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$500,000 Settlement After BOP Failed To Diagnose Employee's Tumor by Minnesota Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Ruth Sonnek brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2000 after BOP medical examiners failed to diagnose and treat her for a tumor. Their pre employment x ray clearly showed that …
Child's Fingertip Amputated After Guard's Negligence by Wisconsin resident Evonie Bean, guardian of injured minor Tianna Fudge, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after Fudge's fingertip was caught in a prison door and severed while at a prison visit. Details of the 2003 settlement agreement …
Article • March 15, 2009
Civilian's Fall At Michigan Federal Prison Settles For $80,000 by Tennessee State residents Melinda and William Sexton brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after Melinda slipped and fell at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Milan, Michigan, in 1997. The suit settled for $80,000 in …
$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors by Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel's negligence resulted in the death of her husband. The suit settled for $750,000 …
Colorado Federal Facility Segregation Suit Settles For $150 by Colorado federal prisoner Lonnie Benefield brought a Bivens action against United States Penitentiary (USP) personnel at Florence and its warden in 1998 for placing him in segregation without due process. The suit settled for $150. Benefield was allegedly participating in programs …
Federal Prisoner Beaten For Refusing To Testify Against Another Prisoner by Minnesota federal prisoner Allan Parmelee brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against federal guards and marshals in 1993 for excessive force and due process violations after being needlessly beaten for allegedly failing to testify against a prisoner. The …
Article • March 15, 2009
Federal Prisoner's Lost Eyeglasses Suit Settles by Kansas federal prisoner Alan Strong brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after personnel at the United States Penitentiary (USP) at Leavenworth lost eyeglasses valued at approximately $1,000. The suit settled for an undisclosed amount in 1999. Strong was …
Brief • March 9, 2009
State v. Pena-Flores, NJ, AG Letter Urging Postponment Pending Telephone Warrant System (2009) Mutt of New :_qtrzeg OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY PO Box 080 NJ 08625-0080 March 9, 2009 JON S. CORZINE Governor TRENTON ANNE MILGRAM Attorney General Honorable Chief Justice and Associate …
Brief • March 6, 2009
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Surratt v. Walker, IL, Plaintiff's First Interrogatories, Guard Sexual Assault, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION BRANDY SURRATT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ROGER WALKER, DEBBIE DENNING, ) MARY SIGLER, PAMELA HARRIS, ) DEBBIE WINTERS, GRANT OGBURN ) LYNN HODGES …
Brief • March 2, 2009
Prison Legal News v. CCA,TN, MTF Amicus Brief, public records, 2009
Brief • February 25, 2009
Filed under: Labor Racketeering
B. W. V. Powell, PA, Complaint, Racketeering, 2009 Case 3:09-cv-00286-CCC Document 3-5 Filed 02/25/09 Page 1 of 102 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA B.W., a minor, by FLORENCE WALLACE : Parent and Natural Guardian, and : FLORENCE WALLACE in her own right, : JEFFREY ARNOTT, DAWN BABBITT, …
Brief • February 25, 2009
Filed under: Bedding
Townsend v. Allen, WI, Settlement, conditions mattress, 2009 Case: 3:05-cv-00204-bbc Document # : 247 Filed: 02/25/2009 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN REGGIE TOWNSEND, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 05-C-204-C JERRY ALLEN , Defendant. STIPULATED ORDER OF DISMISSAL The undersigned hereby stipulate that …
Article • February 15, 2009
Nevada Revamps Rules Regarding Sealing And Redacting Court Records by The Nevada Supreme Court approved an amendment to Part VII of the Supreme Court Rules Governing Sealing and Redacting Records in 2007. The amendment applies to all civil actions with the exception of specific statutory provisions. Due to concern by …
Article • February 15, 2009
Nevada Seeks Non Judicial, Independent Appointment of Public Defenders by The Nevada Supreme Court ordered the creation of an Indigent Defense Commission (IDC) in 2007 to study and make suggestions regarding concerns for the selection, appointment, compensation, qualifications, performance standards and caseloads of public defenders. The Public Defender's Office was …
Article • February 15, 2009
Ninth Circuit Upholds Admission of Statements to Police in Phone Conversation Absent Miranda Warning by Washington State prisoner Habib Saleh sought review of his federal habeas corpus denial challenging the admission of statements made in a voluntary phone conversation he initiated at his trial for first degree murder. The court …
Pennsylvania Prison Official Settles Termination Lawsuit For Investigating Beating by Former Pennsylvania county prison official, Lt. Constance Bowers, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit after being terminated in 2004, two months short of 20 years service to the state. She was allegedly terminated for failure to end an investigation …
Article • February 15, 2009
Plaintiff Held Mostly Liable After Tort Action Against BOP Backfires by Kentucky resident Carolyn Eichler and others brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the United States after a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) bus collided with their vehicle. Various plaintiffs alleged damages and the court determined that Eichler, the …
Article • February 15, 2009
Why Does Pennsylvania Have the Death Penalty? Still Asking by Robert Zaller Dr. Robert Zaller, Professor of History, Drexel University March 6, my colleague Julia Hall and I moderated a symposium at Drexel's law school to address the question of Pennsylvania's death penalty. It pulled together a distinguished panel from …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
California Sex Offender’s Probation Travel Restrictions Abated by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Kenneth Smith was convicted of committing a lewd act on his stepdaughter and sentenced to three years in prison, which was suspended in lieu of five years probation. Upon learning that Los Angeles County had a …
Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine by Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held the favorable-termination doctrine does not apply to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions brought by prisoners who were foreclosed from challenging their incarceration in a habeas …
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