MANCINI v. CITY OF TACOMA

No. 97583-3.

479 P.3d 656 (2021)

Kathleen MANCINI, a single woman, Petitioner, v. CITY OF TACOMA, a municipal entity and political subdivision of the state of Washington; the Tacoma Police Department; and Don Ramsdell, individually and in his official capacity as chief of Tacoma Police, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, EN BANC.

Filed: January 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori S. Haskell , Law Office of Lori S. Haskell, 7511 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle, WA, 98103-4627, Gary Manca , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave. Sw, Third Floor, Suite C, Seattle, WA, 98126, for Petitioner.

Jean P. Homan , Tacoma City Attorney's Office, 747 Market St. #1120, Tacoma, WA, 98402-3701, for Respondents.

Valerie Davis McOmie , Attorney at Law, 4549 Nw Aspen St., Camas, WA, 98607-8302, Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0305, for Amicus Curiae Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

Pamela Beth Loginsky , Washington Assoc. of Prosecuting Attys., 206 10th Ave. Se, Olympia, WA, 98501-1311, Ryan Joseph Lukson , Benton County Prosecutor's Office, 7122 W. Okanogan Pl. Bldg. A, Kennewick, WA, 99336-2359, for Amicus Curiae Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Douglas Robert Mitchell , KCPAO, 205 W. 5th Ave. Ste. 213, Ellensburg, WA, 98926-2887, Daniel Ray Hamilton , Attorney at Law, 955 Tacoma Ave. S. Ste. 301, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2160, for Amici Curiae Washington State Association of Counties, and Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

Daniel G. Lloyd , Vancouver City Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1995, 415 W. 6th St., Vancouver, WA, 98668-1995, for Amicus Curiae Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Nancy Lynn Talner , Antoinette M. Davis , ACLU-WA, P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, William H. Block , Attorney at Law, 3002 Cascadia Ave. S., Seattle, WA, 98144-6214, Jose Dino Vasquez , Karr Tuttle Campbell , 701 5th Ave. Ste. 3300, Seattle, WA, 98104-7055, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.


¶ 1 On January 5, 2011, at 9:45 a.m., eight Tacoma police officers broke open the door of a Federal Way apartment with a battering ram. They had a search warrant, and they expected to find Matthew Logstrom, a young drug dealer living in a somewhat unkempt apartment. Instead, they awakened Kathleen Mancini: an older nurse...

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