Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2008
Closed Date: 2013
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On October 28, 2008, an African-American man filed this class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Oakland, California Police Department and one of its officers. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, requested injunctive relief and monetary damages, alleging that the City unlawfully targeted citizens on the basis of race, violating the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that officers of the police department had issued warrants based on intentionally false or misleading information, subjecting him to unreasonable search and seizure, arresting him without probable cause, and maliciously prosecuting him. On October 6, 2008, the charges against the plaintiff were dismissed when the Alameda County District Attorney's Office discovered that the warrant had been illegally obtained. Although the charges were dismissed, the plaintiff alleged that as a result of the unreasonable search and seizure, he was unable to work causing a loss of income and suffered damages for pain and emotional distress.
On February 9, 2009, a second amended complaint was filed. This complaint added plaintiffs, including African American and Hispanic men and women, who were allegedly subjected to unreasonable search and seizure stemming from illegally obtained warrants and many of whom had been subsequently arrested.
On August 5, 2010, the plaintiffs submitted a stipulated motion for approval of settlement. The United States District Court Northern District of California (Judge Thelton E. Henderson) granted the motion where the City offered to settle the monetary relief claims of the 104 individual plaintiffs and putative class members for total gross settlement sum of $6,500.00 inclusive of all attorney fees and costs. After reaching this agreement, the parties continued with settlement discussions on non-monetary relief claims. Their discussions focused on specific reforms intended to remedy the kind of police misconduct that occurred in this case that would be of substantial benefit to the putative class.
On February 14, 2011, the parties reached a non-monetary settlement agreement. The settlement set out specific procedures for the Oakland Police Department to obtain affidavits and warrants. The parties also agreed to set of protocols for drug evidence testing. The Court retained jurisdiction for two years from the settlement date so that the parties could petition for redress pertaining to compliance with their agreement.
There is nothing substantive in the docket sheet following settlement. Presumably the matter is closed.
Summary Authors
Katherine Reineck (3/10/2015)
Beth Richardson (7/23/2015)
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Ackal, Michael Antoine (California)
Adams, Richard Martin (California)
Aiman-Smith, Randall B (California)
Albritton, Eric M. (California)
Aker, Gregory (California)
Henderson, Thelton Eugene (California)
Ackal, Michael Antoine (California)
Adams, Richard Martin (California)
Aiman-Smith, Randall B (California)
Albritton, Eric M. (California)
Alfaro-Alfaro, Ramon A. (California)
Alfonso-Garcia, Ricardo (California)
Allred, David Craig (California)
Altschuler, Richard P. (California)
Amadeo-Murga, Antonio J. (California)
Ambinder, Lloyd Robert (California)
Anderson, Theodore Carl (California)
Armenteros, Miguel (California)
Aronovitz, Tod N. (California)
Arraiza-Navas, Fermin Luis (California)
Backstrom, Sidney A. (California)
Bagley, Laureen Furey (California)
Balint, Francis Joseph (California)
Bankston, Kevin Stuart (California)
Barreto-Sola, Rafael E. (California)
Barrett, David A. (California)
