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    INTHEUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT

    EASTERNDISTRICTOFMISSOURI

    EASTERNDIVISION

    DWAYNEA.JACKSON,

    Plaintiff,

    v.

    FRANCISSLAY,

    inhisofficialcapacityasamemberoftheSt.

    LouisBoardofPoliceCommissioners;

    Serve:1200ClarkAvenue

    St.Louis,MO63103

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    THOMASIRWIN,

    inhisofficialcapacityasamemberoftheSt.

    LouisBoardofPoliceCommissioners;

    Serve:1200ClarkAvenue

    St.Louis,MO63103

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    BETTYEBATTLETURNER,inherofficialcapacityasamemberoftheSt.

    LouisBoardofPoliceCommissioners;

    Serve:1200ClarkAvenue

    St.Louis,MO63103

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    RICHARDH.GRAY,

    inhisofficialcapacityasamemberoftheSt.

    LouisBoardofPoliceCommissioners;

    Serve:1200ClarkAvenue

    St.Louis,MO63103

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    CaseNo.12CV1444

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    DANIELISOM,

    inhisofficialcapacityastheChiefofPolice

    fortheSt.LouisMetropolitanPolice

    Department;

    Serve:1200ClarkAvenueSt.Louis,MO63103

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    MARYEDWARDSFEARS,

    inherofficialcapacityasCaptainand

    CommanderoftheFifthDistrictoftheSt.

    LouisMetropolitanPoliceDepartment;

    Serve:1200ClarkAvenue

    St.Louis,MO63103

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    OFFICERZARBO,arrestingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JOHNDOE,arrestingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    OFFICERJONES,bookingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JAMESDOE,

    booking

    police

    officer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

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    JOSEPHDOE,bookingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JOSHUADOE,

    inhisofficialcapacityasCaptainand

    CommanderofunknownDistrictoftheSt.

    LouisMetropolitanPoliceDepartment;

    Serve:1200ClarkAvenue

    St.Louis,MO63103

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    OFFICERLAMMERT,arrestingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JEFFERSONDOE,arrestingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    OFFICERHENNING,bookingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JUSTINDOE,bookingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JACOBDOE,bookingpoliceofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

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    ST.LOUISCITYSHERIFFSDEPARTMENT,

    asabodyandthroughitsSheriff,inhis

    officialcapacity;

    Serve:1114MarketStreet

    St.Louis,MO63101(WaiverofServiceRequested)

    JAMESW.MURPHY,

    inhisofficialcapacityasSt.LouisCitySheriff;

    Serve:1114MarketStreet

    St.Louis,MO63101

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    JERALDDOE,deputysheriff,

    inhisofficialcapacityasadeputysheriffand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JAREDDOE,deputysheriff,

    inhisofficialcapacityasadeputysheriffand

    inhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    ST.LOUISCITYDIVISIONOFCORRECTIONS,

    asabodyandthroughitsCommissioner,in

    hisofficialcapacity;

    Serve:200S.TuckerBlvd.

    St.Louis,MO63102

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    DALEGLASS,

    inhis

    official

    capacity

    asCommissioner

    ofthe

    DivisionofCorrections;

    Serve:200S.TuckerBlvd.

    St.Louis,MO63102

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

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    JACKSONDOE,correctionsofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasacorrectionsofficer

    andinhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    JESSEDOE,correctionsofficer,

    inhisofficialcapacityasacorrectionsofficer

    andinhisindividualcapacity;

    HoldforService

    CORRECTIONALMEDICALSERVICES,

    Serve: CTCorporationSystem

    120SouthCentralAvenue

    Clayton,MO63105

    (WaiverofServiceRequested)

    JORDANDOE,CMSphysician,

    HoldforService

    JASONDOE,CMSphysician,

    HoldforService

    Defendants.

    COMPLAINTFORDECLARATORYJUDGMENTANDDAMAGES

    PlaintiffDwayneA.Jackson,forhiscomplaintagainstDefendants,statesasfollows:

    INTRODUCTION

    1. Thiscomplaintisfordeclaratoryjudgmentanddamagesforcivilrightsviolationsarisingoutof incidents thatoccurred inSt.LouisCity,Missouri, fromonoraboutAugust17,

    2010throughonoraboutOctober12,2011.

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    2. This is an action formoney damages brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983,becausePlaintiffwaswrongfullyheld in thecustodyofDefendantson twooccasionsthirty

    seven (37)daysbetweenAugust17,2010andSeptember23,2010,andsixtythree (63)days

    betweenAugust10,2011andOctober12,2011inviolaonofhisrightsundertheFourthand

    FourteenthAmendmentstotheUnitedStatesConstitution.

    3. Plaintiffalsohasstatelawclaimsforfalsearrestandfalseimprisonment.PARTIES

    4. PlaintiffisacitizenoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaandaresidentoftheStateofMissouri.

    5. TheSt.LouisMetropolitanBoardofPoliceCommissionersisagovernmentalunitwithin the StateofMissouriand through its individualmembers, isa corporatebodyand is

    authorized to be sued in its corporate name through its individualmembers. Defendants

    Mayor Francis Slay, Thomas Irwin, Bettye BattleTurner, and Richard H. Gray (collectively

    referred to hereinafter as Defendant Board) comprise the entire Board of Police

    CommissionersoftheCityofSt.Louis.Theindividualboardmembershavelegalresponsibility

    and policymaking authority for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (hereinafter

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment)andarenamed intheirofficialcapacitysolelytomaintain

    this action against the St. LouisMetropolitan Board of Police Commissioners for the claims

    allegedherein.

    6. TheSt.LouisMetropolitanBoardofPoliceCommissionersisagovernmentalunitwithin the State ofMissouri and is the governing body and employer for theMetropolitan

    PoliceDepartment, includingthe individuallynamedpoliceofficers,and isresponsibleforthe

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    trainingandsupervisionofDefendantDaniel Isom(hereinafterDefendant Isom),Defendant

    Mary EdwardsFears (hereinafter Defendant EdwardsFears), Defendant Officer Zarbo

    (hereinafterDefendantZarbo),Defendant JohnDoe,DefendantOfficerJones (hereinafter

    Defendant Jones), Defendant James Doe, Defendant Joseph Doe, Defendant Joshua Doe,

    Defendant Officer Lammert (hereinafter Defendant Lammert),Defendant JeffersonDoe,

    Defendant OfficerHenning (hereinafter DefendantHenning),Defendant JustinDoe, and

    DefendantJacobDoe.

    7. DefendantIsom,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint, the ChiefofPolice for theMetropolitanPoliceDepartment andwas the highest

    ranking police officer in the City of St. Louis, chargedwith administering the police force,

    including training, supervising,disciplining,anddismissing individualpoliceofficers, including

    Defendants EdwardsFears, Zarbo, John Doe, Jones, James Doe, Joseph Doe, Joshua Doe,

    Lammert, JeffersonDoe,Henning, JustinDoe,and JacobDoe.Defendant Isom is sued inhis

    officialcapacityasChiefofPolicefortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment.

    8. Defendant EdwardsFears, is and was at all times relevant to the incidentsdescribed in this Complaint, the Captain and Commander of the Fifth District for the

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment,chargedwithtraining,supervising,disciplining,anddismissing

    individualpoliceofficers,includingDefendantsZarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,andJamesDoe,aswell

    asdeciding

    which

    tasks

    police

    officers

    should

    perform.

    Defendant

    Edwards

    Fears

    issued

    inher

    official capacity asCaptain and Commander for the FifthDistrictof theMetropolitanPolice

    Department.

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    9. DefendantZarbo,thearrestingofficerin2010,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,alawenforcementofficerfortheMetropolitanPolice

    Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the Metropolitan Police

    Department, acting under the control ofDefendant Board,Defendant Isom, andDefendant

    EdwardsFears, and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or practice of the

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment.Defendant Zarbo is sued inhisofficial capacity as apolice

    officerfortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalsoinhisindividualcapacity.

    10. Defendant John Doe, the arresting officer in 2010, is and was at all timesrelevant to the incidents described in this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting under the control of Defendant Board, Defendant

    Isom,andDefendantEdwardsFears,andactingpursuanttoanofficialpolicy,custom,and/or

    practice of theMetropolitan Police Department. Defendant John Doe is sued in his official

    capacityasapoliceofficer fortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalso inhis individual

    capacity.

    11. DefendantJones,abookingpoliceofficerin2010,isandwasatalltimesrelevantto the incidentsdescribed in thisComplaint,a lawenforcementofficer for theMetropolitan

    PoliceDepartment,acting insuchcapacityasanagentandservantoftheMetropolitanPolice

    Department,acting

    under

    the

    control

    ofDefendant

    Board,

    Defendant

    Isom,

    and

    Defendant

    EdwardsFears, and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or practice of the

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment.Defendant Jones is sued inhisofficial capacity as a police

    officerfortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalsoinhisindividualcapacity.

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    12. Defendant JamesDoe,abookingpoliceofficer in2010, isandwasatall timesrelevant to the incidents described in this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting under the control of Defendant Board, Defendant

    Isom,andDefendantEdwardsFears,andactingpursuanttoanofficialpolicy,custom,and/or

    practiceof theMetropolitanPoliceDepartment.Defendant JamesDoe is sued inhisofficial

    capacityasapoliceofficer fortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalso inhis individual

    capacity.

    13. DefendantJosephDoe,abookingpoliceofficer in2010, isandwasatalltimesrelevant to the incidents described in this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment,actingunderthecontrolofDefendantBoardandDefendant

    Isom and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or practice of theMetropolitan

    PoliceDepartment.DefendantJosephDoeissuedinhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerfor

    theMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalsoinhisindividualcapacity.

    14. DefendantJoshuaDoe,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,theCaptainandCommanderanunknowndistrictfortheMetropolitanPolice

    Department, chargedwith training, supervising, disciplining, and dismissing individual police

    officers,including

    Defendants

    Lammert,

    Jefferson

    Doe,

    Henning,

    and

    Justin

    Doe,

    aswell

    as

    decidingwhichtaskspoliceofficersshouldperform.DefendantJoshuaDoeissuedinhisofficial

    capacity as Captain and Commander for an unknown district of the Metropolitan Police

    Department.

