Smith v. S.F. Police Dept. CA1/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS

On February 29, 2012, appellant filed a complaint against San Francisco Crime Laboratory Technician Deborah Madden for general negligence and other causes of action.1 The complaint alleged that the defendant “habitually failed to do the required thing,” was “careless, not paying enough heed; neglectful” and “inattentive,” and “was negligen[t] from the time she was arrested on October 2, 2007 for domestic violence and assault charges and being investigated for tampering with drugs.” The complaint stated that Madden was arrested in 2007 1 The complaint describes this as an action “for professional negligence, fraud, false arrest, violation of constitutional right, negligence, pain and suffering, harassment, conviction, medical expenses, wage loss, general damage compensatory damages, punitive damages.”

1 and found guilty in 2008 of domestic violence and assault charges; was investigated for tampering with drug evidence, admitted taking small quantities of cocaine from the San Francisco Police Department Drug Laboratory, and pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge on June 3, 2011. According to the complaint, “The defendant was a key witness at…