Barrett, Don John (California)
Bass, Christopher Michael (California)
Batiste, Yolanda Jefferson (California)
Baxter, Samuel Franklin (California)
Becker, Nance Felice (California)
Becker, Timothy J. (California)
Benefield, Michael Aaron (California)
Berger-White, Juliet V (California)
Bernsen, David Eric (California)
Bertolez-Elvira, Maria D. (California)
Bierstein, Andrea B. (California)
Blackwell, Heather Lynn (California)
Blechman, Beth Linda (California)
Bornstein, Henry I. (California)
Bowness, Matthew J (California)
Bradley, Marcus J. (California)
Brady, Scott Earl (California)
Brand, Marc Edward (California)
Braziel, Jimmy Derek (California)
Bruster, Anthony Kyle (California)
Bullion, Andrew B. (California)
Burbridge, Richard D. (California)
Bushman, Howard Mitchell (California)
Butterworth, Alfred Zachariah (California)
Buzbee, Anthony G (California)
Cade, Gregory Andrews (California)
Camp, Robert Joseph (California)
Campbell, Andrew P. (California)
Carroll, Christina Leigh (California)
Celler, Richard Bernard (California)
Centola, Lawrence Joseph (California)
Chandler, John A. (California)
Chavez, Mark Andrew (California)
Cherry, Samuel Alex (California)
Cloutman, Edward Bradbury (California)
Cohen, Jack Richard (California)
Coleman, Alice W. (California)
Conzo, Valerie A. (California)
Cooper, Califf Teal (California)
Craig, Timothy David (California)
Craig, Daniel William (California)
Crimmins, Virginia Stevens (California)
Cullen, Mark Aloysius (California)
Damian, Melanie Emmons (California)
Davenport, Damian E. (California)
Davidson, John L. (California)
Davis, William Ellsworth (California)
Davis, Leonard A. (California)
DeJean, Kenneth W (California)
DeSieno, Timothy Barrett (California)
Dietz, Matthew Wilson (California)
Donelon, Brendan J. (California)
Dowd, Cindra Myers (California)
Dropkin, Drew David (California)
Edwards, Tony Wayne (California)
Ehrlinspiel, Jason S. (California)
Eisler, Robert Gerard (California)
Englander, Jennifer Lynn (California)
Estes, Chase Elliot (California)
Faulkner, Jaliya S (California)
Faxon, Joel Thomas (California)
Feinberg, Dyanne Elyce (California)
Feldesman, PHV James (California)
Fernandez-De-Lahongrais, Ignacio (California)
Fisher, Guy Gladstone (California)
Frasher, Mark William (California)
Frasier, James Edward (California)
Friedman, Andrew David (California)
Frutig, Brian Thomas (California)
Garcia-Gutierrez, Carlos V. (California)
Gardocki, Isabel Ann (California)
Garrigan, Timothy Borne (California)
Gdanski, Jonathan (California)
Gidiere, Caroline Smith (California)
Gioletti, Amy Nichole (California)
Goggans, Michael D. (California)
Golant, Jeffrey N. (California)
Goldstein, Edward W (California)
Golston, Larry Apaul (California)
Gonzalez-Colon, Francisco R. (California)
Goodell, William W. (California)
Goodman, Lawrence Dean (California)
Gowdy, Bryan Scott (California)
Graham, PHV Robert (California)
Graunke, Kristi L. (California)
Gravante, John Gravante (California)
Greenfogel, Steven Joesph (California)
Gresham, Walter Lee (California)
Grodner, Donna Unkel (California)
Gross, Stuart George (California)
Grubbs, Norman Osaygefo (California)
Gruenwald, Eric William (California)
Haberman, Jeffrey Louis (California)
Hackney, James Patrick (California)
Haefele, Robert Turner (California)
Hamilton, Bruce Warfield (California)
Hanson, George A. (California)
Harke, Lance August (California)
Harp, Hoyt Gregory (California)
Harrington, William T. (California)
Harris, Matthew Clay (California)
Harrison, Geoffrey Lloyd (California)
Hayes, Jessica W. (California)
Heard, John Robert (California)
Hennessy, J Patrick (California)
Henriquez-Carrero, Luis A. (California)
Hernandez-Arroyo, Mauricio (California)
Hertzfeld, Andrea L. (California)