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    15. DefendantLammert,thearrestingofficerin2011,isandwasatalltimesrelevantto the incidentsdescribed in thisComplaint,a lawenforcementofficer for theMetropolitan

    PoliceDepartment,acting insuchcapacityasanagentandservantoftheMetropolitanPolice

    Department, acting under the control ofDefendant Board,Defendant Isom, andDefendant

    Joshua Doe, and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or practice of the

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment.DefendantLammertissuedinhisofficialcapacityasapolice

    officerfortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalsoinhisindividualcapacity.

    16. Defendant JeffersonDoe, thearrestingofficer in2011, isandwasatall timesrelevant to the incidents described in this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting under the control of Defendant Board, Defendant

    Isom, and Defendant Joshua Doe, and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or

    practiceoftheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment.DefendantJeffersonDoeissuedinhisofficial

    capacityasapoliceofficer fortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalso inhis individual

    capacity.

    17. Defendant Henning, a booking police officer in 2011, is andwas at all timesrelevant to the incidents described in this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the

    MetropolitanPolice

    Department,

    acting

    under

    the

    control

    ofDefendant

    Board,

    Defendant

    Isom, and Defendant Joshua Doe, and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or

    practice of theMetropolitan Police Department. Defendant Henning is sued in his official

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    capacityasapoliceofficer fortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalso inhis individual

    capacity.

    18. Defendant JustinDoe,abookingpoliceofficer in2011, isandwasatall timesrelevant to the incidents described in this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting under the control of Defendant Board, Defendant

    Isom, and Defendant Joshua Doe, and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or

    practiceof theMetropolitanPoliceDepartment.Defendant JustinDoe is sued inhis official

    capacityasapoliceofficer fortheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalso inhis individual

    capacity.

    19. Defendant JacobDoe,abookingpoliceofficer in2011, isandwasatall timesrelevant to the incidents described in this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the

    Metropolitan Police Department, acting in such capacity as an agent and servant of the

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment,actingunderthecontrolofDefendantBoardandDefendant

    Isom and acting pursuant to an official policy, custom, and/or practice of theMetropolitan

    PoliceDepartment.DefendantJacobDoeissuedinhisofficialcapacityasapoliceofficerforthe

    MetropolitanPoliceDepartment,andalsoinhisindividualcapacity.

    20. DefendantSt.LouisCitySheriffsDepartment (hereinafterDefendantSheriffsDepartment)

    isthe

    governing

    body

    and

    the

    employer

    ofSheriffs

    employees

    for

    the

    City

    ofSt.

    Louis and is responsible for the training and supervision of Defendants JamesW.Murphy

    (hereinafter Defendant Murphy) and Defendants Jerald Doe and Jared Doe. Defendant

    MurphyhasthelegalresponsibilityandpolicymakingauthorityfortheSheriffsDepartment.

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    21. DefendantMurphy,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,theSheriffoftheCityofSt.Louis,chargedwithresponsibilityforthesafetyand

    security of the thirtyone divisional courtrooms of the TwentySecond Judicial Circuit, the

    transportationofprisonersbetween theCourtsanddetention facilities,and the trainingand

    supervisionofthedeputysheriffs, includingDefendantsJeraldDoeandJaredDoe.Defendant

    MurphyissuedinhisofficialcapacityasSheriffoftheCityofSt.Louis.

    22. DefendantJeraldDoe,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,adeputyfortheSheriffsDepartment,actinginsuchcapacityasanagentand

    servant of the Sheriffs Department, acting under the control of Defendant Sheriffs

    DepartmentandDefendantMurphy,andactingpursuanttoanofficialpolicy,custom,and/or

    practiceoftheSheriffsDepartment.DefendantJeraldDoe issued inhisofficialcapacityasa

    deputyfortheSheriffsDepartment,andalsoinhisindividualcapacity.

    23. DefendantJaredDoe,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,adeputyfortheSheriffsDepartment,actinginsuchcapacityasanagentand

    servant of the Sheriffs Department, acting under the control of Defendant Sheriffs

    DepartmentandDefendantMurphy,andactingpursuanttoanofficialpolicy,custom,and/or

    practiceoftheSheriffsDepartment.Defendant JaredDoe issued inhisofficialcapacityasa

    deputyfortheSheriffsDepartment,andalsoinhisindividualcapacity.

    24.

    DefendantSt.

    Louis

    City

    Division

    ofCorrections

    (hereinafter

    Defendant

    Division

    ofCorrections) is thegoverningbodyand theemployer for theMediumSecurity Institution

    locatedat7600NorthHallstreet,St.Louis,Missouri63147(commonlyknownasandreferred

    to hereinafter as the Workhouse) and is responsible for the training and supervision of

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    DefendantsDaleGlass(hereinafterDefendantGlass)andDefendantsJacksonDoeandJesse

    Doe.DefendantGlass has legal responsibility and policymaking authority for theDivision of

    Corrections.

    25. DefendantGlass, isandwasatall times relevant to the incidentsdescribed inthisComplaint, the Commissioner of theDivision ofCorrections, chargedwith the custodial

    careofpretrialinmatesattheWorkhouse,andthetrainingandsupervisionofthecorrections

    officersattheWorkhouse,includingDefendantsJacksonDoeandJesseDoe.DefendantGlassis

    suedinhisofficialcapacity,asCommanderoftheDivisionofCorrections.

    26. Defendant Jackson Doe, is and was at all times relevant to the incidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,alawenforcementofficerfortheDivisionofCorrections,actingin

    suchcapacityasanagentandservantoftheDivisionofCorrections,actingunderthecontrolof

    Defendant Division of Corrections and Defendant Glass, and acting pursuant to an official

    policy,custom,and/orpracticeoftheDivisionofCorrections.DefendantJacksonDoeissuedin

    his official capacity as a corrections officer for the Division of Corrections, and also in his

    individualcapacity.

    27. DefendantJesseDoe,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedin this Complaint, a law enforcement officer for the Division of Corrections, acting in such

    capacity as an agent and servantof theDivisionofCorrections, actingunder the control of

    DefendantDivision

    ofCorrections

    and

    Defendant

    Glass,

    and

    acting

    pursuant

    toanofficial

    policy,custom,and/orpracticeoftheDivisionofCorrections.DefendantJesseDoeissuedinhis

    officialcapacityasacorrectionsofficerfortheDivisionofCorrections,andalsoinhisindividual

    capacity.

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    28. DefendantCorrectionalMedicalServices,Inc.(hereinafterDefendantCMS), isaMissouricorporation.Atallrelevanttimesherein,DefendantCMSwascontractedbytheCity

    ofSt.LouisandtheDefendantDivisionofCorrections,toprovidehealthcareandmanagement

    servicestodetaineesattheWorkhouse.AtalltimesrelevantDefendantCMSwasactingunder

    colorofstatelaw.Atalltimesrelevant,DefendantCMSemployedindividualswhosejob,acting

    inthecourseandscopeoftheiremploymentoragencyonbehalfofDefendantCMS,wasto

    providehealthcarefordetaineesand/orprisoners incarcerated intheWorkhouse.Defendant

    CMS is liablefortrainingandsupervising itsemployees, includingDefendantsJordanDoeand

    JasonDoeandisliableforunconstitutionalactionsofDefendantJordanDoeandJasonDoe.

    29. DefendantJordanDoe,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,alicensedphysicianemployedbyDefendantCMS,actinginsuchcapacityas

    an agent and servant of Defendant CMS, and acting under the control and supervision of

    DefendantCMS,andactingpursuanttoanofficialpolicy,custom,and/orpracticeofDefendant

    CMS.DefendantJordanDoeissuedinhisofficialcapacityasalicensedphysicianactingunder

    colorofstatelaw,andinhisindividualcapacity.

    30. DefendantJasonDoe,isandwasatalltimesrelevanttotheincidentsdescribedinthisComplaint,alicensedphysicianemployedbyDefendantCMS,actinginsuchcapacityas

    an agent and servant of Defendant CMS, and acting under the control and supervision of

    DefendantCMS,

    and

    acting

    pursuant

    toanofficial

    policy,

    custom,

    and/or

    practice

    ofDefendant

    CMS.Defendant JasonDoe issued inhisofficialcapacityasa licensedphysicianactingunder

    colorofstatelaw,andinhisindividualcapacity.

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    31. Atalltimesrelevanttothiscaseandinallactionsandomissionsallegedherein,allDefendantswereactingundercolorofstatelaw.

    JURISDICTIONANDVENUE

    32. Thisaction isbroughtpursuant to42U.S.C.1983 to redress thedeprivationundercolorofstatelawofrightssecuredbythefederalconstitution,andtherefore,thisCourt

    hasoriginaljurisdictionpursuantto28U.S.C.1331and1343.

    33. ThisCourthassupplementaljurisdictiontohearanddecideclaimsarisingoutofstatelawpursuantto28U.S.C.1367.

    34. Therelevantactsandomissionsoccurred inSt.LouisCounty,MissouriandtheCity of St. Louis,Missouri; therefore, venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28U.S.C.

    1391(b)(2).

    35. Divisionalvenue is in theEasternDistrictbecause theeventsgiving rise to thesuitoccurredinSt.LouisCountyandtheCityofSt.Louis.E.D.Mo.L.R.2.07(A)(1),(B)(1).

    36. The State ofMissouri has waived sovereign immunity against the individualpoliceofficersandtheBoardofPoliceCommissionersoftheCityofSt.Louis,bytheenactment

    ofMissouriRevisedStatute105.711.

    BACKGROUND

    37. As stated in detail below, between August 17, 2010 and October 12, 2011,Plaintiff

    was

    wrongfully

    and

    involuntarily

    held

    inthe

    custody

    ofthe

    Metropolitan

    Police

    Department, the Sheriffs Department, and/or the Division of Corrections on two separate

    occasions for the same chargeunder casenumber 0822CR04569 from: 1)August 17, 2010

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    through September 23, 2010 for aperiodof thirtyseven (37)days;and2)August10, 2011

    throughOctober12,2011foraperiodofsixtythree(63)days.

    38. Thecrimealleged incasenumber0822CR04569occurredbetween January7,2006andJuly1,2006.

    39. PlaintiffwasimprisonedbytheStateofMissourifromFebruary20,2003throughFebruary19,2009,andthus,couldnothavecommittedthecrimeallegedincasenumber0822

    CR04569.

    40. During both wrongful detentions, as explained in detail below, Plaintiffcontinuedtoprotestthathewasmisidentifiedandthathewasincarceratedatthetimeofthe

    crimeinquestion.

