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Connecticut Sues Prison Builders for $18 Million
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity
Connecticut Sues Prison Builders for $18 Million by Gary Hunter On February 27, 2008, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, announced that his office had sued 13 contractors and their insurers seeking more than $18 million in connection with the construction of 22 buildings at the York …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Deadly Police Shooting
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Shootings, Police--Excessive Force, Police, Excessive Force (Police)
$1.5 Million Settlement in Deadly Police Shooting by After a jury found liability in a police officer’s shooting of a fleeting motorist, the Town of North Branford, Connecticut, paid $1.5 million to settle the matter. Officer Michael Breen made a traffic stop of a car driven by Steve Guerette on …
Connecticut DOC Guards Terminated For Outlaw Motorcycle Club Association
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Gang Policies, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation
Connecticut DOC Guards Terminated For Outlaw Motorcycle Club Association by Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) guards appealed the dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after being disciplined and terminated for associating with an Outlaw Motorcycle Club (OMC) in violation of DOC policy directives. The dismissal was affirmed. DOC …
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Connecticut Prisoner Allegedly Misclassified as a Sex Offender
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: Classification, Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination)
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Connecticut Prisoner Allegedly Misclassified as a Sex Offender by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed a grant of summary judgment for a Connecticut prisoner who had alleged that he was misclassified as a sex offender. Joe Vega sued Connecticut …
Connecticut Trial Courts Lack Power to Unseal Records
Article • March 15, 2011
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Federal Statutory Law, Freedom of Information Act
Connecticut Trial Courts Lack Power to Unseal Records by Connecticut’s Supreme Court held that a trial court in an administrative appeal, which does not have continuing jurisdiction over cases where sealing orders were issued and does not have custody of or control over the sealed docket sheets, does not have …
Caputo v. Kluntz, CT, Ruling on Plaintiff's Motion, Attorney Fees, 2011
Brief • February 15, 2011
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Attorney Fee Awards, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment
Caputo v. Kluntz, CT, Ruling on Plaintiff's Motion, Attorney Fees, 2011 Case 3:09-cv-00002-DJS Document 70 Filed 02/15/11 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT CORY CAPUTO, Plaintiff v. TIMOTHY KLUNTZ, ET AL., Defendants : : : : : : : : : No. 3:09CV00002(DJS) RULING ON …
Connecticut Restricts Prisoners’ FOIA Requests
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, Freedom of Information Act, State Legislation
Connecticut Restricts Prisoners’ FOIA Requests by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Last year, Connecticut enacted an exemption to the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that prevents disclosure of certain records requested by “any individual committed to the custody or supervision of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in …
Medical Review Board’s Order Properly Excluded in Connecticut Worker’s Compensation Claim
Article • May 15, 2010
Filed under: Workplace Injury, Workers' Compensation, Stroke, Civil Procedure, Evidentiary Ruling, Expert Witnesses, Pensions, Employee Litigation
Medical Review Board’s Order Properly Excluded in Connecticut Worker’s Compensation Claim by The Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed an order by the compensation review board that approved the refusal of the workers’ compensation commissioner to admit into evidence a decision by the state medical examining board awarding a prison guard …
PLN Prevails in Connecticut FOI Case; City Appeals
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Media, PLN Litigation
PLN Prevails in Connecticut FOI Case; City Appeals by Alex Friedmann On September 22, 2008, PLN requested public documents from the City of Hartford, Connecticut related to a lawsuit involving a prisoner who committed suicide; the suit had resulted in a $403,164 judgment against the City. [See: PLN, Feb. 2009, …
Connecticut Prisoners’ FOIA Indigence Determination Cannot Include Cost of Incarceration
Article • October 15, 2009
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records
Connecticut Prisoners’ FOIA Indigence Determination Cannot Include Cost of Incarceration by Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission (Commission) has declared void a Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDOC) policy that denied fee waivers to indigent prisoners who file Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. The Commission ordered the CDOC to use the same …
District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Filed under: Complaints, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a prisoner’s challenge to his conditions of confinement. Sala-Thiel Thompson, a federal prisoner, filed a habeas petition under …
Indigent Connecticut Prisoners Entitled to Copies of Records Under FOIA Without Charge
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records
Indigent Connecticut Prisoners Entitled to Copies of Records Under FOIA Without Charge by On April 29, 2008, the Superior Court of Connecticut upheld the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission’s decision to invalidate a state prison rule that prevented indigent prisoners from obtaining copies of records under the state’s Freedom of …
A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client
A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School by Todd Matthews Thirty years ago, Brett Dignam would not have believed she would spend her career as an attorney advocating for prisoners’ rights. Dignam’s …
New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty; Similar Efforts Fail in Other States
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Filed under: Death Penalty, News, State Legislation
New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty; Similar Efforts Fail in Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Regardless of my personal opinion about the death penalty, I do not have confidence in the criminal justice system as it currently operates to be the final arbiter when it comes to …
Connecticut Settles Overcrowding Suit
Article • July 15, 2009
Filed under: Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Class Certification, Telephones, Telephone Access
Connecticut Settles Overcrowding Suit by The State of Connecticut in the early 1980s agreed to settle a suit over the overcrowding at the Somers Correctional Facility. Joseph Letezeio individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated at Somers sued the State of Connecticut alleging that the overcrowding and other …
Consent Judgment Entered in Connecticut Prison Conditions Case
Article • July 15, 2009
Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Fire Hazards, Overcrowding, Staffing, Ventilation, Dogs, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Consent Decrees
Consent Judgment Entered in Connecticut Prison Conditions Case by On October 17, 1989, a consent judgment was entered resolving various claims regarding the constitutionality of living conditions at the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers. The settlement requires the defendants to (1) eliminate housing in a barbershop and card room; (2) …
Connecticut Settles Suit Over Conditions at Somers Facility; $190,000 in Fees and Costs Paid
Article • June 15, 2009
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Prisoner Privileges, Settlements, Costs, Class Certification, Drug Treatment/Rehab
Connecticut Settles Suit Over Conditions at Somers Facility; $190,000 in Fees and Costs Paid by In 1996, the parties in a class action suit over the conditions at the Connecticut Correctional Institution in Somers entered into a settlement agreement. The settlement came after significant improvements were made at Somers over …
Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution
Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic by Gary Hunter Sexual assault, rape, indecency, deviance. These terms represent reprehensible behavior in our society. They also represent recurring themes in our nation’s prisons – not only by prisoners, but also by guards and other staff members. PLN’s August …
Second Circuit Reverses Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m) Dismissal for Non-Service
Article • April 15, 2009
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Service
Second Circuit Reverses Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m) Dismissal for Non-Service by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m) dismissal due to the plaintiff’s failure to serve the defendant within 120 days of filing his complaint. The appellate court found the record was unclear as to whether the …
Connecticut Deaf Couple Receive $50,000 to Settle Pepper Spray, Excessive Force Claim
Article • April 15, 2009
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Excessive Force (Police)
Connecticut Deaf Couple Receive $50,000 to Settle Pepper Spray, Excessive Force Claim by A Connecticut police department settled an excessive force claim for $50,000. This civil rights action was brought by a deaf couple who were pepper sprayed by two police officers during a domestic dispute. The couple was hearing …
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