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  • Jaycee Dugard: Kidnapping Survivor’s Lawsuit Thrown Out, Federal Government Not Responsible For Her Abduction

    Jaycee Dugard: Kidnapping Survivor’s Lawsuit Thrown Out, Federal Government Not Responsible For Her Abduction

    U.S. appeals court dismissed a lawsuit filed by kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard against the federal government for failing to put her abductor behind bars.

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Dugard’s lawsuit that claims she would not have suffered 18 dreadful years in the hands of her abductor, Phillip Garrido, had parole authorities done their jobs and locked him up before the time she was kidnapped.

    With 2-1 votes the Court of Appeals said Dugard cannot sue the federal government because she was not a “specifically identifiable victim” and Garrido was not under federal parole during the kidnapping.

    Jaycee Dugard, in her lawsuit alleged that had authorities responsible in the monitoring watched Phillip closely, they would have withdrawn his parole and put him in prison for repeatedly violating his probation.

    However, Chief District Court Judge William Smith disagreed with the court’s decision and stated in his 29-page dissent said the parole officers’ failure to monitor her abductor was a good reason to hold the government liable.

    JayceeDugard, was abducted at age 11 by Philip and Nancy Garrido on June 10, 1991 while she was on her way to a school bus stop in Lake Tahoe. She was held hostage in a backyard shed and repeatedly raped by Phillip. Dugard gave birth to two daughters when she was 14 and 17. The older daughter is reportedly a plaintiff in her lawsuit.

    She and her two daughters were discovered and rescued in 2009. The Garrido couple pleaded guilty in El Dorado Couty Superior Court in 2011 to rape and kidnapping charges.

    Jaycee Dugard: How She Got Kidnapped

    Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years in prison while his wife and accomplice, Nancy Garrido, will face 36 years to life.

    Dugard and her children received a $20 million settlement in 2010 after investigators determined that state officers had failed in their duty to supervise Garrido.

    Jaycee Dugard Tells Her Tragic Story

  • Jaycee Dugard: Court Rejects Her Lawsuit Against Feds

    Jaycee Dugard was just 11 years old when Phillip Garrido kidnapped her. Garrido and his wife Nancy then held her captive for the next 18 years in a backyard enclosure in which he raped her repeatedly and fathered her two daughters.

    On Tuesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit filed by Jaycee Dugard, alleging if federal parole officials would have revoked Garrido’s parole, she never would have been abducted.

    In a two to one decision, the appeals court said Jaycee Dugard hadn’t been victimized by Garrino at the time he was placed under federal parole supervision, and added there was no way to have known she would become his victim.

    NBC News reports that as a result, “federal authorities in California had no duty to protect her or other members of the general public from him,” according to the court. The decision upheld a lower court ruling.

    Jaycee Dugard alleged in her lawsuit that parole officials should have returned Phillip Garrido to prison for one or more parole violations that took place prior to her abduction, including testing positive for drugs and alcohol.

    It was back in 2009 when Jaycee Dugard was identified and rescued from Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Phillip Garrido took Dugard and her two girls to a parole meeting.

    Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years to life on charges he abducted and raped Jaycee Dugard. His wife, Nancy Garrido, was sentenced to 36 years to life.

    Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters received a settlement in the amount of $20 million from the state of California.

    Are you surprised the court rejected Jaycee Dugard’s lawsuit? Do you think if parole officers had done their job that she might not have been kidnapped and held captive for all those years?