    41. Throughout his time in custody, Plaintiff repeatedly complained about hisunlawfuldetentionto:1)policeofficers,whowereemployeesandagentsactingonbehalfof

    andunder thedirectionofDefendantsBoard, Isom,EdwardsFears,and theotherunknown

    CaptainandCommanderDefendantJoshuaDoe;2)sheriffsdeputies,whowereemployeesand

    agents acting on behalf of and under the direction ofDefendants SheriffsDepartment and

    Murphy;and3)correctionsofficers,whowereemployeesandagentsonbehalfofandunder

    thedirectionofDefendantDivisionofCorrectionsandDefendantGlass.Plaintiffscomplaints

    weresummarilyignored.Noneofthedefendants,northeiragentsoremployees,investigated

    Plaintiffsclaims

    ofinnocence

    ormisidentification,

    based

    on

    the

    the

    multiple

    inconsistencies

    withPlaintiffsidentificationandtheproperdefendantincase0822CR04569andbasedonthe

    exonerating fact thatPlaintiffwasjailedat the time thecrimealleged incasenumber0822

    4569occurred.

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    42. Upon informationandbelief,atalltimesmentionedherein,allDefendantshadvarious computer databases at their disposal includingMissouri Uniform Law Enforcement

    System (M.U.L.E.S.) and theNational Crime InformationCenter (N.C.I.C.),whichwould have

    positivelyidentifiedPlaintiffandverifiedthathewasincarceratedatthetimetheoffensethat

    was the subject of warrants 08ARWA4332 and 10STARW5198, in case number 0822

    CR04569 occured, and failed to utilize or misused said databases or deliberately ignored

    evidencerecoveredfromsaiddatabasessuggestingPlaintiffwasnottheproperDefendantor

    systematically and continuously implicated Plaintiff as the proper defendant in the face of

    contraryevidencerecoveredfromsaiddatabases,therebydirectlyandproximately leadingto

    thewrongful detention of Plaintiff for thirtyseven (37) days fromAugust 17, 2010 through

    September23,2010and forsixtythree (63)days fromAugust10,2011 throughOctober12,

    2011.

    43. Defendant Boards, Defendant Isoms, Defendant EdwardsFears, DefendantJoshuaDoes,Defendant SheriffsDepartments,DefendantMurphys,DefendantDivisionof

    Corrections, and Defendant Glasss failure to provide sufficient policies, training, and

    supervisionofpoliceofficers,deputysheriffs,andcorrectionsofficers,specificallypertainingto

    unlawfularrests,seizures,detentions,faultyexecutionofwarrants,identificationproceduresof

    defendantswhoarethesubjectofwarrants,and lackofpoliciesorenforcementofpoliciesto

    preventthe

    misidentification

    ofdetained

    persons,

    isunconstitutional,

    and

    their

    deliberate

    indifferenceto,andwillfultoleranceof,suchpracticesandcustoms(orlackthereof)represents

    deliberateindifferencetotherightsofpersonswithwhomtheofficerscomeintocontactand

    hasresultedinapatternofsimilarconstitutionalviolations.

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    44. DefendantBoardpossessed,inwholeorinpart,policymakingandorsupervisoryauthority for theMetropolitan Police Department and acted, for all times relevant to this

    Complaint, under color of state law. Defendant Board delegated its policymaking and/or

    supervisoryauthority,inwholeorinpart,toDefendantsIsom,EdwardsFears,andJoshuaDoe,

    eachactingundercolorofstate law.Therefore,Board,Defendants Isom,EdwardsFears,and

    JoshuaDoeare liable for theunconstitutionalactionsofDefendantsZarbo, Jones, Lammert,

    Henning,JohnDoe,JamesDoe,JosephDoe,JeffersonDoe,JustinDoe,andJacobDoe,byfailing

    toproperly train and supervise saiddefendants, andby theirdeliberate indifference to and

    willfulblindnesstotheunlawfulcustomsdescribedabove.

    45. HadDefendantsBoard, Isom,EdwardsFears,and JoshuaDoeprovidedproperpolicies, training,and supervision toDefendants Zarbo, Jones, Lammert,Henning, JohnDoe,

    James Doe, Joseph Doe, Jefferson Doe, Justin Doe, and Jacob Doe, or prevented the

    longstandingcustomsdescribedabove,Plaintiffsfederalandstateconstitutionalrightswould

    nothavebeenviolated.

    46. Defendant Sheriffs Department delegated its policymaking and supervisoryauthority, in whole or in part, to DefendantMurphywho acted under color of state law.

    Therefore, Defendant Sheriffs Department and Defendant Murphy are liable for the

    unconstitutional actions of Defendant Jerald Doe and Defendant Jared Doe, by failing to

    properlytrain

    and

    supervise

    said

    defendants,

    and

    bytheir

    deliberate

    indifference

    toand

    willful

    blindnesstotheunlawfulcustomsdescribedabove.

    47. Had Defendant SheriffsDepartment and DefendantMurphy provided properpolicies, training,andsupervisiontoDefendants JeraldDoeand JaredDoe,orpreventing the

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    longstandingcustomsdescribedabove,Plaintiffsfederalandstateconstitutionalrightswould

    nothavebeenviolated.

    48. Defendant Division of Corrections delegated its policymaking and supervisoryauthority, inwholeor inpart, toDefendantGlassand/orhispredecessors,whoactedunder

    colorofstatelaw.Therefore,DefendantDivisionofCorrectionsandDefendantGlassareliable

    fortheunconstitutionalactionsofDefendantJacksonDoeandDefendantJesseDoe,byfailing

    toproperlytrainandsupervise,andbytheirdeliberateindifferencetoandwillfulblindnessto

    theunlawfulcustomsdescribedbelow.

    49. Had Defendant Division of Corrections and Defendant Glass provided properpolicies, training, and supervision to Defendant Jackson Doe and Defendant Jesse Doe, or

    prevented the longstanding customs described above, Plaintiffs federal and state

    constitutionalrightswouldnothavebeenviolated.

    50. As a direct and proximate result of the actions and inactions of Defendants,Plaintiffsufferedthefollowinginjuriesanddamages:

    a. Lossofhisphysicallibertyforthirtyseven(37)days,betweenAugust17,2010andSeptember23,2010;

    b. Lossofhisphysicallibertyforsixtythree(63)daysfromAugust10,2011throughOctober12,2011;

    c.Violation

    ofhis

    constitutional

    rights

    under

    the

    Fourth

    Amendment

    tobe

    free

    fromunreasonablesearchandseizureofhispersonandtherighttobefreefrom

    unreasonablearrest;

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    d. ViolationofhisconstitutionalrightundertheFourteenthAmendmenttobefreefromwrongfulincarcerationwithoutdueprocessoflaw;

    e. ViolationofhisconstitutionalrightundertheFourteenthAmendmenttobefreefromdeliberateindifferencetoaseriousmedicalneed;

    f. ViolationofhisrightsunderMissouri lawtobefree fromfalsearrestandfalseimprisonment.

    AUGUST17,2010ARREST&THIRTYSEVENDAYDETENTION

    51. OnoraboutJuly22,2008,chargeswerebroughtintheCityofSt.Louisagainstan individual named Dwayne Anthony Jackson, for fraudulently receiving unemployment

    benefitsfromtheStateofMissourifromJanuary7,2006throughJuly1,2006,aClassCFelony,

    inviolationofMissouriRevisedStatute570.030,undercausenumber0822CR04569. The

    chargingdocumentsincludedaphotographoftheDwayneAnthonyJacksonatissue.

    52. OnoraboutJuly22,2008,theTwentySecondJudicialCircuitCourtforMissouriissuedawarrantontheindictment,08ARWA4332,forthearrestofDwayneAnthonyJackson:

    residingat4223Enright,Apt.302,St.Louis,MO63108;bornMay31,1963;andsocialsecurity

    number571114210.

    53. On August 17, 2010, Defendant Zarbo and other unknown officers, includingDefendant JohnDoe, from theFifthDistrictof theSt. LouisMetropolitanPoliceDepartment

    (hereinafterMetropolitan

    Police

    Department)

    stopped

    Plaintiff

    atthe

    4000

    block

    ofN.Grand,

    justnorthoftheintersectionofN.GrandandNaturalBridgeAvenue,intheCityofSt.Louis.

    54. Defendant Zarbo and Defendant John Doe stopped Plaintiff without anyreasonablesuspicionthatPlaintiffwasengagedincriminalactivity.

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    55. Plaintiff did not feel free to leave when stopped by Defendant Zarbo andDefendantJohnDoe.

    56. PlaintifffullycooperatedwithDefendantZarboandDefendantJohnDoe.57. At one of the officers request, Plaintiff provided the officerswith his name:

    DwayneA.Jackson;dateofbirth:October22,1962;andsocialsecuritynumber:491780524.

    58. Upon information and belief, Plaintiff has never provided false identificationinformationtoanylawenforcementofficial.

    59. DespitePlaintiffsassurancesthathisidentificationwastrueanddespitethefactthataphotographofthesoughtafterDwayneA.Jacksonwas inDefendantsfiles,Defendant

    ZarboandDefendant JohnDoe insistedthatPlaintiffwas in facttheDwayneA.Jackson,who

    wasthesubjectofoutstandingwarrant08ARWA4332, issuedbytheTwentySecond Judicial

    Circuit Court of Missouri for case number 0822CR04569, for fraudulently receiving

    unemploymentbenefitsfromtheStateofMissourifromJanuary7,2006throughJuly1,2006.

    60. Plaintiff informed Defendant Zarbo and Defendant John Doe that he did notcommit thatcrimeand thathewas incarceratedby theStateofMissouri fromFebruary20,

    2003throughFebruary19,2009.

    61. PlaintiffrepeatedlytriedtoexplaintoDefendantZarboandDefendantJohnDoethathewasnottheDwayneA.Jacksonwhofraudulentlyreceivedunemploymentbenefits.

    62.

    DefendantZarbo

    and

    Defendant

    John

    Doe

    placed

    Plaintiff

    under

    arrest

    for

    outstandingwarrant08ARWA4332.

    63. Uponinformationandbelief,DefendantZarboandDefendantJohnDoehadnoreasonable suspicion of illegal conduct to stop Plaintiff and had no reasonable suspicion or

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    probablecausetoarrestPlaintiffexceptfortheirerroneousbeliefthatPlaintiffwasthesubject

    ofoutstandingwarrant08ARWA4332.

