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Article • December 20, 2017
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
$95,000 in Tasing Excessive Force Settlement--in Tazewell County, Illinois! by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An Illinois man who claimed that he was excessively Tased and pepper-sprayed while imprisoned in the Tazewell County Jail has settled his excessive force claim for $95,000. Everett Lewis was arrested and booked into the …
Article • December 20, 2017
$90,000 Settlement in Erie County, N.Y. Jail Wrongful Death Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The estate of a prisoner who died as a result of the alleged negligence of Erie County, NY Jail staff has agreed to settle the case for $90,000. Marguerite Arrindell was held in the …
Article • December 20, 2017
$2,500 Settles New York Man's Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A New York prisoner held at the Five Points Correctional facility has agreed to accept $2,500 to settle a federal lawsuit in which he alleged violations of his civil rights. Bryant Wheeler was a prisoner at …
Article • December 20, 2017
California Prisoner Settles Claim of Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A California prisoner held at Pelican Bay State Prison has agreed to settle a case in which he alleged that he had been subject to cruel and unusual punishment and deliberate indifference to a serious …
Article • December 20, 2017
Former Texas Deputy Settles Claim that Boss Defamed, Wrongfully Prosecuted Him by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Mark McAvoy, a former sheriff's deputy in Shelby County, Texas, settled a federal lawsuit against his former employer on May 20, 2013. McAvoy began his employment as a deputy in November 2010. When …
Article • December 20, 2017
$283,549 to Jail Guard in Retaliation Suit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A captain at the Coastal Bend Detention Center in Texas was awarded $283,549 in damages against the private prison company LCS Corrections Services, Inc. on May 21, 2013. Captain William O. Soto alleged in his lawsuit that …
Article • December 19, 2017
$841,000 to Settle Negligent Medical Care Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal tort claim brought against the federal government, the Bureau of Prisons, and several medical and administrative officials for negligent medical care leading to a prisoner’s brain damage and death settled for $841,000 in May 2015. …
Article • December 19, 2017
$320,000 Settlement in Wrongful Imprisonment Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit alleging wrongful arrest and imprisonment by the LAPD settled for $320,000 on January 16, 2007. The case involved the murder of 16-year-old Martha Puebla, who was shot and killed outside her Sun Valley, California home. Puebla …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism
Fourth Circuit Allows Abu Ghraib Torture Suit to Move Forward by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reversed a district court's ruling that a war crimes lawsuit brought by Iraqi nationals allegedly tortured by military contractors in 2003 and 2004 cannot go forward. …
Article • December 12, 2017
New York Top Court Invalidates Local Laws Restricting Sex Offender Residency by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that efforts by local governments to restrict where sex offenders may reside in New York are preempted by state law, rendering them invalid. The court …
Article • December 12, 2017
Injunction Requiring Kosher Diet in Florida Prisons Vacated by Eleventh Circuit by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis In an unusual opinion based on an issue completely missed by the parties, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated an injunction that required the State of Florida …
Article • December 12, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Falsely Accused Man, Conviction Expunged, Cannot Sue Anonymously by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a man who was falsely accused of a crime and later had his record expunged cannot sue for malicious prosecution anonymously. …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Probation
Vermont Supreme Court: Miranda Warning Not Necessary When Probation Officer Questions Probationer about Criminal Activity by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a person on "furlough," a heightened version of parole in Vermont, has no right to a Miranda warning prior to questioning by …
Article • December 11, 2017
Fifth Circuit Allows Intervention by Sierra Club in Reverse FOIA Suit by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has allowed Sierra Club to intervene in a reverse Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records request lawsuit. The dispute stemmed from FOIA requests …
Article • December 11, 2017
Florida Supreme Court Speaks Out of Both Sides of Mouth in Prisoner Sanction Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Florida Supreme Court has issued an unusual opinion in which it simultaneously sanctioned a prisoner for too many filings and pointed out that the prisoner may be serving an …
Article • December 11, 2017
BOP Prison Guard's 30 Day Suspension for Biting Inmate Reversed in Arbitration by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The 30-day suspension of Kenneth O. Davis for biting a prisoner was overturned by federal arbitrator Michael L. Allen on December 12, 2002. Davis, a senior officer specialist (prison guard), was working …
Article • December 11, 2017
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
$1.9 Million to Settle with Students Hit by Car Fleeing Police by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis Three 17-year-old students run over by a car fleeing Newark, New Jersey police in a high speed chase have settled a lawsuit brought over injuries resulting from the crash. Curtis Berry, Jessica Pemberton, …
Indiana Woman Settles Claim that Clay County Police Officer Grabbed Her Breasts During Traffic Stop by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis An Indiana woman who claimed that a Clay County, Indiana Reserve Sheriff's Deputy used unjustified, excessive, sexual force against her during a traffic stop settled her claim for an …
Article • December 11, 2017
Filed under: False Arrest
$25,000 to Landlord in False Arrest Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis A New York landlord who was subjected to a warrantless arrest for alleged wrongful eviction was awarded $25,000 by a jury for false arrest. Landlord Barsiasa was accosted by NYPD officers in his home. The officers were …
Article • December 7, 2017
$82,500 Damages to Detained American, Federal Judge Blasts ICE by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis In a scathing opinion, Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, awarded a wrongfully detained American citizen $82,500 in damages for false arrest …
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