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$150,000 in Damages Ordered Paid to Injured Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons lost a tort claim brought by a prisoner who was attacked by another prisoner in 1991. The plaintiff, Stephen E. Usselman, alleged that he was placed in the special housing unit at …
$15.000 Settles Multiple Civil Rights Complaints by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled multiple civil rights lawsuits brought by prisoner David Y. Merritt in March 2002. Merritt, an imprisoned government informant, filed several lawsuits against the Bureau of Prisons in federal court between 1995 and 2001. …
BOP Fails and Prevails in Prison Guard Discrimination Complaint by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Robert T. Aranda, an "inmate systems officer" (prison guard), was a very litigious Bureau of Prisons employee. Between 1996 and 1998, while working at multiple BOP facilities in several capacities, Aranda filed at least six …
Article • December 28, 2017
$330,000 Settles Guard-on-Prisoner Sexual Assault Claims by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons agreed to pay four female prisoners an aggregate total of $330,000.00 in order to settle claims that they were all subjected to sexual abuse at the hands of prison guard Johnsie Donaldson. All four …
Article • December 28, 2017
$99,000 to Settle Claim Over Use of Four-Point Restraints by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons settled a claim that alleged abusive use of "four-point" restraints in United States Penitentiary Atlanta, Georgia in the late 1990s. Three prisoners held at USP Atlanta who were subjected to …
Article • December 28, 2017
$11,000 for Prisoner's Constitutional Rights Violation Claim by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled a claim that prisoner Louis Sheptin's constitutional rights were violated while in custody for $11,000 in August 2002. Sheptin filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern …
Article • December 28, 2017
$2,600 Settles Prisoner's Civil Rights Claim by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled an excessive force civil rights claim brought by prisoner Allan Parmelee. The BOP agreed to pay Parmelee $2,600 in full satisfaction of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. According to his complaint, while …
Article • December 28, 2017
$675,000 in Wrongful Death of Federal Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Estate of James F. Norton, formerly a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution Oxford, Wisconsin, was awarded a total of $678,505.67 for the wrongful death of Norton due to negligence by prison medical staff between 1989 and …
Article • December 27, 2017
BOP Agrees to Pay Attorney's Fees in Failed Attempt to Stop Construction of Private Prison in Pennsylvania by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons agreed via stipulation to pay the attorney's fees and costs of the plaintiff who sued to stop construction of a private prison …
Article • December 27, 2017
Filed under: Strip Searches
$70,000 Settlement to Female Prison Visitor Who Was Strip-Searched by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, along with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Superintendent of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC) Anthony Mendonsa and SBCC prison guards Jonathan W. Thomas, Carlos M. Goden, Jr., Mark A. Verdini and …
Article • December 27, 2017
Kansas Supreme Court: Fees for Habeas Action Filed by Committed Sex Offenders to be Paid by County by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of Kansas has ruled that any filing fees associated with state habeas corpus actions brought by civilly committed sex offenders must be paid by …
Article • December 27, 2017
Reversed by Supreme Court, Eighth Circuit Remands Prisoner Grooming Case Back to District Court by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Arkansas state prisoner Larry Jones desired to grow a beard, as his religion required. Arkansas prison officials, citing an Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) policy disallowing beards, said no. Jones …
Article • December 27, 2017
Fifth Circuit Gives Pass to Texas Jail in Suit Over Prisoner Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On November 23, 2004, Wilbert Lee Henson was arrested for an outstanding warrant related to a driving with a suspended license charge, and was booked into the Wichita County jail. Six days …
Sixth Circuit: Jail Guard's Criticism of Sheriff was Protected Speech by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Joseph Boulton, a jail guard at the Genesee County, Michigan jail, lost his claim alleging unconstitutional retaliation for protected speech on July 29, 2015. During union arbitration proceedings, Boulton testified that Sheriff Christopher Swanson …
Article • December 27, 2017
Eleventh Circuit Defers to Alabama DOC on Short Hair Requirement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled against a class of prisoners who challenged the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) hair-length policy as a violation of the Religious Land Use …
Article • December 27, 2017
Eighth Circuit: Prior Convictions Not Relevant to Escape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Leonard Lester Slaughter III was serving a 115-month sentence at a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility when he escaped. After pleading guilty to the escape, the District Court concluded that two prior convictions were not "relevant …
Article • December 27, 2017
Third Circuit Denies Prisoner's Due Process Claim, Upholds Retaliation Claim by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied a parolable prisoner's due process claim, but upheld his claim of retaliation by a prison guard. The prisoner, Phillip Lee Fantone, was …
Article • December 26, 2017
Filed under: Food, Telephones
Maine DOC's Dirty Trick in Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging Food and Phone by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The legal eagles at the Maine Department of Corrections have successfully okie-doked prisoner Kevin J. Collins out of $150 in his lawsuit challenging food services and the prison's telephone system. Collins filed his …
Article • December 22, 2017
Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis James Dimora, 61, was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner when he was indicted on federal racketeering and corruption charges in April 2012. While awaiting trial at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, operated by Corrections Corporation …
Article • December 21, 2017
Prisoner's Wrongful Death FTCA Claim Dismissed For Lack of Jurisdiction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States District Court for the District of Maryland has dismissed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case brought against the United States over the 2013 wrongful death of a prisoner held at …
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