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San Bernardino County

Government Personal Injury 

Police Assault

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 BRIEF
Excessive Force, probation, rape, San Bernardino County, torture

Jane Doe sued San Bernardino County and the probation officer whom she accuses of using “torture, rape, and excessive force” upon her after she reported his improper advances to the county, in federal court.

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Civil Rights 

Police Use of Force

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 BRIEF
automotive, Police, San Bernardino County, senior citizens

An 84-year-old woman sued San Bernardino County and Chino, California in federal court, claiming officers pulled her over for no reason, forced her to kneel at the side of the road and raise her shirt up and held her at gunpoint for an excessive and unreasonable amount of time.

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Civil Rights Government 

Fair Housing

December 3, 2019December 4, 2019 BRIEF
discrimination, evictions, housing, ordinance, race, rent, San Bernardino County

The United States sued Hesperia, Calif., San Bernardino County and its Sheriff’s Department in federal court, claiming its rental property/eviction ordinance was enacted to drive black and Latino renters away and discourage them from moving in.

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Appeals Civil Rights 

Tribe Can’t Sue for Members Who Claim Racial Profiling in Traffic Tickets

August 19, 2019August 20, 2019 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
automotive, Native Americans, Ninth Circuit, San Bernardino County, tickets, tribal issues

Individual members of a Southern California tribe – not the tribe itself – can sue San Bernardino County over traffic tickets handed on the reservation, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday.

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Civil Rights Courts Government 

SoCal County Settles Bias Claims by Gay & Trans Inmates

August 15, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
discrimination, inmates, Jails, LGBT, San Bernardino County

A group of gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who were systematically discriminated against and mistreated while incarcerated at a Southern California jail reached a deal Wednesday that will compel jail officials to enforce a zero-tolerance policy on discrimination.

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Courts Government 

Families of San Bernardino Terror Attack Victims Get Second Lawsuit Chance

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 DON DEBENEDICTIS
Homeland Security, Justice Department, liability, San Bernardino County, Terrorism

Relatives of three people killed in the 2015 terror attack in San Bernardino, California, lobbied a federal judge Monday for another chance at a lawsuit that lays some of the blame for the attack on the county, the federal government and others. 

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Civil Rights Government 

Police Brutality

December 14, 2017December 14, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
Police, San Bernardino County, Wrongful Death

San Bernardino County sheriff’s officers assaulted, falsely arrested and killed Jonathan Wayne Barrio through positional asphyxia, his mother claims in a federal complaint.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government Regional 

San Bernardino County Settles ‘Mistaken Identity’ Warrants Case

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
California, false arrest, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County, Settlement, warrant

A man who highlighted long-standing flaws in California’s warrants system after law enforcement arrested him on a warrant meant for someone else has settled his civil rights case against the County of San Bernardino and the City of Colton.

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Civil Rights Government Personal Injury 

Police Abuse

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
Police, San Bernardino County

Raymond Loftin claims San Bernardino County sheriff’s officers beat and kicked him senseless without cause, telling him, “This will teach you to make stupid-ass comments on Facebook,” in Federal Court.

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Economy 

Calif. Counties Post Nation’s Biggest Job Growth

April 21, 2017 MARIA DINZEO
California, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Francisco

The California counties of San Francisco, Riverside and San Bernardino led the nation in employment growth, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its latest economic report.

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Appeals Courts Criminal Government 

Freed After 23 Years, Californian Wants Answers

March 20, 2017May 19, 2017 JON CHOWN
evidence, murder, San Bernardino County

Cleared of murder by DNA evidence after spending 23 years in prison for the murder of his wife, a California man brought a federal complaint against San Bernardino County, its district attorney’s and sheriff’s offices and a host of officials.

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