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one important case
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that we’ve had involving civil rights
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violations
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was a law enforcement officer sexually
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assaulted our client
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while on duty meaning he was wearing a
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uniform
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acting as a law enforcement officer
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carrying a gun
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our client bravely reported the assault
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almost immediately after it happened and
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law enforcement did its own internal
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investigation of the incident
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the end result initially was that this
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law enforcement officer was basically
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only told to stay home and receive a
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paycheck
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and just stay at home and he did that
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for about two and a half years
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it took us after we filed the lawsuit
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about a year and a half
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fight to get the underlying
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investigative materials
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that basically showed that this guy was
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a bad deputy
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he had tried to sexually assault and
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attack
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several other women and the
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investigative materials also
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proved our client was telling the truth
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and the next day after the
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materials were released this particular
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individual
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who was the deputy involved was arrested
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and prosecuted
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and ultimately convicted and sentenced
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to nine years in california state prison
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so not only in this particular case did
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we obtain a successful outcome for our
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client
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our efforts in part led to this deputy
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being
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convicted and also because he was
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convicted he can never
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serve as a law enforcement officer again
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in the state of california
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