Category: Law Enforcement Expert Witness
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Law Enforcement Expert Was Barred From Testifying Because His Report Was Not Produced on Time
Plaintiff Tonya Armstead Miller brought five claims on behalf of herself and the estate of Roderick Marcell Inge relating to the fatal shooting of Mr. Inge. Specifically, Miller alleged that Defendant Chief Brent Blankley “maintained a system of grossly inadequate training” that caused officers to violate Inge’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights (“Count One”); that Defendant Officers John Beasley…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony on False Arrest Excluded
Plaintiff Omar O’Hara brought this civil rights action against Defendants Terrence Lott and Marlissa Butler-Cherry, who are police officers with the University City Police Department (“UCPD”), in their individual capacities. He alleged that Defendants violated his constitutional rights when they wrongfully arrested him during the early morning hours on March 15, 2023. Plaintiff filed a…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony on the Unique Overdose Risk of Fentanyl Excluded
David James Michael Jensen is charged in an eight-count Superseding Indictment with five counts of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, one count of Possession of Controlled Substances with Intent to Distribute (methamphetamine and fentanyl), one count of Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime, and one count of Possession of…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony Regarding the Standard of Care in an Involuntary Detention Setting Admitted
This case arises out of Plaintiff Gregory Palm’s claim that he received deficient medical care while incarcerated in the Jones County Jail and Baldwin County Detention Center. Sheriff Butch Reese, Captain Shane Moody, Lieutenant Brent Skinner, and Lieutenant Dalton Hart (hereinafter “Defendants”) disclosed Kathryn Wild and Paul Cappitelli as expert witnesses. Plaintiff Gregory Palm filed…
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Law Enforcement Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Existence of Probable Cause
This matter arises from Plaintiff Gina Kuhlman’s arrest by Officers David Grasha and Samantha Haggerty of the Cleveland Division of Police, for operating a motor vehicle under the influence (“OVI”) and for refusing to submit to a drug and alcohol test. To support her case, Kuhlman offered the expert reports of Rajeve Saini and Timothy…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony on Conspiracy Membership Excluded
The Government charged Xiong Lin with conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, controlled substances. From approximately May through at least September 2022, Lin allegedly conspired with others—known and unknown—in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere to distribute cocaine and MDMA. Government filed a motion in limine to exclude the testimony of…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony on Sound Professional Standards Admitted
The Plaintiff, Hannibal Buress, is a well-known stand-up comedian who brought this case against two Miami Police Department (“MPD”) Officers, Luis Verne and Elio Villegas, and the City of Miami, for violations of his civil rights under both federal and Florida law based on an incident in the Wynwood area of Miami on December 9,…
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Law Enforcement Expert Is Qualified Despite No Direct Experience with Philadelphia Police
Andrew Swainson filed a § 1983 claim against the City of Philadelphia. He challenged his 1989 conviction for Stanley Opher’s murder. He spent more than 30 years in prison. Swainson argued police officers fabricated and concealed key evidence. He said they created a false narrative of his flight to Jamaica. They also used a coerced…
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Expert Testimony on the Professional Standard of Law Enforcement Officers Excluded
Plaintiff Suzanne Stewart filed a gender discrimination and retaliation suit against the City of Arcola after Mayor Fred Burton terminated Stewart’s employment as “a direct result of policy violations related to insubordination and [her] unprofessionalism.” Plaintiff filed a motion to strike the opinion of Defendant’s expert Michael W. Thaler. Law Enforcement Expert Witness Michael W. Thaler…
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Law Enforcement Expert Permitted to Testify on the General Reasonableness of Police Conduct
This lawsuit can be traced back to an incident that took place on November 11, 2019, in which Phoenix Police Department Officer Brittany Smith-Petersen shot and injured Plaintiff Krish Singh during a law-enforcement encounter. Defendants brought a partial Daubert motion seeking to preclude certain portions of the intended testimony of Plaintiff’s use-of-force expert, Roger Clark. Law Enforcement Expert Witness…
