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The settlement of Maquoyia Rodgers’ case, outlined in court papers filed by the plaintiff’s attorneys, is subject to approval by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy during a hearing scheduled Feb. 5. The judge’s consent is needed because of the plaintiff’s mental state.
Rodgers was 22 at the time of the June 18, 2019, encounter with police, according to a lawsuit brought Aug. 26 on her behalf by her mother, Marsha Coles, who is not herself a plaintiff. The suit alleged civil rights violations, negligence, battery and use of excessive force, and sought unspecified damages.
The officers’ presence, coupled with the attempted removal of Rodgers from her home against her will, was a “militaristic, menacing and threatening response to an obviously mentally incapacitated woman who was exercising her right to remain in her home,” according to the suit, which alleged the police response to a call for assistance was “completely unreasonable an
By City News Service
Jan 15, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A mentally incapacitated 23-year-old woman would receive $47,000 under a tentative settlement reached with the city of Long Beach over a confrontation with police in 2019 in which she suffered a broken arm that required surgery.
The settlement of Maquoyia Rodgers case, outlined in court papers filed by the plantiff s attorneys, is subject to approval by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy during a hearing scheduled Feb. 5. The judge s consent is needed because of the plaintiff s mental state.
Rodgers was 22 at the time of the June 18, 2019, encounter with police, according to a lawsuit brought Aug. 26 on her behalf by her mother, Marsha Coles, who is not herself a plaintiff. The suit alleged civil rights violations, negligence, battery and use of excessive force, and sought unspecified damages.