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Santa Pictures + Marketing for your BusinessMy latest legal victory
After winning my appeal, I filed what is called a motion to recover costs in order to recover the money I spent in preparing my appeal, which totaled a little more than $2,500, most of it from court and transcript fees.
In hindsight, I should have asked for the money I spent in probation and fines, but the deadline to file the motion snuck up on me and I didn’t have time to search for all the receipts.
Besides, I didn’t want to get jinx the whole thing by asking for money that I may have paid as a result of my conviction but that was not necessarily a cost that went into my appeal.
Last week, I received notice that my motion was granted, meaning I should be receiving a check for $2,528.40 any day now.
Maybe I can finally purchase the Canon 5d Mark II.
That, of course, is only a fraction of the more than $10,000 I have spent in fighting the charges. Hopefully, I can recover the rest in my planned civil suit.
Below are copies of my motion and the Appellant Court’s decision to grant the motion.
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Congrats!!
Sweet.
Time to go celebrate by taking more pictures of cops!
congrats, buddy.
Thanks, guys!
Excellent.
Mmmmmm… 5D MkII
Combine with 50mm 1.2L
Photographic sweetness
Congrats on your victory on both fronts Carlos
Can’t wait ’till you’re armed with a camera that can start video at the drop of a hat.
Good job!
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Congrats Carlos!
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Sweeet
May this announcement have declared another step in the creation of a cottage industry.
Congratulations!
Wait, the fines and probation costs aren’t refunded automatically when the conviction is reversed? That doesn’t make any sense. Good luck with the upcoming civil suit, though.
Congrats! That’s wonderful news! When you get your 5D Mk II, can I play with it? I promise not to break it.
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Congratulations on your legal victory in getting some of the costs back. I hate to be the one to rain on your parade, but the chances of recovering on a Section 1983 claim are . . . . unlikely. Between the heightened pleading requirements, the qualified immunity, and the ridiculous level of discretion given to police officers by the judicial branch, civil claims for violations of Constitutional rights are very rarely successful. One of my favorite blogs on the subject is Mike Cernovich’s Section 1983 blog (http://www.section1983blog.com), its very informative, and very depressing. But I still think you should file because every breach of constitutional rights should come with a very high cost to the government. Good Luck!
well done.
Yay!
Congrats!!!
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