$5,000 Award for Pro Se Florida DOC Prisoner in Unjustified Pepper Spraying by A Florida federal district court awarded $5,000 to a prisoner on September 16, 2020, for a guard’s use of excessive force. While at Everglades Correctional Institution, Florida prisoner Mazzard B. McMillian and other prisoners were found in …
Broward County Florida Sheriff Rejects Independent Reviews of Detainee’s Death by Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) has refused overtures to allow an independent investigation into the death of a pretrial detainee. Kevin Desir, 43, lost consciousness during a January 17, 2021, confrontation with guards at the Broward County Jail …
HRDC Represents Wrongfully Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 37 Years in Prison for a Rape Murder He Did Not Commit by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A Florida man who spent 37 years in prison on a wrongful rape murder conviction filed a federal lawsuit on October 4, 2021, against …
G.H. V. Tamayo, FL, Order Certifying Class, Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00431-RH-MJF Document 157 Filed 10/22/21 Page 1 of 15 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION G.H. et al, Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. 4:19cv431-RH-MJF JOSEFINA TAMAYO …
Alexander v. USA, FL, Objections to Motion, Sexual Battery, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CHARNESHA ALEXANDER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 4:19-cv-138-RH-MAF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and PAUL ROLSTON, Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTIONS TO MOTION FOR COSTS BY DEFENDANT PAUL ROLSTON COMES NOW, Plaintiff …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …
Pay-to-Play Lives in FEC Decision Not to Enforce Ban on Political Contributions by Boca Prison Contractor The GEO Group by Dan Christensen by Dan Christensen, Florida Bulldog, September 20, 2021 In a ruling that undermines an 81-year-old anti-corruption law prohibiting pay-to-play political contributions by federal contractors, an impotent Federal Election …
Protective Order Issued in Florida Solitary Confinement Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court granted a protective order to protect “putative class members from retaliatory, chilling, or harassing conduct” and to prohibit “Defendants from improperly communicating with putative class members about th[e] lawsuit.” The …
Eleventh Circuit Grants Prisoner with Hep C Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, held a prisoner who had symptoms of fibrosis from Hepatitis C (HCV) and claimed prison officials refused to treat him was sufficient to satisfy that he …
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Response in Opposition to Motion, Prison Conditions, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 346 Filed 10/01/21 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division _________________________________ ) JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) ) HARVARD, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No.: 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF …
Webb v. English, FL, Order, Unlawful Search, 2021 Case 3:19-cv-00975-MMH-JBT Document 78 Filed 09/23/21 Page 1 of 44 PageID 1380 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION DILLON S. WEBB, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 3:19-cv-975-MMH-JBT TRAVIS M. ENGLISH, MARK A. HUNTER, Sheriff, and CHAD KIRBY, Defendants. ORDER …
Barnett v. Tony, FL, Declaration of Homer Venters, COVID Response, 2021 Case 0:20-cv-61113-WPD Document 131-8 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/21/2021 Page 1 of 53 Exhibit 8 Case 0:20-cv-61113-WPD Document 131-8 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/21/2021 Page 2 of 53 Declaration of Homer Venters, M.D., M.S. Regarding COVID-19 Inspection of Broward …
Alexander v. Rolston, FL, Verdict, Sexual Abuse, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00138-RH-MAF Document 167 Filed 09/16/21 Page 1 of 3 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CHARNESHA ALEXANDER, Plaintiff, CASE NO. 4:19cv138-RH-MAF V. PAUL ROLSTON, Defendant. - - - - …
Federal Trade Commission v. Inmate Magazine Service, FL, Settlement, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-00294-TKW-HTC Document 34 Filed 09/07/21 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, and OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF …
Report Shows COVID-19 Reduced Life Expectancy for Prisoners in Florida, Same Likely for Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prisoners have faced a “substantially elevated total mortality risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the elevated risk for COVID-19 infection found in previous studies,” concluded a …
News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …
HRDC Sues Florida DOC Over Censorship, for the Third Time in 18 Years by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The publisher of Prison Legal News(PLN)and Criminal Legal News (CLN)filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) on August 10, 2021, for “ongoing censorship” of both monthly publications …
New Clemency Rules Expected to Expedite Civil Rights Restoration in Florida by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Cabinet and Governor Ron DeSantis collaborated to restructure the state’s clemency rules, streamlining the application process and automating certain aspects in an effort to expedite civil rights restoration for ex-offenders. The …
Florida Files Environmental Lawsuit Against Phosphate Company Pollution by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisoners Remain Exposed and Without Evacuation Plans by Panagioti Tsolkas "We kept seeing them move the cows, but they didn’t move us.” That was one reply to a series of interviews with people recently held at the Manatee County …
Florida’s Brutal Prison System Will Continue to Subsidize Rural Economies, With No Meaningful Reform in Sight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When the Florida Legislature opened for its annual 60-day session in March 2021, hopes were high that at least some of the criminal justice reform bills would …
