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Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Settles Prisoner Abuse Suit for $1,000 by On September 18, 2006, the County of Sacramento, California settled a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly assaulted by the deputy escorting him from court. George E. Cross, a California state prisoner, was being escorted from court by Deputy …
Article • May 15, 2010
TDCJ Settles Racial Discrimination Case for $10,000 by In March 2004, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled a racial discrimination suit for $10,000. John Spears was employed as a Food Service Manager III at the Lopez State Jail when he allegedly suffered racial discrimination from his supervisor. He …
Massachusetts DOC Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle ADA Suit by On October 24, 2005, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a suit brought by a prisoner under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for $15,000. Paul Shedlock sued the DOC after staff at MCI Norfolk refused …
Article • May 15, 2010
Prisoner Awarded $75 after Magazine Withheld by On February 8, 2001, the Honorable Sally Shushan, U.S. Magistrate Judge, awarded a prisoner $75 in compensatory damages after jail officials refused to provide the prisoner with a magazine. While incarcerated at the St. John Correctional Center in Louisiana, Leo Schwartz was denied …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Settle Claim of False Imprisonment by On December 22, 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $1,000 to settle a claim by a man who was erroneously held seven days beyond his sentence. Don Daniel was scheduled to be released from RCCC …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $2,219.01 to Settle False Imprisonment Claim by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On June 7, 2004, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $2,219.01 to settle a false imprisonment claim by a man who was arrested while attempting to visit a prisoner at the Sacramento …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $2,500 to Settle Abuse Claim by Prisoner by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On November 17, 2003, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $2,500 to settle a claim by a prisoner who alleged that he was assaulted by guards at the Sacramento County Main …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $7,500 to Settle Slip and Fall Claim by On July 29, 2002, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay a woman $7,500 who slipped and fell while attempting to use the toilet the Sacramento Main Jail. Denise Gilliatt was moved into a cell that jail …
Article • May 15, 2010
New York State Jury Awards $10,000 for False Imprisonment by A New York State Jury awarded $10,000 in a lawsuit for false arrest and imprisonment. Rames Polanco was detained by police officers of the city of New York on September 9, 2003, under suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. …
Article • May 15, 2010
New York State Jury Awards $50,000 for False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution by A New York State jury awarded $50,000 in a lawsuit claiming false arrest and malicious prosecution. Bernard Lewis was arrested for alleged possession of stolen property. He spent approximately 24 hours in jail. Thirteen months later, prosecutors …
Article • May 15, 2010
Pierce County, Washington Pays $1,500 for Vehicle Damage by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $1,500 for vehicle damage caused by a county prisoner transport vehicle. On April 8, 2008 Robert B. Smith IV was stopped with traffic in the city of Tacoma. Guard Mitchell Andreasen, who was driving a Pierce …
Article • May 15, 2010
Pierce County, Washington Unlawful Imprisonment Results in $1,000 Settlement by Washington State’s Pierce County Correction Center paid $1,000 to settle a prisoner’s claim for unlawful imprisonment. On January 31, 2002, Mr. Ted D. Harris was arrested and released on bail after he served twenty-two days. Harris was arrested on February …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington Prisoner Paid $19,000 for Partial Loss of Toe by On September 14, 2007, the state of Washington paid $19,000 to settle with a prisoner who had a portion of his toe cut off while mowing grass at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The suit, filed in Snohomish …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington Pays $12,000 for Slip on Ice at Probation Office by On December 17, 2008, the state of Washington paid $12,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who slipped on an iced-over puddle and fell onto the parking lot of a probation office in Marysville, Washington. As a …
California: San Jose Agrees to settle Police Brutality Claim for $97,500 by Michael Brodheim By Michael Brodheim Yet again, San Jose officials have agreed to settle a major civil rights lawsuit arising from the alleged use of excessive police force after a relatively minor offense involving residents from immigrant communities. …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Burned During Medical Test. by On April 28, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who received substandard medical care. Arthur Billups went in for medical treatment on December 28 and 29 for a test …
Military Contractors Granted Summary Judgment by On September 11, 2009, Iraqi citizens, Haidar Muhsin Saleh and Ilam Nassir Ibrahim, lost their appeal to the District of Columbia Circuit in regard to lawsuits filed against two private military contractors. The two men represented a group of plaintiffs who alleged they or …
Article • May 15, 2010
Miranda Violation Leads to Reversal by In an initially unpublished opinion filed on August 25, 2009, a Washington appellate court reversed a district court ruling allowing into evidence an incriminating response on a medical questionnaire performed by jail personnel during the booking process. The case involved Virginia Lynn Denney, who …
Article • May 15, 2010
No Liberty Interest in Washington Prisoner's Good-Conduct Time Earning Class by No Liberty Interest in Time Earning Class In a decision filed by Washington State's Supreme Court on October 8, 2009, the Personal Restrain Petition (PRP) of prisoner Jay Pullman, Jr., was denied. He filed the petition alleging DOC officials …
4th Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of North Carolina Prisoners' Suit against DOC by On April 26, 1978, the 4th Circuit filed a decision to reverse and remand a district court ruling dismissing a complaint brought by 29 North Carolina prisoners against that state's governor and various DOC officials. The …
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