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Just one week after the Alameda County Coroner’s office declared Mario Gonzalez’s death a homicide, renowned California civil rights lawyers Haddad & Sherwin have filed a federal wrongful death suit against the City of Alameda, California, and the involved police officers. The suit was filed on behalf of the murdered…
As of January 1, 2022, for the first time in California history, people will be able to bring claims under California law against police and custodial officers for malicious prosecution or for injuries to prisoners. Changes to the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act (Civ. Code, § 52.1) will remove immunities…
Attorneys Michael Haddad and Julia Sherwin joined forces in 1998 when they launched their firm in Oakland, CA. Married and in business for 23 years, their practice is focused on representing plaintiffs in cases involving police and jail misconduct and wrongful death. Read the full article from Super Lawyer to…
KTVU Fox 2 / Lisa Fernandez SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – The family of a prison officer filed a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday saying their loved one suffered a wrongful death because of the dangerous conditions at San Quentin caused by the correctional system’s “intentional and deliberately indifferent” decisions regarding…
The Mercury News / Julia Prodis Sulek SAN JOSE — The family of the San Quentin prison guard who died last summer from COVID-19 after a botched transfer of infected inmates from another prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against state prison officials, blaming them for a “culture…
OAKLAND, CA (August 24, 2021) — Civil rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP announced today that it has filed a federal court lawsuit against high level administrators of the State of California and the CDCR for the COVID-19 death of San Quentin Sergeant Gilbert Polanco stemming from the botched…
One day before a jury found a Minneapolis police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd, Mario Arenales Gonzalez was killed by Alameda, California police who restrained him in a prone position with weight on him. As the police officers’ body cam videos were released, many can’t help but notice the…
Qualified immunity protects police officers from lawsuits, making it nearly impossible for individual citizens to sue public officials unless they can prove they violated a “clearly established law”. That’s where the lines begin to blur. Reform or abolishing qualified immunity must happen to hold police accountable for their actions when…
On May 6, 2021, CNN reported on the ongoing investigation into the death of Mario Gonzalez, a 26 year-old Oakland California man who was restrained by Alameda Police Officers prior to his death on April 19, 2021. In this video clip, CNN anchor Don Lemon interviews Julia Sherwin, the California…
May 10, 2021 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Pamela S. Karlan Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Main Washington, D.C. 20530 Re: Death of Mario Gonzalez…