A month into negotiations, a Butler man settled his federal lawsuit concerning Fourth Amendment violations with Butler city police.

John J. Jackson filed a lawsuit in September accusing officers Myles Bizub and Nathan Shulik and the Butler City Police Department with violating Jackson's Fourth Amendment right of protection against a warrantless search and seizure.

In March, District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand assigned the case to alternative dispute resolution. After a mediation conference April 9, the two sides agreed to settle the matter out of court, according to court records.

A mediation allows both sides to meet through a mediator, who helps both sides discuss the case with the aim of resolving it outside of court. Court documents did not reveal the nature of the settlement reached between the two sides.

In Jackson's original lawsuit, he accused three city officers of an unprovoked attack and breaking his arm when they arrested him in May 2019.

Jackson claims in the suit that the assault and battery by the officers violated his Fourth and 14th amendment rights.

Police arrested Jackson on May 2, 2019, without incident and told him at the station he was arrested for assaulting his former girlfriend. Jackson pleaded his case to the officers, explaining that he had done nothing wrong, according to the suit.

The suit claims the officers responded by attacking Jackson, and one of the officers tackled him to the ground and broke Jackson's arm.

The officers later justified this move by claiming Jackson “made an aggressive move.”

Jackson was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital to be treated for a broken arm.

Police charged Jackson with simple assault and resisting arrest. But on May 6, 2020, the charges were dropped, according to the suit.