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$2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI Debit Release Card Class Action by David Reutter A $2.8 million partial settlement was reached on March 4, 2024, in a national class action lawsuit challenging excessive fees on jail and prison “debit release” cards. The case was filed in 2015 by the Human …
Brief • December 10, 2024
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, Inc, OR, Settlement, Debit Cards, 2024 Case 3:15-cv-01370-MO Document 323 Filed 12/10/24 Page 1 of 44 Megan E. Glor, OSB No. 930178 megan@meganglor.com MEGAN E. GLOR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, P.C. 707 NE Knott Street, Suite 101 Portland, OR 97212 Telephone: (503) 223-7400 Facsimile: (503) 751-2071 …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
California Changes Prisoner Property Policy After Suit Filed Alleging Gender Discrimination Against Men by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Over seven years after California prisoner David Scott Harrison sued the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the prison system removed some, though not all, of the gender-­based personal property …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Missouri Prisoners Losing Reentry Money to “Incarceration Reimbursement” by A little-known Missouri law allows the state to confiscate money from prisoners to pay for the costs of their incarceration. That alone is sadly not unusual; most states have some sort of “pay-to-stay” policy. But the severity of such laws—and how …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Seventh Circuit Again Rejects Challenge to Three-Book Limit at Cook County Jail by Now-Dead Detainee by David Reutter David M. Reutter On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a suit filed by a pretrial detainee challenging the contraband policy at the …
Brief • December 19, 2023
Reichert v. Keefe Commissary Network, WA, Order Finally Approving Settlement Agreement, Prepaid Debit Cards, 2023 Case 3:17-cv-05848-BHS Document 236 Filed 12/19/23 Page 1 of 18 The Honorable Benjamin H. Settle 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 10 …
Brief • May 24, 2023
Murillo v. CDCR, CA, Opinion, Failure to Return NonContraband Property, 2023 Filed 5/24/23 Murillo v. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation CA6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered …
Brief • January 30, 2023
Murillo v. CDCR, CA, Writ of Mandate, Failure to Return NonContraband Property, 2023 Court of Appea I, Sixth Appellate District Baltazar Vazquez, Clerk/Executive Officer Electronically FILED on 1/30/2023 by S. Zamaripa, Deputy Clerk IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT MONA SALCIDA MURILLO, P-etitionet, …
Brief • December 6, 2021
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, OR, Order Re Motion to Compel Arbitration, Prepaid Debit Cards, 2021 Case 3:15-cv-01370-MO Document 263 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION DANICA LOVE BROWN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly …
Brief • June 8, 2021
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, OR, Order Re Class Certification, Debit Release Cards, 2021 Case 3:15-cv-01370-MO Document 249 Filed 06/08/21 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION DANICA LOVE BROWN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. …
Serio v. Mulholland, IL, Settlement, Missing Prisoner Property, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 16-763 SD Official Case # 16-CV-763 Serio, Raymond #B70625 v. Mulholland, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Case Defendants: Received Status closed 07/08/16 10/19/16 Date Served Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: U D …
Brief • March 16, 2020
Filed under: Prisoner Property
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, 9th Circuit, Opinion, Debit Cards, 2020 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DANICA LOVE BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 18-35735 v. D.C. No. 3:15-cv-01370MO STORED VALUE CARDS, INC., DBA Numi Financial; CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Enid, Oklahoma, Defendants-Appellees. OPINION Appeal …
Filing • March 16, 2020
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, 9th Circuit, Opinion, Debit Cards, 2020 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DANICA LOVE BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 18-35735 v. D.C. No. 3:15-cv-01370MO STORED VALUE CARDS, INC., DBA Numi Financial; CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Enid, Oklahoma, Defendants-Appellees. OPINION Appeal …
Class Action Challenges Theft of Millions of Digital Music Files from Florida Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A class-action lawsuit accuses the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of confiscating prisoners’ “lawfully purchased property without compensation” so the department and its vendor, JPay, could realize profit through …
Brief • March 8, 2019
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, 9th Circuit, Amicus Brief, Debit Cards, 2019 (1 of 45) Case: 18-35735, 03/08/2019, ID: 11221605, DktEntry: 44-1, Page 1 of 4 No. 18-35735 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ___________________ DANICA LOVE BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STORED VALUE CARDS, INC., D/B/A …
Filing • March 8, 2019
Brown v. Stored Value Cards Inc, Prisoner Debit Cards, Appeal, 2019 (1 of 45) Case: 18-35735, 03/08/2019, ID: 11221605, DktEntry: 44-1, Page 1 of 4 No. 18-35735 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ___________________ DANICA LOVE BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STORED VALUE CARDS, INC., D/B/A NUMI …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Federal Court Certifies Class in Ohio County Jail Debit Card Case by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On November 16, 2018, a federal judge in the Northern District of Ohio granted a motion for class certification in a case where jail staff were accused of issuing unsolicited fee-laden debit cards …
Arkansas: $21,000 Settlement in Jail Release Debit Card Class-Action Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action complaint filed against the Benton County, Arkansas Sheriff’s Office and Keefe Commissary company, over the practice of issuing fee-laden debit cards to prisoners containing their release funds, has settled for just …
Federal Court Allows Menard Prisoner’s Lawsuit for Loss of Legal Papers, Retaliation to Proceed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle, in the Southern District of Illinois, ruled on May 22, 2018 that a civil rights suit filed by Mickey Mason, incarcerated at the …
Wisconsin Settles State Prisoner’s Lawsuits for $13,000 by On February 2, 2017, Wisconsin officials agreed to pay $13,000 to settle two pro se federal lawsuits. Samuel S. Upthegrove, a Wisconsin state prisoner with mental health issues, filed two suits related to conditions of his confinement. One of his complaints alleged …
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