A man who lost two fingers after a 2020 protest in Charlotte is dropping his First Amendment lawsuit against the city and police officers. Kyre Michell filed a stipulation of dismissal Tuesday in US District Court.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected various arguments from a former student who sued Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in connection with an alleged sexual assault near Myers Park High School in 2015. The suit also named a school resource officer and assistant principal.
A man who lost two fingers after a 2020 protest in Charlotte can proceed with a federal First Amendment lawsuit against the city and police officers. A federal judge issued an order Friday allowing that portion of the lawsuit to move forward.
A federal magistrate judge recommends that a man injured during a 2020 Charlotte protest against police violence can proceed with First Amendment legal claims against the city and police officers. Kyre Mitchell says he lost two fingers after handling a flashbang grenade police threw toward him during the protest.
A split 2-1 ruling from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will allow a lawsuit to proceed against the city of Charlotte in a fatal 2017 shooting by a police officer. Appellate judges revived most of a suit that had been tossed out by a trial judge.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a new prison sentence for a felon convicted of scamming the federal government out of $143,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. Appellate judges agreed that the trial judge in Byron Jones’ case made an error in setting the conditions for his eventual release from prison.
Almost a month after a jury ruled against her, a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg student is appealing her case to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The student claims the city and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools mishandled her report of a sexual assault near Myers Park High School in 2015.
