Legal Opinion
Ladmarald Cates v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 2018No. 16-1778PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sykes, Circuit Judge.
On a summer day in 2010, Iema Lemons called 911 to report that her neighbors were vandalizing her home on Milwaukee's north side. Officer Ladmarald Cates and his partner responded, but the investigation went seriously off track. By an odd series of events, Cates and Lemons were left alone in her home, and the officer sexually assaulted her.
Cates was charged with two federal crimes: (1) depriving Lemons of her civil rights under color of law, 18 U.S.C. § 242 ; and (2) using or carrying a firearm in relation to that crime, id. § 924(c)(1)(A). The civil-rights charge was…
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- United States v. John NataleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
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