by Lonnie Burton
On November 4, 2016, the Idaho Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court order which dismissed a lawsuit filed by a state prisoner which had alleged improper dental care, threats, and unconstitutional disciplinary procedures. The court found that the prisoner submitted no genuine issues of material facts …
by Lonnie Burton
On November 10, 2016, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's order terminating the parental rights of a mother who found herself serving a seven month jail sentence for a drug offense. The appellate court found the termination order was contradictory since the father's rights …
by Lonnie Burton
On November 15, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the estate of a prisoner who was executed by lethal injections in 2014, an execution the estate alleged was botched and which caused the prisoners …
by Lonnie Burton
On November 16, 2016, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, in California reversed a trial court's decision to order the reinstatement of employment of a state prison guard who was fired after he was caught falsifying reports regarding a use-of-force incident. The appellate court …
by Lonnie Burton
On December 10, 2014, the United States Circuit Court for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court order dismissing a lawsuit brought by a former Indiana prison substance abuse counselor who claimed she was let go due to age and gender discrimination, and retaliation for her participation …
by Lonnie Burton
Shortly before the scheduled date of trial in the case, a woman who said she was raped by a Bay County, Florida, sheriff's deputy during a transport run to another jail agreed to settle her lawsuit for just over $91,000. That amount included $25,000 paid by Corrections …
by Lonnie Burton
On August 18, 2015, the state of Michigan agreed to pay a prisoner $4,000 to settle a lawsuit in which prison staff deliberately ignored a medically-issued "bottom bunk detail" and the prisoner later fell from the top bunk injuring his shoulder.
Timothy Murphy had been incarcerated in …
by Lonnie Burton
On May 5, 2015, the state of California and plaintiff/prisoner William T. Coats agreed to settle Coats' medical negligence lawsuit for $5,000. Coats had sued several medical personnel at the Deuel Vocational Institute - Tracy Reception Center (DVI) and the High Desert State Prison (HDSP) alleging his …
by Lonnie Burton
On November 10, 2016, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals opinion and reinstated a trial court order dismissing an action brought by ESPN seeking disclosure of certain University of Notre Dame incident reports under the state's Access to Public Records Act.
In 2014, ESPN …
by Lonnie Burton
On February 18, 2016, the North Dakota Supreme Court vacated the ruling of Ward County District Judge Gary H. Lee denying a petition for discharge from civil commitment as a sexually violent offender. The lower court's reasoning for denying the petition -- lack of progress in treatment …
