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Immigration,
Civil Litigation

Aug. 17, 2020

Counsel praise Chief Judge Larry Burns’s handling of first federal jury trial post-shutdown

Southern District of California jury sides with former ICE agent in civil rights case against the DOJ

A federal jury serving in the first post-shutdown civil trial in downtown San Diego awarded $100,000 Friday to a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an excessive force case.

James Adams sued the California Department of Justice for several causes of action stemming from a 2015 arrest in his home, including unlawful execution of a search warrant, excessive force and negligence. Adams v. County of San Diego, et al.,...

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