    64. After his arrest, Plaintiffwas transported in the custody of theMetropolitanPoliceDepartment to the Substation,wherehewas fingerprintedandbookedbyDefendant

    Jones.

    65. AsPlaintiffwaspreviouslyarrestedandconvictedforanoffenseintheCityofSt.Louis,hisfingerprintswerealreadyinthecriminalidentificationdatabase.

    66. Upon information and belief, the criminal identification database accuratelycontained information about Plaintiff, including his photo, fingerprints, date of birth, social

    securitynumber,andverifiedthathewasincarceratedatthetimetheoffensewascommitted

    thatwasthesubjectofwarrant08ARWA4332,incasenumber0822CR04569.

    67. DespitethefactPlaintiffsidentificationwasverifiedthroughhisfingerprintsanddespite the fact that the criminal identificationdatabaseverifiedhewas incarceratedat the

    timetheoffensethatwasthesubjectofwarrant08ARWA4332,DefendantJamesDoeserved

    Plaintiffwithwarrant 08ARWA4332, issued by the TwentySecond Judicial Circuit Court of

    Missouri.

    68. On or about August 17, 2010, Plaintiffwas transported by theMetropolitanPoliceDepartmentfromtheSubstationtotheJusticeCenter.

    69.

    Onceatthe

    Justice

    Center,

    upon

    information

    and

    belief,

    while

    inthe

    custody

    of

    theMetropolitanPoliceDepartment,despitePlaintiffsrepeatedproteststhathewasnotthe

    properdefendant;anddespite the factDefendant JosephDoe fingerprintedPlaintiff,verified

    his correctdateofbirth, social securitynumber, and addressusingdatabases that revealed

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    Plaintiffwastheimproperdefendant,DefendantJosephDoewrongfullyconfinedPlaintiffina

    holdingpen,toawaitascheduledcourtappearanceforcasenumber0822CR04569.

    70. On or about September 20, 2010, sheriffs deputy Defendant Jerald DoedeliveredPlaintifftotheWorkhouseandtransferredcustodyofPlaintifftoDefendantDivision

    ofCorrections.

    71. Defendant JeraldDoe had a statutory duty underMissouri Revised Statute 217.305.2(2) to provide certain information to Defendant Division of Corrections, including

    Plaintiffs age, crime for which sentenced, probable cause statement, circumstances

    surroundingthecrimeandsentence,andPlaintiffspreviousconvictionsandcommitments.

    72. Defendant Jerald Does possession of the information contained withinParagraph 71 verified that Plaintiffwas incarcerated at the time the offense thatwas the

    subjectofwarrant08ARWA4332, incasenumber0822CR04569,andDefendant JeraldDoe

    either failed toobtain said informationcontrary tohis statutorydutyordeliberately ignored

    that evidence suggesting Plaintiff was not the proper defendant or systematically and

    continuouslyimplicatedPlaintiffastheproperdefendantinthefaceofthatcontraryevidence.

    73. Defendant JacksonDoe,whoacceptedPlaintiff into the custodyofDefendantDivisionofCorrections,had a statutory rightunderMissouriRevised Statute 217.305.3 to

    refuse toacceptPlaintiff into itscustodywithoutcertain information includingPlaintiffsage,

    crimefor

    which

    sentenced,

    probable

    cause

    statement,

    circumstances

    surrounding

    the

    crime

    andsentence,andPlaintiffspreviousconvictionsandcommitments.

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    74. Defendant Jackson Doe either obtained the information contained withinParagraph 73 from Defendant Jerald Doe or obtained said information through Division of

    Correctionsownresources.

    75. Defendant Jackson Does possession of the information contained withinParagraph 73 verified that Plaintiffwas incarcerated at the time the offense thatwas the

    subjectofwarrant08ARWA4332,incasenumber0822CR04569,andDefendantJacksonDoe

    either failed toobtain said informationcontrary tohis statutorydutyordeliberately ignored

    that evidence suggesting Plaintiff was not the proper defendant or systematically and

    continuouslyimplicatedPlaintiffastheproperdefendantinthefaceofthatcontraryevidence.

    76. Between August 20, 2010 and August 22, 2010, while in the custody ofDefendantDivisionofCorrections,Plaintiffsufferedfromepilepticorgrandmalseizuresontwo

    separateoccasions.

    77. On or about August 23, 2010, an unknown corrections officer, identified as#jaes2,attheWorkhousewasnotifiedbyafamilymemberofPlaintiffthathehadsufferedtwo

    seizuresovertheweekend,andsaidcorrectionsofficertransferredthecalltoDefendantCMS.

    78. Subsequently,uponinformationandbelief,aphysicianemployedbyDefendantCMS,DefendantJordanDoe,diagnosedPlaintiffwithepilepsyandprovidedPlaintiffwithanti

    seizuremedication,whichwasdistributedeitherthroughacorrectionsofficeroranagentor

    employeeofDefendant

    CMS.

    79. During a routine visit with Plaintiff during September 2010, Public DefenderDavid L. Bryant met with Plaintiff and discovered the misidentification and wrongful

    incarceration.

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    80. Mr.Bryantnotified theCourt and theCircuitAttorneysofficeofDefendantserror.

    81. OnoraboutSeptember23,2010,JudgeMichaelStelzerreducedPlaintiffsbailtopersonalrecognizance,releasedPlaintiff,andorderedtheMetropolitanPoliceDepartmentto

    conductafingerprintcomparison.

    82. Defendants failed tonotifytheCourtthattheprioroffendersprintswerenotonfile,sotheywereunabletocomparehisprintswithPlaintiffs.

    83. DefendantsdidnotpresentPlaintiffincourtuntilOctober18,2010.84. OnOctober 13, 2010, Judge Steven Ohmermade a note in the file for case

    number0822CR04569, thatthe[p]reviouswarrantwasservedtothewrongpersononAug

    17, 2010 and issued capiaswarrant 10STARW5198 for the proper defendant,Dwayne A.

    Jackson,bornonMay31,1963withsocialsecuritynumber571114210.

    AUGUST10,2011ARREST&SIXTYTHREEDAYDETENTION

    85. OnAugust10,2011,DefendantLammertandotherunknownofficers,includingDefendant JeffersonDoe, from an unknownDistrict of theMetropolitan PoliceDepartment

    arrested Plaintiff based on the outstanding warrant 10STARW5198 issued for Dwayne A.

    Jacksonincasenumber0822CR04569.

    86. Plaintiff was unarmed and fully cooperated with Defendant Lammert andDefendant

    Jefferson

    Doe.

    87. At one of the officers request, Plaintiff provided the officerswith his name:DwayneA.Jackson;dateofbirth:October22,1962;andsocialsecuritynumber:491780524.

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    88. Despite Plaintiffs assurances that his identification was true, DefendantLammertandDefendantJeffersonDoeinsistedthatPlaintiffwasinfacttheDwayneA.Jackson,

    whowas the subject of outstandingwarrant 10STARW5198, issued by the TwentySecond

    Judicial Circuit Court ofMissouri for case number 0822CR04569, for fraudulently receiving

    unemploymentbenefitsfromtheStateofMissourifromJanuary7,2006throughJuly1,2006.

    89. PlaintiffinformedDefendantLammertandDefendantJeffersonDoethathedidnot commit the crime, that hewasjailed by the State ofMissouri from February 20, 2003

    throughFebruary19,2009sohecouldnothavecommittedthecrimealleged,andthathehad

    previouslybeenwrongfullyarrestedforthesamechargein2010.

    90. Plaintiff repeatedly tried to explain to Defendant Lammert and DefendantJefferson Doe that he was not the Dwayne A. Jackson who fraudulently received

    unemploymentbenefits.

    91. DespitePlaintiffsattestations,DefendantLammertandDefendantJeffersonDoeplacedPlaintiffunderarrestforoutstandingwarrant10STARW5198.

    92. Uponinformationandbelief,DefendantLammertandDefendantJeffersonDoehadno reasonable suspicionorprobable cause toarrestPlaintiffexcept for theirerroneous

    beliefthatPlaintiffwasthesubjectofoutstandingwarrant10STARW5198.

    93. After his arrest, Plaintiffwas transported in the custody of theMetropolitanPolice

    Department

    toanunknown

    substation,

    where

    he

    was

    fingerprinted

    and

    booked

    by

    DefendantHenning.

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    94. AsPlaintiffhadpreviouslybeenarrestedandconvictedofadifferentoffenseintheCityofSt.Louis,andhadpreviouslybeenwrongfullyarrestedandreleasedforcasenumber

    0822CR04569,hisfingerprintswerealreadyinthecriminalidentificationdatabase.

    95. Upon information and belief, the criminal identification database accuratelycontained information about Plaintiff, including his photo, fingerprints, date of birth, social

    securitynumber,verifiedthathewaspreviouslywrongfullyarrestedandreleasedonwarrant

    08ARWA4332 incasenumber0822CR04569,and thathewas incarceratedat the time the

    offensewascommittedthatwasthesubjectofwarrants10STARW5198and08ARWA4332.

    96. Despite the fact that Plaintiffs identification was verified through hisfingerprints, and despite the fact that the criminal identification database verified he was

    incarceratedatthetimetheoffensethatwasthesubjectofwarrants08ARWA4332and10

    STARW5198, and despite the fact that the database revealed that Plaintiffwas previously

    wrongfully arrested and released on warrant 08ARWA4332, Defendant Justin Doe served

    Plaintiffwithwarrant10STARW5198, issuedby theTwentySecond JudicialCircuitCourtof

    Missouri.

    97. On or about August 10, 2011 Plaintiffwas transported in the custody of theMetropolitanPoliceDepartmentfromtheSubstationtotheJusticeCenter.

    98. OnceattheJusticeCenter,uponinformationandbelief,whileinthecustodyofthe

    Metropolitan

    Police

    Department,

    despite

    Plaintiffs

    repeated

    protests

    that

    he

    was

    not

    the

    proper defendant; and despite the fact that Defendant Jacob Doe fingerprinted Plaintiff,

    verified his correct date of birth, social security number, and address using databases that

    revealed Plaintiff was the improper defendant, Defendant Jacob Doe wrongfully confined

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    Plaintiff in a holding pen, to await a scheduled court appearance for case number 0822

    CR04569.

    99. Onor aboutAugust15,2011, sheriffsdeputyDefendant JaredDoedeliveredPlaintiff to the Workhouse and transferred custody of Plaintiff to Defendant Division of

    Corrections.

    100. Defendant Jared Doe had a statutory duty underMissouri Revised Statute 217.305.2(2) to provide certain information to Defendant Division of Corrections, including

    Plaintiffs age, crime for which sentenced, probable cause statement, circumstances

    surroundingthecrimeandsentence,andPlaintiffspreviousconvictionsandcommitments.

    101. Defendant Jared Does possession of the information contained withinParagraph 100 verified that Plaintiffwas incarcerated at the time the offense thatwas the

    subject ofwarrant 08ARWA4332 and 10STARW5198 in case number 0822CR04569, that

    Plaintiffhadpreviouslybeenwrongfullyarrestedandreleasedonwarrant08ARWA4332,and

    DefendantJaredDoeeitherfailedtoobtainsaid informationcontrarytohisstatutorydutyor

    deliberately ignored that evidence suggesting Plaintiff was not the proper defendant or

    systematicallyandcontinuouslyimplicatedPlaintiffastheproperdefendantinthefaceofthat

    contraryevidence.

    102. Defendant Jesse Doe, who accepted Plaintiff into the custody of DefendantDivision

    ofCorrections,

    had

    astatutory

    right

    under

    Missouri

    Revised

    Statute

    217.305.3

    to

    refuse toacceptPlaintiff into itscustodywithoutcertain information includingPlaintiffsage,

    crime forwhich sentenced,probable cause statement, circumstances surrounding the crime

    andsentence,andPlaintiffspreviousconvictionsandcommitments.

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    103. Defendant Jesse Doe either obtained the information contained withinParagraph 102 from Defendant JaredDoe or obtained said information throughDivision of

    Correctionsownresources.

    104. DefendantJesseDoespossessionoftheinformationcontainedwithinParagraph102thatPlaintiffwasincarceratedatthetimetheoffensethatwasthesubjectofwarrant08

    ARWA4332and10STARW5198 incasenumber0822CR04569, thatPlaintiffhadpreviously

    beenwrongfullyarrestedandreleasedonwarrant08ARWA4332,andDefendantJacksonDoe

    either failed toobtain said informationcontrary tohis statutorydutyordeliberately ignored

    that evidence suggesting Plaintiff was not the proper Defendant or systematically and

    continuouslyimplicatedPlaintiffastheproperdefendantinthefaceofthatcontraryevidence.

    105. Despite the fact that Defendant Jesse Doe, who accepted Plaintiff into thecustody of Defendant Division of Corrections, had a statutory duty underMissouri Revised

    Statute217.310.1tomakesurePlaintiffwasexaminedbya licensedphysician,anddespite

    thefactthatDefendantCMSpreviouslydiagnosedPlaintiffwithepilepsy in2010,thetreating

    physicianforDefendantCMS,DefendantJasonDoe,didnotprovidePlaintiffwithantiseizure

    medication.

    106. As a result of Defendant CMS and Defendant Jason Doe failing to providePlaintiffwithantiseizuremedicationatthetimeheenteredtheWorkhouse,Plaintiffsuffered

    multipleseizures

    while

    incarcerated.

    107. Plaintiffs attorney, Public Defender David L. Bryant, againmetwith Plaintiffduringaroutinevisitanddiscoveredthemisidentificationandwrongfulincarceration.

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    108. OnAugust30,2011,Mr.Bryantrequestedafingerprintcomparison,notifiedtheCourtofthewrongful identificationofPlaintiff,andthatPlaintiffwas incarceratedatthetime

    thecrimewascommittedthatwasthesubjectofthecase.

    109. On August 30, 2011, Judge Barbara Peebles ordered Defendant SheriffsDepartment to transport Plaintiff to the Metropolitan Police Department for fingerprint

    comparison.

    110. OnoraboutSeptember2,2011,theMetropolitanPoliceDepartment informedtheCourtmoreinformationwasrequiredtoconductthecomparison.TheMetropolitanPolice

    Departmentdidnot informtheCourtthattheprintsoftheproperdefendant incasenumber

    0822CR04569werepurportedlyunavailable.

    111. On September 7, 2011, Judge Peebles again ordered theMetropolitan PoliceDepartmenttocomparethefingerprintsofPlaintiffwiththeproperdefendantincasenumber

    0822CR04569.

    112. OnoraboutSeptember14,2011,theMetropolitanPoliceDepartmentinformedtheCourtitwasunabletolocatetheproperdefendantsfingerprints.

    113. OnSeptember26,2011,thecasewastransferredtoJudgeJohnF.Garvey,Jr.inDivision16forfurtherproceedings.

    114. OnOctober12,2011,JudgeGarveyorderedthatPlaintiffbereleasedashewasnot

    the

    individual

    wanted

    on

    case

    number

    0822

    CR04569.

    115. OnNovember8,2011,JudgeGarveyissuedcapiaswarrant11STFTA875fortheproperdefendant,DwayneA.Jackson,bornMay31,1963,withsocialsecuritynumber57111

    4210.

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    116. Upon information and belief, in February 2012, Assistant Circuit AttorneyAnthonyBruningthereafterfilledoutamemorandumofNolleProsequiincasenumber0822

    CR04569statingthattheStateofMissouriwaselectingnottoproceedinthatmatter.

    117. Upon information andbelief, saidmemorandumwasnot filedwith theCourtuntilJune20,2012.

    COUNTIFOURTHAMENDMENT:2010INCARCERATION

    118. Forhisfirstclaim forrelief,which isagainstDefendantsBoard, Isom,EdwardsFears,Zarbo, JohnDoe, Jones, JamesDoe, JosephDoe,SheriffsDepartment,Murphy, Jerald

    Doe,DivisionofCorrections,Glass,andJacksonDoe,intheirofficialcapacities,andDefendants

    Zarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,JamesDoe,JosephDoe,JeraldDoe,andJacksonDoe,intheirindividual

    capacities, Plaintiff incorporates by reference the allegations containedwithin Paragraphs 1

    through117,asiffullysetforthherein.

    119. DefendantssubjectedPlaintifftoanunlawfulandunjustifiedsearchandseizureofhispersoninviolationoftheFourthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionbyoneor

    moreofthefollowingactswhichoccurredbetweenAugust17,2010andSeptember23,2010:

    a. StoppingandseizingPlaintiffonAugust17,2010aroundthe4000blockofN.Grandwithoutanyreasonablesuspicionthatacrimewasafootandcausing

    Plaintifftofeelthathewasnotfreetoleave.

    b.Placing

    Plaintiff

    under

    arrest

    without

    avalid

    warrant,

    probable

    cause,

    or

    reasonablesuspicionofillegalconduct;

    c. Transporting Plaintiff in their custody to the Substation, where he wassearcheduponintake;

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    d. TransportingPlaintiff in their custody to the JusticeCenter,wherehewassearcheduponintake;

    e. Transporting Plaintiff in their custody to theWorkhouse, where he wassearcheduponintake;

    f. Causing Plaintiff to be subjected to a search without a valid warrant,probable cause, reasonable suspicion of illegal conduct, or any other

    justification;

    g. Creatingandapprovingpoliciesinwhichanindividualcouldbesubjectedtomultiple searches without a valid warrant, probable cause, reasonable

    suspicionofillegalconduct,oranyotherjustification;

    h. Creatingandapprovingpolicies inwhichthemisidentificationandwrongfuldetentionofPlaintiffcouldbeperpetratedandgoundetectedforaperiodof

    thirtyseven(37)days.

    i. Creating andapprovingpolicies inwhichajudge couldorder a fingerprintcomparisontobecompleted,andignoringandfailingtocarryoutthatcourt

    order and failing to explain to the court why that order could go un

    executed.

    120. ThesearchesandseizuresufferedbyPlaintiffwasillegalandunreasonable,anddeprived

    Plaintiff

    ofhis

    civil

    rights

    pursuant

    to42

    U.S.C.

    1983

    and

    the

    Fourth

    Amendment

    to

    theUnitedStatesConstitution.

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    121. ItwasthepolicyorcustomofDefendantBoard,DefendantIsom,andDefendantEdwardsFearstoinadequatelytrainandsuperviseitsofficerstoavoidtheunreasonableseizure

    ofPlaintiffspersonwithoutreasonablesuspicionthatacrimewasafoot.

    122. Itwas the policy or custom of Defendant Board, Defendant Isom, DefendantEdwardsFears, Defendant Sheriffs Department, DefendantMurphy, Defendant Division of

    Corrections, andDefendantGlass to inadequately train and supervise its officers or deputy

    sheriffstoavoidtheunreasonableseizureandunlawfulsearchofPlaintiffspersonbasedona

    wrongfulidentification.

    123. Itwas the policy or custom of Defendant Board, Defendant Isom, DefendantEdwardsFears, Defendant Sheriffs Department, DefendantMurphy, Defendant Division of

    Corrections, andDefendantGlass to inadequately train and supervise its officers or deputy

    sheriffs in proper identification procedures during arrests, booking, transportation, prisoner

    intake,anddetentionspursuanttoandtheexecutionofcapiaswarrants.

    124. Defendants failed to adopt or promulgate precise and clear identificationprocedures, and adopted and permitted customs and practices which led to the

    misidentification,unlawfulseizure,andunlawfulsearchesofPlaintiff.

    125. Defendantsproceduresforarrestanddetentionofsuspectsweresocarelesslydrawnastoleadtomisidentification,unlawfulseizure,andunlawfulsearchesinthecaseatbar.

    126.The

    foregoing

    acts

    oromissions

    byDefendant

    Board

    occurred

    through

    DefendantsSlay,Isom,EdwardsFears,Zarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,JamesDoe,andJosephDoe,in

    theirofficialcapacities.

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    127. The foregoing acts or omissions by Defendant Sheriffs Department occurredthroughDefendantsMurphyandJeraldDoe,intheirofficialcapacities.

    128. The foregoing acts by Defendant Division of Corrections occurred throughDefendantsGlassandJacksonDoe,intheirofficialcapacities.

    129. Atall timesof theeventsdescribed in thisComplaint,DefendantsZarbo, JohnDoe, Jones, JamesDoe, JosephDoe, JeraldDoe,and JacksonDoe,actedundercolorofstate

    law.

    130. Defendant Boards, Defendant Isoms, Defendant EdwardsFears, DefendantSheriffsDepartments,DefendantMurphys,DefendantDivisionofCorrections,andDefendant

    Glassspolicies,customs,andpracticesasallegedabovesimilarlyconstituteaviolationofand

    deliberateindifferencetoPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundertheFourthAmendment.

    131. Defendantsconductisoutrageousandshockstheconscience.132. As a direct and proximate result of the actions and inactions of Defendants,

    Plaintiffsufferedunreasonableseizureofhispersonwithoutawarrantandprobablecause in

    violationof the FourthAmendment fromAugust17,2010 through September23, 2010, for

    thirtyseven(37)days.

    WHEREFORE,Plaintiff respectfully requests that thisCourtenterjudgment in favorof

    PlaintiffandagainstallDefendants;declarethattheforegoingpoliciesorcustomsofDefendant

    Board,Defendant

    Sheriffs

    Department,

    and

    Defendant

    Division

    ofCorrections

    unconstitutional;issueaninjunctionrequiringDefendantsBoard,Isom,EdwardsFears,Sheriffs

    Department,Murphy,DivisionofCorrections,andGlass todevelopand implementadequate

    training programs for its police and corrections officers or sheriffs deputies about citizens

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    rights under the Fourth Amendment; award Plaintiff compensatory damages against

    Defendants Defendants Board, Isom, EdwardsFears, Zarbo, John Doe, Jones, James Doe,

    Joseph Doe, Sheriffs Department,Murphy, Jerald Doe, Division of Corrections, Glass, and

    JacksonDoe,fortheirviolationofPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundercolorofstatelaw;award

    PlaintiffpunitivedamagesagainstDefendantsZarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,JamesDoe,JosephDoe,

    Jerald Doe, and Jackson Doe, in their individual capacities, for their violation of Plaintiffs

    constitutional rightsundercolorofstate law;awardPlaintiff reasonablecostsandattorneys

    feespursuant to42U.S.C.1988;andgrantsuchotherand furtherreliefas isavailableand

    appropriateunderthecircumstances.

    COUNTIIFOURTEENTHAMENDMENT:2010INCARCERATION

    133. For his second claim for relief, which is against Defendants Board, Isom,EdwardsFears,Zarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,JamesDoe,JosephDoe,SheriffsDepartment,Murphy,

    Jerald Doe, Division of Corrections, Glass, and Jackson Doe, in their official capacities, and

    DefendantsZarbo, JohnDoe, Jones, JamesDoe, JosephDoe, JeraldDoe,and JacksonDoe, in

    their individualcapacities,Plaintiff incorporatesbyreferencetheallegationscontainedwithin

    Paragraphs1through132,asiffullysetforthherein.

    134. Defendants violated Plaintiffs clearly established constitutional right to dueprocessunder the FourteenthAmendmentnot to bewrongfully detained due to deliberate

    indifferencetoevidence

    Plaintiff

    was

    the

    wrong

    person

    toarrest

    and

    detain

    under

    case

    number

    0822CR04569,byoneormoreofthefollowingacts:

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    a. Deliberately ignoring evidence suggesting Plaintiff was not the properdefendantincasenumber0822CR04569,becausePlaintiffwasincarcerated

    atthetimetheoffenseoccurredthatwasthesubjectmatterofthatcase;

    b. SystematicallyandcontinuouslyimplicatedPlaintiffastheproperdefendantinthefaceofcontraryevidence;

    c. FailingtoprovidePlaintiffameansfor initiatingachallengetothedurationofhisdetentionwithoutacourtappearance;

    d. FailingtoprovidePlaintiffameansforinitiatingachallengetothevalidityofhisdetention;

    e. Failingto informPlaintiffofavailablemeansfor initiatingachallengetothedurationorvalidityofhisdetention;

    f. FailingtocommunicatePlaintiffscomplaintsabouthisunlawfuldetentiontotheirsuperiors,toaprosecutor,ortoajudge;

    g. Failingtotakeanyactionforthirtyseven(37)daysbetweenAugust17,2010and September 23, 2010, to ensure that Plaintiffwas held pursuant to a

    validlyexecutedcapiaswarrant.

    135. Itwas the policy, custom, and practice ofDefendant Board,Defendant Isom,Defendant Captain and Commander, Defendant Sheriffs Department, Defendant Murphy,

    DefendantDivision

    ofCorrections,

    and

    Defendant

    Glass

    toinadequately

    supervise

    and

    train

    its

    officers or deputies, including Defendants Zarbo, John Doe, Jones, James Doe, JosephDoe,

    JeraldDoe, and JacksonDoe, thereby failing to prevent the constitutional violations against

    Plaintiff,inoneormoreofthefollowingways:

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    a. Inadequately training or supervising officers or deputies under theirsupervisiontopreventthemfromdeliberatelyignoringexoneratingevidence

    orevidencewhichtendedtoshowthewrongpersonwasincarcerated,such

    asPlaintiff;

    b. Inadequately training or supervising officers or deputies under theirsupervisiontoinformpersonsdetainedonacapiaswarrant,suchasPlaintiff,

    ofavailablemeansforinitiatingachallengetothedurationorvalidityofhis

    detention;and/or

    c. Inadequately training or supervision officers or deputies under theirsupervision to report the complaints of unlawful detention by persons

    detainedonacapiaswarrant,suchasPlaintiff;and/or

    d. Inadequately training or supervision officers or deputies under theirsupervision inproper identificationprocedures for identificationofpretrial

    detainees.

    136. The foregoing acts or omissions by Defendant Board occurred through,DefendantsIsom,EdwardsFears,Zarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,JamesDoe,andJosephDoe,intheir

    officialcapacities.

    137. The foregoing acts or omissions by Defendant Sheriffs Department occurredthrough

    Defendants

    Murphy

    and

    Jerald

    Doe,

    intheir

    official

    capacities.

    138. The foregoingactsoromissionsbyDefendantDivisionofCorrectionsoccurredthroughDefendantsGlassandJacksonDoeintheirofficialcapacities.

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    139. Atall timesof theeventsdescribed in thisComplaint,DefendantsZarbo, JohnDoe, Jones, JamesDoe, JosephDoe, JeraldDoe,and JacksonDoe,actedundercolorofstate

    law.

    140. Defendant Boards, Defendant Isoms, Defendant EdwardsFears, DefendantSheriffsDepartments,DefendantMurphys,DefendantDivisionofCorrections,andDefendant

    Glassspolicies,customs,andpracticesasallegedabovesimilarlyconstituteaviolationofand

    deliberateindifferencetoPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundertheFourthAmendment.

    141. Defendantsconductisoutrageousandshockstheconscience.142. As a direct and proximate result of the actions and inactions of Defendants,

    Plaintiff suffered unlawful deprivation of his physical libertywithout due process for thirty

    seven(37)days,betweenAugust17,2010throughSeptember23,2010,inviolationofhisright

    todueprocessundertheFourteenthAmendmentoftheU.S.Constitution.

    WHEREFORE,Plaintiff respectfully requests that thisCourtenterjudgment in favorof

    PlaintiffandagainstallDefendants;declarethattheforegoingpoliciesorcustomsofDefendant

    Board, Defendant Sheriffs Department, and Defendant Division of Corrections

    unconstitutional;issueaninjunctionrequiringDefendantsBoard,Isom,EdwardsFears,Sheriffs

    Department,Murphy,DivisionofCorrections,andGlass todevelopand implementadequate

    training programs for its police and corrections officers or sheriffs deputies about citizens

    rightsunder

    the

    Fourth

    Amendment;

    award

    Plaintiff

    compensatory

    damages

    against

    Defendants Defendants Board, Isom, EdwardsFears, Zarbo, John Doe, Jones, James Doe,

    Joseph Doe, Sheriffs Department,Murphy, Jerald Doe, Division of Corrections, Glass, and

    JacksonDoe,fortheirviolationofPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundercolorofstatelaw;award

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    PlaintiffpunitivedamagesagainstDefendantsZarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,JamesDoe,JosephDoe,

    Jerald Doe, and Jackson Doe, in their individual capacities, for their violation of Plaintiffs

    constitutional rightsundercolorofstate law;awardPlaintiff reasonablecostsandattorneys

    feespursuant to42U.S.C.1988;andgrantsuchotherand furtherreliefas isavailableand

    appropriateunderthecircumstances.

    COUNTIIIFALSEARREST/FALSEIMPRISONMENT:2010INCARCERATION

    143. Forhisthirdclaimforrelief,whichisagainstDefendantsZarbo,JohnDoe,Jones,JamesDoe, JosephDoe, JeraldDoe, and JacksonDoe, in their individual capacities,Plaintiff

    incorporatesbyreferencetheallegationscontainedwithinParagraphs1through142,asiffully

    setforthherein.

    144. DefendantsOfficers,Deputies,corrections,restrained,arrested,andimprisonedPlaintiff against his will without legal justification for a period of thirtyseven (37) days,

    betweenAugust17,2010andSeptember23,2010.

    145. Defendants knew or should have known that Plaintiffs arrestwas illegal andtheyhadnolegalrighttoimprisonPlaintiffbecause:

    a. AtthetimehewasarrestedandatthesubsequentsearchesconductedonPlaintiff,hepresenteddocumentsidentifyinghimselfasDwayneA.Jackson;

    dateofbirth:October22,1962;andsocialsecuritynumber:491780524.

    b.Throughout

    his

    incarceration,

    Plaintiff

    repeatedly

    told

    Defendants

    he

    was

    not

    theDwayneA.Jacksonwhowaswantedforemploymentfraud,andthathe

    didnotknowandknewnothingaboutthatDwayneA.Jackson;

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    c. PlaintiffrepeatedlytoldDefendantsthathewasincarceratedatthetimetheemployment fraud occurred, so he could not possibly be the correct

    defendant;

    d. OnSeptember23,2010,JudgeOhmerorderedafingerprintcomparisonandreduced Plaintiffs bail to personal recognizance because hewas not the

    properdefendant.

    146. ThefalsearrestsufferedbyPlaintiffoccurredduringanillegalsearchandseizureinviolationofPlaintiffsrightsundertheFourthandFourteenthAmendmentsandwaswithout

    legaljustification.

    147. Asadirectandproximateresultoftheforegoing,Plaintiffsufferedthefollowinginjuriesanddamages:

    a. Loss of physical liberty for thirtyseven (37) days, from August 17, 2010throughSeptember23,2010;

    b. Mental pain and suffering, including fear that he would repeatedly bemisidentifiedandwrongfullyincarceratedinthefuture.

    148. Atall timesof theeventsdescribed in thisComplaint,DefendantsZarbo, JohnDoe, Jones, JamesDoe, JosephDoe, JeraldDoe,and JacksonDoe,actedundercolorofstate

    law.

    149.Defendants

    conduct

    constituted

    awillful

    violation

    ofand

    deliberate

    indifference

    to Plaintiffs constitutional right to be free fromwrongful and prolonged incarceration and

    deprivationofhisliberty.

    150. Defendantsconductisoffensive,outrageousandshockstheconscience.

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    WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Court enter judgment in favor of

    PlaintiffandagainstDefendantsZarbo, JohnDoe, Jones, JamesDoe, JosephDoe, JeraldDoe,

    and Jackson Doe, in their individual capacities; award Plaintiff compensatory, punitive, and

    aggravated damages for said Defendants false arrest and imprisonment of Plaintiff; award

    Plaintiff costs and reasonable attorneys fees; and grant such other and further relief as is

    availableandappropriateunderthecircumstances.

    COUNTIVFOURTHAMENDMENT:2011INCARCERATION

    151. Forhis fourthclaim forrelief,which isagainstDefendantsBoard, Isom, JoshuaDoe,Lammert, JeffersonDoe,Henning, JustinDoe,JacobDoe,SheriffsDepartment,Murphy,

    JaredDoe,DivisionofCorrections,Bryson,Glass,andJesseDoe,intheirofficialcapacities,and

    DefendantsLammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,JaredDoe,andJesseDoe,

    intheirindividualcapacities,Plaintiffincorporatesbyreferencetheallegationscontainedwithin

    Paragraphs1through150,asiffullysetforthherein.

    152. DefendantssubjectedPlaintifftoanunlawfulandunjustifiedsearchandseizureofhispersoninviolationoftheFourthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionbyoneor

    moreofthefollowingactswhichoccurredbetweenAugust10,2011andOctober12,2011:

    a. Placing Plaintiff under arrest without a valid warrant, probable cause, orreasonablesuspicionofillegalconduct,forthesamecrimeforwhichhewas

    exoneratedasthe

    wrong

    person

    on

    orabout

    September

    23,

    2010

    byJudge

    Ohmer;

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    b. Transporting Plaintiff in their custody to the Substation, where he wassearchedupon intake, for the samecrime forwhichhewasexoneratedas

    thewrongpersononoraboutSeptember23,2010byJudgeOhmer;

    c. TransportingPlaintiff in their custody to the JusticeCenter,wherehewassearchedupon intake, for the samecrime forwhichhewasexoneratedas

    thewrongpersononoraboutSeptember23,2010byJudgeOhmer;

    d. Transporting Plaintiff in their custody to theWorkhouse, where he wassearchedupon intake,forthesamecrimeforthewhichhewasexonerated

    asthewrongpersononoraboutSeptember23,2010byJudgeOhmer;

    e. Causing Plaintiff to be subjected to a search without a valid warrant,probable cause, reasonable suspicion of illegal conduct, or any other

    justification, for the same crime for which he was exonerated as the

    improperdefendantonoraboutSeptember23,2010byJudgeOhmer;

    f. Creatingandapprovingpoliciesinwhichanindividualcouldbesubjectedtomultiple searches without a valid warrant, probable cause, reasonable

    suspicionofillegalconduct,oranyotherjustification,forthesamecrimefor

    whichhewaspreviouslyexoneratedasthewrongperson;

    g. Creatingandapprovingpolicies inwhichthemisidentificationandwrongfuldetention

    ofPlaintiff

    could

    be

    perpetrated

    and

    goundetected

    for

    aperiod

    of

    sixtythree(63)days.

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    153. ThesearchesandseizuresufferedbyPlaintiffwasillegalandunreasonable,anddeprivedPlaintiffofhiscivilrightspursuantto42U.S.C.1983andtheFourthAmendmentto

    theUnitedStatesConstitution.

    154. Itwas the policy or custom of Defendant Board, Defendant Isom, DefendantJoshua Doe, Defendant Sheriffs Department, Defendant Murphy, Defendant Division of

    Corrections, andDefendantGlass to inadequately train and supervise its officers or deputy

    sheriffstoavoidtheunreasonableseizureandunlawfulsearchofPlaintiffspersonbasedona

    wrongfulidentification.

    155. Itwas the policy or custom of Defendant Board, Defendant Isom, DefendantJoshua Doe, Defendant Sheriffs Department, Defendant Murphy, Defendant Division of

    Corrections, andDefendantGlass to inadequately train and supervise its officers or deputy

    sheriffs in proper identification procedures during arrests, booking, transportation, prisoner

    intake,anddetentionspursuanttoandtheexecutionofcapiaswarrants.

    156. Defendants failed to adopt or promulgate precise and clear identificationprocedures, and adopted and permitted customs and practices which led to the

    misidentification,unlawfulseizure,andunlawfulsearchesofPlaintiff.

    157. Defendantsprocedures forarrestanddetentionof suspectswas socarelesslydrawnastoleadtomisidentification,unlawfulseizure,andunlawfulsearchesinthecaseatbar.

    158.The

    foregoing

    acts

    oromissions

    byDefendant

    Board

    occurred

    through,

    DefendantsIsom,JoshuaDoe,Lammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,andJacobDoe,in

    theirofficialcapacities.

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    159. The foregoing acts or omissions by Defendant Sheriffs Department occurredthroughDefendantsMurphyandJaredDoe,intheirofficialcapacities.

    160. The foregoingactsoromissionsbyDefendantDivisionofCorrectionsoccurredthroughDefendantsGlassandJesseDoeintheirofficialcapacities.

    161. At all times of the events described in this Complaint, Defendants Lammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,JaredDoe,andJesseDoe,actedundercolorof

    statelaw.

    162. Defendant Boards, Defendant Isoms, Defendant Joshua Does, DefendantSheriffsDepartments,DefendantMurphys,DefendantDivisionofCorrections,andDefendant

    Glassspolicies,customs,andpracticesasallegedabovesimilarlyconstituteaviolationofand

    deliberateindifferencetoPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundertheFourthAmendment.

    163. Defendantsconductisoutrageousandshockstheconscience.164. As a direct and proximate result of the actions and inactions of Defendants,

    Plaintiffsufferedunreasonableseizureofhispersonwithoutawarrantandprobablecause in

    violationoftheFourthAmendmentfromAugust10,2010throughOctober12,2011,forsixty

    three(63)days.

    WHEREFORE,Plaintiff respectfully requests that thisCourtenterjudgment in favorof

    PlaintiffandagainstallDefendants;declarethattheforegoingpoliciesorcustomsofDefendant

    Board,Defendant

    Sheriffs

    Department,

    and

    Defendant

    Division

    ofCorrections

    unconstitutional; issuean injunction requiringDefendantsBoard, Isom, JoshuaDoe,Murphy,

    andGlasstodevelopandimplementadequatetrainingprogramsforitspoliceandcorrections

    officersorsheriffsdeputiesaboutcitizensrightsundertheFourthAmendment;awardPlaintiff

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    compensatorydamagesagainstDefendantsBoard,Isom,JoshuaDoe,Lammert,JeffersonDoe,

    Henning, Justin Doe, Jacob Doe, Sheriffs Department, Murphy, Jared Doe, Division of

    Corrections,Glass, and JesseDoe, in their official capacities, for their violation of Plaintiffs

    constitutional rights under color of state law; award Plaintiff punitive damages against

    DefendantsLammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,JaredDoe,andJesseDoe,

    intheirindividualcapacities,fortheirviolationofPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundercolorof

    statelaw;awardPlaintiffreasonablecostsandattorneysfeespursuantto42U.S.C.1988;and

    grantsuchotherandfurtherreliefasisavailableandappropriateunderthecircumstances.

    COUNTVFOURTEENTHAMENDMENT:2011INCARCERATION

    165. Forhisfifthclaimforrelief,whichisagainstDefendantsBoard,Isom,JoshuaDoe,Lammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,SheriffsDepartment,Murphy,

    JaredDoe,DivisionofCorrections,Bryson,Glass,andJesseDoe,intheirofficialcapacities,and

    DefendantsLammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,JaredDoe,andJesseDoe,

    intheirindividualcapacities,Plaintiffincorporatesbyreferencetheallegationscontainedwithin

    Paragraphs1through164,asiffullysetforthherein.

    166. Defendants violated Plaintiffs clearly established constitutional right to dueprocessunder the FourteenthAmendmentnot to bewrongfully detained due to deliberate

    indifferencetoevidencePlaintiffwasthewrongpersontoarrestanddetainundercasenumber

    0822CR04569,

    byone

    ormore

    ofthe

    following

    acts:

    a. DeliberatelyignoringevidencesuggestingPlaintiffwasnottheproperdefendantin casenumber0822CR04569,becausePlaintiffwas incarcerated at the time

    theoffenseoccurredthatwasthesubjectmatterofthatcase;

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    b. SystematicallyandcontinuouslyimplicatedPlaintiffastheproperdefendantinthefaceofcontraryevidence;

    c. CausingPlaintifftobedetainedinvoluntarilyforsixtythree(63)dayswithoutpromptaccesstothejudicialsystem,fromAugust10,2011throughOctober

    12,2011.

    d. FailingtoprovidePlaintiffameansfor initiatingachallengetothedurationofhisdetentionwithoutacourtappearance;

    e. FailingtoprovidePlaintiffameansforinitiatingachallengetothevalidityofhisdetention;

    f. Failingto informPlaintiffofavailablemeansfor initiatingachallengetothedurationorvalidityofhisdetention;

    g. FailingtocommunicatePlaintiffscomplaintsabouthisunlawfuldetentiontotheirsuperiors,toaprosecutor,ortoajudge;

    h. Failingtotakeanyactionforsixtythree(63)day,betweenAugust10,2011andOctober12,2011,toensurethatPlaintiffwasheldpursuanttoavalidly

    executedcapiaswarrant.

    167. Itwas the policy, custom, and practice ofDefendant Board,Defendant Isom,Defendant Joshua Doe, Defendant Sheriffs Department, Defendant Murphy, Defendant

    DivisionofCorrections,

    and

    Defendant

    Glass

    toinadequately

    supervise

    and

    train

    itsofficers

    or

    deputies,includingDefendantsLammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,Jared

    Doe,andJesseDoe,therebyfailingtopreventtheconstitutionalviolationsagainstPlaintiff,in

    oneormoreofthefollowingways:

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    a. Inadequately training or supervising officers or deputies under theirsupervisiontopreventthemfromdeliberatelyignoringexoneratingevidence

    orevidencewhichtendedtoshowthewrongpersonwasincarcerated,such

    asPlaintiff;

    b. Inadequately training or supervising officers or deputies under theirsupervisiontoinformpersonsdetainedonacapiaswarrant,suchasPlaintiff,

    ofavailablemeansforinitiatingachallengetothedurationorvalidityofhis

    detention;and/or

    c. Inadequately training or supervision officers or deputies under theirsupervision to report the complaints of unlawful detention by persons

    detainedonacapiaswarrant,suchasPlaintiff;and/or

    d. Inadequately training or supervision officers or deputies under theirsupervision inproper identificationprocedures for identificationofpretrial

    detainees.

    168. The foregoing acts or omissions by Defendant Board occurred through,DefendantsIsom,JoshuaDoe,Lammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,andJacobDoe,in

    theirofficialcapacities.

    169. The foregoing acts or omissions by Defendant Sheriffs Department occurredthrough

    Defendants

    Murphy

    and

    Jared

    Doe,

    intheir

    official

    capacities.

    170. The foregoingactsoromissionsbyDefendantDivisionofCorrectionsoccurredthroughDefendantsGlassandJesseDoeintheirofficialcapacities.

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    171. At all times of the events described in this Complaint, Defendants Lammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,JaredDoe,andJesseDoe,actedundercolorof

    statelaw.

    172. Defendant Boards, Defendant Isoms, Defendant Joshua Does, DefendantSheriffsDepartments,DefendantMurphys,DefendantDivisionofCorrections,andDefendant

    Glassspolicies,customs,andpracticesasallegedabovesimilarlyconstituteaviolationofand

    deliberateindifferencetoPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundertheFourteenthAmendment.

    173. Defendantsconductisoutrageousandshockstheconscience.174. As a direct and proximate result of the actions and inactions of Defendants,

    Plaintiffsufferedunlawfuldeprivationofhisphysicallibertywithoutdueprocessforsixtythree

    (63)days,betweenAugust10,2011throughOctober12,2011, inviolationofhisrighttodue

    processundertheFourteenthAmendmentoftheU.S.Constitution.

    WHEREFORE,Plaintiff respectfully requests that thisCourtenterjudgment in favorof

    PlaintiffandagainstallDefendants;declarethattheforegoingpoliciesorcustomsofDefendant

    Board, Defendant Sheriffs Department, and Defendant Division of Corrections

    unconstitutional; issuean injunction requiringDefendantsBoard, Isom, JoshuaDoe,Murphy,

    andGlasstodevelopandimplementadequatetrainingprogramsforitspoliceandcorrections

    officersorsheriffsdeputiesaboutcitizensrightsundertheFourthAmendment;awardPlaintiff

    compensatorydamages

    against

    Defendants

    Board,

    Isom,

    Joshua

    Doe,

    Lammert,

    Jefferson

    Doe,

    Henning, Justin Doe, Jacob Doe, Sheriffs Department, Murphy, Jared Doe, Division of

    Corrections,Glass, and JesseDoe, in their official capacities, for their violation of Plaintiffs

    constitutional rights under color of state law; award Plaintiff punitive damages against

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    DefendantsLammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,JaredDoe,andJesseDoe,

    intheirindividualcapacities,fortheirviolationofPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundercolorof

    statelaw;awardPlaintiffreasonablecostsandattorneysfeespursuantto42U.S.C.1988;and

    grantsuchotherandfurtherreliefasisavailableandappropriateunderthecircumstances.

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    175. Forhis sixthclaim for relief,which isagainstDefendantsCMSandDefendantsJordanDoeandJasonDoe, intheirofficialcapacities;andagainstDefendantsJordanDoeand

    Jason Doe in their individual capacities. Plaintiff incorporates by reference the allegations

    containedwithinParagraphs1through174,asiffullysetforthherein.

    176. PlaintiffwasapretrialdetaineeentitledtoprotectionagainstcruelandunusualpunishmentundertheFourteenthAmendment.

    177. WhenPlaintiffwaswrongfullyincarceratedbyDefendantsin2010,aconcernedfamilymemberinformedDivisionofCorrectionsofficialsthatPlaintiffhadsufferedtwoseizures

    overtheweekendpriortohisincarceration.

    178. Subsequently, Defendant Jordan Doe diagnosed epilepsy and provided antiseizuremedication toPlaintiffduringhis incarceration in 2010.Therefore,Defendants knew

    Plaintiffsufferedfromepilepsy.

    179. Epilepsyisaseriousmedicalneed.180.

    When

    Plaintiff

    was

    wrongfully

    incarcerated

    byDefendants

    in2011,

    despite

    the

    fact that Division of Corrections officers or employees previously diagnosed Plaintiff with

    epilepsy,saidofficersdisregardedPlaintiffsseriousmedicalneedandPlaintiffwaswrongfully

    deniedantiseizuremedicationbytheofficersandemployeesoftheDivisionofCorrections.

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    181. Asa resultofDefendantsdeliberate indifference toPlaintiffs seriousmedicalneed,Plaintiffsufferedmultipleepilepticorgrandmalseizureswhilewrongfully incarcerated

    byDefendantsbetweenAugust10,2011andOctober12,2011.

    182. Defendants violated Plaintiffs clearly established constitutional right againstcruel and unusual punishment under the Fourteenth Amendment not to be subject to

    deliberateindifferencetoaseriousmedicalneed,byoneormoreofthefollowingacts:

    a. FailingtodocumentPlaintiffsseriousmedicalconditioninhisprisonmedicalrecordsmaintainedbyDefendantDivisionofCorrections.

    b. Deliberately ignoring Plaintiffs medical records at intake in 2011 whichstatedthatDefendantCMSdiagnosedPlaintiffwithepilepsyin2010.

    183. Itwas the policy, custom, and/or practice ofDefendant CMS to inadequatelysupervise and train its physicians, includingDefendants JordanDoe and JasonDoe, thereby

    failingtopreventtheconstitutionalviolationsagainstPlaintiff,inoneormoreofthefollowing

    ways:

    a. Inadequately training or supervising physicians under their supervision orfailing todevelop sufficientpolicies toensureapretrialdetainees serious

    medical condition as documented in his prison recordsmaintained by the

    DivisionofCorrections.

    b.Inadequately

    training

    orsupervising

    physicians

    under

    their

    supervision

    or

    failing to develop sufficient policies to ensure that a pretrial detainees

    previousmedicalrecordsaresufficientlyreviewedbyaphysicianatintaketo

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    prevent deliberate ignorance of an inmatesmedical needs that result in

    seriousphysicalinjurytothatinmate.

    c. Inadequately training or supervising physicians under their supervision orfailing to provide anymeaningful policy for physicians to providemedical

    caretopretrialdetaineessufferingfromepilepsy.

    d. Permitting or deliberately ignoring a continuing, widespread, persistentpatternofunconstitutionalmisconductbyDefendantsemployees, suchas

    DefendantsJasonDoeandJordanDoe.

    184. TheforegoingactsoromissionsbyDefendantCMSoccurredthroughDefendantsJordanDoeandJasonDoeintheirofficialcapacities.

    185. AtalltimesrelevantDefendantsJordanDoeandJasonDoeactedundercolorofstatelaw.

    186. Defendant CMSs policies, customs, and practices as alleged above alsoconstituteaviolationofanddeliberateindifferencetoPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsunderthe

    FourteenthAmendment.

    187. Defendantsconductisoutrageousandshockstheconscience.188. As a direct and proximate result of the actions and inactions of Defendants,

    Plaintiffsufferedmultipleseizuresduringhisunlawful incarcerationbetweenAugust10,2011

    andOctober

    12,

    2011,

    inviolation

    ofhis

    right

    tobe

    free

    from

    deliberate

    indifference

    toa

    seriousmedicalneedundertheFourteenthAmendmenttotheU.S.Constitution.

    WHEREFORE,Plaintiff respectfully requests that thisCourtenterjudgment in favorof

    Plaintiff and against Defendant CMS, and declare that the foregoing policies or customs of

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    DefendantCMSareunconstitutional; issuean injunctionrequiringDefendantCMStodevelop

    andimplementadequatetrainingprogramsforitsphysicians,sothatPlaintiffshereandother

    citizensrightsagainstdeliberateindifferencetoaseriousmedicalneedundertheFourteenth

    Amendmentarenotagainviolated;awardPlaintiffcompensatorydamagesagainstDefendants

    CMS,JordanDoe,andJasonDoefortheirviolationofPlaintiffsconstitutionalrightsundercolor

    ofstatelaw;awardPlaintiffpunitivedamagesagainstDefendantsJordanDoeandJasonDoein

    their individual capacities, for theirviolationofPlaintiffs constitutional rightsunder colorof

    statelaw;awardPlaintiffreasonablecostsandattorneysfeespursuantto42U.S.C.1988;and

    grantsuchotherandfurtherreliefasisavailableandappropriateunderthecircumstances.

    COUNTVIIFALSEARREST/FALSEIMPRISONMENT:2011INCARCERATION

    189. Forhisseventhclaimforrelief,which isagainstDefendantsLammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning, JustinDoe, JacobDoe, JaredDoe,and JesseDoe, intheir individualcapacities,

    Plaintiff incorporatesbyreferencetheallegationscontainedwithinParagraphs1through188,

    asiffullysetforthherein.

    190. DefendantsLammert,JeffersonDoe,Henning,JustinDoe,JacobDoe,JaredDoe,and Jesse Doe, restrained, arrested, and imprisoned Plaintiff against his will without legal

    justification foraperiodof sixtythree (63)days,betweenAugust10,2011andOctober12,

    2011.

    191.Defendants

    knew

    orshould

    have

    known

    that

    Plaintiffs

    arrest

    was

    illegal

    and

    theyhadnolegalrighttoimprisonPlaintiffbecause:

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