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 ...
