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Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024
Type:
Complaints
• April 17, 2024 • Locations:
United States of America -> Florida
• Topics:
Sentencing -> Wrongful Conviction
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Evidence - Admissibility -> Hypnotically Refreshed Memory
,
Brady Rule violations -> Perjury/Perjured Testimony
,
Brady Rule violations -> Evidence - Failure to Disclose
Golbert v. Smith, IL, Complaint, Wrongfully Incarcerated, 2023
Type:
Complaints
• Jan. 19, 2023 • Locations:
United States of America -> Illinois
• Topics:
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Juveniles
Mitchell v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018
Type:
Complaints
• Nov. 5, 2018 • Locations:
United States of America -> Illinois
• Topics:
Sentencing -> Wrongful Conviction
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Search and Seizure -> False Statements, Testimony or Documents
,
Capital Punishment -> Effective Assistance of Counsel -> Expert and Opinion Evidence/Testimony -> False Confessions
Brisco v. Stinar, IL, Complaint, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2019
Type:
Complaints
• Nov. 1, 2019 • Locations:
United States of America -> Illinois
• Topics:
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Police -> False Arrest
,
Search and Seizure -> False Statements, Testimony or Documents
,
False Statements/Perjury
,
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions -> Damages - Compensatory -> False Imprisonment
Smith v. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Excessive Detention, 2020
Type:
Complaints
• March 24, 2020 • Locations:
United States of America -> New Mexico
• Topics:
Private Prisons -> GEO Group/Wackenhut
,
Sentencing -> Good Time
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions -> Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Herrera v. NM Corrections Dept, NM, Complaint, Improper Sentencing, 2014
Type:
Complaints
• Jan. 20, 2014 • Locations:
United States of America -> New Mexico
• Topics:
Conditions of Confinement -> Eighth Amendment
,
Sentencing -> Good Time
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Release
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Strong v. Tessmann, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction & Imprisonment, 2016
Type:
Complaints
• May 3, 2016 • Locations:
United States of America -> Illinois
• Topics:
Sentencing -> Wrongful Conviction
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Search and Seizure -> False Statements, Testimony or Documents
,
False Statements/Perjury
,
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions -> Confessions - Coerced
Navarro v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, NM, Complaint, False Imprisonment, 2015
Type:
Complaints
• Feb. 23, 2015 • Locations:
United States of America -> New Mexico
• Topics:
Private Prisons -> Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
,
Remands -> Resentencing
,
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions -> Damages - Compensatory -> False Imprisonment
Brzowski v. Sigler, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2017
Type:
Complaints
• Dec. 28, 2017 • Locations:
United States of America -> Illinois
• Topics:
Conditions of Confinement
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions -> Cruel and Unusual Punishment
,
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions -> Damages - Compensatory -> False Imprisonment
,
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions -> Damages - Compensatory -> False Imprisonment -> Emotional Distress
Statler v. Spokane County, WA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2015
Type:
Complaints
• Dec. 2, 2015 • Locations:
United States of America -> Washington
• Topics:
Sentencing -> Wrongful Conviction
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Police -> False Arrest
,
Search and Seizure -> Warrantless Searches
,
False Statements/Perjury
,
Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas -> Cooperation Agreements
Kluppelberg v. Burge, IL, Second Amended Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2014
Type:
Complaints
• May 20, 2014 • Locations:
United States of America -> Illinois
• Topics:
Misconduct/Corruption -> Police Misconduct
,
Excessive Force
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Conviction
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Police
,
Police -> False Arrest
,
Police -> Excessive Force (Police)
Hickman v. United States (BOP), MN, Complaint - Illegal Imprisonment FTCA - Fair Labor Standards, 2014
Type:
Complaints
• July 30, 2014 • Locations:
United States of America -> Minnesota
United States of America
• Topics:
Work -> Prison Labor
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Federal Statutory Law -> Alien Tort Claims Act
Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, IN, Proposed Amended Complaint, Wrongful CMU Confinement, 2009
Type:
Complaints
• June 18, 2009 • Locations:
United States of America -> Indiana
• Topics:
Conditions of Confinement
,
Civil Procedure -> Complaints
,
Sentencing
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2013
Type:
Complaints
• Feb. 26, 2013 • Locations:
United States of America -> Michigan
• Topics:
Conditions of Confinement -> Jail Specific
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Immunity/Liability -> Failure to Train/Supervise
,
Police -> False Arrest
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fourth Amendment, rights
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fourteenth Amendment, rights
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fifth Amendment
,
42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Thagard v. Lauber, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2016
Type:
Complaints
• April 18, 2019 • Locations:
United States of America -> New York
• Topics:
Misconduct/Corruption -> Threats by Staff
,
Misconduct/Corruption -> Police Misconduct
,
Misconduct/Corruption -> Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct
,
Attorneys -> Prosecutors
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Conviction
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Police
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fourth Amendment, rights
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Coley v. City of Simi Valley, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018
Type:
Complaints
• Sept. 25, 2019 • Locations:
United States of America -> California
United States of America
• Topics:
Medical
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
Jauch v. Choctaw County, MS, Complaint, Held Without Seeing Judge, 2015
Type:
Complaints
• April 21, 2015 • Locations:
United States of America -> Mississippi
• Topics:
Conditions of Confinement -> Eighth Amendment
,
Attorneys
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fourteenth Amendment, rights
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Sixth Amendment
Thornton v. Hendry County, et al., FL, Complaint, Wrongful Arrest, 2017
Type:
Complaints
• Oct. 11, 2017 • Locations:
United States of America -> Florida
• Topics:
Discrimination -> Racial Discrimination
,
Disciplinary Hearings -> Malicious Prosecution
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Federal Statutory Law -> Federal Tort Claims Act
,
Guards/Staff -> Staff Training
,
Police -> False Arrest
,
Constitution, U.S. -> Fourth Amendment, rights
,
42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018
Type:
Complaints
• April 26, 2018 • Locations:
Korea, North
United States of America -> District of Columbia
• Topics:
Medical -> Pain
,
Conditions of Confinement -> Totality of Conditions
,
Civil Procedure -> Damages
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
International -> Political Prisoners (International)
,
Wrongful Death
Boozer v. Waltman, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Arrest, 2017
Type:
Complaints
• Jan. 16, 2017 • Locations:
United States of America -> Pennsylvania
• Topics:
Disciplinary Hearings -> Malicious Prosecution
,
Sentencing -> Wrongful Imprisonment
,
Money/Property
,
Mental Health
,
Police -> False Arrest
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