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Brief • August 10, 2010
Prison Legal News v. EOUSA, CO, Order re Atty Fees, public records, 2010 Case 1:08-cv-01055-MSK-KLM Document 46 Filed 08/10/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Honorable Marcia S. Krieger Civil Action No. 08-cv-01055-MSK-KLM PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. EXECUTIVE …
Brief • July 29, 2010
Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, IN, Order Dismissed, Wrongful CMU Confinement, 2010 Case 2:09-cv-00025-WTL-DML Document 67 Filed 07/29/10 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 452 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION SABRI BENKAHLA, ) Plaintiff, v. ) FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. ) ) …
Dallas County Jail Settles Three Medical-Related Suits for $795,000 by In April 2009, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas awarded $355,000 to Robert Duvall for injuries he suffered when he was denied medical treatment at the Dallas County Jail. Less than three …
Article • July 15, 2010
Assaulted Washington Prisoner Paid $2,500 for Injuries by On June 29, 2004, the state of Washington paid $2,500 to settle with a prisoner who was assaulted by guards at Airway Heights Corrections Center. Prisoner Rockland Barney claimed that on November 11, 2002, a guard was banging on his cell door …
Media Agencies Intervene to Unseal Records in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit by Brandon Sample On November 4, 2005, Earl Krugel was killed while exercising on the recreation yard at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Phoenix, Arizona, a medium-security facility. Krugel, an activist for the Jewish Defense League, had been …
Sacramento County Partially Settles Taxpayer Suit Alleging Il-legal Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile Facilities by Michael Brodheim The parties to a taxpayer lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, which alleges that conditions in Sacramento County’s juvenile detention facilities violate state statutory, constitutional and regulatory laws, reached a partial settlement and …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Wisconsin County Pays $750,000 to Settle Jail Sex Abuse Suit by A woman who was sexually assaulted at a jail in Monroe County, Wisconsin has received $750,000 as part of a settlement in a federal civil rights case. While awaiting trial on charges of felony battery of a police officer, …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Pennsylvania County Jail Settles Medical Indifference Suit for $55,000 by Butler County, Pennsylvania has agreed to settle a medical deliberate indifference lawsuit for $55,000. In April 2006, James Raub was arrested and taken to the Butler County Prison. During the booking process, he told guards and a nurse that he …
Indiana Sex Offender Registration Law Can Not Be Retroactively Applied by The Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act (ISRA) can not be applied to offenders who committed their crimes before the statute’s enactment, the Indiana Supreme Court decided on January 6, 2010. Gary M. Hevner was convicted in 2008 of possessing …
San Francisco Settles Wrongful Incarceration Cases for $7.5 Million by Michael Brodheim Nearly six years after his release from prison, Antoine Goff received a measure of belated justice – a $2.9 million settlement for almost 13 years of wrongful incarceration. Goff and his co-plaintiff, John “J.J.” Tennison, had filed complaints …
Canyon County Jail in Idaho Settles Conditions Suit With Consent Decree and $190,000 in Attorney’s Fees by Brandon Sample On November 12, 2009, Canyon County, Idaho agreed to settle a federal class-action suit against the Canyon County Jail (CCJ) that raised a myriad of claims related to unconstitutional conditions. Filed …
Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million by Prison Health Services (PHS), a private for-profit company that provides medical care to prisoners, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a man who died at a Virginia jail, with the sheriff’s office paying another …
CCA Pays $70,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees to Settle PLN Censorship Suit by Alex Friedmann On June 7, 2010, Prison Legal News announced that it had settled a federal censorship suit against Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison company. PLN filed the lawsuit in September 2009, …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
New York Prisoner Beaten, Guards Convicted, GEO Settles Suit for $80,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 7, 2009, three private prison guards were convicted of charges involving the unjustified beating of a New York prisoner in 2007. [See: PLN, Sept. 2009, p.50; July 2009, p.50]. A fourth …
Article • July 15, 2010
Ninth Circuit Okays Class Action Against ICE by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed the denial of class certification in a habeas corpus proceeding challenging the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) bond practices in the Central District of California. The suit alleged that ICE was …
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $5,000 to a Prisoner Who Was Harassed for Filing a Grievance by On May 23, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a prisoner who was harassed after filing a complaint. Vicki Cole was strip-searched by one guard in violation …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle Public Records Act Suit by On October 18, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,000 to two prisoners who requested, but were denied, information under the Washington Public Disclosure Act. Leslie Pounds and Shawn Greenhalgh sent a public …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Ordered to Pay $4,534.10 in Public Records Act Suit by On January 6, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) was ordered to pay $4,534.10 to a DOC employee who requested, but was denied, records under the state Public Disclosure Act. Carl Wilson, a guard at Cedar Creek …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Pays $5,000 to Man Denied Ability to Work by On December 26, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a man who was denied the ability to work. After Daniel Witt was released to work by his doctor, the DOC refused to allow …
City of Flint Settles Mass Arrest and Strip Search Suit for $900,000.00 by On December 14, 2009, the City of Flint agreed to pay $900,000 to more than 100 young men and women who were detained, charged with a crime, strip searched, and, in some cases, body cavity searched for …
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