ENGLISH v. CLARKE

No. 22-1788, No. 22-1817.

90 F.4th 636 (2024)

Kewon ENGLISH, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Earl Powell, Plaintiff, v. Joseph CLARKE; Leon Lott, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Richland County; Richland County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees. Earl Powell, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Kewon English, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Clarke; Leon Lott, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Richland County; Richland County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 5, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Andrew Bradshaw , WHITE DAVIS AND WHITE LAW FIRM, Anderson, South Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Andrew Lindemann , LINDEMANN LAW FIRM, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. ON BRIEF: Kyle J. White , WHITE DAVIS AND WHITE LAW FIRM, Anderson, South Carolina; J. Andrew Delaney , WILLIAMS AND WILLIAMS, Orangeburg, South Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Robert D. Garfield , Steven R. Spreeuwers , CROWE LAFAVE GARFIELD & BAGLEY, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

No. 22-1788 affirmed and No. 22-1817 dismissed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Diaz and Judge Heytens joined.


Kewon English and Earl Powell were arrested for sexual assault and burglary and detained for over a year before their cases were nolle prossed and they were released. They filed suit, alleging that the investigator who interrogated them in connection with the charges, Senior Investigator Joseph Clarke of the Richland...

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