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Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth R. McFarlan, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
for defendant: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Associates, Wilmington, DE for Jacquez Robinson.
Case Number: D68547
The trial court correctly concluded that the state engaged in conduct which violated a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel, but the Delaware Supreme Court held that dismissal was not the only appropriate remedy for the misconduct.
Publication Date: 2019-04-10
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: DeShawn Drumgo, Frackville, PA, pro se plaintiff.
for defendant: Stuart B. Drowos, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D68520
Corrections officer entitled to Eleventh Amendment and qualified immunity against claim of alleged sexual assault of inmate during frisk search where the complained-of action did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation and the credible evidence did not support finding the search was conducted in a wrongful manner.
Publication Date: 2019-04-03
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Griffith, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants Correct Care Solu-tions and Pamela Magee
for defendant: Stuart B. Drowos, Delaware Dep't of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant Matthew Fisher. Ophelia Michelle Waters Delaware Dep't of Justice, Wilmington, DE for correctional officer defendants.
Case Number: D68513
Defendants were entitled to summary judgment in an inmate's civil rights action where plaintiff failed to ex-haust his administrative remedies, and where the record revealed no evidence of constitutional violations.
Publication Date: 2019-02-20
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Education Law
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Davis Jones, James I. Stang, and James E. O'Neill, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander S. Zalkin and Ryan M. Cohen, The Zalkin Law Firm, P.C., San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68464
Plaintiff's Title IX and equal protection claims were time-barred where her timely allegations merely amounted to continuing ill effects from the original alleged violations and were not continual unlawful affirmative acts by defendants that would support finding plaintiff's claim timely under a continuing violation theory.
Publication Date: 2019-02-13
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Joseph Kassab, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
for defendant: N/A
Case Number: D68459
Prison staff were immune from suit by an inmate, and the complaint failed to allege sufficient facts to consti-tute claims for civil rights violations involving retaliation and strip searching.
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Publication Date: 2019-02-06
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene J. Maurer, Jr. and Elise K. Wolpert of Eugene J. Maurer, Jr. P.A., Wilmington, DE for Everett Ur-quhart.
for defendant: Abby Adams, Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE for the state.
Case Number: D68453
Criminal defendant's right to assistance of counsel in a serious felony trial required more than the mere pres-ence of a defense attorney the day of trial.
Publication Date: 2019-01-16
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. McTaggart, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants Silva and O'Bara.
for defendant: N/A
Case Number: D68425
Plaintiff's motion to amend was untimely and he did not show good cause for the delay.
Publication Date: 2019-01-09
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Pharmaceuticals | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
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Case Number: D68418
An inmate's amended complaint failed to allege any cognizable civil rights claims.
Publication Date: 2019-01-02
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abby Adams, Deputy Attorney General, Georgetown, DE for the state
for defendant: Jerome M. Capone, Assistant Public Defender, Georgetown, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D68413
Motion to suppress was properly denied where police would have inevitably discovered drugs through legitimate means, and criminal defendant was not entitled to acquittal.
Publication Date: 2018-12-05
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Health Care
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Meyerhoff for defendant Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.
for defendant: N/A
Case Number: D68379
A pro se plaintiff lacked standing to bring claims for violations of federal criminal statutes, and his civil rights claims failed as a matter of law.
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