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Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 30, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) to task over a four-year delay …
Estate of Conroy v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022 SJ£TTLEMENTAGIIBEMENI AND GRNF.RAL RJU,RASE OF CLAIMS The SETTLEtvIENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS ("Agreeme)tt") is being entered into among and betweenFSTATF. OF DAVTD B. CONROY ("EST ATE OF DAVID B. CONROY") or(" Releasur") AND IIIS ATTORNEYS CONRAD …
Brief • April 13, 2022
Estate of Watson v. Cumberland County, NJ,Distrubtion Cost, Suicide-Inadequate Medical Care, 2022 Case 1:16-cv-06578-JHR-AMD Document 190-1 Filed 04/13/22 Page 2 of 5 PageID: 3857 ESTATE OF JON LEON WATSON, et al. v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, et al. DISTTRIBUTION Gross Settlement $200,000.00 Costs $ 74,821.77 Subtotal $125,178.23 Total $ 41,726.07 Net to …
Brief • April 13, 2022
Estate of Lewis v. Cumberland County, NJ, Distribution of Cost, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 1:16-cv-03503-RBK-AMD Document 182-1 Filed 04/13/22 Page 2 of 3 PageID: 3018 Estate of Lewis v. Cumberland County Jail, et. al. DISTRIBUTION Gross Settlement. ......... , ......................................................... . $157,500.00 Costs ................................................................................ , .. . $67,257.58 Sub …
Brief • April 4, 2022
Georgia Advocacy Office v. Patrick Labat, GA, Order Approving Settlement, Lack of Mental Care, 2022 Case 1:19-cv-01634-WMR Document 343 Filed 04/04/22 Page 1 of 54 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PATRICK LABAT, in his …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$100,000 Paid by Pennsylvania DOC to Family of Pro Se Prisoner Litigant Who Committed Suicide by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A Pennsylvania prisoner’s long and contentious history with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) came to a bitter end on September 29, 2021, with an agreement by the state …
Brief • March 21, 2022
NeSmith v. County of San Diego, CA, Settlement Agreement, Lack of Mental Care, 2022 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS For the consideration of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00), Plaintiffs CHASSIDY NeSMITH, individually and as Guardian ad Litem on behalf of and as Successor in Interest to THE …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Department of Justice Reports on Two Decades of Prisoner Suicides by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When actor Peter Robbins died by suicide in California on January 18, 2022, the news saddened fans of Charlie Brown, whose voice he provided for animated Peanuts specials in the 1960s. But Robbins, 65, …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Federal Court Hears that Mental Healthcare in Louisiana Prison is “Almost Non-existent” by Matthew Clarke State’s “scorched-earth” strategy runs up $3 million legal tab by Matt Clarke A bench trial opened at a federal court in Louisiana on January 10, 2022, with dramatic testimony from a former state prisoner, who …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Federal Judge Finds Alabama DOC Mental Health Care Horrendous, Orders: Start Hiring by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 27, 2021, four years after calling Alabama’s treatment of mentally ill prisoners “horrendously inadequate”—due largely to chronic understaffing—a federal judge issued a new mandate to the state Department …
Tenth Circuit: Mentally Ill Prisoners Have No Clearly Established Right to Be Kept Out of Solitary Confinement by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On October 21, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a complaint filed by the estate of a mentally ill …
Brief • March 1, 2022
Georgia Advocacy Office v. Patrick Labat, GA, Fees, Lack of Mental Care, 2022 Case 1:19-cv-01634-WMR Document 337-10 Filed 03/01/22 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PATRICK LABAT, in his official capacity …
Brief • March 1, 2022
Georgia Advocacy Office v. Patrick Labat, Ga, Cost, Lack of Mental Care, 2022 Case 1:19-cv-01634-WMR Document 337-9 Filed 03/01/22 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) GEORGIA …
Article • February 19, 2022
$1 Million Paid by Santa Clara County to Estate of Alzheimer’s Patient Killed When He Wandered onto Interstate Highway after Release from County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman A $1 million settlement was signed on April 14, 2018, by attorneys for Santa Clara County, California, to settle a …
Article • February 19, 2022
$25,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Prisoner Suffering Mental Health Episode Beaten by Guards at County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman  Lawyers finished executing an agreement on July 27, 2018, under which Santa Clara County, California, consented to pay $25,000 to settle claims by a prisoner at …
Brief • February 14, 2022
Nunez v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement Agreement, Lack of Mental Care, 2022 DocuSign Envelope ID: 40A9E35D-4039-4212-BACC-917DD5CB8B37 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Martin Nunez ("Plaintiff') and the County of Santa Clara ("County") in recognition of the following …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Living and Dying on Rikers Island: The Latest Installment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss  When 55-year-old William Brown, a pretrial detainee from Brooklyn, suffered a medical emergency and died on December 15, 2021, it was the 16th death recorded for the year of someone incarcerated at Rikers Island, the …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner’s Tort Claim Against BOP Officials by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held on August 23, 2021, that a district court erred in dismissing a former federal prisoner’s intentional tort claims. The former prisoner, Bryan Kerr Dickson, …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit by Dale Chappell But Highlights Negligence of DOC and Wexford Health Staff by Dale Chappell Hinting that “another area of law” may provide relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 9, 2021, affirmed summary …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
$1 Million Default Judgement for Michigan Jail Prisoner Against Health Care Provider in Sexual Assault by Mark Wilson But She Probably Won’t Collect It From the Defunct Provider by Mark Wilson On April 1, 2021, a Michigan federal court entered a $1 million default judgement for a woman who was …
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