights that arguably began in 1855 with the Yakama Nation treaty that reserved water rights for the Yakama N... More...

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United States of America v. Park Quan

Seattle, Washington felony possession of a firearm crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm by the United States of America. A two-time federal felon was charged with illegally possessing firearms. PARK QUAN, 67, was arrested July 29, 2019, after FBI agents investigating one of his roommates in connection with a data theft... More...

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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Global Horizons, Inc., d/b/a Global Horizons Manpower, Inc.; Green Acre Farms, Inc., Valley Fruit Orchards, LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wa-e/images/spo_fed_.jpg"> </center> Green Acre Farms and Valley Fruit Orchards (the Growers) are fruit growers in the State of Washington. In 2003, the Growers experienced labor shortages and entered into agreements with Global Horizons, Inc., a labor contractor, to obtain temporary workers for their orchards. Wit... More...

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STillaguamish Tribe of Indians v. State of Washington

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> In an effort to engineer federal jurisdiction, the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (“the Tribe”) sued the State of Washington in federal court, seeking a declaration that the Tribe’s sovereign immunity barred any lawsuit arising from a particular contra... More...

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Jade Wilcox v. John Batiste

<center> <h1> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a> </h1> </center> Spokane, WA - Jade Wilcox sued John Batiste, Chief of Washington State Patrol, on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.... More...

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Jerry Hoang v. Bank of America, N.A.

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> If a creditor fails to make required disclosures under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), borrowers are allowed three years from the loan’s consummation date to rescind certain loans.1 15 U.S.C. § 1635(f). Borrowers may effect that rescissio... More...

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Danika Denton v. City of Yakima

Yakima, WA - Danika Denton sued the City of Yakima on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983. <center> <h2> Morelaw Internet Marketing <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28012&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Free and Value Added Le... More...

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American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> King County provides public transportation in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. The County finances its transit operations in part by selling advertising space on the exterior of buses. Although many municipalities restrict advertising t... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KEVIN TERRELL PETERSON <table> <td>

Peterson also challenges his sentence of 48 months’ imprisonment imposed for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court concluded that Peterson’s prior conviction for firstdegree robbery was a “crime of violence” as that term is defined by U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“Sentencing Guidelines” or “U.S.S.G.”) section 4B1.2(a) w... More...

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Richard Lee Rynearson, III v. Robert Ferguson

This appeal calls on us to consider the scope of federal court abstention under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). In particular, we consider whether federal courts should abstain from exercising jurisdiction over a constitutional challenge to a state criminal statute while there are ongoing state court protection order proceedings arguably related to the challenge to t... More...

$0 (09-10-2018 - WA)

Yei A. Sun v. ADvanced China Healthcare, Inc.

Yei Sun, Liping Sun, and Haiming Sun were persuaded by Alicia Kao to invest $2.8 million in Advanced China Healthcare. The Suns entered into two Share Purchase Agreements, each of which contained a forum-selection clause that required any disputes “arising out of or related to” the agreements to be adjudicated in California state court. Notwithstanding the forum-selecti... More...

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Eva Moore v. John Urquhart

This is a class action challenging the constitutionality of a Washington statute that allows tenants to be evicted from their homes without a court hearing. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the Sheriff of King County, whose office enforces the challenged statute by executing the eviction orders. The district court dismissed the action with prejudice... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KING MOUNTAIN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. <table> <td>

In 2006 the late Delbert Wheeler, Sr., a lifelong-enrolled member of the Yakama Nation in Washington State, purchased “80 acres of trust property . . . from the Yakama Nation Land Enterprise, the agency of the Yakama Nation which is charged with overseeing the maintenance of real property held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Yakama Nation and its members.” Wheeler then op... More...

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Angel Mendez and Jennifer Lynn Garcia v. County of Los Angeles, et al.

On remand from the United States Supreme Court we are tasked with deciding whether the unlawful entry into a residence by two sheriff’s deputies, without a warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances, was the proximate cause of the subsequent shooting and injuries to the plaintiffs. We hold that it was, permitting a federal claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We also hold that the plaintiffs have an i... More...

$4000000 (07-29-2018 - WA)

Monique Tillman and Eric Branch v. Jared Williams and The City of Tacoma

Tacoma, WA - Monique Tillman and Eric Branch sued Tacoma police officer Jared Williams and The City of Tacoma on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that Williams tossed Monique around like a rag doll and threw her to the pavement during an encounter at a Pierce County mall in 2014. Monique, who was 15 at the time and Eirc, who was 16, had dropped off some cloth... More...

