$111,000 Settlement for Wrongfully Incarcerated Ohio Prisoner by On June 12, 2017, the Ohio Controlling Board voted to settle a wrongful incarceration suit brought by a man whom prosecutors had called a “major supplier” of cocaine, after a judge ignored the reversal of his conviction by an appellate court and …
Ineffective Treatment of Ohio Prisoner’s Psoriasis Defeats Summary Judgment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 16, 2017 that an Ohio prisoner presented sufficient evidence to survive summary judgment in a claim that prison medical officials chose a less efficacious treatment method. Ohio prisoner Kevin Darrah was …
Ohio Experiences Continued Problems with Aramark by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) overpaid food service giant Aramark $57,193 for food provided to nonexistent prisoners, investigators found. The overpayment was uncovered by the state Office of the Inspector General (OIG). According to a …
Ohio v. Noling, OH, Opinion, DNA, 2018 [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Noling, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-795.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio …
McVay v. State of Ohio, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 FiLED 'i IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO COURT OF CL/UMS OF OHIO 2018 FEB -5 AM IQ: 36 Claim Form 2 0 1 8 - 0 0 l 4 1AO. Case Number -----=-_,---,---for Court use only CLAIMANT: (1) …
Hill v. Anderson, OH, Opinion, Death Penalty, Habeas, Disability, 2018 RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0024p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DANNY HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, ┐ │ │ > v. CARL ANDERSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. │ │ │ │ │ │ …
Ohio Experiences Continued Problems with Aramark by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) over­paid food service giant Aramark $57,193 for food provided to nonexistent prisoners, investigators found. The overpayment was uncovered by the state Office of the Inspector General (OIG). According to a …
$9,000 Settles Ohio Prisoner's Trip-and-Fall Suit by On December 9, 2015, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) settled for $9,000 a lawsuit brought by a DOR prisoner who fell and injured himself. Dale Tackett, then in his 40s, was transferred to Richland Correctional Institution on July 10, 2012. As he …
Harmon v. Hamilton County, OH, Settlement, 2017 On motion of Mr. Portune, seconded by Ms. Driehaus the following reso tion was adopted... ( COMRS MIN. VOL, 348 DEC 2 0 2017 q51 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF A CIVIL ACTION INVOLVING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO …
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Union's Challenge to Prison Privatization by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 11, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association's (OCSEA) challenge to the statute allowing for the private operation or sale of certain Ohio state prisons. In doing so, …
Did Ohio’s Prison Farm Sale Net Pennies on the Dollar? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 12, 2016, Gary Mohr, the director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), announced that the state would phase out farming at 10 prisons. Since then, farm animals and equipment …
Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis James Dimora, 61, was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner when he was indicted on federal racketeering and corruption charges in April 2012. While awaiting trial at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, operated by Corrections Corporation …
Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Longer Second Continuance on Parole Eligibility Is Not Proof of Punitive Action by David Reutter by David Reutter The Ohio Supreme Court held that an Ohio prisoner's mandamus, alleging that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRS) failed to comply with its clear legal duty …
Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio by Dale Johnston was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter and her boyfriend and sentenced to death. The decision of a three-judge panel in 1984 was based in part on testimony from a hypnotized witness. He always denied having …
Dumas v. Chappell, OH, Settlement, Restraint Chair Punch, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, entered into this 31st day of October, 2017, by and between LUCILLE DUMAS and MADELINE CHAPPELL, CRAIG MUROWSKY, DELONTE BROWN, CHERYL MOTT, MACARTHUR WILLIAMS, and CUYAHOGA …
Irizarry v. Ring, OH, Amended Complaint, Illegal Strip Search, 2017 Case: 2:17-cv-00744-MHW-KAJ Doc #: 20 Filed: 12/05/17 Page: 1 of 18 PAGEID #: 104 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION Jose Irizarry, Case No. 2:17-CV-0744 Plaintiff, v. Judge Michael H. Watson Lieutenant …
