United States v. Johnson

• Court: U.S. District Court — Middle District of North Carolina
• Writing for the Court: THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.
• Citation: United States v. Johnson, 122 F.Supp.3d 272 (M.D. N.C. 2015)
• Decision Date: 07 August 2015
• Docket Number: No. 1:12cv1349.,1:12cv1349.
• Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Terry S. JOHNSON, in his official capacity as Alamance County Sheriff, Defendant.

122 F.Supp.3d 272

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Terry S. JOHNSON, in his official capacity as Alamance County Sheriff, Defendant.

No. 1:12cv1349.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

Signed Aug. 7, 2015.

122 F.Supp.3d 280

Michael J. Songer, Anika Gzifa, Jude Volek, Silvia J. Dominguez–Reese, Timothy Mygatt, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

S.C. Kitchen, Karlene S. Turrentine, Turrentine Law Firm, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. FINDINGS OF FACT 282

A. Alamance County 282

1.	Population and Demographics of Alamance County	282
2.	Law Enforcement Challenges in Alamance County	283

B. ACSO and Sheriff Johnson 285

1. The Introduction and Implementation of ICE's 287(g) Program in Alamance County 285

a.	287(g) Program's TFO	286
b.	Termination of TFO Position	289
c.	Gun Permit Investigations	290
d.	ACSO's Processing and Booking Procedures	291
e.	Fairness Alamance	294

2.	ACSO Arrest Policy and Practice	295
3.	Orders to Target Hispanics	297
4.	ACSO Checkpoint Policy and Implementation	298
5.	ACSO's Stops and Searches	302

a.	Particular Stops	302
b.	Statistical Evidence	304

i.	Dr. John Lamberth	304
ii.	Dr. John MacDonald	307

(a)	Post–Stop Outcome Study	309
(b)	"Hit–Rate" Study	310

iii.	Officer Mark Dockery and ACSO Data on Searches Not Incident to Arrest	311
iv.	Dr. David Banks	312

(a) ACSO's Checkpoint Siting 313

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