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Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Maywood, Illinois Jail Settles Failure to Protect Suit For $750,000 by The Village of Maywood, Illinois, paid $750,000 to settle with a former Maywood prisoner who was severely beaten by his cellmate at the village jail, according to a January 19, 2006, settlement agreement. George Caithamer, 22, was arrested by …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
$1.35 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death of Illinois Prisoner by On March 17, 2005, Cook County, Illinois, agreed to pay $1.35 million to the surviving son of a woman who died in a county jail after she was denied medical attention. Marilyn Bones, 37, was arrested on August 14, 2000, …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Reversed; No Showing Necessary to Survive Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal by Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Reversed; No Showing Necessary to Survive Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of a civil committees failure to protect and …
Brief • September 12, 2006
Westefer v. Snyder, IL, Order Granting Class Certification, ad seg placement, 2006 Case 3:00-cv-00162-GPM-DGW Document 156 Filed 09/12/2006 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROBERT WESTEFER, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. DONALD SNYDER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Illinois Prisoner Raped By Guard Settles For $15,000 by On July 2, 2005, a prisoner who was raped by a guard settled her lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for $15,000. While imprisoned at the Dixon Correctional Center on May 26, 2000, the plaintiff, Rose Marie Smith 51, …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Political Patronage In Hiring Illinois Prison Wardens? by Julie Wilkerson was a Rend Lake College associate music professor and band director making under $40,000 annually when she was hired as an assistant warden at Indianas Big Muddy River Correctional Center at a salary of $65,000 a year. Two other newly-minted …
Illinois Prison Official, Parole Board Member Indicted For Corruption by On December 9, 2005, a Lee County, Illinois, grand jury returned indictments against former Illinois Department of Corrections official Ron Matrisciano and former Illinois Parole Board member Victor Brooks. Matrisciano was indicted for five counts of official misconduct and two …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Illinois DOC Seeks to Block Ex-Wardens Benefits by Matthew Clarke Illinois DOC Seeks to Block Ex-Wardens Benefits by Matthew T. Clarke On September 13, 2005, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) filed an appeal of a workers compensation arbitrators decision to grant ex-prison warden William Barham permanent total disabilities benefits. …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Qualified Immunity Denied in Illinois Jail Rape Case by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity for failing to protect a pretrial detainee from being raped by his cellmate. In 1999, David Velez was confined in the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Jail. In late August, Velez …
Limited Scope Compliance Evaluation, Illinois Youth Center Kewanee, 2006
Brief • May 24, 2006
Wofford v. Sutton, IL, PLRA Physical Injury Religious Diet, 2006 Order Case 3:03-cv-00725-JPG-DGW Document 58 Filed 05/24/2006 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS STANLEY WOFFORD, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. RICK SUTTON, Defendants. Case …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Retaliation Claim by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district courts dismissal of an Illinois prisoners retaliation claim. On January 17, 2003, Illinois prisoner Robert Hoskins worked in the Dixon Correctional Center (Dixon) cafeteria when Food Services Supervisor Connie Lenear called him a …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Banned From the Hood by Matthew T. Clarke In Chicago, gang-leader parolees may be required to stay away from the turf of their gang as a condition of parole. Returning to the hood results in returning to prison. Other cities are using innovations such as gang-free safety zones and court …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Former Illinois Death Row Prisoners Malicious Prosecution Claim Rejected by Former Illinois Death Row Prisoners Malicious Prosecution Claim Rejected A Chicago jury has rejected former death row prisoner Anthony Porters claim that Chicago police conspired to frame him for a double murder he did not commit. Porter was sentenced to …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
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BOP Prohibition Against Stock Selling and Receipt of Book Infringes Constitutional Rights by BOP Prohibition Against Stock Selling and Receipt of Book Infringes Constitutional Rights The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal prisoners suit seeking damages for the refusal to allow him to contact his stockbroker …
King v. Walker, Il, Parole Revocation Hearings, Class Cert Order, 2006 Case 1:06-cv-00204 Document 48 Filed 05/08/2006 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CHARLES KING, ANDRE BROWN, CHOIKE HILL, THOMAS GILBERT, NELSON MUNIZ, ANTHONY SMITH, and ANDRE McGREGG, …
No Qualified Immunity on Toothpaste, Inhaler & Ventilation Claims by The Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeals upheld a district courts denial of qualified immunity to jail officials on claims of denial of toothpaste, withholding asthma inhaler and inadequate ventilation. In 1984, two Indiana men disappeared. Neither the men nor their …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Jail Lockdown Dismissal; Day After Christmas = Legal Holiday by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district courts dismissal of a conditions of confinement suit for failure to state a claim. Female pretrial detainees of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, sued the jail …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Police Department Class Action Fraud Suit Filed Against Stun Gun Maker by by John E. Dannenberg A class action lawsuit against Taser International, Inc., the Arizona-based manufacturer of police stun guns, was filed on July 18, 2005 in Chicago U.S. District Court on behalf of the Dolton, Illinois police department …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Chicago Settles Another Jail Brutality Suit for $362,500 by On December 17, 2004, the Cook County Board's Litigation Sub-Committee approved a settlement of $362,000, including attorneys' fees, in a case involving brutality against a Cook County jail prisoner by the jail's infamous Special Operations and Response Team (SORT). We have …
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