HOW A PORTLAND ARTIST SUED PORTLAND POLICE AND WON IN THE US SUPREME COURT

 How a portland artist sued Portland Police and won in US Supreme court 

STEVIE PIERCE CREATOR OF THE 24 HOUR CHURCH SUED PORTLAND POLICE AND TOOK THE CASE to the US Supreme Court where she won by default. She received treatment not quite as bad as George flood fir getting on a Max train without the payment ticket. She could have paid and then lost the ticket. The fair inspector saw she had no ticket and called for reinforcements from police. She was detained, stripped, jailed for hours and hours. They illegally demanded her social security number to identify her. She was also forcefully manhandled and accused of resisting arrest all for an honor system violation. The police union hiredvthug lawyers to fight her claims against the police with every kind of hard ball dirty trick including distracting the jury with a ball in a sock trick. They even let the police change their records. It was brutal on the girl but she won....
Look up Pierce vs Multnomah County on findlaw.com. it is mostly a 4tn amendment case:


"Pierce v. Multnomah County, or

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Feb 14, 1996

76 F.3d 1032 (9th Cir. 1996)Copy Citation

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No. 93-35405.

Argued and Submitted November 2, 1994 — Portland, Oregon.

Decided February 14, 1996. 

Stephanie G. Pierce, Pro Se, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Gerald H. Itkin, Multnomah County Counsel, Portland, Oregon; Harry Auerbach, Deputy City Attorney, Portland, Oregon, for the defendants-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon George E. Juba, Magistrate Judge, Presiding.

D.C. No. CV-91-00518-HJF.

Before: FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

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FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:Page 1035

Pro se plaintiff Stephanie Pierce appeals an adverse judgment following a jury trial in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Plaintiff sued the City of Portland ("City"), Multnomah County ("County"), the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon ("Tri-Met"), fare inspector Jackson, corrections officers Bowdle and Karcher, and police officer Duncan, alleging that the defendants violated her Eighth and Fourth Amendment rights and also violated federal and state law. She was detained for four hours for identification following a citation for boarding a train without proof of payment of fare. The parties tried the case before a magistrate judge, who directed verdicts for the City, Karcher, and Duncan. A jury returned a verdict for the defendants on the remaining claims. Upon denial of her motion for a new trial, Pierce timely appealed. We have jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and reverse and remand. 

Plaintiff is a graduate of Georgetown Ù"