Consensual monitoring provides consent to record conversation
Facts On two separate occasions, December 4, 2018, and January 3, 2019, confidential informant Ronald Keen met with law enforcement officers from the Batesville Police Department to make a controlled purchase of drugs from a man Keen knew as “Buddy Row.” On each occasion, Keen’s person and vehicle were searched, recording equipment was placed in […]
Video showed subject pointed gun at officer before being killed
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) Driving home, Schaston Hodge stopped at a stop sign and turned left without signaling. Officers Litvin and Engleman attempted to pull Hodge over. Despite the officers lights and sirens, Hodge continued driving for several minutes until he reached his house. As Hodge parked […]
Force police used in this case was not excessive
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) In September 2020, Cesar Salinas was arrested in downtown Fort Worth. Officers Steve Loud and Teresa Torres, two Fort Worth police officers, approached Salinas while investigating a report of a woman who was groped outside of a bar. The exchange escalated quickly, and […]
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 […]