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Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
$815,000 Settlement in Nevada Class-Action Suit Over Debit Release Cards by A Nevada federal district court has approved a $815,000 settlement in a class-action case challenging the use of fee-laden debit cards that prisoners receive upon release, containing the balance from their inmate trust accounts. The lawsuit, filed by former …
$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 …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: Trust Accounts
Massachusetts Appeals Court Revives Prisoners’ Challenge to DOC Trust Account Policy Change by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney When the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) changed its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in January 2019 to prohibit prisoners from sending money from their trust accounts to private individuals, it didn’t promulgate …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Seventh Circuit Lets Illinois Prisoner Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Despite Trust Account Balance Exceeding Filing Fee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion offering guidance to judges deciding whether to grant a prisoner’s motions to …
Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Much has been made of the “food desert” where America’s poorest citizens live: inner-city ghettos and rural backwaters where no grocery store is found, forcing impoverished residents—most lacking a car—to shop for …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
First Circuit Lets BOP Take Prisoner’s Entire $10,956.36 Trust Account Balance for Restitution by Douglas Ankney Douglas Ankney Prisoners beware: On June 5, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit refused to stop the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from “turn[ing] over the full amount” in a …
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 • March 1, 2023
Cain v. JPay, Inc., CA, Order Denying Dft's Motion to Compel, Prepaid Debit Card, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-07401-FLA-AGR Document 89 Filed 03/01/23 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #:500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 ADAM CAIN, …
Article • October 5, 2020
Filed under: Trust Accounts, Veterans
Fifth Circuit Upholds Summary Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Challenge to Deduction of Medical Co-Pay From Account Receiving VA Payments by On July 9, 2020, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisoner’s challenge to the department’s deduction of a …
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Trust Accounts
Vanderbilt Law Review, Taking an Interest in Inmate Trust Accounts, 2020 VanCleave, Anna 7/3/2021 For Educational Use Only TAKING AN INTEREST IN INMATE TRUST ACCOUNTS, 73 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 143 73 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 143 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 2020 Note Charlotte Elama1 Copyright © …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 16. PageID #: 1637 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CASE …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Stipulation of Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-1 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 25. PageID #: 1653 EXHIBIT 1 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-1 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 25. PageID #: 1654 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement Notice, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-2 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 11. PageID #: 1678 EXHIBIT A Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-2 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 11. PageID #: 1679 COURT ORDERED NOTICE Amber Humphrey, On behalf of herself and all …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Preliminary Approval Order, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-3 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 5. PageID #: 1689 EXHIBIT B Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-3 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 5. PageID #: 1690 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT …
Brief • November 16, 2018
Filed under: Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, d/b/a Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certifications, unfair debit card fees, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ---------------------------------------------------------------------AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and the class, Plaintiff, vs. STORED VALUE CARDS, D/B/A NUMI FINANCIAL, et al. Defendants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Deductions from Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Trust Account Require Notice by On May 4, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held a Commonwealth Court should not have sustained a demurrer to a prisoner’s action challenging deductions from his prison account to satisfy criminal restitution orders. State prisoner Kevin A. Bundy asserted, primarily, that …
Arkansas Supreme Court finds reimbursement from a §1983 settlement improper by An Arkansas Supreme Court reversed and remanded a circuit court’s order granting reimbursement to the state the costs associated with Dexter Harmon’s incarceration. The court ruled that reimbursement from a §1983 settlement was improper because the circuit court failed …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Kansas DOC Raids Inmate Benefit Fund for $6.7 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2004, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) has drained over $6.7 million from the prison system’s Inmate Benefit Fund (IBF), and spent it on goods and services prohibited by state law. The IBF is …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Settlements in Arizona DOC, BOP Lawsuits Over Release Debit Card Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties in a class-action suit filed in federal district court, which alleged Bank of America (BOA) charged excessive fees for debit cards given to Arizona state prisoners upon their release, reached a …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Seventh Circuit: Court Erred in Dismissing Prisoner’s Suit for Failure to Include Trust Account Ledger by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 7, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s civil rights lawsuit that was brought in forma …
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