Civil rights expert witnesses
Expert class library · 4 classes
The police practices, corrections, medical and interrogation experts in civil rights cases: use of force, training and supervision, care in custody and coerced confessions.
Each class is defined by role and method, never by a person or a firm. Open one for what it is retained to answer, how its testimony is attacked under Rule 702, and the rulings, each read in the opinion.
Usually retained by plaintiffs
Review of medical records, sick-call requests and grievances · Comparison of intake screening and care with NCCHC and ACA standards
False confession and interrogation expertReview of interrogation recordings, transcripts and police reports · Identification of interrogation techniques such as isolation, confrontation and minimization
Retained by either side
Use-of-force continuum and policy comparison · POST training standard review
Eyewitness identification expertReview of identification procedures, such as show-ups, photo arrays and lineups · Analysis of estimator variables such as stress, lighting, distance, weapon focus and cross-race effects
Recent rulings
The 12 most recent of 14 rulings in this practice, newest first. Each links to the free opinion on CourtListener and to the class it belongs to.
Other practice areas
- Securities
- Antitrust
- Commercial
- Intellectual property
- Mass tort and product liability
- Environmental and toxic tort
- Personal injury
- Transportation
- Employment
- Consumer class actions
- Medical malpractice
- Product engineering
- Forensic science
- Healthcare fraud and False Claims Act
- Family law
- Insurance
- Construction
- Bankruptcy and valuation
The library summarises public decisions for orientation; it is not legal advice. Read the opinion before relying on any ruling. No individual expert is named.