Ian Wallach is counsel to the family of Dontre Hamilton who was shot 14 times by police officer Christopher Manney who woke Hamilton from a nap in Red Arrow Park Milwaukee. No charges were brought against Christopher Manney for killing Dontre Hamilton. But Christopher Manney was fired for engaging in an unlawful pat-town of Hamilton. Manney appealed that decision to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, who upheld the decision to terminate him. Christopher Manney sought judicial review of the Fire and Police Commission's review. On June 26, 2016, Judge Richard Sankovitz of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in Wisconsin upheld the decision of the Fire and Police Commission that the termination was appropriate. Ultimately, in April 2017, in the civil action brought by the estate of Dontre Hamilton, the Court granted summary judgment to Plaintiffs and United States District Court Judge Stadtmueller held that these proceedings precluded Manney from again litigating whether or not the search was unreasonable, and held that, as a matter of law, the search was unreasonable. Ian Wallach contributed to the brief [Motion for Summary Judgment by All Plaintiffs, J.M. et al v. City of Milwaukee et al, 2:16-cv-00507-JPS, ECF No. 45, 2/01/2017]. As of May 9, 2017, the parties had reached a tentative settlement of 2.3 million dollars — which may have constituted the largest settlement in the history of Milwaukee for a civil rights case.
