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GILYARD v. DUSAK

Civil Action No. 16-2986.

GILYARD, et al. v. DUSAK, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 4, 2016.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUGENE GILYARD, Plaintiff, represented by JOHN WENDELL BEAVERS.

TYREE WELLS, Plaintiff, represented by JOHN WENDELL BEAVERS.

DETECTIVE DENNIS DUSAK, Defendant, represented by MARK MAGUIRE, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE OF CITY SOLICITOR.

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Defendant, represented by MARK MAGUIRE, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE OF CITY SOLICITOR.

MEMORANDUM

Eugene Gilyard and Tyree Wells spent sixteen years in prison for an August 1995 murder until the state court vacated their 1998 convictions upon an alleged jailhouse confession by another man. The Commonwealth exonerated Messrs. Gilyard and Wells in June 2014. Messrs. Gilyard and Wells then sued...

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