Jerry L. Steering
Police Misconduct Specialist* - Civil Cases

If you're the victim of police misconduct The Law Offices of  Jerry L. Steering can help you.

Police misconduct cases involve ever changing legal issues that are too complex for many lawyers to know or understand. It takes years of experience to consistently win civil rights cases against the government. Jerry L. Steering has that successful experience. Here are some examples:**

• Markwell v. City of Huntington Beach;  Orange County Superior Court; $40,000.00 settlement for excessive force (1987);
• Goodwin  v. City of Stanton, U.S. District Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (1988); $100,000.00 settlement for false arrest;
• Hands v. City of Laguna Beach; Orange County, California, Superior Court; (1989); $137,500.00 settlement, for false arrest and excessive force;
• Voss v. City of Laguna Beach, Orange County Superior Court (1989); $35,000.00 award for false arrest;
• Farahani v. City of Santa Ana; U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana) (1990): $612,000.00 jury verdict for excessive force, for baton strike to head;
• Kieswetter v. City of Laguna Beach, Orange County Superior Court (1991) $75,000.00 settlement for unreasonable force; 
• Guillen v. City of Santa Ana, U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (1992)(L.A.); $75,000.00 settlement following acquittal of criminal charges of resisting and assaulting peace officer;
• In Re Richard P.; U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana)(1992) $450,000.00 settlement for false arrest, malicious prosecution and excessive force, following jury verdict of acquittal in state court criminal action for resisting peace officer and assault and battery on peace officer;
• Lobsinger v. City of Stanton; Orange County Superior Court (1993); $50,000.00 arbitration award for excessive force;
• Burks v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Superior Court (1993); $30,000.00 settlement for false arrest;
• Garcia v. City of Huntington Beach; Orange County, California, Superior Court; (1994); $140,000.00 settlement following plaintiff's jury verdict for 8 minute false arrest;
• Garcia v. City of Santa Ana; U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana)(1994); $25,000.00 settlement for false arrest;
• Bautista v. City of Huntington Beach, U.S. Dist. Court, Central District of Cal. (Santa Ana) (1994); $42,500.00 settlement for unlawful detention during warrant execution;
• Tualaulelei v. City of Compton; U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (L.A.); (1995): $6,000,000.00 structured settlement for wrongful death police shooting in Compton, California;
• Morgan v. County of San Bernardino; U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside); (1996): $714,000.00 settlement following jury verdict for excessive force and false arrest during search warrant execution in Victorville, California;
• August v. City of Huntington Beach, et al; Orange County, California, Superior Court (1997); $80,000.00 settlement with bail agents for unlawful entry into home and unlawful detention;
• Gallard v. City of Los Angeles; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (L.A.) (1998) $82,000.00 settlement for wrongful eviction by LAPD officers;
• Oschmann v. County of Orange; et al.; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana)(1998): $30,000.00 settlement for unlawful seizure of person;
• Lopez v. County of Orange; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(1999) $50,000.00 settlement for false arrest and excessive force;
• Ansari v. City of Laguna Beach; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana)(1999): $30,000.00 settlement for unlawful gunpoint detention;
• Darr v. County of San Bernardino; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2000); $50,000.00 settlement for violation of first amendment right to freedom of association;
• Sharp v. City of Garden Grove; Orange County, California, Superior Court; (2000): $1,010,000.00 jury verdict; 45 minute detention of father of parolee at father’s auto body shop;
• Corugedo v. City of Los Angeles; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (L.A.)(2000): $100,000.00 settlement for unlawful entry into home and seizure of minor;
• Gardner v. AMR: U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (L.A.); (2001): $650,000.00 settlement of wrongful death, for failure to provide ambulance;
• Austin v. County of San Bernardino; U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (2002); $500,000.00 jury verdict for false arrest and excessive force (pepper spray);
• Keaty v. City of Huntington Beach; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (L.A.) (2002); $70,000.00 settlement for harassment by police officer);
• Lopez v. County of San Bernardino, U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (2002); $50,000.00 settlement for racially motivated battery;
• Morales v. City of Bell Gardens, U.S. District Court Cent. Dist. Cal. (L.A.)(2003); $120,000.00 settlement for excessive force and false arrest;
• Miller v. City of San Bernardino, et al; U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (2003); $35,000.00 settlement for unlawful detention;
• Calderon v. County of San Bernardino; U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2003); $115,000.00 settlement for false arrest and illegal search;
• Johnson v. County of Orange; U.S. Dist. Court (Santa Ana) (2003); $95,000.00 settlement for false arrest;
• Baima v. County of Orange; U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana)(2004); $208,000.00 settlement for false arrest and excessive force;
• Alvarez v. City of L.A.; U.S. Dist. Court, Central District of Cal. (L.A.)(2004); $850,000.00 settlement for false arrest, malicious prosecution and withholding exculpatory evidence;
• Arroyo v. City of San Bernardino; U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2004); $125,000.00 settlement for unreasonable seizure of person;
• "Jane Doe" v. City of Irvine, et al.; U.S. District Court, Central District of Cal. (Santa Ana)(2005); $400,000.00 settlement for sexual battery by police officer;
• Mansfield v. City of Costa Mesa; U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana)(2006); $225,000.00 settlement for unreasonable shooting of family pit bull and for unlawful seizure of person;
• King v. City of Huntington Beach, et al; U.S. District Court Central District of California (Santa Ana)(2006); $38,500.00 settlement for wrongful shooting of pit bull; and
• Risk v. Cathedral City; U.S. District Court Central District of Cal. (Riverside)(2006); $125,000.00 settlement for false arrest / excessive force;
• Howden v. City of Anaheim, et al; U.S. District Court Central District of California (Santa Ana)(2007); $90,000.00 settlement for false arrest and false personnel claim against police officer.
• In re Jamie J.; U.S. District Court Central District of Cal. (Riverside)(2007); $75,000.00 settlement for false arrest / excessive force;
• Ford v. County of San Bernardino; et al. (2007); $80,000.00 settlement for excessive force;
• In re "Jane Doe" v. County of San Bernardino, et al. (2008); $290,000.00 settlement (prior to filing lawsuit) for sexually motivated mistreatment of arrestee;
• Chamberlain v. County of Orange; et al. (2008); $600,000.00 settlement for wrongful death / interference with parent - child relationship / failure to protect inmate in County Jail facilty;
• Rexford Newman v. County of Orange; U.S. District Court - Santa Ana (2008); $49,999.00 for unreasonable force and false arrest;
• Munoz v. County of Orange; et al., U.S. District Court Central District of California (Santa Ana) (2008); $40,000.00 settlement (following plaintiff's jury verdict) for battery of inmate at Orange County Jail, and
• Garcia v. County of San Bernardino; U.S. District Court - Riverside (2008); $95,000.00 settlement for failure to protect inmate at Glen Helen Jail, and
• Diaz v. County of San Bernardino; et al. (2008); $49,999.00 settlement for excessive force.
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Jerry L. Steering

Police Misconduct Specialist

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*The State Bar of California does not recognize a designated specialty in police misconduct. However, most of Mr. Steering's practice involves police misconduct cases.**The cases listed show events that occured at some point in time in that litigation; not necessarily the final outcome of those cases.