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Washington DOC Guard Sanctioned For Unnecessary Force by Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Alonzo Belen appealed a six month salary reduction for procedural and safety violations as well as use of inappropriate force. The reduction was affirmed. Belen was employed as a guard at the Washington Corrections Center …
RM-9 Use of Force Manual, National Park Service, 2009 NPS000001 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction Definitions Use of Force Policy Use of Intermediate Defensive Equipment Reporting, Supervisory Review, and Investigation 1. INTRODUCTION Commissioned law enforcement personnel are authorized to use a wide variety of defensive equipment and force options …
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, reporting misconduct, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ 9 10 …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
$1.5 Million Settlement for CA Jail Prisoner’s Broken Leg by Ventura County, California officials have settled an excessive-force lawsuit brought by a prisoner whose leg was severely broken while he was being restrained by jail deputies. The $1.5 million award, while admittedly high, avoided both the high costs of attorney …
Another Murder by Florida Guards, Another Acquittal by David Reutter By David M. Reutter A state jury has acquitted three Florida prison guards in the murder of death row inmate Frank Valdes. The guards, Captain Timothy Thornton, Sgt. Jason P. Griffis, and Sgt. Charles A. Brown, were exonerated of second-degree …
Hard Evidence of US Military Torturing Prisoners to Death Ignored by Corporate Media by By Peter Phillips Military autopsy reports provide indisputable proof that detainees are being tortured to death while in US military custody. Yet the US corporate media are covering it with the seriousness of a garage sale …
FTCA Claim Fails for Acts Committed Outside Scope of Actor’s Employment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), holding the action could not proceed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the Bureau of Indian …
Article • April 15, 2009
$28 Million Awarded in Excessive Force Verdict in Police Killing of Child by A federal jury in Pittsburgh has awarded the family of a 12-year-old who was shot and killed by two Pennsylvania state troopers. The shooting occurred on Christmas Eve, 2002. The jury’s verdict followed a two week trial. …
$1.35 Million Settlement in Fatal California Police Shooting by California’s Alameda County has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit that claimed police were liable for killing a bystander to a confrontation with police for $1.35 million. Officers David Taylor and Tara Russell responded to a Dublin house on August 11, …
Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required by Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required The Colorado Court of Appeals held that prisoners in a private for-profit prison could sue the prison company, in …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
BOP Amends Policy On Shackling Of Pregnant Prisoners by BOP Amends Policy On Shackling Of Pregnant Prisoners The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has decided to bar the shackling of pregnant federal prisoners except in extreme situations. The policy change comes just six months after the Second Chance Act of 2007 …
Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA by Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, following the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), …
City of Chicago Denied Bifurcation in Excessive Force/Failure to Train Case by On July 24, 2008, an Illinois Federal District Judge denied Chicago's motion for bifurcation in a complaint filed by Lynette Wilson on March 27, 2007 against the City and three Chicago police officers. Wilson filed the complaint after …
Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Proceeds to Trial by A federal court in Washingotn, D.C. refused an American corporation that contracts with the U.S. government immunity for alleged torture and abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Titan Corporation contracts with the U.S. Army to provide civilian linguists for military operations. By …
Article • April 15, 2009
Alaska Pays $575,000 in Excessive Force Case by $575,000 Settlement in Alaska Prisoner Abuse Alaska prisoner Kevin Patrick brought suit against the state and State Trooper Eric Spitzer after allegedly being Tasered seven times while handcuffed in December 2002. Troopers believed that Patrick had attacked a village policeman with a …
Brief • March 26, 2009
Filed under: Shootings
Miller v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Plf Reply to Def Mot in Limine, Club Shooting, 2009 Case 5:07-cv-00806-VAP-CT Document 102 Filed 03/26/2009 Page 1 of 7 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 jb@johnburtonlaw.com 2 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 414 South Marengo Avenue 3 Pasadena, California 91101 …
Publication • March 17, 2009
Filed under: Seizures, Stun Guns/Tasers
TASER Induced Seizure Case Report CMAJ 2009 Apr 06 09 05:53p A Shari Damm 519 735 9919 p. 2 Generalized tonic-donie seizure after a taser shot to the head Esther T. Bui MD, Myra Sourkes MD, Richard Wennberg MD <A.nstRA.c' >' .' .., . .~. ·, .·. · . · …
Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer by Paul Wright by Paul Wright, et al. On June 13, 2007, former President Bush nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, 40, for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. …
$2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The most recent developments in a thirty-year history of abuse and medical neglect of prisoners by Arizona&rsquo;s Maricopa County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office (MCSO) include three lawsuits in which the county paid almost $3 million …
$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death by The family of Timothy Souders has agreed to accept $3.25 to settle a wrongful death claim relating to Timothy’s death. Timothy, 21, was the subject of a May 2007 PLN cover article, and a February 11, 2007, report on 60 …
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