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Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Sixth Circuit: Disciplinary Conviction Does Not Bar Excessive Force Claim by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners who claim they were assaulted by guards in violation of the Eighth Amendment are not barred from challenging such abuse in court even if they were found guilty of disciplinary charges in connection with the incident, …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
New York: $225,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Abuse at Rikers Island by In July 2012, the City of New York paid $225,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged 17 causes of action arising “from a chain of disturbing events” that involved the treatment of a mentally ill prisoner at …
Washington State District Court Oversees §1988 Settlement against Spokane Police by Washington State District Court Oversees §1988 Settlement against Spokane Police The City of Spokane, Washington, settled a civil rights claim in May 2012 for two million dollars in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, with the estate …
Article • May 15, 2013
$1 Million Settlement Reached in Michigan Teen Stun Gun Death by A Michigan Court approved a $1 million settlement to a family of a 15 year-old youth who died as a result of being hit with a stun gun by Bay City Police. In March 2009, Bay City Police were …
California Excessive Force Case Settled for $10,000 by California prison officials paid a prisoner $10,000 to settle his excessive force claims against several guards. Keith Wayne Candler was confined in the administrative segregation unit at the Salinas Valley State Prison. On October 9, 2003, Candler was unhappy with a dinner …
Article • May 15, 2013
California Prisoner's Excessive Force Claims Settled for $1,750 by California prison officials paid a prisoner $1,750 to settle his excessive force suit, which sought $800,000 in damages. On July 21, 2005, California prisoner Keith Williams complained of a meager breakfast serving. Guard David Ramirez told Williams he was not getting …
Brief • May 14, 2013
Corbett v. Branker, NC, Ptf's Motion for Preliminary Injunciton, Pattern of Malicious Assaults by Guards, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:10-CT-3135-BO STANLEY EARL CORBETT, CHARDAN WHITEHEAD, TIJUAN WILSON, SAMUEL MCCRAE, BILLY RIDDLE, JOHN DAVIS, HASEEM EVERETT, JEROME PETERS, Plaintiffs, v. G.J. BRANKER, …
Brief • May 13, 2013
Christie v. Scott, FL, Settlement, Jail Pepper Spray Death, 2013
Brief • May 2, 2013
Dennis v. Graham, NM, Complaint, Unlawful Arrest, 2013 To:15752578051 575q432904 MAY-31-2013 16:51 ~rom:OTERO COUNTY FILED 12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OTERO COUNTY. NM 5/2/2013 10:29:12 AM KATINA WATSON STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF OTERO TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT CLERK OF COURT ERIC DENNIS, Docketed ALC Plaintiff, Cause No.: D-1215-CV-2013~00298 Division: …
Brief • April 26, 2013
Belot v. Skelly et al, NY, Jury Verdict, guard inmate beating, 2013 Case 6:10-cv-06092-CJS-MWP Document 51 Filed 04/26/13 Page 1 of 2 Case 6:10-cv-06092-CJS-MWP Document 51 Filed 04/26/13 Page 2 of 2
Porter v. Thurman, WA, Settlement, Excessive Force - Beating, Taser, 2013 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 1. Release For and in consideration of the sum of FORTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO/I 00 ($49,000.00), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, DAVID A. PORTER and NIKKI PORTER, individually and as husband and …
Childress v. Ashby, IL, Amended Complaint, Paraplegic Catheter Access, 2013 3:13-cv-03074-EIL # 14 Page 1 of 23 E-FILED Friday, 19 April, 2013 12:04:06 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F'OR THE CEN'rRAL DISRICT OF ILLINOIS NOTICE OF FILING CRAIG A. CHILDRESS ff, vs. MOTION FOR LEAVE …
Los Angeles Jail Undersheriff Steps Down by PLN's March 2013 cover story detailed a long-standing pattern of abuse and corruption in the nation’s largest jail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). Some of that misconduct was attributed to LASD Undersheriff Paul K. Tanaka, the right-hand man …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Calls for Better Pregnancy Care in Georgia Jails after Death of Prisoner’s Baby by A lawsuit filed against Clayton County, Georgia and the county’s sheriff, Kem Kimbrough, has prompted human rights organizations and Georgia lawmakers to examine guidelines for the treatment of pregnant women held in jails across the state. …
Article • April 15, 2013
Alabama: District Court Certifies Class of HS Students Alleging Excessive Force by School Resource Officers by In August 2012, a U.S. District Court in Alabama granted a motion to certify a class of all current and future high school students in the Birmingham City Schools in a suit which alleges …
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Immunity for Police after Arrest by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed in July 2012 the District Court’s Western District of Arkansas ruling that the several named sheriff’s deputies, et al., were entitled to qualified immunity after the active arrest …
Article • April 15, 2013
Jury Awards Oregon Man $306,000 Excessive Force Verdict by On December 10, 2012, a Portland, Oregon man was awarded $306,000 for false arrest, excessive force and malicious prosecution. Gallagher Smith, then 25, argued with a doorman at a Portland nightclub on November 13, 2010. The doorman told Smith he had …
Article • April 15, 2013
Former OK Guard Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison by In January 2009, former Oklahoma guard Jarrod Yates was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for punching, kneeing, and stomping an arrestee on his head and face, causing serious injuries, in violation of the arrestee’s civil rights. The …
Cook County Jail Agrees to Improvements by Brandon Sample It took a federal lawsuit by the United States Department of Justice to get Cook County to finally agree to remedy decades of inadequate conditions at its infamous Cook County Jail (CCJ). The sweeping deal between Cook County and the Justice …
Brief • April 9, 2013
Cox v. City of Portland, OR, Complaint, Police Excessive Force and Taser, 2013 APR - 9 2013 1 2 3 4 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON 5 FOR THE COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH 6 JASON COX, Case No.: Plaintiff, 7 8 9 1304-05070 COMPLAINT FOR ASSAULT, BATTERY …
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