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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Phoenix City Mayor, City Manager, and Chief of Police served with Federal Lawsuit alleging Civil Rights Violation and Malicious Prosecution Claim

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, City Manager Frank Fairbanks and Chief of Police Jack Harris named in Federal Lawsuit. Then in retaliation, Phoenix police officers raid the home of the plaintiff and take evidence, violating his constitutional rights.

Phoenix, AZ (March 23, 2009) - Mayor Phil Gordon, Phoenix chief of police Jack Harris and Phoenix city manager Frank Fairbanks were named as defendants in a claim filed in Federal Court, on a Section 1983 claim and Malicious Prosecution. The case was filed in District Court for the District of Arizona under the caption, Jeffrey Pataky v. City of Phoenix, et. al, CV 09-534-PHX-DKD

The claim alleges while given the opportunity, Mayor Phil Gordon, city manager Frank Fairbanks and chief of police Jack Harris failed to investigate numerous requests made on the Phoenix Police. The suit claims that the defendants conduct deviated from the duty and care required of police officers and city officials. By purposefully allowing their subordinates to submit fraudulent documents to the county attorney and in some instances, testifying regarding those documents before a Grand Jury, Defendants deviated from their duty and standard of care established by the United States and Arizona Constitution and the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure. ?This rises to level of extreme and outrageous,? the lawsuit claims, ?and was entered into with an evil mind.?

In a retaliatory measure and while the Notice of Claim was still pending, the Phoenix Police raided the Plaintiffs home with a search warrant, unlawfully imprisoned a guest and refused them access to counsel. During the search, officers seized all documents pertaining to the District Court lawsuit, including privileged communications with counsel and all recordings and evidence relating to the District Court case. Seizure of these documents and communications are in violation of plaintiff?s constitutional rights.

A new, second Notice of Claim was filed on March 18, 2009 against Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, City Manager Frank Fairbanks and Chief of Police Jack Harris, and these additional claims will be included as new counts in the original suit. The raid of plaintiff?s home was nothing more than intentional harassment and retaliation for speaking out against public officials and their subordinates on a website named badphoenixcops.com; and is nothing more than exercising one?s First Amendment Rights to free speech.

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Full post as published by Bad Phoenix Cops on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).