JLS in Courtroom cropped 2San Bernardino County Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 and has been suing police officers and deputy sheriffs in San Bernardino County since 1986. His many years of experience in suing state and local police officers, especially police officers and deputy sheriffs in San Bernardino County will maximize your chances of enforcing your federal constitutional rights in federal court. In court you either win or lose, and losing is not an option.

MR. STEERING TAKES A REAL-WORLD APPROACH TO SUING THE POLICE

Mr. Steering sues police officers and deputy sheriffs in the real world; not the fantasy world that most of the American public lives in. The only way that your federal constitutional rights exist for you, is for you to have a realistic way to enforce them. After all, “constitutional rights” without a practical and realistic way to enforce them are no rights at all.

As Chief Justice John Marshall so eloquently stated in the landmark case of Marbury v. Madison in 1803:

Chief Justice John Marshall“It is a general and indisputable rule that where there is a legal right, there is also a legal remedy by suit or action at law whenever that right is invaded.”

The logical extension of Chief Justice Marshall’s pronouncement in 1803, is that if you have no realistic and practical way to enforce a right, then that right does not exist for you. It is merely something written on a piece of paper, or an image on your cell phone or computer monitor. Therefore, in the end, the only thing that really does matter when you sue the police in federal court for violating your federal constitutional rights is whether you win your case. If you lose, then you have no rights, because you have no real world remedy to enforce them.

Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984. He understands that basic principle; that the only thing that matters in suing the police is whether you win or lose. You can lose your case either on your own (a guaranteed loss) or by hiring an inexperienced lawyer to litigate your case for the violation of your federal constitutional rights. If you want to win, you need to engage an experienced lawyer who sues the police.

Federal civil rights cases are extremely complex and subtle. If you want to win, contact Jerry L. Steering at (949) 474-1849; jerry@steeringlaw.com. No lawyer can guarantee that he or she is going to win every case. After all, sometimes you get a judge who will try to do everything that he/she can do to make the police win your case. Sometimes there is a change of law right in the middle of your lawsuit. Sometimes witnesses flake-out. However, Mr. Steering’s many years of experience in specializing in suing the police will maximize your chances of winning your federal civil rights lawsuit.

SUIING POLICE AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS IN FEDERAL COURT IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is a brutal police agency that routinely uses excessive force on civilians, and falsely arrests and maliciously prosecutes their victims. Mr. Steering is an expert in suing the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for constitutional violations such as for false arrests, police brutality / excessive force, malicious prosecutions and first amendment retaliation cases. He has been successfully suing the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and other police agencies in San Bernardino County for many years now.

Police Misconduct Specialties:
  • Excessive Force
  • Concealing Evidence
  • Destroying  Evidence
  • False Arrest
  • K-9 Maulings
  • Malicious Prosecution
  • Police Beatings
  • Police Brutality
  • Police Shootings
  • Whistle Blower Retaliation
  • Wrongful Death

FREE CASE EVALUATION

Examples of Mr. Steering’s San Bernardino County Police Misconduct Cases:

Here are a few examples of cases that Mr. Steering has won against the Sheriff Department; an agency that has literally gone off of the deep end in the High Desert / Victor Valley area.

The Fontana Police Department is one of the most brutal and corrupt police agencies in Southern California; among the worst. They beat and falsely arrest innocents just about every day for mere failure to immediately comply with their orders or for verbal protests of the same. Mr. Steering has been suing the Fontana Police Department and other police agencies in Southern California since the mid 1980s.

Here are some examples of Mr. Steering’s San Bernardino County cases:

Thomas Perez, Jr. v. City of Fontana:

CBS-News-KCAL-Piece-on-Thomas-Perez-caseIn 2024 Mr. Steering obtained $900,000.00 from the City of Fontana for Fontana Police Using “Psychological Torture” to torment an innocent man to confess to killing his father, after the man called in a missing person report on his elderly father. See, Fontana Police “Psychologically Tortured” Man to Falsely Confess to Killing His Father.

Thomas Perez, Jr. reported his elderly father, Thomas Perez, Sr., went for a walk with their dog the night before, and the dog came home but Thomas Perez, Sr. didn’t.

