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Article • April 15, 2013
Probationary State Employee Legally Terminated by Seventh Circuit of Appeals denied First Amendment retaliatory claim and violation of procedural due process rights. Samone Redd, a probationary employee with the Cook County Department of Correction, witnessed an argument outside of a Chicago residence and rode with Detective Doughty to locate the …
Article • April 15, 2013
Sixth Circuit Court Reverses a First Amendment Retaliation Issue by The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded in May 2012 a Michigan district court’s decision for the defendant in a prison guard’s suit against prison officials for retaliatory job reassignment at the prison. Ruth …
White v. Lynch, FL, Decision on Class Complaint, Sexual Harassment Female Guards, 2013 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION MIAMI DISTRICT OFFICE HEARINGS UNIT DECISION In the Complaint of Taronica White, Et al., v. EEOC Case No. 510-2012-00077X Eric Holder, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau …
Article • March 15, 2013
New Hampshire Supreme Court Reverses Guard’s $2 Million Verdict by The New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned a $2 million award to two prison guards who were fired based on false reports, holding the award exceeds the state law cap. The facts giving rise to the lawsuit came from the April …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Supreme Court Extends Qualified Immunity to Private Attorney by The U.S. Supreme Court has extended qualified immunity to a private lawyer who was retained by a city to serve as an internal affairs investigator. In August 2006, Rialto, California firefighter Nicholas Delia became ill while responding to a fire. His …
Idaho Supreme Court Affirms Firing of PHS Medical Director by The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a prison doctor’s challenge to his job termination, stemming from his abusive treatment of a prisoner. Dr. John F. Noak was the medical director for Prison Health Services (PHS), …
Former California Prison Guard Resentenced Following Assault Conviction by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a 51-month sentence imposed on a former California prison guard convicted of assaulting two prisoners, on the ground that during sentencing the district court had relied on unreliable allegations made by a jailhouse …
Lakics v. Zaruba, IL, Complaint, Employment Discrimination, 2013 Case: 1:09-cv-06929 Document #: 88 Filed: 02/01/13 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:2350 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SUSAN LAKICS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
Brief • February 1, 2013
Mitter v. County of DuPage, IL, Complaint, Employment Discrimination - Disability, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-00841 Document #: 1 Filed: 02/01/13 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HANNAH MITTER, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF DUPAGE and DR. BLAIN CUSACK …
NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees by NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees On October 31, 2011, a state court jury found that the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (NHDOC) …
California: Jail Nurse Receives $703,957 in Retaliation Suit Against County, PHS by On December 15, 2011, following a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco awarded Freddie M. Davis, formerly employed at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, $528,957 in damages stemming from retaliation she experienced after she and other …
Article • October 15, 2012
Bad behavior in state workplace costs taxpayers nearly $2m in settlements by Naomi Schalit By: John Christie, Matt Drange and Naomi Schalit | December 19, 2012 One corrections officer spread a false rumor that the new female officer at the state prison in South Windham was a stripper. Another one …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
California Pays $295,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Sikh Barred from Employment as Prison Guard by California Pays $295,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Sikh Barred from Employment as Prison Guard In August 2011, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a religious discrimination suit filed …
Article • July 15, 2012
Vermont Guard-Lovers Barred From Working Same Shift by The Vermont Supreme Court upheld a Labor Relations Board (LRB) decision prohibiting a prison guard from working the same shift as her domestic partner. Since 1999, Charles Cross has worked as a Correctional Facility Shift Supervisor (CFSS) at Vermont's Northwest State Correctional …
Washington Cop Retaliation Nets $1.65 Million by On September 4, 2008, Vancouver, Washington officials agreed to pay a nationally decorated police officer $1,650,000 to settle racial discrimination and retaliation claims. In 2000, Officer Navin Sharma of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Former California Assistant Sheriff Awarded $183,688 in Backpay Despite State and Federal Convictions by The California Court of Appeal has held that former Orange County Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo is entitled to backpay of $183,688.66 from the time he was improperly fired from the sheriff’s department in March 2004 until …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Guard/Police Unions Sue over Healthcare Surcharges by "It's basically financial extortion," declared Oregon Department of Corrections Sergeant Michael Van Patten, of a new surcharge of up to $420 a year for state employees who do not participate in Oregon's new health program. In January 2012, Oregon implemented its Health …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Jail Guard Canned for Repeated Gross Negligence by Luck ran out for Oregon jail guard Judith Lucke, on January 2012, when the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld her termination for "gross negligence." Lucke's six year career as a jail guard for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office was a comedy …
Yahnke v. County of Kane, IL, Complaint, Employment Discrimination & Retaliation, 2012 Case: 1:12-cv-05151 Document #: 1 Filed: 06/27/12 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Steven Yahnke, Plaintiff, v. County of Kane, Kane County Sheriff, Patrick …
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