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Case Name	Singleton v. Cannizzaro	CJ-LA-0010
Docket / Court	2:17-cv-10721 ( E.D. La. )
State/Territory	Louisiana
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other)
Attorney Organization	ACLU Affiliates (any) Civil Rights Corps
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Equal Protection

Freedom of speech/association

Unreasonable search and seizure

Defendant-type

Law-enforcement

General

Failure to discipline

Failure to supervise

Failure to train

False arrest

Fines/Fees/Bail/Bond

Over/Unlawful Detention

Pattern or Practice

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
State law

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Orleans Parish
Plaintiff Description	Eight crime victims and witnesses who were threatened, arrested, and imprisoned by prosecutors seeking to coerce them into submitting to interrogations.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Affiliates (any) Civil Rights Corps
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Damages
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement Voluntary Dismissal
Filed	10/17/2017
Case Ongoing	Yes

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	See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
	New Orleans, LA: Misconduct http://www.civilrightscorps.org/ Date: Apr. 21, 2020 By: Civil Rights Corps [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	SINGLETON ET. AL. V. CANNIZZARO ET. AL http://www.civilrightscorps.org Date: March 2018 By: Civil Rights Corps Citation: http://www.civilrightscorps.org/prosecutor-project/ [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Court	Docket(s)
E.D. La. 02/26/2021	2:17−cv−10721−JTM−JVM CJ-LA-0010-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
	General Documents
E.D. La. 10/17/2017	Complaint [ECF# 1] CJ-LA-0010-0001.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
E.D. La. 01/25/2018	Second Amended Complaint [ECF# 52] CJ-LA-0010-0002.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
E.D. La. 02/28/2019	Order Granting in Part Motion to Dismiss with Reasoning [ECF# 116] (2019 WL 969788) CJ-LA-0010-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
E.D. La. 07/02/2019	Order and Reasons [ECF# 147] (397 F.Supp.3d 840) CJ-LA-0010-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
U.S. Court of Appeals 04/21/2020	Opinion [Ct. of App. ECF# 00515390634] (956 F.3d 773) CJ-LA-0010-0006.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
E.D. La. 07/17/2020	Order and Reasons [ECF# 224] (2020 WL 4038979) CJ-LA-0010-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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Judges	Elrod, Jennifer Walker (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0006 Haynes, Catharina (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0006 Milazzo, Jane Margaret Triche (E.D. La.) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0003 \| CJ-LA-0010-0004 \| CJ-LA-0010-0005 \| CJ-LA-0010-9000 Southwick, Leslie (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0006
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Arceneaux, Anna Marie (North Carolina) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0001 \| CJ-LA-0010-0002 \| CJ-LA-0010-9000 Blume, Michael S. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Chamblee-Ryan, Katherine Ashworth (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0001 \| CJ-LA-0010-0002 \| CJ-LA-0010-9000 Hamilton, Bruce Warfield (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0001 \| CJ-LA-0010-0002 \| CJ-LA-0010-9000 Karakatsanis, Alec (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0001 \| CJ-LA-0010-0002 \| CJ-LA-0010-9000 Kovel, Mariana Louise (New York) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Trivedi, Somil Bharat (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-0002 \| CJ-LA-0010-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Alford, W. Raley (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Barbera, Thomas Jeffrey (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Freeman, Robert L. Jr. (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Paul, Matthew J. (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Stanley, Richard C (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000
Other Lawyers	Adcock, John Nelson (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Bloom, Jonathan (New York) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Giang, Albert (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Lasky, Catherine Elena (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Leung, Victor (California) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Murphy, Kerry Ann (Louisiana) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Perigoe, Kelly L. (California) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Rich, R. Bruce (New York) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000 Stutz, Trevor Porter (California) show/hide docs CJ-LA-0010-9000

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