The Village of Middleport, Ohio has entered into a consent decree reforming the procedures used in its Mayor’s Court. Tammy Thomas challenged the Court procedures when she was unable to present witnesses in her traffic case. She also...
A class action civil rights complaint was filed December 7, 2010, alleging unconstitutional conditions at the Washington County Juvenile Center in Marietta, Ohio. Eight plaintiffs make allegations touching every aspect of facility life...
Tracie Hunter, candidate for Hamilton County Juvenile Court, has sued the Hamilton County Board of Elections for equal protection and due process violations. Tracie Hunter was 2,800 votes behind her opponent after the unofficial results on...
Columbus, Ohio. Matthew T. Hook, a citizen tased by police and suffering a severe brain injury, filed a civil rights case on November 30, 2010, alleging excessive force. On August 8, 2010, Mr. Hook was wanted for alleged property crimes. He...
A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed on July 28, 2010, challenging Ohio judicial election laws. Targeted in the case was Ohio’s system of selecting judicial candidates through elections in a partisan political primary but then...
Cincinnati, Ohio. The families of three murdered women have sued Hamilton County Ohio following revelations that their deceased loved ones were sexually abused at the Hamilton County Morgue. The perpetrator, Kenneth Douglas, was a morgue...
The Sixth Circuit ruled an arrestee was protected by the 4th Amendment, not the 14th Amendment, when he was viciously beaten at the Montgomery County, Ohio Jail during the booking process. For the first time, the Court made clear that the 4th...
The death of R & B singer Sean Levert in the Cuyahoga County jail has resulted in the largest jail death settlement in Ohio history. The $4,000,000.00 settlement was mediated by U.S. Magistrate Judge Greg White in Cleveland. Cuyahoga...
Michael Jackson is a former inmate at the Hamilton County, Ohio Jail. From April 8, 2007, until August 10, 2007, he was housed in the administrative segregation unit at the jail. On August 10, 2007, Hamilton County deputies forcibly removed...
Federal Judge Solomon Oliver has appointed Attorneys Al Gerhardstein and Andrea Reino to represent a potential class of “old law “inmates. These are offenders sentenced before the effective date of Senate Bill 2, July 1, 1996. The...
April 29, 2010. A race discrimination and retaliation civil rights lawsuit was filed today by African American Judith Edwards against the Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Services (formerly MRDD). Ms. Edwards was hired by the...
April 29, 2010. A lady convicted of traffic violations is challenging the very constitutionality of the Mayor’s Court that heard her case. Tammy Thomas has filed for a federal court injunction to stop the Middleport Mayor’s Court...
