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$1,514 Verdict in Favor of NV Prisoner in Jail Retaliation Case
Loaded on Aug. 4, 2017
by Joe Watson
by Joe Watson
A federal judge returned a bench verdict in favor of Timothy H. Johnson, a prisoner at the Ely, Nevada state prison, in May 2008, awarding the plaintiff $1,514.35 in his suit alleging that he was fired from his prison job for refusing to sign a …
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