Supreme Court of Arkansas Weighs Hospital's Private Doctors Against FOIA by The Supreme Court of Arkansas delivered opinion in April 2012 in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action levied by a law firm against three doctors and ancillary institutions involved in a medical malpractice suit. The firm of Harrill …
Eighth Circuit Court Considers Prison Religious Practices Suit by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in May 2012 per curiam affirmed the finding for the state in the Eastern District Court of Arkansas in which a Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) suit was …
Eighth Circuit Vacates District Court Commitment Order Issued Without a Hearing by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has granted the interlocutory appeal of Fred Neal, Jr., attacking the district court's discretion to order a commitment to conduct a competency evaluation, on Due Process grounds. It, ruled …
Adams v. Benton County Sheriff, AR, Complaint, Jail Debit Card Kickbacks, 2013 Case S:13-cv-05074-JLH Document 1 Filed 04/09/13 Page 1 of 13 PagelD #: 1 co~NN~lJ,T.m~T~lfm,sAS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION • ~L~~ APR 0S 2DI3 ;'" DRa&. . . .CISIE ••. .it~. YVES …
Adams v. Benton Sheriff, AR, Exhibit, debit card program, 2013 https://ecf.arwd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/DktRpt.pl?428684206464829-L_1_0-1 U. S. District Court Western District of Arkansas (Fayetteville) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 5:13-cv-05074-PKH Adams v. Cradduck et al Assigned to: Honorable P. K. Holmes, III Cause: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act Date Filed: 04/09/2013 Jury Demand: Both Nature …
Adams v. Benton Sheriff, AR, Docket, debit card program, 2014 https://ecf.arwd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/DktRpt.pl?428684206464829-L_1_0-1 U. S. District Court Western District of Arkansas (Fayetteville) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 5:13-cv-05074-PKH Adams v. Cradduck et al Assigned to: Honorable P. K. Holmes, III Cause: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act Date Filed: 04/09/2013 Jury Demand: Both Nature …
Arkansas Prison Director Suspended by Board of Corrections by Ray Hobbs, director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADOC), was suspended without pay for two weeks, starting January 2, 2012, for failing to promptly inform the Board of Corrections about a computer glitch that resulted in hundreds of prisoners being …
West Memphis Three Released, but Justice Not Served and Questions Remain by Joe Watson In August 2011, a trio of Arkansas state prisoners, widely known as the West Memphis Three, walked out of prison after serving more than 18 years for a brutal triple homicide they did not commit. They …
$20,000 Settlement in Arkansas Jail Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit by Officials in Baxter County, Arkansas agreed to pay $20,000 to settle a former prisoner’s lawsuit that alleged he was assaulted by another prisoner as a guard stood by and failed to intervene. The suit was filed by Howard Johnson …
Moore v. Hill, AR, Complaint, Provoked by Guards, 2012 Case 5:12-cv-00206-DPM Document 2 Filed 06/06/12 Page 1 of 9 FILED U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT ARKANSAS . FORM TO BE USED BY PRISONERS IN FILING A COMPLAtm..O 6 2012 UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. 42 U.S.C. §~S W. McCORMAC~K ~!< …
Eighth Circuit Affirms No First Amendment Right to Lower Prison Phone Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 21, 2011, a U.S. District Court held that state prisoners in Arkansas have no First Amendment right to less expensive phone rates, a decision that was subsequently affirmed by the …
Arkansas Supreme Court Addresses Forma Pauperis Motion for Copy of Transcript by In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court of Arkansas denied a petitioner’s pro se motion for use of transcript of the appeal of his 1992 conviction for rape and subsequent life sentence. The court treated petitioner’s motion …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Arkansas Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an Arkansas prisoner's excessive force claims. On May 22, 2007, prisoners in B-Pod of the Ouachita County Detention Center created a disturbance when they were mistakenly …
Arkansas Supreme Court Orders Sentencing Court to Run Two Sentences Concurrently by By Derek Gilna The Arkansas Supreme Court had granted the appeal of prisoner Joe Louis Kelley, Jr., who had filed a petition for declaratory judgment and a writ of mandamus to compel the sentencing court to correct an …
Simpson-el v. USA, AR, Complaint, Basketball Injury Restitution, 2012 Case 2:12-cv-00004-SWW Document 1 Filed 01/03/12 Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS HELENA DIVISION KAPPELLE SIMPSON-EL vs. PLAINTIFF No. 2:1z -cv-001 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . JAN 03 2012 svvW DEFENDANT COMPLAINT COMESTHE …
No Qualified Immunity for Guard Who Transported Prisoner in Dog Cage by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to an Arkansas jail guard who transported a prisoner in a K-9 cage covered with feces, urine and dog hair. In …
Ten Years of Sham Segregation Reviews Result in $4,846 Damage Award for Arkansas Prisoner by An Arkansas state prisoner has been awarded $4,864 in damages for spending almost ten years in administrative segregation (ad seg). David Williams is no angel. While serving time for murder, he was convicted of killing …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity on Medical Claims Against CMS by On July 20, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part a district court’s denial of summary judgment to prison officials on the medical claims of two Arkansas state prisoners. Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADOC) …
Eighth Circuit Upholds BOP’s Denial of Nunc Pro Tunc Designation by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) refusal to grant a nunc pro tunc designation. In 1991, Michael Fegans pled guilty to a federal bank robbery charge while unrelated charges were pending in Arkansas …
$4,000 Settlement for Arkansas Prisoner Pepper Sprayed by Guards by The Arkansas Department of Correction (ADOC) has paid $4,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was pepper sprayed three times by guards. While confined at the Varner Supermax Unit in 2005, Eric Winston was repeatedly pepper sprayed. …