$0 (03-25-2018 - WA)

Friends of Moon Creek, et al v. Diamond Lake Improvement Ass'n, et al.

After ruling on summary judgment that Sharon Sorby did not enjoy qualified immunity from the plaintiffs’ claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the trial court certified its order under RAP 2.3(b)(4) as one “involv[ing] a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for a difference of opinion.” We granted discretionary review. We conclude that Ms. Sorby enjoy... More...

$0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

State of Washington v. Oscar Raul Lopez

The trial court found that Oscar Lopez's lawyer was "fairly obvious[ly]" "severely handicapped" by depression during the pretrial and trial phases of Lopez's case.' That finding was supported by the trial court's own observations of defense counsel's performance—and sometimes failure to show up—at trial. That finding was also supported by declarations and testimony presente... More...

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Juan D. Vega, Jr. v. United States of America, et al.

Juan Vega, Jr. was transferred from federal prison to a Seattle non-profit residential reentry center to complete the remainder of his prison sentence. There, he alleged that federal and private employees conspired to remove him from the halfway house known as Pioneer House, ostensibly based on his race and for asserting his First Amendment rights, by filing a false incident report. After his retu... More...

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Michelle Merceri v. Deutsche Bank, AG, et al.

Under RCW 4.16.230, the statute of limitations is tolled when the commencement of an action is stayed by a statutory prohibition. Under the federal bankruptcy code, actions to foreclose on a debtor's property are stayed while the property at issue is part of the bankruptcy estate. We are asked to determine whether the bankruptcy stay is a statutory prohibition that tolls the st... More...

$0 (01-22-2018 - WA)

State of Washington v. Eric Cruz

In 2012, Officer Troy McCormick of the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife saw Eric Daniel Cruz illegally "snag" a salmon in the Similkameen River. McCormick arrested Cruz for this misdemeanor fishing violation. McCormick also handcuffed Cruz, searched his body, and found no weapons, but further questioned the handcuffed Cruz about whether he had weapons elsewhere. C... More...

$0 (11-02-2017 - WA)

Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe

Who would imagine that more than 150 years after the Treaty of Olympia (the “Treaty”) was signed between the United States and the Quileute and Quinault tribes, we would be asked to determine whether the “right of taking fish” includes whales and seals? Although scientists tell us sea mammals are not fish,1 these appeals ask us to go back to the 1855 treaty negotiation and signing and plac... More...

$0 (10-23-2017 - WA)

Kim Mikkelsen v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Kittitas County

The Public Utility District No. 1 of Kittitas County (district) fired Kim Mikkelsen after 27 years of service. Mikkelsen sued the district, alleging that, among other things, her dismissal violated the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), RCW 49.60.180. Specifically, Mikkelsen claims that Charles Ward, the general manager, exhibited a bias against women and older emplo... More...

$0 (10-19-2017 - WA)

Maria J. Morales v. Sony Fry and Brian Rees

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the “clearly established” prong of the qualified immunity analysis should be submitted to a jury. Following the lead of nearly all of our sister circuits, we conclude that it is a question of law that must ultimately be decided by a judge. Background This case arises from Maria Morales’s arrest during the May 1, 2012 “... More...

$0 (10-16-2017 - WA)

Michael Segaline v. State of Washington

The doctrine of qualified immunity shields a government official from civil liability and money damages unless the plaintiff shows violation of a constitutional right that is clearly established at the time of the challenged conduct. The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries and Regional Safety and Health Coordinator William Alan Croft appeal the jury verdict in favor... More...

$0 (07-17-2017 - WA)

Frederick Thomas v. Jason Cannon, et al.

Seattle, WA - Jury Awards Family $15 Million On Civil Rights Claim Fred Thomas, Annalesa Thomas and Jo-Hanna Read sued the City if Fife, the City of Laekwood, Brian Markert, Jason Cannon, Michael Wiley, Michael Zaro, Nathan VAnce, Ryan Miceako, and Pierce County Metro SWAT Team on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that the individual defendants used excessive f... More...

$0 (07-15-2017 - WA)

In re Kathleen M. Grant v. John D. Grant

This appeal pits the importance of finality in litigation against the requisite for a full accounting of assets in a marital dissolution. Based on Washington statutes and the Supreme Court's wisdom in Yeats v. Estate of Yeats, 90 Wn.2d 201, 580 P.2d 617 (1978), we side with an inclusive accounting. In this partition action, we reverse the trial court's ruling that a dissolution dec... More...

$0 (05-23-2017 - WA)