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Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
$30,000 Paid by Michigan to Prisoner Wrongfully Classified as Sex Offender by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 6, 2023, a Michigan prisoner dismissed his complaint against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) after agreeing to accept $30,000 to settle claims that he suffered the “stigmatizing …
Brief • July 20, 2023
Hernandez v. County of Monterey, CA, Notice on Motion to Intervene Fo the Limited Purpose of Unsealing Records, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 5:13-cv-02354-BLF Document 799 Filed 07/20/23 Page 1 of 7 1 Jaqueline Aranda Osorno (308084) PUBLIC JUSTICE 2 1620 L St. NW, Suite 630 Washington, DC 20036 3 …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$150,000 Verdict for South Carolina Jail Detainee’s Groin Injury During Pat-Down by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm After turning down offers to settle for far less, South Carolina’s Aiken County wound up on the losing side of a $150,000 verdict on November 4, 2022, after a state court jury …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Over $7,600 Awarded to Tennessee Prisoner for Retaliatory Cell Search and Transfer by On March 13, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Tennessee awarded $3,176.67 in costs to a state prisoner in his suit against the warden and three guards at West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP). After …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$15,001 Verdict Against Delaware Guard for Gaping Prisoner’s Butt During Strip Search by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 6, 2023, Judge Paul Wallace in Delaware Superior Court upheld a jury’s $15,001 award for damages against George Pyle, a guard with the state Department of Corrections (DOC), in a …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Prisoner Who Reached $11,400 Retaliation Settlement with South Dakota Jail Tries Again with DOC by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On March 31, 2023, most of South Dakota prisoner Travis McPeek’s federal civil rights claims were dismissed against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) – and he was …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$120,000 Settlement Reached With Long Island Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barret On April 27, 2023, the Ways and Means Committee of New York’s Suffolk County legislature approved a $120,000 settlement with a former detainee assaulted by guards at the county lockup. In addition to …
$500,000 Settlement for Texas Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Child Sex Abuse by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart In 2013, Greg Kelley was a 17-year-old high school football star from Cedar Park, Texas. A good student, he already had a full scholarship to play football for the University of Texas in …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Seventh Circuit: Attorney’s Submission of Illinois Prisoner’s Grievance Exhausts Administrative Remedies by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on January 11, 2023, affirmed a district court ruling that when an Illinois prisoner’s attorney submitted his grievances to the appropriate administrative office …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$142,500 Settlement After Pennsylvania Jail Guard Allegedly Knocked Out Detainee and Broke Her Jaw by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On September 30, 2022, a lawsuit was dismissed against Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County, after a former pretrial detainee at the county lockup reached a $142,500 settlement on claims that a jail …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: Water, Sanitation, Settlements
$50,000 Settlement to Texas Prisoner for Feces-Covered Cell by On July 8, 2022, a Texas prisoner’s decade-long legal battle over grossly unsanitary conditions in his cell finally came to an end, when he stipulated to dismissal of his lawsuit against the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) after accepting a …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Bad Lawyering, Bankruptcy Torpedo Suit Over Delaware Prisoner’s Death by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins After a long run of bad news,formerDelaware prison health care contractor Connections Community Support Programs (CCSP) caught a break when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit involving a prisoner’s withdrawal death after a CCSP nurse …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$1.325 Million Settlement after Virginia Detainee’s Opiate Withdrawal Ignored in Jail by David Reutter by David Reutter On January 31, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia approved a $1.325 million settlement in a suit brought by the estate of Darryl Terrell Becton against the Arlington …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Almost $42,500 Awarded to Illinois Prisoner for Denial of Physical Therapy by Wellpath Nurse by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On May 31, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois awarded attorney’s fees and costs totaling $17,449.90 to a state prisoner who earlier convinced a …
Louisiana Sheriff Coughs Up $2.75 Million After Falsely Claiming Detainee Died From Accidental Fall by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On October 18, 2022, officials in Louisiana’s Bossier Parish agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a federal suit filed over the 2017 death of a detainee in the parish …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On July 15, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nevada awarded $560,587.50 in fees to attorneys representing a state prisoner who earlier settled his medical neglect claim against …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Four Michigan Jail Guards Guilty in Detainee Death, Family Paid $2.4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Just weeks before their trial was to begin on charges of involuntary manslaughter in a detainee’s death, four guards at Michigan’s Muskegon County Jail pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of Willful …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
$3,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner for Denied Public Records by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Ohio issued a writ of mandamus to a state prisoner on December 15, 2022, awarding $3,000 in statutory damages for records he was denied in violation of the state Public …
$775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On November 2, 2022, California’s Monterey County agreed to pay $775,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of Rafael Ramirez Lara, a mentally ill detainee allegedly …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
$17.675 Million Paid for New Yorker’s Wrongful Conviction by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett Johnny Hincapie spent more than 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. On December 7, 2022, New York City agreed to pay Hincapie $12.875 million for his wrongful conviction, one of the …
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