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Brief • August 21, 2008
Barnwell et al v. Corrections Corporation of America, KS, MiS Plf Motion, FLSA employee overtime understaffing, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS AT KANSAS CITY KEITH E. BARNWELL, et al. On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …
Dunlap v. Ozmint, et al., S.C., employee retaliation complaint, 2008 3:08-cv-02911-JFA Date Filed 08/20/2008 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA DIVISION Linda J. Dunlap, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Jon E. Ozmint and …
Brief • August 20, 2008
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Coggins v. Nassau County, NY, Indemnification Agreement, police civil rights violation, 2008 Case 2:07-cv-03624-JFB-AKT Document 41 Filed 08/20/08 Page 41 of 45 PageID #: 488 EXHIBIT (CO)) Case 2:07-cv-03624-JFB-AKT Document 41 Filed 08/20/08 Page 42 of 45 PageID #: 489 THOMAS R. SUOZZI CountyExecutive LORNA B. GOODMAN CountyAttorney COUNTY OF …
Brief • August 19, 2008
Beecham v City of West Sacramento Ca Notice of Mot for Sj Police Excessive Force 2008 4 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) HADDAD & SHERWIN 505 Seventeenth Street Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 452-5500 Fax: (510) 452-5510 5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 1 …
Brief • August 19, 2008
Borck v County of Lenawee Mi Plf Mot Compel Jail Med Neglect 2008 Case 2:07-cv-15124-MOB-RSW Document 42 Filed 08/19/2008 Page 1 of 34 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION AARON FRANCIS BORCK, Plaintiff. Case No. 07-cv-15124 Honorable Marianne O. Battani Referral Judge R. Steven Whalen v. …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Filed under: CMS, Medical, Skin, Hepatitis, Limitations
CMS Found Liable for Inadequate Hep C Medical Care of Delaware Prisoner by The federal district court in Delaware has held that Correctional Medical Services (CMS), the medical provider for the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC), was deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s medical needs. The ruling should come as no …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Vermont DOC Settles Religious Practice Denial Suit For $25,000 by The Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) settled a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by a former prisoner claiming he had been denied traditional food for Jewish holidays that had been donated by an outside philanthropic organization. Gordon Bock, 53, was incarcerated …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
New York Man Wins $640,000 for Unjust Incarceration by The state of New York has agreed to pay $640,000 to a man who it unjustly incarcerated for five years to dismiss the lawsuit he filed after his convictions were vacated because the evidence clearly indicated that he wasn’t involved in …
Fifth Circuit: Texas Prisoners Cannot be Disciplined for Trust Fund Deposits Initiated by Others by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials must introduce evidence that a prisoner participated in a monetary transfer before they can discipline him for trafficking and …
Whistle-blowing California Sheriff’s Deputy Settles Retaliation Suit For $150,000 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Butte County, California officials settled a decade-old $1.2 million lawsuit brought by a former county jail deputy who blew the whistle on a jailhouse beating of a child molester ordered by three other deputies, …
“Special Circumstances” Justify Non-Exhaustion in Second Circuit by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has excused a New York prisoner’s failure to exhaust available administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). The court found that prison officials’ erroneous refusal to investigate a claim, and frustration of administrative review …
Retaliation Claim Not Barred by Heck by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held a prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action is not barred when a victory for the prisoner “would have at most the potential to decrease his period of detention,” in a case where the prisoner “alleged …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Informant/Hit Man In 20 Murders Released After 12 Years; Paid $20,000 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A hit man with 20 cold-blooded murders under his belt, but who turned government informant to expose a dirty FBI agent, was released from a Massachusetts state prison in 2007 after serving …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
“Defense of Another” Not Applicable to Prison Disciplinary Defense by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that it is no defense to a prison disciplinary charge for battery that the blows were struck to prevent the further stabbing of a third person. Aaron B. Scruggs, an Indiana state prisoner, …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Prisoners on Prison Education: Your Knowledge, Experience and Views Are Sought by the Special Rapporteur on Education by The Special Rapporteur on education, Vernor Muñoz, is to submit a report on the right to education for people in detention to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2009. Mr. Muñoz, …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On April 19, 2008, Maricopa county prosecutors announced they were seeking the death penalty against former Maricopa county jail guard Jeffrey Hamlet, 55, who is accused of killing his wife. The Maricopa county jail is run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and is notorious for its …
Spokane Jail Prisoner Murdered in Cell, County Settles Lawsuit for $180,000 by The Spokane County, Washington, Commissioner has agreed to settle a civil rights action prosecuted by the family of a prisoner who was murdered by his cellmates at the Geiger Correction Center (Geiger) in Spokane County for $180,000. In …
Article • August 15, 2008
West Virginia Police Internal Affairs Investigation Reports are Conditionally Discoverable in Civil Actions by Donald McClay, a West Virginia state prisoner, was assaulted by an unidentified state trooper while under arrest for illegally registering to vote. He filed a complaint which was investigated by the state police Internal Affairs. McClay …
Article • August 15, 2008
Wyoming Criminal History Records May Only Be Disseminated to Law Enforcement Agencies for Investigatory Purposes by Upon the request of the Wyoming state Director of the Criminal Identification Division (CID), the state Attorney General (AG) issued Opinion lc. 85-008 explaining to whom and for what purpose the CID could disseminate …
Article • August 15, 2008
Washington Prisoner Gets nearly $10,000 for Work Detail Injury by David Wolfrum, a Washington state prisoner, was closing the doors on a semi-trailer at the McNeil Island Correction Center when the brakes failed, causing the truck to roll backward, pinning Wolfrum against a loading dock. He sued in state court, …
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