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In February of 2022, Anthony Galley had been left in a Sacramento County crowded holding cell for over two days. Displaying clear signs of severe alcohol withdrawal, Anthony had been neither evaluated, offered medical care, nor given any solution or treatment. On February 15th, he passed away in the filthy,…
Two federal judges have rejected the State of California’s attempts to escape accountability for its botched transfer of 122 inmates into San Quentin State Prison, which sparked a wildfire of Covid that sickened two-thirds of the San Quentin population and killed 27 people. On May 30, 2020, the State transferred…
The three Alameda, California, police officers responsible for killing Mario Gonzalez after they pinned him face down on the ground for over five minutes will not be charged criminally for his homicide. According to a report released by the Alameda County District Attorney’s office, the officers were “lawful and objectively…
On March 2nd of 2022, a report released by the Physicians of Human Rights and co-authored by Julia Sherwin was released, disavowing the junk science theory of “Excited Delirium” as racist and unscientific. In the evening of March 2nd, Sherwin was interviewed by Fox at KTVU to elaborate on the…
Excited Delirium Blames Victims of Wrongful Death in California and Beyond For years, Haddad & Sherwin attorney Julia Sherwin has been working to dismantle the theory of “Excited Delirium,” a common and baseless defense police use when they kill someone during restraint, like George Floyd, Mario Gonzalez, and Daniel Prude.…
Next Steps in the Mario Gonzalez Wrongful Death Case 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.…
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…