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Article • August 15, 2008
Drilling Teeth Without Anesthesia and Denial of Lower Bunk Upheld by The plaintiff alleged that the defendant forced him to take an upper bunk despite his visual impairment and made him stay there after he got a medical direction to take a bottom bunk; a month and a half later …
Article • August 15, 2008
Miami Cops Beat, Drag Six Year Old Child by In this police misconduct case, the cops say that they saw the plaintiff breaking windows, pursued him and said "freeze police," and the plaintiff fell down; he then resisted when they picked him up. The plaintiff says he was thrown down …
Article • August 15, 2008
Alabama Prisoner Wins $100 in Excessive Force Suit by On January 1, 2001 Herbert Ivory was an Alabama state prisoner. He was talking with a female guard when 2 sergeants, Michael Hazeley and Darryl Falls, attacked him for no reason. He was seen by a health care person and treated …
Article • August 15, 2008
Applications for North Carolina County Positions Not Subject to Public Records Act by The North Carolina Supreme Court has held that applications for positions with counties are not subject to inspection and disclosure under the State’s Public Records Act. This action came after a Yadkin County Superior Court ordered the …
Article • August 15, 2008
Arizona Prisoner Wins $10,000 for Sexual Battery by Nurse by Leanna Johnson, a Pima County, Arizona prisoner, was subjected to a less than professional pelvic exam by a male nurse at the Pima County, Arizona jail. She sued in state court where the jury awarded her $10,000 in 2001. See: …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Medical, Dental Care
Arizona Prisoner Wins $100,000 for Neglected Dental Needs by Danny Thompson, an Arizona state prisoner, had to pull 5 of his own teeth because Department of Corrections (DOC) dentists wouldn't treat him. He sued in state court where the jury, in 1993, awarded him $100,000 to be split between 3 …
Article • August 15, 2008
Alaska Cops' Personnel Files not Confidential by James Jennings, a former Alaska state prisoner, sued police in state court under state law and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for damages, claiming excessive force, false imprisonment and unconstitutional application of force. The trial court ordered the city of Anchorage to …
Article • August 15, 2008
Alaska PRA Requires Disclosure of Annexation Records by Abigail Fuller, and other Homer, Alaska residents sued the city in state court under the state Public Records Act (PRA), Alaska Stat. § 40.25.100 et see, to compel disclosure of documents used to prepare a petition for annexation of lands adjacent to …
Article • August 15, 2008
Alaska PRA Requires Disclosure of Settlement Agreement by The Anchorage Daily News (newspaper) sued in state court under tae state Public Records Act (Act), Alaska Stat. § 9.25.110 to compel the Anchorage School District (School District) to release a copy of its settlement agreement in a federal suit. The trial …
Author Jack Abbott’s Snitching Cannot Prevent Transfer by On September 23, 1983, the Eighth Circuit court of appeals held that a prisoner who claimed to be in danger for having snitched on other prisoners cannot prevent his own transfer to a prison where he claimed be would be in danger …
Article • August 15, 2008
Brain Damage, Blindness from California Prison Shooting Nets $2 Million Settlement by A California prisoner who was shot during a prison disturbance was paid $2 million to settle his suit. On August 28, 1993, 37-year-old Kenneth Newton was confined at California’s Chuckwalla Valley State Prison, when a disturbance erupted on …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
CA Man Wrongly Jailed Wins $90,000 in Civil Rights Action by Maurice Goodman, a Black San Mateo County, CA paralegal and coach of a youth football team, was in Salinas, CA. with his team for a weekend game. He was stopped outside his motel room and harassed by Salinas police …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Cops' Internal Affairs Investigation Records Exempt from Disclosure under State PRA by The Press-Enterprise (newspaper) sued the city of Hemet, California in state court under the state Public Records Act (PRA), Cal. Gov't Code § 6250 et seq to compel disclosure of records pertaining to a police internal affairs …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Cop's Termination Papers Exempt from Disclosure under State PRA by The Copely Press sued the San Diego County Civil Service Commission (Commission) in state court under the state Public Records Act (PRA) Gov. Code § 6250 et seq to compel disclosure of documents pertaining to a cop's termination. The …
Article • August 15, 2008
California PRA Doesn't Require Disclosure of Cops' Personnel Files by Freedom Newspapers (newspaper) sued in state court under the state Public Records Act (PRA), Cal. Gov't Code § 3250 at seq, to compel the San Bernardino County Sheriff (Sheriff) to disclose the personnel files of two deputies who were disciplined …
California PRA Requires Disclosure of the Names of Cops Who Shot Civilian by The Santa Barbara News-Press (newspaper), a subsidiary of the New York Times Co., sued the county sheriff (Sheriff) in state court under the state Public Records Act (PRA), Cal. Gov't Code § 6250 et seq, to compel …
California Prison Gang Information Ruled Confidential by Arturo Losoya and Robert Aguirre, California state prisoners, sought discovery in their state court criminal trials of investigatory security files on gang activity. The trial court ordered prison officials to produce the information, and the Department of Corrections (DOC) appealed. On appeal: the …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Requires Disclosure of Transcript of Cop's Disciplinary Hearing by Patrick Bradshaw, a Los Angeles, (LA) California cop, sued LA in state court for violating his privacy rights when his supervisors released a copy of his disciplinary hearing transcript to the media. The trial court dismissed, finding that no statutory …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Sheriffs Entitled to Sovereign Immunity by The California Supreme Court has held that a sheriffs act on behalf of the state when performing law enforcement activities, which makes them absolutely immune from tort liability under 42 U.S.C. §1983 action. That rationale comes because the Court found that California sheriffs …
Article • August 15, 2008
Challenge to BOP Writer Byline Rule “As Applied” Dismissed by A Colorado Federal District Court has refused to reinstate “as applied claims” in a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) byline/reported prohibition or dismiss the remaining racial claim to 28 C.F.R. §540.20(h). In response to that lawsuit, BOP altered …
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