The 2022 lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville, claimed Hardin County Sheriff's deputies used excessive force, lied about it and violated protocol by not having EMS take Alejandro Clarke Jr. to a hospital before he went into cardiac arrest.
On Friday, Judge Charles Simms III, who presided over the 10-day trial in which Houck was convicted in the 2015 murder or Rogers, ordered Houck not to transfer any property until at least after an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Oct. 8.
John Mills, 69, of Crestwood in Oldham County, was hit around 5 a.m. in the 15500 block of Shelbyville Road by a bus owned by Fullington Trailways, a Pennsylvania transportation company, as he was crossing Shelbyville Road to get into the club.
Joseph Martin died in Marion County police custody in late 2022.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in February, claimed staffers should have been aware of Stephanie Dunbar's mental health and medical needs.
Riley Stephens of Bowling Green was armed with a knife and advanced at officers before being shot by Louisville Metro Police Officer Malcolm Miller March 18, 2022 after ignoring verbal commands and attempts to subdue Stephens with "less lethal methods,” the department said at the time.
The wrongful death lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court in September 2020, claimed the 53-year-old barbecue chef committed no crime before he was killed on June 1, 2020.
In a ruling Tuesday, Chief Justice John Minton found that Jefferson District Court Judge Josephine Buckner’s “impartiality could be questioned” as she previously worked for an attorney who represented Taylor’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
While an ambulance was at the scene, officers instead put Alejandro Clarke in the back of a cruiser to take him to the hospital, leaving him alone inside for about 30 minutes before he went into cardiac arrest and later was pronounced dead.
An attorney for Eric Kessler's family says body cam footage footage contradicts statements made by Bullitt County deputies who said Kessler tried to run over a deputy.
