The U.S. District Court has dismissed part of a discrimination lawsuit against Frederick County and its sheriff, according to an order filed earlier this month.
The court determined that Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and his deputies cannot be held personally liable for arresting Roxanna Orellana Santos on a civil deportation warrant when she had committed no crime, the June 16 filing states.
The order also limits the scope of Santos’ complaint. She accused the sheriff’s office and deputies of unlawfully arresting her and violating her 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law by targeting her due to her ethnicity. The court dismissed the latter claim, however.
The decision could make it harder for Santos to claim monetary damages, according to an attorney for the sheriff and county.
Santos took Jenkins, the arresting deputies and the then-Board of County Commissioners to court in 2009, seeking more than $1 million in damages.
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1 comment:
How does an illegal alien who has a court order of deportation for not being in the Country legally have a 14th Amendment right? Or any other right under OUR {Read, NOT HER) Constitution and Bill of Rights?
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