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Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Washington State Prisoner Granted Preliminary Injunction to Treat Neuroma; Case Settles for $120,000 by On Sept. 17, 2010, a federal district court in Washington State granted a preliminary injunction to a state prisoner, requiring prison officials to provide necessary medical treatment. The preliminary injunction was issued in a civil rights …
Bane v. Virginia DOC, VA, Complaint, Disabled Prisoner Injured in Handcuffs, 2012 CLERKS OFFICE U S. Case 7:12-cv-00159-JCT-RSB Document 1 Filed 04/05/12 Page 1 of 20 Pageid#: 1DISI.COURT AT ROM OKE,VA FlkFZD AF2 2 5 2212 JULIA C.DU E CLE IN TH E UN ITED STA TES D ISTRIC T …
Ramirez v. Robinson, UT, Amended Complaint, sex offender treatment mentally disabled, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-01199-CW Document 9 Filed 02/13/12 Page 1 of 7 Case 2:11-cv-01199-CW Document 9 Filed 02/13/12 Page 2 of 7 Case 2:11-cv-01199-CW Document 9 Filed 02/13/12 Page 3 of 7 Case 2:11-cv-01199-CW Document 9 Filed 02/13/12 Page 4 …
Brief • January 13, 2012
Armstrong v. Brown, CA, Order Enforce Permanent Injunction, 2012 Case4:94-cv-02307-CW Document1974 Filed01/13/12 Page1 of 43 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., 5 6 7 Plaintiffs, v. EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., 8 9 No. C …
Ramirez v. Robinson, UT, Complaint, sex offender treatment mentally disabled, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-01199-CW Document 6 Filed 12/29/11 Page 1 of 7 • FILED U.S. DISTRiCT COURT 2011 DEC 2'1 P 2: 3'1 DISTRiCT Richard Ramirez Attorney Pro Se Utah State Prison P.O. Box 250 Draper, Utah 84020 iJ TAt! DEC …
Morris v. Dallas County, TX, 2nd Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - ADA, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00527-K Document 40 Filed 12/16/11 Page 1 of 14 PageID 204 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION ARTHUR MORRIS and BEVERLY MORRIS, Individually and as Representative of the …
Ninth Circuit Holds California Prison Officials Responsible for Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Disabled Prisoners and Parolees Held in County Jails by In the latest chapter of a legal saga spanning 16 years, on September 7, 2010 the Ninth Circuit rejected a renewed attempt by California prison officials to shirk their …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
California: Orange County Jail System Ordered to Remedy ADA Violations by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Following remand from the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Pierce v. County of Orange, 525 F.3d 1190 (9th Cir. 2008) [PLN, Feb. 2009, p.34], U.S. District Court Judge Audrey B. Collins held on January 7, …
Article • August 15, 2011
Federal BOP Discharges Severely Disabled Prisoner To Closed Homeless Shelter by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 8, 2008, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) discharged prisoner Michael McHone from its Edgefield, South Carolina prison to spend his first night in a motel. The next day, a Saturday, …
Armstrong v. Brown, CA, Order Granting Motion to Compel Attorney Fees, 2011 Case4:94-cv-02307-CW Document1919 1 Filed08/08/11 Page1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 No. C 94-2307 CW JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., 5 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL COMPENSATION …
No Immunity for Abandonment of Disabled Prisoner by The Nevada Supreme Court, sitting En Banc, held that prison officials are liable for releasing disabled prisoners into conditions where they can’t be cared for. Nevada prisoner George Butler threw rocks at other prisoners in an October 1997 quarrel over a drug …
Article • July 15, 2011
Pierce County, Washington Personal Injury Results in $1,200 Settlement by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $1,200 to settle a prisoner’s personal injury claim. In October 2001, prisoner James E. Thomas had a grand mal seizure, which caused him to have a spinal injury, while in court at the Pierce County …
Texas Prison System Must Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Visitors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 2, 2010, a Texas federal court entered summary judgment in favor of a visitor to a state prisoner who had sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for failing to adequately accommodate his disability. …
Judge Declines to Terminate Orders Requiring Air-conditioned Housing for Heat-sensitive Prisoners by Brandon Sample New York U.S. District Court Judge Harold Baer, Jr. has declined to terminate a series of orders requiring New York City jail officials to house “heat-sensitive” prisoners in air-conditioned cells when temperatures reach 85 degrees Fahrenheit …
Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison by On August 23, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Wisconsin filed a settlement agreement in U.S. District Court that will improve medical and mental health care and conditions of confinement for disabled prisoners …
Eleventh Circuit Finds Disabled Prisoner in Imminent Danger for Filing Fee Purposes by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a Georgia federal district court’s injunction that prohibited a prisoner from submitting future filings, and reversed the lower court’s dismissal of the prisoner’s …
Article • May 15, 2011
One-legged man forced to climb into top bunk wins $1,000 by On September 27, 2009, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $1,000 to a disabled man who was injured after being forced to climb into a top bunk. William Mercer sued the District after falling twice while attempting to …
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,500 to Paraplegic Prisoner for Disability-Based Discrimination by On January 27, 2006, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,500 to a paraplegic prisoner who received inadequate medical care and was discriminated against because of his disability. John Chauers, a DOC prisoner …
Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois “Crutch Policy” Case; District Court to Evaluate Class Certification for Damages by Mark Wilson The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s denial of class certification for injunctive relief, but remanded for further consideration of class certification for damages in an Illinois jail medical …
Federal Court Rejects California’s Attempt to Terminate Clark Remedial Plan, Grants $2.3 Million in Attorney’s Fees by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On August 26, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law after conducting a hearing to …
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