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Plata v. Davis, CA, Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2001 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PRISON LAW OFFICE DONALD SPECTER #83925 STEVEN FAMA #99641 SARA NORMAN#189536 General Delivery San Quentin, CA 94964 Telephone: (415) 457-9144 Facsimile: (415) 457-9151 McCUTCHEN, DOYLE, BROWN & ENERSEN WARREN E. …
Brief • July 31, 2001
Witherspoon v. Pierce County, WA, Settlement, Jail Guard Rape, 2001 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the Undersigned, being 01 lawful age, lor sole consideration 01 FIFTEEN THOUSAND and Non 00 Dollars ($15,000.00) to be paid to SHAWNETTE WITHERSPOON AND TIM R. TESH, HER ATTORNEY …
Brief • July 30, 2001
Prison Legal News v. Millard County, UT, Complaint, Publication Ban, 2001 • Case 2:01-cv-00580-TS Document 1 • Filed 07/30/2001 Page 1 of 15 "i I~'ILED , r (, ,! '~' T USB # 0215 BRIAN M. BARNARD USB # 8204 JAMES L. HARRIS, Jr. UTAH LEGAL CLINIC Attorneys for PLAINTIFF …
BOP Medical Personnel Absolutely Immune from Suit by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that medical personnel employed by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) are absolutely immune from suit. Prisoner John Andrew Cuoco, a preoperative male to female transsexual, filed an action against various officials at the BOP facility …
Trial Required in Oregon Law Clerk Retaliation Suit by A federal district court in Oregon denied, in part, prison officials' motion for summary judgment on a claim of retaliatory removal from a prison job. The court also rejected prison officials' defense of qualified immunity. State prisoner Darrick Hunter was removed …
Preliminary Injunction Granted in TB Hold Case by A federal district court in New York granted a Rastafarian prisoner's motion for a preliminary injunction in an action challenging a prison policy compelling his placement into restrictive confinement for one year for refusal on religious grounds to submit to a tuberculosis …
$250,000 Award to Beaten Texas Prisoner Upheld by A $250,000 jury award to a beaten Texas prisoner and a courtordered award of $95,000 in attorney's fees were upheld on appeal to the Fifth Circuit who found that the amount of damages was reasonable and the trial court did not abuse …
Summary Judgment for Private Physician Reversed by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a private physician under contract with the county, holding that contract services provided to the county constituted state action. The court also held that qualified immunity was categorically …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
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News in Brief by Alaska: On May 4, 2001, Anchorage superior court judge Elaine Andrews terminated the 20-year-old Cleary conditions case. Andrews ruled that the overcrowding and related problems that were at the root of the class action lawsuit have been resolved. Andrews said she would file an opinion addressing …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
The Strangest of Bedfellows by Noel Brinkerhoff In 1988, a Chino prison guard was killed when a juvenile prisoner he was escorting to a Los Angeles hospital for medical treatment tried to escape. Like other prison guards killed in the line of duty, the veteran officer left behind a grieving …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright With this issue of PLN we are back on our normal publishing schedule. Readers should be receiving their copy of PLN around the first of the issue month. A reminder to our prisoner readers, if prison officials censor your PLN subscription please let us …
Class Action Medical Neglect Suit Filed Against CDC by Alleging that the California Department of Corrections (CDC) violates the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment by providing seriously inadequate medical care to state prisoners, the Prison Law Office and the law firms Pillsbury Winthrop and McCutchen Doyle Brown …
Wyoming Prison Officials Settle Poisoning and Medical Suits for over $200,000 by Wyoming Prison Officials Settle Poisoning And Medical Suits for over $200,000 In August 2000, Wyoming officials agreed to settle two consolidated cases for $200,000 in damages, costs, and attorney fees. The cases were filed in a Wyoming federal …
Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Jose Garcia was a guard at California's Pelican Bay prison. With his supervisor, Mike Powers, Garcia plotted with prisoner shotcallers to have convicted child molesters, sex offenders, and informants stabbed or beaten. The conspiracy ran from January 1994 to …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Virginia DOC Cuts Ties with CMS by Robert Durkee Virginia DOC Cuts Ties With CMS by Robert Durkee After numerous allegations of inadequate medical care, pending prisoner lawsuits and nearly $1 million in state imposed fines, Virginia Department of Corrections decided to sever at least two of its contractual ties …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
PLRA's Attorney Fee Cap Held Unconstitutional by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A federal district court in Wisconsin held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) cap on recovery of attorney fees in successful prisoner civil rights complaints violated Fifth Amendment equal protection principles and determined that $80,000 …
CCA Medical Cost-Saving Contract Unconstitutional by A Tennessee federal district judge as found an incentives contract between the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and a private doctor unconstitutional and must be stopped. The contract provided for financial incentives for the physician to reduce costs, which motivated him to reduce medical …
New Jersey Prisoners' Disciplinary Convictions Reversed on Due Process Violations by The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court reversed two separate prison disciplinary matters after finding that two state prisoners were denied due process protections limiting the use of confidential informants and confidential information. Andrew Daley, a prisoner …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Kentucky Judge Orders Hepatitis C Treatment by A federal court in Kentucky has ordered the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) to provide hepatitis C treatment to a prisoner suffering from both hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver. In response, the KDOC has implemented a treatment plan whereby up to …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Florida Religious Name Change Upheld by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal district court order requiring the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to allow Muslim prisoners to use their religious name to obtain prison services. While incarcerated, Florida death row prisoner Kenneth D. Quince converted to Islam …
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