A Hawaii man who was incarcerated and in a mental institution for more than two years because of a case of mistaken identity has sued the state, some Honolulu police officers, public defenders and doctors.
Joshua Spriestersbach, 50, repeatedly told authorities he was not Thomas Castleberry, a man who had a warrant out for his arrest for allegedly violating probation in a 2006 drug case, his attorneys said in the lawsuit, filed Sunday.
The suit alleges a violation of civil rights, false imprisonment, medical malpractice and intentional infliction of emotional distress. If authorities had done some research, they might have discovered that Castleberry had been arrested in Alaska in 2016, the suit said. He is set to be released next year.
"Joshua suffered special and general economic and non-economic damages to be proven at trial, including forced medical treatment and medication, loss of freedom, great mental anguish, severe emotional distress, anxiety, embarrassment, humiliation, worry, and anger," the suit said.
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