Colorado County Pays $800,000 for Latest Excessive Force Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Philippa Grace McCully, a 21-year-old college student and cancer survivor arrested in 2014 for erratic driving that she blamed on a reaction to various prescription psychiatric drugs, was taken to a jail in El Paso, …
Howard v. City and County of Denver, CO, Offer of Judgment, Bond Fee, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-02593-CMA-STV Document 22 Filed 12/21/18 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 18-cv-02593-CMA-STV MICKEY HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Gang Member’s Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 19, 2017, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal civil rights suit brought by a prisoner who alleged Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) officials ignored his warnings that …
Defense Investigator Jailed for Initially Refusing to Testify in Death Penalty Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Greta Lindercrantz, 67, was jailed for contempt of court by Arapahoe County, Colorado District Judge Michelle Amico on February 26, 2018. Lindercrantz, a Mennonite defense investigator, had refused to testify in a …
Denver Pays $100,000 to Settle DOJ Suit Over Failure to Accommodate Diabetic Deputy by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 15, 2018, the City and County of Denver, Colorado agreed to pay $100,000 to an unidentified deputy sheriff who was fired from his position at the Denver County jail …
Justice Sotomayor Slams Solitary Confinement, but Supreme Court Declines to Accept Colorado Solitary Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions for writ of certiorari from federal appellate rulings each term and denies the vast majority of those applications, generally with a one-sentence …
Lillis v. Correct Care Solutions, Inc., CO, Complaint, Medical Negligence - Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-03038-KLM Document 118 Filed 10/22/18 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 16-cv-3038 THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY SCOTT LILLIS, by and through …
Biggs v. The County of Sedgwick, CO, Complaint, Sexual Assualt, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-02076-DDD-SKC Document 16 Filed 10/20/18 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 18cv2076 (WYD)(SKC) PEATINNA BIGGS Plaintiff, v. THE COUNTY OF SEDGWICK, SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, FORMER …
Colorado Accused of Failing to Comply with Settlement in Mental Health Care Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 13, 2018, attorneys representing mentally ill defendants held in Colorado jails moved to reopen a 2012 class-action settlement in which the state agreed to cease “warehousing” mentally ill prisoners …
Federal Jury Awards $6 Million to Epileptic Colorado Prisoner, but New Trial Ordered by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On March 7, 2018, a Colorado federal jury awarded $6 million to a prisoner in a lawsuit over his mistreatment by a guard while he was experiencing an epileptic seizure. Jayson …
Howard v. City and County of Denver, CO, Complaint, Bond Fee, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 18-cv-02593 MICKEY HOWARD Plaintiff, v. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND ______________________________________________________________________________ Plaintiff Mickey Howard, by and …
Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018 Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell The Association of State Correctional Administrators The Liman Center for Public Interest …
Family of Deceased Colorado Prisoner Accepts Settlement for $5.3 Million, New Policies by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On November 7, 2015, Michael Marshall, who was mentally ill, was arrested for trespassing and disturbing the peace at a motel in Denver, Colorado. Upon being booked into jail with a $100 …
Colorado County Settles Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $3.5 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2017, Summit County, Colorado reached a $3.5 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a prisoner who died at the county’s jail. Zachary Moffitt, 33, was being treated …
At the Federal Supermax, When Does Isolation Become Torture? by Alan Prendergast by Alan Prendergast, Westword You see them on TV, usually around the time they are arrested. Men who have declared war on America, combatants in a conflict that never ends. They are captured on the street and at airports, …
Jasmine Still v. El Paso County, CO, Settlement, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2018 GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RECITALS 1. JASMINE STILL (“STILL”), and any and all of her heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators, attorneys, successors and assigns, are hereinafter collectively referred to as "RELEASORS." 2. The County of El Paso, Colorado, …
Colorado Prison Gang Leader Commits Suicide at Wyoming Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 26, 2017, Benjamin Davis, 42, the founder and leader of a white supremacist prison gang called the 211 Crew, was found hanging in his cell at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. Davis …
Ullery v. Raemisch, CO, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00839-STV Document 22 Filed 07/06/18 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 31 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No1:18-cv-00839-STV SUSAN ULLERY, Plaintiff, v. RICK RAEMISCH, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, in his …