Heye, William John (California)
Heyer, Barbara A. (California)
Hey-Maestre, Charles S. (California)
Hickman, Steven R (California)
Hightower, Jess Vince (California)
Hinton, Christopher S. (California)
Howard, Ebony Glenn (California)
Humphrey, Christina A. (California)
Israel, Joel Lawrence (California)
Jackson, J Forester (California)
Jackson, Mary Bubbett (California)
Joanen, Lewis Scott (California)
Johns, Christopher Kelley (California)
Johnson, Michael K. (California)
Josephson, Michael A (California)
Jr, Joaquin Amaya (California)
Jr, Robert Edward (California)
Kaeske, Michael Kaeske (California)
Keahey, Grover Patterson (California)
Kingsdorf, Bruce S. (California)
Kinsel, Scott Cook (California)
Klein, Suzanne Brooke (California)
Klibert, Brent A. (California)
Koger, Thomas Joseph (California)
Krause, David Bruce (California)
Lackey, Holt Major (California)
Laizure, Anthony M (California)
Laminack, Richard N (California)
Landers, Daniella (California)
Landsberg, Donnamarie Antoinette (California)
Lane, Joseph David (California)
Langhoff, Marissa Christina (California)
Latchford, Shawn A. (California)
Lauer, Steven Lee (California)
Lausell-Recurt, Steven P. (California)
Leon, Francis Edward (California)
Lestelle, Andrea S. (California)
Lipski, Alisa Anne (California)
Lormand, Roxie Huffman (California)
Lovelace, Dewitt M. (California)
Lusher, LaDonna Marie (California)
MacNeill, John B. (California)
Magid, James Christopher (California)
Maples, F. Gerald (California)
Margolis, Robert Lawrence (California)
Marlowe, Christopher Lang (California)
Marsh, Marion Dale (California)
Martines, Buffy Kay (California)
Martinez, Mary Beth (California)
McAlister, Mary E. (California)
McCartney, James W. (California)
McCarty, David Neil (California)
McDuff, Robert B. (California)
McGehee, Charlotte McDaniel (California)
McGowan, Candis Annette (California)
McNeely, Cynthia Lynn (California)
McPhillips, Julian Lenwood (California)
Melochick, Patricia Ann (California)
Mendez-Gomez, Nestor (California)
Meredith, Joel Cary (California)
Messersmith, Jason Eric (California)
Michaels, Robert Scott (California)
Middleton, William J. (California)
Migliori, Donald A. (California)
Miranda-Rodriguez, Lillian N. (California)
Mitchell, William Eason (California)
Mize, Jasmin Louisa (California)
Moskowitz, Adam M. (California)
Mullenbach, Linda H. (California)
Murray, Arthur Mahony (California)
Murray, Stephen B. (California)
Nadal-Arcelay, Harry R. (California)
Nassif, Laurence Valere (California)
Neely, Walter Andrew (California)
Nichols, Adam Barclay (California)
Niemeyer, Heather M (California)
Nockels, Jonathan (California)
Nomberg, Bernard Dobbie (California)
Norris, Robert Nicholas (California)
Obrist, Gretchen S (California)
O'Connell, Victor (California)
O'Connor, Maura Eileen (California)
Osorno, Jaqueline Aranda (California)
Owings, Alexander Phillip (California)
Owings, Steven A. (California)
Palmer, Robert Leslie (California)
Parada, Jessica Lorraine (California)
Paris, Lynda Carey (California)
Parkman, James Woodfin (California)
Parmet, Matthew Scott (California)
Payne, James Erick (California)
Pendley, Patrick W (California)
Perez-Borrero, Arlene R. (California)
Perlioni, Ellen LeGrand (California)
PHV, Charles Barrett (California)
PHV, John Crongeyer (California)
PHV, Peter Simshauser (California)
PHV, Benjamin Harris (California)
Plattenberger, Jacob W. (California)
Pleasants, Edward L (California)
Podhurst, Aaron Samuel (California)
Portner, Chris Michael (California)
Prudhomme, Carlos Demetrius (California)
Puccio, Thomas Philip (California)
Quinones-Suarez, Pedro (California)
Ramos-Luina, Guillermo J. (California)
Ramsey, Robert Stephen (California)
Reich, Dennis Craig (California)
Reichle, Scott Lee (California)
