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Brief • February 27, 2008
Ross v. Blake, US, Respondent's Lodging, guard brutality grievance, 2008 No. 15-339 In the Supreme Court of the United States MICHAEL ROSS, Petitioner, v. SHAIDON BLAKE, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit RESPONDENT’S LODGING JEFFREY J. VANDAM Mayer Brown LLP …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County's Jail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson A few months after two prisoners in the downtown King County Jail in Seattle, Washington …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled by On March 19, 2007, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, award $4,250 to a state prisoner who fell and injured his knee while walking to a transport van in leg shackles. State prisoner Earl Martin, 54, fell …
Brief • February 14, 2008
Payne v. Parnell, TX, Settlement Agreement, Cattle Prod Torture, 2008 Case No. bale_ Plaintiffs —CV i•12 ctL In the Di ;L(- Court of , Texas iccrytel Defendants SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 1. The parties hereto agree to settle all claims and controversies between them, asserted or assertable in this case. 2. The …
California Appellate Court Overturns $177,000 Prisoner Beating Verdict by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal (4th District) has reversed a $177,000 jury verdict against Orange County and its Sheriff, Michael Carona, finding that no substantial evidence supported the verdict and that the award of punitive damages violated …
First Circuit Upholds Ex-Boston Guard’s 46-Month Prisoner-Abuse Sentence by Matthew Clarke First Circuit Upholds Ex-Boston Guard's 46-Month Prisoner-Abuse Sentence by Matthew T. Clarke The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a 46-month prison sentence imposed on a former guard at the Nassau Street Jail in Boston, Massachusetts for beating …
First Circuit Upholds $500,000 Award for Whistle-Blowing Boston Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On March 29, 2005, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $500,000 jury award in favor of a former guard at a Boston jail who was harassed by fellow guards after he reported …
Short-Term Injuries Sufficient to Recover Mental and Emotional Damages under PLRA by A Florida federal district court has held that a prisoner's failure to prove long-term physical injuries does not bar a request for damages for long-term mental and emotional injuries. That ruling came in a civil rights action filed …
PA Prisoner's Civil Rights Action Viable Because Factual Dispute Exists by Vincent Cortlessa, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, sued guards and a private health care company in federal district court after the guards beat him and the health care company didn't provide him with adequate care. He argued that these actions …
Records Unsealed, Doors Re-opened to Proceedings in Maryland Police Shooting Settlement by Maryland newspaper The Baltimore Sun (Sun) sought reversal of a 1999 court order closing courtroom doors and sealing records in a civil settlement for wrongful death following a shooting by police. On a writ of certiorari, the appellate …
US appellate court rejects British victims' suit for Guantánamo torture damages by By John Burton On January 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a case brought by four British citizens seeking money damages to compensate them for having been tortured by the …
Article • January 15, 2008
Taser Shareholders Accept $20 Million in Security Fraud Action Pending Court Approval by On August 9, 2006, Taser International, Inc. (Taser) proposed $20 million in company stock, cash and insurance proceeds to settle shareholder class action and derivative suits pending in the U.S. District Court for Arizona and derivative suits …
Eleventh Circuit Condemns One-Sentence Qualified Immunity Denial Order by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Alabama federal district court?s order denying jail officials? motions to dismiss on qualified immunity ground, admonishing the district court for only entering ?one sentence orders denying? the motions. Kevin Danley sued under …
Wrongful Death Suit Against LA County Jail Settles For $750,000 by The surviving family of an untreated and mistreated mentally unstable diabetic prisoner who died at the Los Angeles, California (LA) County Jail settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the county and LA Sheriff?s officials for $750,000 in May 2007. …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
$35,000 Jury Award in Massachusetts Prisoner’s Assault by Guards by $35,000 Jury Award in Massachusetts Prisoner's Assault by Guards A jury awarded a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Facility at Walpole $35,000 for guards' negligence for failing to intercede to stop an excessive use of force. After one guard began …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas Jailer’s 78-Month Sentence for Brutalizing Prisoners by Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas Jailer's 78-Month Sentence for Brutalizing Prisoners The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the criminal conviction of an Arkansas jailer for violation of the civil rights of two prisoners whom he beat maliciously and …
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Memo in Support of Plf Mot for Atty Fees, immigration beating, 2008 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 544 Filed 01/08/2008 Page 1 of 43 Derek S. Tarson, Esq. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 909-6000 UNITED STATES …
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Plf Notice of Mot for Atty Fees, immigration beating, 2008 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 541 Filed 01/08/2008 Page 1 of 2 Derek S. Tarson, Esq. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 909-6000 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT …
Brief • December 26, 2007
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Order, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 540 Filed 12/26/2007 Page 1 of 1
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