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Sheldon Paul Haleck

U.S. Federal District Courthouse in Honolulu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three Honolulu police officers have argued that their actions, “were not the proximate cause” of death of an American Samoan, whose family has alleged in a civil suit that the deceased was wrongfully seized, denied his liberty, and fatally assaulted by the officers. The...
Honolulu Federal Courtouse
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The family of an American Samoan man who is alleged to have been assaulted by three police officers in downtown Honolulu and later died at a Hawaii hospital four year ago is seeking “general and punitive damages of ten million dollars” in their civil lawsuit against the...
Sheldon Haleck memorial signs
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal case involving the death of an American Samoan man, who died three years ago after he was arrested by police in downtown Honolulu is now with the Supreme Court of the United States. The American Samoan man is Sheldon Paul Haleck, son of former American Samoa...
Federal District Court Building in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, HAWAII — A federal appellate court has ruled that a Honolulu police officer’s use of a taser gun — three times — on an American Samoa man who later died at a hospital, “was excessive” and “violated... established law”. The decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued July 10th “...