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$1.95 Million Settlement in Michigan Man’s Taser Death by Michigan’s Shelby Township has paid $1.95 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed police used excessive force by using a Taser that resulted in a man’s death. Police confronted Steven Spears, 49, on August 4, 2007, after receiving a 911 call …
Article • October 15, 2009
$90,000 Settlement for Tasering Epileptic by Washington State’s City of Lakewood paid $90,000 to settle the claim of a man who was tasered and punched after having an epileptic seizure. The man, identified as Mr. Grider, had a history of epileptic seizures that he quickly recovered from. While at work, …
Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems by Gary Hunter Clarence Freeman’s hot check turned out to be his death warrant after it resulted in his arrest and incarceration at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, where he was fatally assaulted by a guard. On New …
Maine Prison in Turmoil by Lance Tapley By the time Warden Jeffrey Merrill revealed on June 3 that three Maine State Prison employees had been put on paid leave as a result of a state police investigation of an inmate’s death in April, probes of corruption and other issues at …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Florida Prison Guards Fired, Suspended for Shocking Children with Stun Guns by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has fired three guards, demoted a warden and disciplined other employees following an investigation into dozens of children being shocked with stun guns during “Take Our …
Ohio Jail Officials Face Federal Charges, Investigation by Brandon Sample A federal grand jury has returned indictments against two Lucas County, Ohio jail guards in connection with the death of a prisoner. Additionally, Lucas County’s sheriff and another jail employee face charges of lying to investigators. According to the indictment, …
Sixth Circuit: Dismissal of Due Process and Equal Protection Claims Upheld; Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Issue Remanded by The Sixth Circuit of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s due process and equal protection claims, but reversed the dismissal of Eighth Amendment claims based on failure to …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Sacramento County Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit For $260,000 by Sacramento County Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit for $260,000 On April 20, 2009, Sacramento County agreed to settle an excessive force suit brought by a former prisoner at the Sacramento Main Jail (SMJ) for $260,000. On December 1, 2005, Donald …
$6 Million Settlement in Beating Death of California Detainee by California’s Kern County agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit in the beating death of a pre-trial detainee at the county’s jail. The August 15, 2005, incident involved “as many as 14 detention officers [who] … beat, hit, …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit against the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) accuses retired Army Col. Larry C. James of professional and ethical violations stemming from his former role as chief psychologist at the U.S. military prisons …
Second Circuit Reinstates New York Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the federal conviction of a New York jail guard for intentionally using excessive force on a prisoner in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. Zoran Teodorovic, a …
Mentally Ill NC Prisoners Injured in Separate Incidents by Gary Hunter Timothy E. Helms remains paralyzed from the neck down following a confrontation with guards after he lit a fire in his cell at North Carolina’s Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville. The next day, on August 4, 2008, Helms arrived …
Brief • September 25, 2009
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
Rosa v Taser Intl Ca Gary Vilke Declaration Taser Death 2009 Case5:05-cv-03577-JF Document214-57 Filed09/25/09 Page1 of 40 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EVELYN ROSA AND ROBERT ROSA, individually and as the personal representatives of MICHAEL ROBERT ROSA, deceased, Plaintiff vs. TASER International, Inc, C-05-03577 JFIHRL …
Brief • September 24, 2009
Davidson v. City of Chicago, IL, Testimony of Schmitz, Police Shooting of a Juvenile, 2009 1 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS SS: 2 3 COUNTY OF COOK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - LAW DIVISION 4 5 CHANTEL DAVIDSON, a Minor by and through her Mother …
Brief • September 23, 2009
Beecham v. City of West Sacramento, CA, Plf Opp Def Motion, Police Excessive Force Gun False Arrest Strip Search, 2009 1 4 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) HADDAD & SHERWIN 505 Seventeenth Street Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 452-5500 Fax: (510) 452-5510 …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Using Chemical Agents on Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As the mentally ill become more prevalent within the nation’s prison population, guards and prison administrators face a dilemma when confronted with such a prisoner who is not conforming to prison rules. While it said …
Article • September 15, 2009
$3,300 Settlement for Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Jail Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $3,298.53 to settle the claim of James D. Wilks, who alleged that he was subject to cruel and unusual punishment in January and February 2002. The complaint alleges that Wilks was not treated …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,800 Settlement in Seattle Jail Excessive Force Case by Washington State’s King County paid $2,500 to settle the lawsuit of Edward R. Whittington, who claimed that while a prisoner at the King County Jail on April 23, 2004, guard Ifebou used excessive force on him when he closed a tank …
$1,000 Jury Award to Beaten Missouri Prisoner by A Missouri federal jury awarded a prisoner $1,000 on a state law battery claim. The award came after trial on several claims brought by Eugene Kenneth Jones-El for damages he incurred while imprisoned at Missouri’s Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC). …
Article • September 15, 2009
$28,000 Settlement for Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $27,909.78 to settle the excessive force suit of Bradley D. Needleman. His complaint asserts that on May 19, 2003, he was assaulted in the jail by guards “John Doe” McKinly and Noah Wittner. As …
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