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Almost $4.4 Million for Illinois Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter On April 11, 2025, amended judgment was entered in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois, awarding $4,384,216.16 to state prisoner Timothy Kyles, who successfully prosecuted his claim that state Department of Corrections (DOC) officials were …
$10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana found on July 18, 2023, that a guard at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing …
Harvard et al. v. Inch et al., FL, order to prevent retaliation against prisoner, 2020 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 96 Filed 01/28/20 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO.: 4:19cv212-MW/CAS MARK INCH, Secretary …
Brief • December 20, 2019
Harvard et al. v. Inch et al., FL, motion for protective order to prevent retaliation, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 68 Filed 12/20/19 Page 1 of 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) …
$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit by Derek Gilna In 2007, prisoner Aaron Willey filed a pro se federal civil rights lawsuit against guards employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, alleging harassment, inadequate nutrition, theft of legal documents, …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement in Slander Case; Guard Labeling Prisoner a Snitch by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a slander suit filed by prisoner Eric Brown. His complaint alleged that following a February 19, 1998 homicide at the DC Jail, a guard told other guards and prisoners that …
D.C. Settles Unreasonable Strip Search, Sexual Battery Allegations for $15,750 by On May 11, 2006, the District of Columbia paid $15,750 to settle a lawsuit filed by two prisoners who claimed they were subjected to unreasonable strip searches and sexual battery by guards at the Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia. …
$200,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Suicide Death by Florida’s Department of Corrections paid $200,000 to settle a lawsuit involving a prisoner’s suicide death. That settlement is the maximum allowed under law when suing a state agency. Prior to his entry into prison, prisoner David Hansen had a history of mental …
Allowing Others to Attack Prisoner, Making Credible Death Threats, Labeling Prisoner a Snitch Violate Eighth Amendment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed in part a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to four guards accused of violating a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights. William Irving, a …
$15,000 Settlement For BOP's Abuse, Conspiracy Against Government Informant by Colorado federal prisoner and government informant, David Merritt, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after federal guards and officials at the Florence Supermax (ADX) facility conspired to have him killed, violated his constitutional rights and …
Beating Of Ex Federal Prisoner And Snitch Settles For $300,000 by Ex federal prisoner Mark Lang petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in 1993 and filed subsequent tort action in 1995 for redress after prison officials put him in a cell with a psychiatric patient who severely beat him. …
Colorado Federal Facility Segregation Suit Settles For $150 by Colorado federal prisoner Lonnie Benefield brought a Bivens action against United States Penitentiary (USP) personnel at Florence and its warden in 1998 for placing him in segregation without due process. The suit settled for $150. Benefield was allegedly participating in programs …
Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000 by Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000 The Connecticut Department of. Corrections (CDC) settled for $500,000 the civil rights complaint brought by a prisoner who was brutally assaulted by ten CDC guards solely for …
Article • May 15, 2007
District Court Reversed; Failure to Allow Amendment Abuse of Discretion by The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court, Colorado, holding that the district court's refusal to permit a Colorado state prisoner to amend his complaint was an abuse of discretion and, moreover, the complaint stated …
Article • May 15, 2007
Snitch Jacketing Dismissed for Failing to Exhaust by The court acknowledges the "alternative" emergency grievance procedure. Defendants say plaintiff didn't appeal to the Central Office Review Committee, submitting an affidavit to that effect by grievance director Eagen. At 246: However, the record regarding the grievances filed by plaintiff is not …
Article • May 15, 2007
Guard Liable for Snitchjacketing by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that Arkansas prison officials were liable for guard provoked attacks on a prisoner. A prisoner filed suit after he was assaulted on three occasions by other prisoners after a guard labeled him a snitch. The prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Snitch Jacketing Claim by The plaintiff complained that an officer tried to get another inmate to attack him after he beat a disciplinary ticket, and when he complained about that a prison investigator accused him of being a "rat" in front of other prisoners. At …
Article • May 15, 2007
Snitch-jacketing States Retaliation Claim by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit held that an Alabama prisoner had stated a claim that prison officials had retaliated against him for filing lawsuits by falsely labeling him a snitch. The snitch jacketing exposed him to harm by other prisoners. District court …
Standing Up to Corruption by Stephen James Prison Systems co-workers Joe Reynoso and Dave Lewis both were called heroes by their peers. One was an investigator digging into prison crime, and one was accused of a crime. Guess which one was supported by the guards union. In her letter supporting …
California Guards Lose Appeals On Federal Conspiracy Conviction, Bail; Still Free by Two former California prison guards, who were convicted in federal court of conspiracy to violate the constitutional rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) of Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) prisoners, lost both the appeals of their convictions of denial …
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