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Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Dental Care
$2500 Settlement for Poor Dental Care by D.C. Corrections by On March 19, 2003, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $2500 to a prisoner to resolve allegations of inadequate medical care. Ondrae Gant went to medical at Central Facility complaining of tooth pain. He had a decaying tooth that …
Article • May 15, 2011
Assault Caused by Overcrowding, Negligent Control of Contraband Settles for $27,000 by On December 30, 1999, the District of Columbia agreed to settle a negligence suit for $27,000. The suit alleged guards at D.C.’s Occoquan Facility failed to protect a prisoner from assault. On February 9, 1996, Mitchell Goings was …
Article • May 15, 2011
Assault Tied to Overcrowding and Negligent Control of Weapons Results in $10,000 Settlement by On July 23, 1999, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $10,000 to a man who was brutally assaulted while in juvenile detention at D.C.’s Youth Center I. The complaint, filed by Roy Harris, alleged that …
Attorney Fees and Costs Against Exoneree Who Lost Lawsuit Denied by On May 21, 2009, a Michigan federal court denied a motion by defendants for attorney fees and costs in an unsuccessful lawsuit brought by an exoneree. During a custody dispute with his ex-girlfriend in 1987, Mark Norman Cleary's seven-year-old …
Austin, Texas Settles Police Shooting Report Access Suit for $12,000 by On June 3, 2010, the City of Austin, Texas agreed to pay $12,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP). TCRP Director Jim Harrington said the group agreed to the settlement, which covers TCRP's …
Article • May 15, 2011
California Civil Detainee Convicted of Assaulting Guard by California’s Fourth District Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction for battery upon a custodial officer against a “civil committee.” Following the jury’s verdict, a sentence of eight years was imposed upon “two strikes offender” Jeremy Noel Dooley. Dooley was a civil …
Court Orders ICE to Produce Metadata in Responding to FOIA Request by U.S. District Judge Shire A. Scheindlin has ordered the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) to turn over thousands of documents and emails in electronic format. The plaintiffs, immigration rights organizations, sought records from ICE concerning its …
Article • May 15, 2011
D.C. Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Settle Negligence Suit Over Conditions at Lorton by On August 3, 2000, the District of Columbia agreed to settle a negligence suit brought on behalf of a prisoner at the now-closed Lorton Reformatory. On September 13, 1996, guards instructed Keith John Lewis to move …
D.C. Agrees to Pay $2,700 to Settle FOIA/Civil Rights Claims Over Use of Tear Gas by On August 23, 2004, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $2,700 to a former prisoner at the D.C. Jail in order to settle two suits—one under the Freedom of Information Act (FIOA), and …
Article • May 15, 2011
D.C. Agrees to Pay $4,000 to Settle Lorton Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit by On August 24, 2001, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $4,000 to a man who was assaulted at Lorton Reformatory. Darnell Meeks was assaulted on June 23, 2000, while incarcerated at Central Facility, a portion …
Article • May 15, 2011
D.C. Agrees to Pay $8,500 after Denying Former Guard Severance Pay by On July 29, 2005, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $8,500 to settle claims by a former guard who claimed that he was improperly denied his severance pay. In 2001, John McCauley received a notice from his …
D.C. Settles Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit for $3,000 by On June 5, 2002, the District of Columbia agreed to settle a suit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly sexually harassed and then was retaliated against after reporting the harassment. Wallace Mitchell alleged that on or about December 27, …
D.C. Settles Gender- and Race-Based Work Discrimination Suit for $140,000 by On February 7, 2007, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $140,000 to a former Department of Corrections (DOC) employee who alleged that she was discriminated against because of her sex. Brenda Makins was terminated from her job at …
Article • May 15, 2011
Disabled Washington Prisoner Paid $15,000 for Concussion, Neck Injury by On October 14, 2004, the State of Washington paid $15,000 to settle with a prisoner who was injured when a handicapped shower bench collapsed at the Stafford Creek Correctional Center. The prisoner, who suffered severe neck injury, a concussion, and …
Article • May 15, 2011
TDCJ Pays $80,162.50 to Settle Suit over Truck Collision by In June, 2004, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) agreed to settle a lawsuit over a collision caused by a prisoner-driven tractor trailer for $80,162.50. On July 20, 2000, Texas state prisoner Richard Wayne Howe, Jr. was driving a …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Juries
Washington Court of Appeals: Juror's Experiment Not Grounds for Reversal by On September 14, 2009, the Washington State Court of Appeals held that a juror's home experiment based upon testimony he heard in a murder trial was not misconduct and therefore not grounds for reversal of the conviction. Daniel Jay …
Seventh Circuit: Habitual Disciplinary Offender Finding Does Not Open Door to Attacking Prior Disciplinary Convictions by On September 12, 2008, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that a prison's finding that a prisoner was a habitual disciplinary offender and punishing him therefore does not open the door for a …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Appeals, Sentencing, Restitution
No Automatic Abatement upon Death of Defendant; Heirs May Be Substituted As Parties in Order to Contest Financial Obligations of Deceased Defendant by A criminal defendant who dies during the pendency of his appeal is not entitled to abatement of his conviction or restitution obligations, the Supreme Court of Washington …
Article • May 15, 2011
Judge Rejects Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation on Publications Ban by Senior U.S. District Judge Herman J. Weber has rejected a report and recommendation from a magistrate judge that recommended summary judgment for jail officials in a suit over the jail’s “no publications” policy. Ted Marcum sued the Butler County Sheriff …
Article • May 15, 2011
$1.5 Million Settlement in Deadly Police Shooting by After a jury found liability in a police officer’s shooting of a fleeting motorist, the Town of North Branford, Connecticut, paid $1.5 million to settle the matter. Officer Michael Breen made a traffic stop of a car driven by Steve Guerette on …
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