Estate of Wayne A. Jones v. City of Martinsburg 4thCIR 9JUN2020
The Estate of Wayne Jones filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against police officers and the City after officers fired 22…
Chamberlain v. City of White Plains 2ndCIR 1JUN2020
The Estate of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. filed suit against officers of the White Plains Police Department and the City of White…
Sok Kong v. City of Burnsville 8thCIR 29MAY2020
After Map Kong was fatally shot by police in Burnsville, Minnesota, the plaintiff filed suit against the city and the officers…
Siler v. City of Kenosha 7thCIR 30APR2020
Topic: This is a use of force case involving deadly force. Kenosha Wisconsin police officer Torres was on patrol when he…
Goffin v. Ashcraft 8thCIR 24APR2020
Topic: Qualified Immunity granted for right not being clearly established. Based on a report by the burglary victim, who was Goffin’s…
Baker v City of Trenton 6thCIR 29AUG2019
This case is terribly tragic. An 18-year-old high school student named Kyle experimented with LSD on a “Senior Skip Day” and…
Shumpert v. City of Toledo 5thCIR 24 SEP2018
It was a warm, muggy summer night in Tupelo, Mississippi, when Officer Senter saw a car he believed was involved in narcotics…
Williams v. Strickland 4thCIR 05MAR2019
Held: It is unreasonable use of force for officers to continue to shoot at moving vehicle after it was past them…
Escalera-Salvador v. United States 1stCIR 19DEC2018
This is a case from Puerto Rico based on a Federal Torts Claim Act (FTCA) claim arising from an altercation when…
Begin v Drouin 1stCIR 16NOV2018
In this case, the First Circuit denied qualified immunity to an officer who shot a person in a psychiatric unit who…