Criminal,
Civil Litigation
Apr. 5, 2021
Indigent’s excessive force suit can proceed without him paying legal fees
U.S. District Judge William Alsup held the plaintiff has legal standing to bring claims alleging three City of Pinole police officers used excessive force when they arrested him on suspicion of attempted carjacking, and the case can proceed without the man paying court costs.
A federal judge granted an indigent jail inmate's motion to proceed, without immediate legal costs, in an excessive force lawsuit against a city in Contra Costa County and several of the officers who arrested him.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California, in a five-page order Friday, held plaintiff James Flournoy has legal standing to ...
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