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AVERY v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

Case No. 11-C-408.

40 F.Supp.3d 1089 (2014)

William Damon AVERY, William Damen Avery, Jr., Sirena Alline Avery, Cynthia Lynn Tyler, and Jalisa Jonique Avery and Nafia Nicole Avery, minors by their Father and next friend William Avery, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Detective Gilbert Hernandez, Detective Daniel Phillips, Detective Katherine Hein, Detective Timothy Heier, Detective Kevin Armbruster, Detective Eric Gulbrandson, and Detective James DeValkenaere, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

Signed August 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben H. Elson , Janine L. Hoft , People's Law Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Jan A. Smokowicz , Milwaukee City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER

William Damon Avery spent six years in prison for a crime he didn't commit: the murder of a drug-addicted prostitute named Maryetta Griffin. Avery was exonerated by DNA testing which excluded Avery and matched the profile of Walter E. Ellis, an accused serial killer.

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