“This court should dismiss the case against (the woman) and rule that citing an unhoused person simply because they needed to sit down during early labor is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.”
Jefferson County Attorney's Office files lawsuit against Louisville judge who booted office off case
On Monday, County Attorney Mike O’Connell's office filed a motion asking a circuit court judge to prevent District Court Judge Stephanie Burke “from taking any judicial action based upon the erroneous and illegal holding.”
Jalen Desean Houston, 30, was in court Tuesday after he was discharged from the hospital.
Mary Shaw, the only incumbent judge challenged in Jefferson County, has been dogged for signing the flawed warrant in March 2020 for the raid of Breonna Taylor’s home. Attorney Tracy Davis beat Shaw by a couple thousand votes
Police said Jewell Ashby Jr., 37, forced his way into an woman's home on Gardiner Lane earlier this month.
District Court Judge Brian Crick presided over McLean and Muhlenberg counties.
Bevin’s pardon ended up prompting a judge to dismiss a suit recently – because the pardon included no finding or evidence showing the person was innocent.
The release of inmates during a global pandemic comes as Louisville faces a “pandemic of a significant increase in violent crime,” Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad said earlier this week.
17 Jefferson County District Court judges were sworn in at Metro Hall Sunday afternoon.