A June 2010 civil rights trial is set for a Jackson County resident suing a deputy sheriff. On May 27, 2007, Shane Maynard was riding his ATV in rural Jackson County, Ohio. Sheriff Deputy Conley claims that he intended to warn Shane not to ride on the pavement. In fact what Conley did was pull his cruiser across the center line and completely block the path of the oncoming ATV. Shane was forced to swerve to the right to avoid a collision and he crashed into an embankment. He suffered severe injuries.

Al Gerhardstein and attorney Richard Topper of Columbus represent Shane. Magistrate Judge Terrance Kemp of the Federal Court in Columbus recently denied the motions for summary judgment by Jackson County and Deputy Conley. The case will be tried in June. See the complaint and the decision denying summary judgment here.