The Fontana Police Detectives immediately entertained the possibility that Thomas Perez, Jr. killed his father, because Thomas Perez, Sr. left his cellphone and his wallet at their home.

The Detectives took Thomas Perez, Jr. to the Fontana Police Department and subjected him to a brutal 17 hours interrogation, including them telling Thomas Thomas Perez, Jr. ripping shirt from psychological torturePerez, Jr. that they found his father’s dead body, that he had been murdered, that they had overwhelming evidence that he was the murderer, that he was going to prison for life, and, that they were going to euthanize his beloved dog. See, video clips of interrogation at Fontana pays $900,000 settlement after police interrogate man for 17 hours, CBS News on KCBS,

The Fontana Police Detectives learned “psychological tortured” Thomas Perez, Jr. to the point of literally pulling his hair our and to attempted suicide at the station.

Even after the Fontana PD Detectives found out that Thomas Perez, Sr. was alive and well, waiting to board a flight to Oakland, California to see his daughter, rather than tell Thomas Perez, Jr. that they found his father, alive and well, they withheld that information from him, committed him to the mental hospital on a 72-hour suicide hold, and told the hospital staff not to allow his to speak to anyone, causing him to believe for the next three days that his father had been murdered, that he was going to prison for life for the murder and that they were going to euthanize his dog.

Thomas Perez, Jr. lawyer, Jerry L. Steering commented: ““In my 40 years of suing the police I have never seen that level of deliberate cruelty by the police,”  . . . “After what I saw on the video of what they did to him, I now know that the police can get [anyone] to confess to killing Abe Lincoln.” See, Police pressured him to confess to a murder that never happened. Now, Fontana will pay him $900,000, Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2024.

Margaret Alba v. City of Barstow, et al.; $1,150,000.00, U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) obtained following successful jury verdict for wrongful death.

Morgan v. County of San Bernardino, U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (1996), $714,000.00 settlement following jury verdict for excessive force and false arrest during search warrant execution in Apple Valley, California.

Austin v. County of San Bernardino, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, $500,000.00 jury verdict for false arrest and excessive force.

Lopez v. County of San Bernardino, U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (2002), $50,000.00 settlement for racially motivated battery;

Miller v. City of San Bernardino, et al, U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (2003), $35,000.00 settlement for unlawful detention.

Calderon v. County of San Bernardino, U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2003), $115,000.00 settlement for false arrest and illegal search.

Arroyo v. City of San Bernardino, U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2004), $125,000.00 settlement for unreasonable seizure of person.

Ford v. County of San Bernardino, (2007), $80,000.00 settlement for excessive force.

In re Jane Doe v. County of San Bernardino, et al., (2008), $290,000.00 settlement (prior to filing lawsuit) for sexually motivated mistreatment of arrestee.

Aubrey v. County of San Bernardino, et. al, U.S. Dist. Court (LA) 2012, $325,000.00 settlement for the use of unreasonable force and for false arrest; and

Jones v. County of San Bernardino, et al.; $170,000.00 U.S. Dist. Court (LA) settlement for unreasonable seizure of person.

Penny Trent v. County of San Bernardino, et al., $600,000.00 settlement for unreasonable seizure of person.

David Scott v. County of San Bernardino, et al; $390,000.00 settlement after winning case on appeal to the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Tommy Mark Franks, Jr. v. County of San Bernardino, et al.; et al; $500,000.00, U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana) obtained following successful jury verdict for false arrest.

Although SB County is not nearly as heavily populated as other areas in Southern California, the “crime rate” of crimes and Constitutional Torts committed by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is astounding. It seems that San Bernardino County is the hotbed for “cops gone wild.” These deputies are simply out of control, and nobody is going to do anything about; at least anybody from the Sheriff’s Department, or the Judges of the San Bernardino County Superior Court.

If you are the victim of police misconduct, and want to sue the police, or, if you are being charged with a resistance offense, such as Resisting Arrest or Battery on a Peace Officer, we can help you. See, What To Do If You Have Been Beaten-Up or Falsely Arrested By The Police.

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