According to the Federal courthouse in Rockford, the Pavlin case was filed on Friday, July 17. Case No. 09-50154 is a public record but, since I don't have a Pacer account, I guess it means a trip to Rockford to read it and I'll probably buy a copy at $0.50/page.
I didn't think it was a McHenry County case, and a clerk today at the office of the Circuit Clerk's office couldn't find any record of it. It makes sense that it would be in Federal court.
How many tens (hundreds?) of thousands of dollars have been spent or wasted by McHenry County because of actions by deputies of the Sheriff's Department. The Gary Gauger lawsuit is coming up. If you haven't read his book, go to Read Between the Lynes on the Woodstock Square and pick up a copy. Well, don't just "pick up" a copy; buy it.
You'll probably read it straight through and then shake your head until you have a migraine. That one is very likely to cost the County some big bucks, in addition the money already spent in initially prosecuting the case and later in defending those efforts.
In addition to the civil lawsuit of the Pavlins, will there be criminal charges brought against some of the deputies who were at the Pavlins' home in March 2008? Will the State Police investigation find that unreasonable and unnecessary force was used against both of them and recommend charges? Are charges already under consideration?
One deputy described how Mr. Pavlin was "assisted" to the ground. Give me a break! Mr. Pavlin weighs about 130 lbs. A witness described it as "two deputies body-slammed him to the floor." And then the handcuffs were applied so tightly that bleeding resulted.
The usual case of clicking the handcuffs in really tight is because you are getting back at the person you are cuffing. It's a "I'll show him who is boss" attitude - an attitude of a bully. Of course, that's not to say that, in this case, that's what happened. Maybe it was just an "accident" that the handcuffs were put on so tightly...
The Federal case is likely to be a three-ring circus, with plenty of testimony from the Pavlins as to what really happened that night. So far, at the direction of their attorney in the criminal case just ended, they have kept pretty quiet about it.
Check out the online article about this lawsuit on www.nwherald.com. If you feel they are still beating the dead horse of the criminal charges against the Pavlins that disappeared last week, post a comment there, saying so.
You never know who is interested…
3 months ago
3 comments:
I hope the Pavlin's have a better attorney for their civil case than they had for the criminal case. What kind of moron attorney would hold on to info ( for 7 months) that could help his clients.Why doesn't Nygren/NWHerald release the 911 tape and the letter from the SA like they did the police reports. Maybe the bully will include his home phone # like he did for the Pavlin's.
And the filing is posted on McHenry County Blog on 7-23-9.
You keep slipping up and showing you bias every time you write!
"The Federal case is likely to be a three-ring circus, with plenty of testimony from the Pavlins as to what really happened that night."
NO! what you mean to say is you will get plenty of testimony from the Pavlins as to what they say happened that night. Big difference.
Three sides to every story. What the first group says, what the second group says, and then what actually happened.
Of course, as somebody running for sheriff, you would NEVER prejudge anything but would wait until it has gone through the courts before stating who was or was not guilty of any act. Doing anything else would open you up for lawsuits of your very own...
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