Renner, Alison G. (California)
Reyna, Israel Morales (California)
Richardson, Charles Loy (California)
Rivera, Rafael E. (California)
Rivera-Guadarrama, Milagros (California)
Rivera-Ortiz, Marcos A. (California)
Robbins, Lawrence Saul (California)
Robichaux, John Van (California)
Robinson, Brent A (California)
Rodriguez-Banchs, Manuel A. (California)
Rodriguez-Marxuach, Miguel J. (California)
Romeo, Abigail R. (California)
Roque-Velazquez, Jose R. (California)
Rosen, Laurence M. (California)
Rosenthal, Stephen Frederick (California)
Rouco, PHV Richard (California)
Rowe, Mark Lynnwood (California)
Ruiz-Rodriguez, Carlos A. (California)
Sabourian, Kayvon (California)
Sagar, Jo-Ann Tamila (California)
Saltzman, Stanley D. (California)
Sanchez, Rodolfo David (California)
Sandley, Caitlin J. (California)
Saveri, Lisa Maria (California)
Scherrer, Hilary Kathleen (California)
Schlomann, Christine Louise (California)
Schranck, Timothy O. (California)
Scruggs, Richard F. (California)
Scruggs, David Zach (California)
Sellers, Joseph M. (California)
Serpe, Richard James (California)
Shackelford, Stephen Lee (California)
Shiu, Gary Ka-Kui (California)
Shoemaker, James Harrell (California)
Sinha, Sumantra T. (California)
Smiljanich, Terrance A. (California)
Smith, Kevin David (California)
Smith, Suzelle Moss (California)
Sorrels, Randall Owen (California)
Spagnoletti, Francis I (California)
Sparks, Mark Christopher (California)
Stack, Brian Joseph (California)
Stansberry, Amanda L. (California)
Steensland, Maurice John (California)
Steffensen, Brian W (California)
Stegall, Patrick Alan (California)
Stetson, Catherine E (California)
Stevenson, Theodore Stevenson (California)
Stewart, Meredith B (California)
Stracener, Wayne Eric (California)
Struckhoff, Jeffery Bryan (California)
Suro-Ballester, Jorge M. (California)
Suro-Carrasco, Miguel A. (California)
Swanner, Lance Harrison (California)
Swanson, Jane Kathryn (California)
Taaffe, Damon William (California)
Templeton, Robert L (California)
Thompson, Gregory M (California)
Thompson, Ryan L. (California)
Tighe, Austin Patrick (California)
Tompkins, Charles E. (California)
Tompkins, Michael Alexander (California)
Toriseva, Teresa C (California)
Truelove, Jennifer Leigh (California)
Umphrey, Thomas Walter (California)
Vagnini, James Aldo (California)
Valori, Peter Francis (California)
Wagoner, Jack Wagoner (California)
Wallace, Mona Lisa (California)
Walrath, Michael Daniel (California)
Walsh, Andrew Philip (California)
Ward, Keith Allen (California)
Weber, Rose Minna (California)
Weber, Stephanie Judith (California)
Weber, Bradley Carroll (California)
Weinshall, Matthew (California)
Welch, David Dickey (California)
Werner, John Gerard (California)
White, William Calvin (California)
Wiggins, Robert Lee (California)
Willett, Christopher Joseph (California)
Williams, Christopher Lane (California)
Williams, Steven Noel (California)
Wilmes, Christopher J (California)
Wilson, Jeremy Reade (California)
Wilson, J. Courtney (California)
Woerner, Michael Dean (California)
Woodson, Clark Woodson (California)
Yarborough, Gary McKay (California)
Yoxall, Thomas George (California)
Allen, Jason Michael (California)
Bailey, Kenneth Camp (California)
Beaty, Geoffrey A. (California)
Boley, Todd Alexander (California)
Bowen, Colin Troy (California)
Caldes, William G. (California)
Cassidy, Terence J (California)
Chin, Jennifer A. (California)
Clarke, Kevin Michael (California)
Clarke, Leo Lanie (California)
Colvig, Timothy Alan (California)
Colwell, Kimberly E. (California)
Elliot, Eugene Burton (California)
Emblidge, G. Scott (California)
Esades, Vincent J. (California)
Finberg, James M. (California)
Fineman, Steven E. (California)
Foster, Michael W. (California)
