Skip navigation

Search

344 results
Page 14 of 18. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | Next »

Termination of Prospective Relief Under PLRA Constitutional by The defendants in the 30-year class-action Ruiz prison reform suit moved under the PLRA for termination of prospective relief. The district court held a hearing on the motion and denied it, ruling that the termination provisions of the PLRA unconstitutionally violated the …
WA DOC Pays $102,000 to Wife Stabbed During Conjugal Visit by The Washington Department of Corrections settled a lawsuit filed in Thurston county superior court by Heather Hiivala alleging negligence in providing for her safety and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In 1995 she was engaged in a conjugal visit …
New Wrongful Death Trial Prompts $600,000 Settlement; Judge Gave Faulty Jury Instructions, Finds Excessive Force by On December 5, 1999, 29-year-old Damon Lowery's life came to a tragic end while in police custody. More than five years later, with a new trial looming, Portland, Oregon officials paid Lowery's estate $600,000 …
Absurdity Exception Applied to PLRA Attorney Fee Cap in Pre-incarceration Claim by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the attorney's fees of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not apply to prisoner lawsuits arising before their incarceration. The Civil Rights Action, filed by Ralph Robbins, sought …
Article • May 15, 2007
Felony Murder Convict Can't Sue Police for Shooting Him by Under Heck, a convict who was shot by the police during arrest and who was convicted of felony murder for provoking the police to shoot his crime partner could not pursue a § 1983 claim for excessive force insofar as …
No Immunity for Cop Who Shot Arrestee in Holding Cell by The plaintiff was arrested for DWI; while in a police holding cell, an officer shot him in the abdomen under disputed circumstances. The Fourteenth Amendment use of force standard is governed by the factors set out in Johnson v. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Immunity for Shooting Escaping Prisoners by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held, in this Indiana case, that prison guards will generally get qualified immunity when they shoot ad kill escaping prisoners. See: Kinney v. Indiana Youth Center, 950 F.2d 462 (7th Cir. 1991).
Article • May 15, 2007
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Guard in Prisoner Shooting by Upholding decisions by the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a California state prison guard was not entitled to qualified immunity for shooting and killing a state prisoner but that …
Article • May 15, 2007
California Prisoner Shot In Leg and Denied Crutches Awarded $75,002 by On July 17, 1997, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded $75,002 to a prisoner who was shot by a prison guard and deprived of medical equipment prescribed to help him walk. …
Attorney's Must Have Express Authorization To Enter Into Settlement Agreements by In January 1995, Illinois State prisoner Donchii Malone was transferred to Stateville prison where he learned of a contract out on his life. Malone reported this to Warden Godinez and requested transfer to protective custody. Neither happened. A week …
Article • May 15, 2007
$2,000,000 Settlement in California Excessive Force Prison Shooting by On August 28, 1993, while imprisoned at California's Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, Kenneth Newton, 37, found himself in the middle of a riot between African-American and Hispanic prisoners. Many grabbed weapons of opportunity including weights, brooms, sticks, mop handles, and other …
Brief • October 5, 2006
Filed under: Shootings
Toure v. New York, NY, Trial Transcript, Police Shooting, 2006 file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Richard%20Gross/My%20Document...II%20Transcript%20Files/Monaghan.Dir..X.and.Cross.X.(1018-1077).txt 1017 1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS - CIVIL TERM - PART 13 2 ----------------------------------------------X MORY TOURE, 3 Plaintiff, 4 -against5 THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 6 Defendant. 7 ----------------------------------------------X Index No. 11022/96 …
For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners, and the Public, for a Ride by Alex Friedmann According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of June 2005 approximately 2.2 million people were incarcerated in prisons and jails nationwide not including immigration detention centers and …
Standing Up to Corruption by Stephen James Prison Systems co-workers Joe Reynoso and Dave Lewis both were called heroes by their peers. One was an investigator digging into prison crime, and one was accused of a crime. Guess which one was supported by the guards union. In her letter supporting …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Gun-smuggling Prisoners Convicted in Shooting Scam by Gary Hunter Fraud takes many forms but few as bizarre as the one allegedly concocted by D.C. prisoners Shawn Gray, Jamal Jefferson, Leonard Johnson and Fredrick Robinson. On December 20, 2003 all four men were wounded by gunfire inside of the Southeast Washington …
What's Wrong With the ACA? by Elizabeth Alexander The American Correctional Association (ACA) is the largest and best-known organization of prison and jail staff in the country. It offers higher education programs designed to train prison industry professionals and, like a traditional professional association, it certifies persons as members in …
Delaware Prisoner Killed In Hostage Standoff, Counselor Raped by By Michael Rigby On July 12, 2004, Scott A. Miller, a Delaware prisoner serving a 699-year sentence for rape, assault and kidnapping, was shot to death by a prison guard at the Delaware Correctional Center. The shooting ended a 6 ½ …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Rikers Island Gunshot Victims' Suit Dismissed by A New York state court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two men who claimed they were shot while asleep at the Rikers Island prison in New York City. Bronx Judge Alison E. Tuitt dismissed the suit on May 21, 2004four days into …
Wilkins v. City of Oakland, 9th Cir, Appeal, Brief 4th Am police shot by police unjustified deadly force, 2005 No. _________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT _____________________ KELY WILKINS, Individually, as Successor in Interest to Decedent WILLIAM ALBERTO WILKINS, and as Guardian Ad Litem …
Nevada Prisoner Killed in Rec Yard Riot by Nevada Prisoner Killed In Rec Yard Riot On July 13, 2004, racial tension at the High Desert State Prison in southern Nevada erupted into a deadly riot. The fighting, reportedly between Blacks and Hispanics on the rock-strewn recreation yard, left one prisoner …
Page 14 of 18. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | Next »