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Brief • January 30, 2009
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order granting Plf Mot for Attorney Fees, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2009 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 401 Filed 01/30/2009 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 …
Brief • January 30, 2009
Heston v. Salinas, CA , Order, taser death attorney fees, 2009 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 401 Filed 01/30/2009 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAN JOSE DIVISION Betty Lou Heston, et al., …
Rehder v. Huggins, TN, Complaint, Excessive Force - Pepper Spray, 2009 .-. . case 2:09-cv-02037-JDT-tmp Document 1 Filed 01/21/09 Page 1 of 6 PagelD 1 ·· · IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE lA.l:ES,E&N DMSION § § § W:\Rt5TQl'HEf2. R1;HPE& P-omo : (Ents aboYo …
Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000 by Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000 The Connecticut Department of. Corrections (CDC) settled for $500,000 the civil rights complaint brought by a prisoner who was brutally assaulted by ten CDC guards solely for …
Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse by Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse Three recent incidents at the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Florida demonstrate a culture of abuse at the facility. One of the incidents involved a guard dumping a quadriplegic prisoner from …
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David Reutter Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David M. Reutter On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter to officials at Illinois’ Cook County Jail (CCJ) which found …
Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David Reutter Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David M. Reutter While there have been no escapes and only two suicides in the past year at New York City’s Rikers …
Texas Prison Guard Files False Report, Faces 20 Years by Gary Hunter Texas Prison Guard Files False Report, Faces 20 Years by Gary Hunter Former Texas prison guard Eugene Morris, Jr. was found guilty of filing a false report about a use of force incident involving state prisoner Robert Tanzini. …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
TASER Avoids Liability in Three Deaths by Suing Medical Examiner by John Dannenberg TASER Avoids Liability in Three Deaths by Suing Medical Examiner by John E. Dannenberg Arizona-based TASER International, Inc. (TASER) was cleared of liability in the unrelated deaths of three drug-afflicted Ohio men who died shortly after being …
Nurse Pleads Guilty in Death of Florida Juvenile Prisoner by A former nurse at Florida’s Miami Regional Juvenile Detention Center has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence related to the death of a teenage prisoner. The guilty plea comes five years after the death of 17-year-old Omar …
$170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating by $170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating In April 2008, a federal jury in Sacramento, California returned verdicts against five Sacramento County Jail deputies for beating a prisoner and denying him food and water for eight hours. Although the facts were contested, …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Maryland DOC Pays $500,000 for Detainee Beaten to Death By Guards by Maryland DOC Pays $500,000 for Detainee Beaten to Death By Guards In May, 2008, the State of Maryland settled for $500,000 a lawsuit brought by the family of a detainee who was beaten to death by jail guards …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Ohio Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction Affirmed by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a former jail guard’s criminal convictions for using excessive force on three prisoners. Michael J. Budd, once second-in-command of the Mahoning County, Ohio Sheriff’s Department, was charged in a four-count indictment with subjecting prisoners …
Article • January 15, 2009
4 Year Statute of Limitations Applies to 1983 Claims Filed in Florida by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action filed by a person in Florida has a four-year statute of limitations. The Court’s holding reversed a Florida federal district court’s dismissal …
Article • December 15, 2008
$1,250,000 Settlement in Michigan Police Shooting Death by The Township of Clinton, Clinton Township Michigan, has agreed to settle a wrongful death action for $1,250,000 in 2008. Clinton Township officers were called to the home of Zephonia Baher in order to remove an unwanted guest, Tim Antoine Curry. Curry was …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner Hogtying Death For $900,000 by Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner Hogtying Death For $900,000 The Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDC) settled a wrongful death complaint for $900,000 when a prisoner who was hogtied in a prison classroom died of traumatic asphyxia from the application of such restraint. …
NIC Report: Wisconsin Jails Racist and Dangerous by Gary Hunter On January 31, 2008, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) issued a 139-page report detailing numerous flaws in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin jail system. The Milwaukee House of Correction (HOC), the Community Corrections Center (CCC) and the County Jail Facility (CJF) …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
NCCHC Releases Position Statement on Abuse of Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 14, 2007, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) issued a position paper in response to the abuse of prisoners. The NCCHC is an organization dedicated to improving professionalism and safety in the …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case by Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case An Indiana federal jury has awarded a state prisoner $200,000 for a guard’s use of excessive force. The claim arose from an incident that occurred at the Wabash Correctional Facility on April 21, …
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