Black v. Cummings

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA HUNTINGTON DIVISION JUSTIN K. BLACK, Plaintiff, v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:22-cv-0096 THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, ANTHONY CUMMINGS, KIMBERLY PACK, GREG LOSH, MIKE PARDE, EDDIE BLANDKNSHIP, and UNKNOWN OFFICERS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In 2008, Plaintiff Justin Black was convicted for the murder of Deanna Crawford. See State v. Black,

708 S.E.2d 491, 495

(W. Va. 2010); Complaint (“Compl.”) ¶ 84. Ten years later, the State informed him DNA evidence inculpated another…