ROBERTS v. COUNTY OF ESSEX

Civ. No. 15-7061 (KM) (JBC).

648 F.Supp.3d 519 (2022)

Rodney R. ROBERTS, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF ESSEX, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Signed December 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mirel Fisch , Law Office of Mirel Fisch, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiff.

Alan R. Ruddy , Office of the Essex County Counsel, Hall of Records, Newark, NJ, for Defendant County of Essex.

Emilia Perez , Gary S. Lipshutz , City of Newark Department of Law, Newark, NJ, for Defendants City of Newark, Detective Derrick Eutsey.

Gary S. Lipshutz , City of Newark Department of Law, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Newark Police Department.

Barkha Patel , Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, NJ, Robert J. McGuire , William Thomas Rozell, II , New Jersey Attorney General — Division of Law, Trenton, NJ, for Defendant Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

Barkha Patel , Robert J. McGuire , Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, NJ, for Defendants Assistant Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino, Investigator Michele R. Bolan.


OPINION

Plaintiff Rodney Roberts was arrested in 1996 for the rape and kidnapping of 17-year-old Sheronda Atwell. Shortly after his arrest, Roberts pled guilty to kidnapping in exchange for a seven-year sentence and dismissal of the rape charge. In 2004, after serving this sentence, Roberts...

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