Judge dismisses most of Longmire's lawsuit {Your Black Muslim Bakery}

Contra Costa Times ^ | 7/2/10 | Josh Richman - THE CHAUNCEY BAILEY PROJECT

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A federal judge has dismissed most of a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the former Oakland homicide detective who led the highly criticized investigation of journalist Chauncey Bailey's 2007 slaying.

Sgt. Derwin Longmire had claimed in his April lawsuit that the Oakland Police Department, Assistant Chief Howard Jordan and Internal Affairs Division Lt. Sean Whent violated his constitutional rights and ruined his reputation by investigating his conduct and allowing information leaks while forbidding him from clearing his own name.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White this week ruled Longmire's case is full of holes and can't be sustained by the facts presented in the complaint. He dismissed all but one of Longmire's claims, allowing Longmire the right to amend and refile his case on the others.

City Attorney John Russo and Longmire's lawyers couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Bailey was editor of the Oakland Post when he was shot to death Aug. 2, 2007. The next day, police raided Your Black Muslim Bakery on warrants from a separate investigation and found the shotgun used to kill Bailey. Hours later, Longmire let former bakery CEO Yusuf Bey IV and bakery handyman Devaughndre Broussard, both of whom were in custody, have a seven-minute, unrecorded conversation.

Broussard then confessed to killing Bailey but later recanted. Broussard ultimately admitted to prosecutors in April 2009 that he killed Bailey but said he was ordered to do so by Bey IV.

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