Subject attempting to comply with officer’s commands when tased
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) This appeal stems from a series of encounters between Akeem Bagley and members of the Harris County Constable’s Office on May 30, 2019. The first encounter took place during a police effort to cite drivers for parking too close to a county railroad. […]
Passenger claim that all drugs belonged to him not credible
Facts Terrance Chandler appeals the 240-month sentence that the district court imposed after Chandler pled guilty to conspiring to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D), and to money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). In particular, Chandler challenges the district court’s decision to hold him accountable […]
Issues with warrant did not justify suppression
Facts David Hunter Moore is co-owner of Advantage One LLC (Advantage One) and Moore Advanced Inc. (Advanced). These businesses occupy Suites D and E in a strip-center-type building. On January 2, 2019, before leaving work for the day, Sholonda Williams, an employee of Advanced, went to use the restroom located directly in front of her […]
Subject found to be in constructive possession of firearms in this case
Facts Jacob Lyon was under investigation for his possible involvement in a shooting in Texas when law enforcement discovered the two firearms in question. During the investigation, Asher Schuler, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, along with local law enforcement, traveled to the trailer home of Lyon’s common-law wife […]
Deputy exerted reasonable amount of force to restrain subject
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) Barney Joe Donalson is a pastor at the New Beginnings Fellowship Church (NB), located in Houston, Texas. In 2017, NB purchased a property in Canton, Texas to use as an emergency shelter for hurricane victims or as a multipurpose house of worship with […]
Qualified immunity denied when subject dies of heart attack while being violently seized
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) On March 9, 2021, Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ryan Chapman and other deputies attempted to execute an arrest warrant for Chad Deloach. The deputies believed that Deloach was living on William E. Walls’s Keithville property. When the deputies arrived at the property, […]