Exonerated Ohio Prisoner’s Claim for Improperly Released Medical Record to Proceed by An Ohio Court of Appeals held a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) in a lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit was …
Ohio Prison Guards Use JPay System to Illegally Download Thousands of Copyrighted Songs by Joe Watson Ohio’s top watchdog has recommended that the use of state owned computers by employees of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) should be heavily restricted to prevent prison guards from again illegally …
Dumas v. Chappell, OH, Complaint, Restraint Chair Punch, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-00081-DCN Doc #: 29 Filed: 12/16/16 1 of 17. PageID #: 177 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION LUCILLE DUMAS 15634 Kipling Avenue, Apt. 2 Cleveland, Ohio 44110 vs. Case No. 1:16-cv-00081 …
Ohio Federal Court Dismisses Suit Against Doctor Over Prisoner’s Suicide by On September 4, 2015, an Ohio federal district court dismissed a lawsuit brought against a former prison doctor following the suicide of a prisoner under his care. Ohio prisoner Gregory Stamper was in extreme pain due to damage to …
Challenge to Ohio Private Prison Confinement Not Cognizable in Habeas Corpus by Mark Wilson The Ohio Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s habeas corpus petition seeking immediate release from a private prison. Ohio state prisoner Maurice Freeman was confined at the Lake Erie Correctional Institution, a …
Swink v. Montgomery County BoC, OH, Amended Complaint, Pepper Spray, 2016 Case: 3:16-cv-00392-WHR-MJN Doc #: 3 Filed: 11/03/16 Page: 1 of 19 PAGEID #: 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRCIT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON AMBER SWINK 11766 S. Wolf Creek Pike Brookville, Oh 45309 * CASE NO. …
$5,000 Settlement in Ohio Prisoner's Suit over Improper Assignment to Upper Bunk by On June 8, 2015, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction agreed to a $5,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was assigned to an upper bunk despite having a medical restriction requiring his …
Ohio Prisoner's Dog Bite Suit Settled for $1,500 by The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) settled a prisoner's dog bit lawsuit for $1,500 on August 28, 2014. Craig Meriwether was an Ohio state prisoner incarcerated at the Warren Correctional Institute on October 3, 2013, when, in a foyer …
Ohio Jail Prisoner's Assault-by-Guards Suit Settled for $7,000 by A federal civil rights action by an Ohio prisoner alleging multiple jail guards assaulted him without provocation was settled for $7,000 on April 9, 2014. Kevin Holcomb was incarcerated at the Lucas County jail in Toleo, Ohio on March 26, 2012, …
Three-week Treatment Delay Not Deliberately Indifferent by Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Ohio prisoner failed to prove that a three-week delay of treatment for a painful skin condition constituted deliberate indifference. Ohio state prisoner Oscar Santiago complained of severe pain, swelling and a rash …
Ohio Supreme Court: Inference of Motive Justifies Death by Mark Wilson The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of a man who was sentenced to death by a three-judge panel on a mere inference of motive. David Williams, Nicholas Wiskur and Robin Patterson entered into a failed Ohio business …
Additional Attorney's Fees Allowed in Ohio Voter-Registration Suit by Derek Gilna The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) instituted a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 case challenging the 2006 Voter ID law, which resulted in consent orders in 2006 and 2008. A similar action by the Service Employees International Union …
Death Penalty Case Reveals Morgue Worker Had Sex with 100 Female Corpses by In another development in the macabre murder, rape and death penalty case of convicted killer David Steffen, a former Hamilton County, Ohio morgue worker admitted to engaging in sex with around 100 female corpses. Kenneth Douglas acknowledged …
Ohio's Prisons Grow More Violent, Especially Toward Guards, Report Says by Prisoners in Ohio are reportedly sending each other to the infirmary less often, but according to the state's Department of Rehabilitation & Correction (DRC), they are increasingly assaulting prison guards to the point of serious injury. In a newly-released …
Ohio: Hunger Striker Represents Himself, Beats Attempted Murder Charges by An Ohio supermax prisoner, representing himself while on a month-long hunger strike, won his acquittal in February of attempted murder charges stemming from fights with prison guards. Cornelius Harris, a 27-year-old prisoner serving a 97-year sentence for robbery and kidnapping …
Public Records Request in Ohio Criminal Case Trigger Reciprocal Discovery Rule by The Ohio Supreme Court held that when a criminal defendant “directly or indirectly makes a public records request for information that could be obtained from the prosecutor through discovery, the request is the equivalent of a demand for …
Prisoners Bitten by Prison Dogs Snag Settlements from Ohio DOC by Derek Gilna Archie Wilder and Andrew Doan, prisoners in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, both had the misfortune of being bitten by dogs participating in prison training programs. Both filed suit in the Ohio Court of Claims, …
DOJ Intervenes in Ohio Jail Taser Class Action; County Settles by On February 4, 2011, Franklin County, Ohio officials agreed to substantially upgrade jail Taser training, use and accountability policies to settle a Class Action law suit in which the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had intervened. On July 16, …