Fox, Gregory Mellon (California)
Fraenkel, Ines Vargas (California)
Garbers, Wendy M. (California)
Gearon, Thomas Drew (California)
Geiger, Benjamin Cunningham (California)
Gittleman, Jeffrey B. (California)
Hamoy-Perera, Aimee G. (California)
Hartinger, Arthur A. (California)
Heimann, Richard Martin (California)
Higa, James Yoshihiro (California)
Hinderliter, Justine Daryl (California)
Hodgkins, James F. (California)
Hoffmann, Peter Andrew (California)
Holtzman, Jonathan V. (California)
Jefferson, Jamilah A (California)
Johnson, Kerri Anne (California)
Jordan-Davis, Madelyn G. (California)
Kavanagh, Gail Elizabeth (California)
Kee, Christopher Andrew (California)
Kingsdale, Andrew Scirica (California)
Kizer, Kathleen Sue (California)
Leyton, Stacey M. (California)
Llamas, Pelayo Antonio (California)
Loebs, Blake Philip (California)
Logue, Jennifer N. (California)
London, William H. (California)
Long, Christopher Michael (California)
Lubin, Katherine Collinge (California)
Macaulay, Amber Rose (California)
Maloney, C. Christine (California)
Marriott, Sarah Christine (California)
Martin, Brigid S. (California)
McCarthy, Collin Spencer (California)
McClain, Lauren Elise (California)
McClain, Kenneth B. (California)
McCrimmon, Deborah E. (California)
McFarland, Dylan J. (California)
McGee, Otis McGee (California)
McLaughlin, Kevin P. (California)
Mello, Paul Brian (California)
Meyers, Michelle M (California)
Moreno, Doryanna Marie (California)
Morodomi, Mark Takeshi (California)
Moskovitz, Michael E. (California)
Mount, Kathy Ellen (California)
Ortler, Carolyn Sue (California)
Padilla, Angela Lucia (California)
Parker, Barbara J. (California)
Patton, Nicholas H. (California)
Pereda, David Alejandro (California)
Perrin, Michael W. (California)
Pers, Jessica Susan (California)
Pordy, Hope Allison (California)
Reding, Erin Hansen (California)
Richardson, Mary Creer (California)
Richardson, Greg James (California)
Roccanova, Gina Marie (California)
Rosen, Arlene Marcia (California)
Rowell, Stephen Q. (California)
Russo, John Anthony (California)
Ryan, Mary Colleen (California)
Saveri, Joseph Richard (California)
Schneider, Walter Raymond (California)
Schubert, Robert C (California)
Scott, Stephen Alter (California)
Seltz, Daniel Edward (California)
Shaw, Steven Patrick (California)
Siegel, Kevin Drake (California)
Simmons, William Edmond (California)
Simoncini, Kenneth Dominic (California)
Sivas, Deborah Ann (California)
Spector, Eugene A. (California)
Spellberg, Geoffrey (California)
Subramanian, Arun Srinivas (California)
Truelove, Justin Kurt (California)
Verber, John Jeffrey (California)
Vose, Charles Edward (California)
Warren, Selia Monique (California)
Westmore, Kandis Arianne (California)
Whitefleet, John Robert (California)
Wilson, Edwin Joshua (California)
Wolff, Samantha D. (California)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4175835/oliver-v-city-of-oakland/
Last updated March 17, 2024, 3:05 a.m.
State / Territory: California
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Oct. 28, 2008
Closing Date: 2013
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
A group of seventeen African-American and Hispanic men and women who were subject to unwarranted police aggression.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: Yes
Class Action Outcome: Mooted before ruling
Defendants
City of Oakland Police Department (Oakland), City
Defendant Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Constitutional Clause(s):
Unreasonable search and seizure
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: $6,500,000
Order Duration: 2011 - 2013
Content of Injunction:
Issues
General:
Policing:
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Race:
National Origin/Ethnicity: