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Rivera v. Sergeant Marin R et al (23-CV-62034-RKA) Posted 11/28/2023

The Plaintiff has filed a § 1983 claim against eight individual police officers, alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional violations. The Plaintiff states that he called the police seeking intervention in a domestic violence dispute with his ex-wife in the presence of his minor child. He alleges that his wife repeatedly struck him with and without a weapon, which he claims to have footage of and claims to have shown the Defendant officers. The Plaintiff claims that he told the Defendants that he wanted to press charges, but they repeatedly denied his request. He states that one Defendant “maliciously threatened that if he did not [leave his home], they would ‘fabricate evidence and make it to a point’ to support a false arrest or Domestic Violence [claim] against the plaintiff” and that the Defendants told his ex-wife they would help her file a restraining order against him. The Plaintiff also alleges the Defendants threatened to take his daughter away from him. Finally, the Plaintiff alleges that the Defendants “wrote a false police report to cover up their actions and assist in a false Domestic Violence conviction.” The Plaintiff alleges that he was served with a TRO, was required to leave his home, and was separated from his minor child for six months. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov

Civil Rights Proceeding (1983 Complaint)