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Going to Prison in Texas in 2015 by William T. Habern by William T. Habern, David P. O’Neil, and Debra Bone Introduction For over 30 years our firm has represented offenders and their families in prison and parole administrative and legal issues. The first version of this article was published …
Article • July 31, 2017
$10,000 Awarded to SC Man Kicked in the Mouth By Sheriff’s Deputy by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Robert Barnes saved a York County, S.C. sheriff’s deputy from facing criminal assault and battery charges by settling prior to trial in July 2008 for $10,000 for injuries he sustained when the …
Brief • July 31, 2017
McCormack v. County of Sacramento, CA, Settlement, Head Slammed by Deputy, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Se!de~e~greement and General Release of All Claims ("Agre~ent'') is made and entered m this·J=l- day Julyof2017, by, between and/or among: "Claimant" MICHAEL McCORMACK "Defendants" COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO and SEAN WOODWARD Recitals A Clainiant …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Two-month Delay in Ordering Biopsy Not Deliberate Indifference by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled on October 12, 2016 that a two-month delay in ordering a biopsy of a prisoner’s potentially cancerous masses did not constitute deliberate indifference to his …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Medical Deliberate Indifference Case Remanded, Loses at Trial by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In August 2015, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of prison officials accused of being deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s serious medical needs, and …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: Injury -- Misc.
Dismissal of Personal Injury Claim for Damages from Malfunctioning Jail Gate Upheld by The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a visitor’s claim for damages that resulted from a malfunctioning gate at a county jail. The August 23, 2016 ruling upheld the dismissal of Ladonna Ware’s claim. …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Illinois: Prison Guards Sued for Fatally Beating, Suffocating Prisoner by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On October 4, 2015, Illinois State prison guards identified only as officers Boland, Bufford and Deal beat prisoner Terrance Jenkins to death at the Pontiac Correctional Center while he was restrained, and suffocated him by …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Fourth Circuit Reverses Judgment in Favor of BOP in Deliberate Indifference Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Fourth Circuit has reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials on a prisoner’s claim that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated. Paul …
Alaska Prisoner Deaths Criticized in Report, Author Becomes New DOC Commissioner by The deaths of 25 Alaska prisoners over an 18-month period were examined in a November 2015 report provided to Governor Bill Walker, who then replaced the state’s corrections commissioner with the author of the report. The handling of …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Nevada DOC Moves to End Discrimination against HIV-positive and Disabled Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 20, 2016, Rebecca Bond, chief of the Disability Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), sent the Nevada Attorney General a letter calling out the state’s Department of Corrections …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: Infections, State Statutes
California Lifers with Possibility of Parole Entitled to SOL Tolling by The California Court of Appeal held on June 1, 2016 that the one-year statute of limitations (SOL) for a prisoner’s negligence claim was tolled because he was not serving a sentence of life without parole. California state prisoner Ernest …
Texas Prisoner was Emaciated and Sick when Killed by Cellmate by A fight with his cellmate, Joe Greggs, led to the January 19, 2016 death of prisoner Alton Rodgers at the William P. Clements Unit in Texas. An official report listed Rodgers’ fatal injury as trauma consistent with having his …
New York City Board of Correction - An Assessment of Enhanced Supervision Housing for Young Adults, 2017 An Assessment of Enhanced Supervision Housing for Young Adults New York City Board of Correction July 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................ III This Assessment .............................................................................................................................................................. iii Young Adult ESH ........................................................................................................................................................... iv …
Holland v. County of San Luis Obispo, CA, Settlement, Restraints Blood Clot, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Settlement Agreement") is made by and between: "Plaintiffs:" Sharon Holland and Carty Holland, individually and in their capacity as Successors in Interest to Andrew Holland and representatives …
Brief • July 26, 2017
Postawko v. Missouri DOC, MO, Order Certifying Class Certfification, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION MICHAEL POSTAWKO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 2:16-cv-04219-NKL …
Parsons v Ryan, AZ, Retaliation Order, 2017 Parsons v. Ryan, Slip Copy (2017) 2017 WL 3575711 Only the Westlaw citation is currently available. United States District Court, D. Arizona. Victor Antonio PARSONS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles L. RYAN, et al., Defendants. No. CV-12-00601-PHX-DKD | Signed 07/25/2017 Attorneys and Law …
Brief • July 25, 2017
Filed under: Medical
Parsons v. Ryan, Order, Prison Health Care, 2017 Case 2:12-cv-00601-DKD Document 2209 Filed 07/25/17 Page 1 of 4 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et al., Plaintiffs, 10 11 v. 12 Charles …
Blakely v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case: 1:14-cv-01114 Document #: 130 Filed: 07/25/17 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:423 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CARROLL BLAKEY, Plaintiff, v. SALEH OBAISI, M.D., IMHOTEP CARTER, M.D., PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, M.D., and WEXFORD …
Brief • July 21, 2017
Davis v. Tenet Health System, MO, Settlement, Wrongful Death Thrombosis, 2017 0' ~ 0 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS STATE OF MISSOURI DOROTHY DA VIS, ) ) Plaintiff, vs. TENET HEALTl-I SYSTEM SL, INC., ct al. Defendants. ) Cause No. 1222-CC I 0603 ) ) …
States Use Medicaid Expansion under Obamacare to Lower Prison Healthcare Costs, Reduce Recidivism by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Despite constant backlash against the Affordable Care Acts (ACA), states across the country are depending on the federal legislation to not only reduce healthcare costs for prisoners and parolees, but also …
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