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Presented to the 

Grand Jury in open Court, in th

the Grand In and
DISTRICT COURT at SHED

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

 

 

 

 

AT SEATTLE

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Pla?nuff? INDICTMENT



NICHOLAS HOGAN,

Defendant.

The Grand Jury charges that:
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(Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law)

On or about May 20, 2011, in Seattle, and elsewhere within the Western District
of Washington, NICHOLAS HOGAN, while acting under of color of law, deployed
Oleoresin Capsicum spray against MS, a person known to the grand jury, while MS.
was under arrest and shackled, by four-point restraints, to a hospital gurney, thereby
willfully depriving MS. of the right, secured and protected by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, which
includes the right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement 

of?cer, and the offense resulted in bodily injury to MS.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
(206) 553-7970

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Signature of oreperson redacted pursuant
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OREPERSON

 

    

All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 242.
DATED:
L. HAYES 
United States Attorney  
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TODD 
Assistant United States Attorney

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F. MIYAKE 


Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division
United States Dep in: nt of Justice

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1al Attorney, Civil Rights DiviSion
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 -
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
(206) 553?7970