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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Hertz</p>           A Godfrey man's suit against Madison County Sheriff Robert Hertz and his department has a new judge to oversee its May pre-trial.<br /><br />Madison County Associate Judge Thomas Chapman has been assigned to the suit according to an April 7 order signed by Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla.<br /><br />The reassignment comes due to \"conflicts with other scheduled trials and hearing dates,\" according to Hylla's order.<br /><br />The pre-trial in the suit brought by plaintiff Jeffrey Owen will take place May 6 at 1:30 p.m.<br /><br />The suit's trial is set for May 16 at 9 a.m. with Chapman also at the helm.<br /><br />Owen is suing Hertz, unknown Madison County sheriff's deputies, Richard Roe, Timothy Mudd, and a John Doe for damages in excess of $300,000 and costs.<br /><br />According to his suit, after receiving a call from Deputy Jeremy Dunham asking him to go to a relative's home due to a domestic dispute, he returned to his own home with a minor relative on Oct. 19, 2008.<br /><br />After returning home, he claims members of the sheriffs department arrived and asked to take custody of the child.<br /><br />Owen claims he contacted his attorney to make sure it was the proper thing to do.<br /><br />When he went to call his lawyer, he claims Mudd forced his way into his home without a warrant, grabbed him and handcuffed him.<br /><br />Owen alleges Mudd kicked him and that Mudd and the other defendants in the case violated his constitutional rights.<br /><br />The defendants deny the allegations.<br /><br />Jarrod Beasley represents Owen.<br /><br />John Gilbert represents the defendants.<br /><br /><em>The case is Madison case number 09-L-522</em>.<br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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