Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Ashley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 11, 2019No. 18-30126PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KURT D. ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Glenn Ford was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 30 years in solitary confinement on death row before being fully exonerated, with all charges dropped. Ford sued the Defendants-Appellants1 (as well as other defendants not included in this appeal), all of whom were law enforcement officials at the time of Ford's wrongful conviction, alleging suppression of evidence, fabrication of witness statements, withholding of exculpatory evidence, and other violations.
Ford filed suit in March 2015. The operative First Amended Complaint was filed on September 8, 2015.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Behrens v. PelletierSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Kinney v. WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Savage v. WestcottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2025
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