Kendrick Johnson: Court refuses to dismiss the lawsuit for the youth mat for the youth mat for the youth mat

ATLANTA – – A Federal Court of Appeal asked a court in Georgia to rethink a judgment that was given up in his school over a decade ago.

In 2013, Kendrick Johnson's body was found in an upright wrestling mat in the Fitness Studio of the Lowndes County High School in 2013.

The legal questions related to Johnson's death and the subsequent investigation have been ongoing for years. While a judge of the district court decided that the family's complaint should be rejected, the recent decision of the Court of Appeal for the 11th circle states that the judgment should be examined.

Kendrick Johnson Death complaint

The background story:

On January 11, 2013, the students found the body of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson in the high school of the Valdosta High School and alerted a fitness teacher.

The investigators of the Sheriff of Lowndes County closed shortly after the fact that Johnson died in a freaky accident, stuck around upside down and could not breathe while trying to get a shoe that fell into the upright mat.

For a long time, Johnson's parents have insisted that someone killed him and that school officers and law enforcement authorities cover up the crime. The family has in greater bruises and markings from their son's right jaw, from which they claimed that they match stun-gun tines near the teenager's wrist.

In the end, the federal authorities did not provide any answers in 2016 when they had completed their investigation over whether Johnson's civil rights were violated. The Ministry of Justice published an explanation in which the investigators “did not find sufficient evidence to support the federal criminal complaints”.

In 2021, the sheriff of lowndes County, Ashley Paulk, reopened the investigation due to the public examination of the case. In his summary of the case act, Paulk said that the investigators continued to believe that the death of the teenager was accidental and there was no bad game.

“I am pretty sure that there will still be a contingent that will believe that there will be a bad game,” wrote Paulk. “I encourage everyone to study all the evidence in this file before I formed an opinion.”

After this investigation, Kendrick's parents had a lawsuit of 1 billion US dollars against the Sheriff office of the Lowndes County a Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“We will continue to fight for Kendrick because his life was important,” said Jackie Johnson after submitting the lawsuit.

Grab deeper:

While the accused tried to reject the lawsuit, civil servants said that the Johnsons tried to submit an additional changed complaint that was depressed by the US district judge Leigh Martin May.

The Johnsons then asked May to reuse and to accuse them of the prejudices or prejudices in connection with the case. Can refuse the application and reject the lawsuit.

In her release, May wrote that the “Sheriff's Office, the Crime Lab and the school authority were not legal entities that could be sued,” wrote the Court of Appeal in his decision. The other two defendants, the GBI and the FBI agent, were protected by the 11th change or lack of information.

“As far as the proposed new claims against new defendants are concerned, the court found that some accused were entitled to immunity, while the claims against the remaining new defendants were only supported by the conclusion of the conspiracy,” says the conclusion “

The Johnsons then appealed against the judgment at the higher court.

What you say:

In his decision last week, the three-judge promise procedure decided that May had the right not to carry out the case.

“The Johnsons have not shown that the district judge misused their discretion by refusing to withdraw themselves,” says the statement. “Neither the affidavit of the Johnson nor her briefing identifies an out -of -court distortion source that is sufficient to rightly require the judge.”

However, the committee decided that the law of Georgia does not allow that certain agencies such as the office of the sheriff or the school authority are sued, but information that companies such as sheriffs or school areas could be sued, which could be applied.

In view of the fact that the wrong name could be determined, the decision to reject the case about this technical way should be re -evaluated, the judges argued.

What's next:

The judges decided that the case should be sent back to the northern district of Georgia for a new exam.

At an indefinite later point in time, the lawyers of the Johnson and the accused will be able to argue their case again and give the lawsuit a further chance.

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