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Law enforcement should tell landlords to “seek legal advice if they have an issue with the tenant or to lawfully evict the tenant.” Police should document the incident through a report, even ...
The eviction threat came as a shock to Bolton's daughter and caretaker, Yvette Woelfel, who talked to the Public Investigator team shortly after receiving the notice.
A lawsuit under the Bane Act is a civil claim against someone who has attempted or managed to interfere with someone's civil rights (as guaranteed by state and federal law in the United States) through any act or acts of coercion, violence, threats of violence, or intimidation, including victims of hate crime violence.
Wrongful arrest Dontey Watkins went back to his family’s home on Nov. 7, apparently unaware of the new court order prohibiting him from visiting, the lawsuit says. He was distressed, hungry and ...
The Cooley Law School Innocence Project at Western Michigan University began investigating the case in 2012. In January 2017, they filed a petition for post-conviction relief citing the undisclosed police and laboratory reports, Herndon's recantation, the failure of the prosecution and police to disclose favorable treatment of Herndon in ...
Eviction rates are also linked to the racial concentration of neighborhoods. The RVA Eviction Lab, in Richmond, Virginia, estimates that as the proportion of a neighborhood's black population increases by 10%, eviction rates would increase by 1.2%. [63] Hispanic renters also face higher filing and eviction rates than their white counterparts.
False arrest, unlawful arrest or wrongful arrest is a common law tort, where a plaintiff alleges they were held in custody without probable cause, or without an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. Although it is possible to sue law enforcement officials for false arrest, the usual defendants in such cases are private security firms.
So far, the city has agreed to pay $26.6 million to settle several cases involving wrongful conviction, said Elliot Slosar, a partner at Loevy & Loevy, a Chicago civil rights law firm that ...