Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in California

hi,my name is sonya and i been having a problem finding free legal help.earlier this month on three different occasions there were so called bounty hunters harrassing me and my family drawing there guns and tresspassing on and in my home on the third time they did find me home i was manhandled and hancuffed even after my husband,kids,and myself told them i was 3 months pregnant i want to sue the bounty hunters,bondsmen,and police dept. for assisting them under no circumstances were they supposed to be after me because i never bailed out of jail nor have i ever 'jumped bail'


Asked on 6/29/10, 6:52 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys

George Shers Law Offices of Georges H. Shers

Your's is not the type of case that legal aid entities would normally handle. You need to find an attorney who would take the matter on a contigency fee basis. Most attorneys would assume that a bounty hunter, who gets paid only if he finds a bail jumper, is not going to make the same mistake three times in a row.

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Answered on 6/29/10, 10:48 pm
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Bails bondsmen and their bounty hunters are essential immune from your kind of claims, as long as they have the right person. They are entitled to break into your property, take you into custody at gunpoint, using all necessary force to protect themselves and overcome resistance by you or others. However, IF you were never charged with a crime for which you posted bail with a bondsman, then you are an 'innocent victim' of mistaken identity, and have grounds for a false arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery lawsuit. IF that is the case, then feel free to contact me to discuss your facts and evidence. That it happened three times with police support makes me quite suspicious that there were valid grounds for their actions. Your story has issues that must be examined. We'll see.

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Answered on 6/30/10, 10:32 am


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