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$4 Million Settlement In Rape and Beating Death of Mentally Ill New Jersey Prisoner by Michael Rigby by Michael Rigby The daughters of a mentally ill man who was raped and beaten to death by another prisoner in New Jersey's Camden County Correctional Facility (CCCF) will receive a combined $4 …
Erroneous Jury Instruction Nets Raped Missouri Prisoner New Civil Trial by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury verdict against a prisoner-plaintiff, finding that the lower court erred in responding to a jury question during deliberations. Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoner Ronnie Conley was raped repeatedly by …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
$30,000 Settlement For Woman Raped By Missouri Jail Prisoner by In May, 2006, Jefferson County, Missouri, settled a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a female prisoner who was allegedly raped by a male prisoner a guard placed in her cell. Tracy Mundy, 24, a former Jefferson County Jail prisoner, …
Michigan Prisoner Boycotts Rape Trial, Still Acquitted by Facing a sexual assault trial of a fellow prisoner is a pretty serious felony, making one think they would want to be present during the trial. Feeling he could not get a fair trial, Charlie Lee Floyd, 46, boycotted that trial. Despite …
Article • May 15, 2007
NV Jail Commissioners Liable For Raped Prisoner by The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada held that a triable issue existed when a prisoner was raped while in custody. Christopher Warner was in custody of the Washoe County Jail when he was assaulted and raped by fellow prisoners. …
Florida Corrections Secretary Not Liable For Failing to Protect From Rape by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's order granting summary judgment to the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections in a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action alleging the Secretary failed to protect him from sexual …
New York: Prisoner Raped In County Jail Awarded $250,000 by On September 24, 1997, a man who was raped while imprisoned in the Oneida County (New York) Jail settled his lawsuit against the county and the Utica City Police Department for $250,000. Plaintiff, an 18-year-old male, was imprisoned in the …
Default Entered Against Guards for Failing to Answer Summons Served by Prisoner by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's entry of default against prison guards who failed to answer a complaint after being served summons by a non-party prisoner. The 42 U.S.C. §1983 complaint alleged five …
Raped Texas Prisoner's Federal Claim Overturned, $367,916 Damage Award Reduced by In this case involving a jury award of $367,916.13 to a Texas prisoner who was raped in the Waco City Jail, a Texas appeals court upheld the verdict under the Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) but reversed on the …
Prisons Have Affirmative Duty to Protect Prisoners from Rape by Prisons Have Affirmative Duty to Protect Prisoners From Rape The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit affirmed a Maryland district court's injunction at 449 F. Supp. 473 (D MD 1978) requiring a prison to protect prisoners from sexual predators …
SJ for Guard in Prisoner's Rape Suit Improper by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that summary judgment in favor of four prison officials was proper but summary judgment in favor of a guard was not. Plaintiff, a Washington state prisoner who was in protective custody, …
Classification Ordered in Maryland Prison to Reduce Rape by A Maryland federal district court ordered prison officials at the Maryland State Penitentiary and the Maryland Reception and Classification Center (MRDCC) to devise an efficient classification system to identify prisoners at risk of rape and to implement procedures to prevent prisoners …
Rape Suit Dismissal Summarily Affirmed by A male to female transsexual prisoner who was raped at a federal facility filed suit in U.S. District Court in Wisconsin alleging prison officials were deliberately indifferent to her right to be free from attack. The District Court dismissed the suit. The Seventh Circuit …
Florida: Prisoner Raped In County Jail Awarded $65,950 by In this case published by the Florida Jury Verdict Reporter in April 1990, the plaintiff, a prisoner who was raped by another prisoner, was awarded $65,950. On November 23, 1987, while imprisoned in the medium-security section of the Pinellas County (Florida) …
Preliminary Screening Required Prior to Double Ceiling by A federal district court in Maryland has held that the failure to have in place procedures to identify special problems with and review the compatibility of cellmates is a constitutional violation of prisoners' rights to have reasonable care exercised to protect them …
D.C. Prisoner Death Suit Verdict of $1,030,002 Excessive by The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's order holding a jury's award excessive. The jury entered verdicts against the District of Columbia, for negligence with an award of $1 under the Wrongful Death Suit Act (WDSA) claim, …
Florida Juvenile Detainee Awarded $100,000 for Failure to Protect by The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed a jury's award of damages sustained as a result of a sexual assault upon a juvenile detainee at a Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services (HRS) facility. HRS was found liable for …
West Virginia Prisoner's Claiming Physical or Sexual Abuse Exempt from Administrative Exhaustion Req by West Virginia Prisoner's Claiming Physical or Sexual Abuse Exempt from Administrative Exhaustion Requirement The Supreme court of Appeals of West Virginia has held that a prisoner alleging past, current, or imminent physical or sexual abuse is …
Article • May 15, 2007
Jail Rape Claim Fails for Lack of Notice to Jailers by The plaintiff was raped by other prisoners. He had previously told officers that he was "having problems in the block," and his mother said she told an unidentified jail employee shortly before the assault that her son had been …
Kentucky County Settles Prisoner Rape Suit for $1.4 Million by Grant County, Kentucky, has settled with a prisoner who was brutally raped in the county's jail for $1.4 million. The September 1, 2005, settlement was the largest to date in a series of similar lawsuits against the county. The victim, …
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