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Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Washington DOC Settles MRSA Death Claim for $125,000 by Brandon Sample The Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) has agreed to pay $125,000 to the family of a prisoner who died from pneumonia caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). On March 27, 2008, Jeremy Swaser was given a check-up by medical …
$3.5 Million Settlement to Former New York Prisoner Convicted Due to Perjured Testimony by The City of New York has paid $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by an innocent man who spent 12 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of attempted murder. The conviction was obtained by …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $38,000 in Too-Much-Medicine Suit by On November 19, 2008, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $38,000 to a woman who was improperly administered her seizure medication. The settlement resulted after Cindi J. Heihn, a prisoner at the Washington Corrections Center for Women …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Kentucky Law Retroactively Applied to Award Street Credit by The Kentucky Supreme Court has held that a law that applies “street credit” to released prisoners effectively suspends existing statutory law that specifies time spent on parole does not count towards a prisoner’s maximum sentence. The Court accepted transfer of appeals …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Aryan Warriors Prison Gang Prosecuted in Nevada by Gary Hunter Nevada prison officials recently had to come to grips with two stark realities. First, for decades their correctional facilities have been a haven for gang-related crime and brutality, and second, the state’s own corrupt prison guards played a role in …
$500,000 Settlement in Maryland Prisoner’s Death from Pepper Spraying by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A half-million dollar settlement was paid to the family of a Maryland prisoner who died when prison officials used excessive pepper spray while extracting him from his cell, and then failed to provide medical …
Washington DOC Pays $3,275,000 to Family of Deputy Killed by Former Prisoner by In September 2009, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a King County deputy who was murdered by a recently-released prisoner. On December 2, 2006, while …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
$140,000 Settlement in Washington Jail Detainee’s Suicide by Pierce County, Washington has paid $120,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed its policies were deliberately indifferent to the risk of suicide by pretrial detainees at the Pierce County Detention and Corrections Center (PCDCC). The City of Lakewood paid an additional …
New York City Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit for $62,001 by On August 11, 2009, the City of New York agreed to settle a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit brought by a former prisoner who alleged that he was beaten without provocation by guards at the George Motchan Detention Center. …
Seventh Circuit: Catholic Prisoner’s Religious Diet Lawsuit Remanded by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a Catholic prisoner’s free exercise of religion was substantially burdened because he was denied a non-meat diet on Fridays and during Lent. In 2003, Illinois state prisoner Brian …
SORNA Challenges Produce Mixed Results; Supreme Court Weighs In by Brandon Sample Over the past several years a split has developed between the federal courts of appeal over the scope and constitutionality of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), a component of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection …
Brief • August 13, 2010
Filed under: Evidence, Discovery
Connick v. Thompson, US, Writ of certiorari, Amicus Brief, Brady violations discovery procedures evidence, 2010 NO. 09-571 In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________ HARRY F. CONNICK, in his official capacity as District Attorney, ET AL., Petitioners, v. JOHN THOMPSON, Respondent. ________________ On Writ of Certiorari to the …
Brief • August 11, 2010
Cameron v. City of New York, NY, Motion for Specific Jury Instructions, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-07798-PAC Document 67 Filed 08/11/10 Page 1 of 22 PLAINTIFFS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION FOR SPECIFIC JURY INSTRUCTIONS, TO PRECLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE AT TRIAL, OPPOSING THE BIFURCATION OF THE ISSUE …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Demand Letter, public records indigents right to review depositions, 2010 lS~H JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, ~L. C. 290t NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE DANIEL P. STRUCK SUITE 800 TELEPHONE: 16021263·7323 PHOENIX. ARIZONA 85012 FAX: 1602l20D·7Bl1 PHONE: 1602126'·1700 E·MAIL: DSTRUCK@JSHFIRM.CDM FAX: 16021651·7599 W_Y"W_,~J_;-"fIRM:~!!M. RACHEL LOVE TELEPHONE: 16D21263-1726 FAX: (602l2lJO-7857 …
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 …
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