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Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Indiana Prisoner Dies after Cell Extraction by In 2012, Pendleton Correctional Facility prisoner Justin Addler was one of 40 people charged in connection with a cell phone smuggling ring at three Indiana prisons. The phones were used to arrange sales of methamphetamine, heroin and LSD outside the facilities. [See: PLN, …
UK Security Company’s Long History of Controversy, Misconduct by Derek Gilna According to its website, G4S is the world’s “leading global integrated security company.” Besides providing security services, it also operates private prisons and immigration detention centers, provides electronic tagging (monitoring) for offenders on community supervision and has a prisoner …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Ninth Circuit Finds Accidental Amputation of Prisoner’s Fingertip Not a § 1983 Violation by Derek Gilna The tip of pretrial detainee Cherie Harding’s little finger was accidentally severed in her cell’s door frame when a guard at a San Francisco jail opened the door to commence a pat-down search. Harding …
U.S. Supreme Court: Prisoners Must Exhaust “Available” Administrative Remedies by Derek Gilna Shaidon Blake, a Maryland prisoner, claimed that he was punched in the face and had his head slammed into a wall by guard James Madigan while handcuffed during a move to a segregation cell – an assault that …
Shuford v. Conway, 11th Cir., Appellant's Brief - Force Against Pretrial Detainees for Past Conduct (2016) CASE NO. 16-12128-FF IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT __________________________________________________________________ JUSTIN SHUFORD, RYAN ANISKO, ANDRES DE JESUS and DEVIN LUNDE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, …
Vasquez-Bernabe v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-03218 Document 1 Filed 06/10/16 Page 1 of 17 2 3 4 5 ROBERT R. POWELL, SBN 159747 SARAH E. MARINHO, SBN 293690 LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT R. POWELL 925 West Hedding Street San Jose, California 95126 T: …
Three California Jail Guards Charged in “Fight Club” Case by Scott Neu, the San Francisco deputy identified as the ringleader of a gladiator-style jailhouse “fight club,” was charged with four felony counts of assault under color of authority, four felony counts of making threats, four misdemeanor counts of inhumanity to …
Sixth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense by Guards in Wrongful Death Suit by Derek Gilna On August 21, 2015, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal filed by jail officials seeking reversal of a district court’s denial of qualified and statutory immunity in a case involving a prisoner’s …
First Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor - Oct 2015 to Feb 2016, Nunez Monitoring Team, 2016 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 269 Filed 05/31/16 Page 1 of 130 First Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor First Monitoring Period October 22, 2015 through February 29, 2016 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 269 Filed 05/31/16 …
Rodriguez v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-05720 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/31/16 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CRUZ RODRIGUEZ; AUREA RODRIGUEZ; LUIS RODRIGUEZ; OSCAR RODRIGUEZ; and ROMULO ACUNA, Plaintiffs, vs. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, …
Brief • May 26, 2016
Friends-Smiley v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Unlawful Search & Seizure, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-05646 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/26/16 Page 1 of 16 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DENESE FRIENDS-SMILEY, on behalf of herself and as Mother and Next …
Article • May 13, 2016
California Police Hit with Multimillion Dollar Jury Verdict in Prisoner’s Death by Derek Gilna The family of Robert Ramirez, who died while in the custody of Oxnard, California police officers, was awarded over $2 million in damages by a federal jury. According to the family’s lawsuit, on June 23, 2012, …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report Finds Most California Counties Out of Compliance with New Pregnant Prisoner Anti-Shackling Law by Matthew Clarke A report released in February 2014 by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) found most California county jails were out-of-compliance with a 2012 law limiting the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners. …
Brief • April 12, 2016
Swink v. Montgomery County BoC, OH, Settlement, Pepper Spray, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION Lisa Craft, Administratrix of the Estate of Billy Slagle, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:14-CV-01682 Judge Donald C. Nugent v. Norman Robinson, et al., Defendants. Settlement Agreement and …
Waters v. City of Arlington, TX, Settlement, inmate death restraints strangulation, 2016 Staff Report Settlement of Estate of Jonathan Paul Claim City Council Meeting Date: 4-12-16 Document Being Considered: Resolution RECOMMENDATION Authorize the execution of a settlement agreement and related documents in connection with the claim by the Estate of …
Atkins and Walker v. FL DOC, FL, Complaint, wrongful death beating asphyxia restraints, 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA MAE HELEN ATKINS as Personal Representative of the Estate of MATTHEW WALKER Plaintiff, v. CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. ________________ FLORIDA DEPARTMENT …
Bell v. Ducay, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Darcy Bell v. Chris Ducay, Richard Campbell; et al., ND IL Case No. 12 CV 7058 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Darcy Bell ("Plaintiff') and the County of Kane, on …
Brief • April 4, 2016
Griffin v. Zaruba, IL, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-03474 Document #: 30 Filed: 04/04/16 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:99 FIL0E16D 4/4/2 . BRUTON T THOMAS G TRICT COUR IS D . CLERK, U.S UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MICHAEL GRIFFIN (Enter above the full …
$2.5 Million Settlement in North Carolina Prisoner’s Dehydration Death by The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) agreed to pay $2.5 million to the family of a mentally ill prisoner who died after spending 35 days in an isolation cell. Michael Anthony Kerr’s death in 2014 occurred during a …
Second Circuit Allows Muslim Prisoners’ Bivens Claims to Proceed by Derek Gilna Although Muslim prisoners held at the harsh U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have received more publicity, conditions of confinement for prisoners of Middle-Eastern descent in domestic prisons have also been abusive. So abusive, in fact, that …
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