Articles by Jeremy Pinson | Prison Legal News

Jury Awards Federal Prisoner $675,000 in Retaliation, Excessive Force Bivens Case

Loaded on Sept. 5, 2018 by Jeremy Pinson published in Prison Legal News September, 2018, page 55

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Federal Tort Claims Act, First Amendment, rights. Location: California.

by Jeremy Pinson

Following a trial in April 2017 in a Los Angeles, California federal courtroom, a jury awarded $675,000 to prisoner James M. Jerra in a case that included excessive force and retaliation Bivens claims.

Jerra, who was housed at the Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc, alleged that after …

FTCA Claims Survive; PREA Policy Defeats Discretionary Function Exception

Loaded on May 8, 2018 by Jeremy Pinson published in Prison Legal News May, 2018, page 48

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Harassment, Failure to Protect (General), Federal Tort Claims Act, Prison Rape Elimination Act. Location: Louisiana.

by Jeremy Pinson

While confined at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana, federal prisoner Rashod L. James filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680, against the United States and several prison employees – including Officer LeCroix and Warden Mike D. Carvajal – alleging he was …

Federal Prisoner Shot in the Eye Awarded $80,000

Loaded on May 7, 2018 by Jeremy Pinson published in Prison Legal News May, 2018, page 35

Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Vision, Shootings, Federal Tort Claims Act. Location: Arizona.

by Jeremy Pinson

On January 26, 2018, following a three-day bench trial, federal prisoner Oray Fifer was awarded $80,000 in a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit by a district court in Phoenix, Arizona.

In December 2011 and August 2012, Fifer filed administrative tort claims with the federal Bureau of …