Dismissed Suits by Prisoners Liable for Filing Fees Under §1915(g) by Dismissed Suits by Prisoners Liable for Filing Fees Under §1915(g) The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a state prisoner filing a civil rights complaint that is subsequently dismissed under the "three-strikes provision" of 28 U.S.C. § …
Sixth Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing in § 2255 Action; BOP Guard Gets 262 Months for Prisoner Rapes by Sixth Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing in § 2255 Action; BOP Guard Gets 262 Months for Prisoner Rapes The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court's denial of a federal prisoner's …
Gender Discrimination Permissible in Guard Shift Assignment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held a Title VII claim under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not stated where a Sheriff transferred a female guard from the first shift to third shift to comply with state law. The guard …
Presumed Damage Award Upheld in First Amendment Case by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a general damage award is appropriate in a First Amendment case and such an award allows an attorney fee award. This case was brought by a Winchester, Kentucky fireman, who was suspended from …
Former Prisoner's Cancer Death "Deeply Regrettable" But Not Constitutional Claim by Former Prisoner's Cancer Death "Deeply Regrettable" But Not Constitutional Claim The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Kentucky jail and prison defendants in a case alleging that defendants' deliberate indifference left …
Kentucky: Women Sexually Harassed By Jail Officials Awarded $230,000 Each by On September 18, 2002, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky awarded a total of $230,000 to each of two women, former employees of the Whitley County Jail, who alleged sexual harassment and …
Kentucky Pschiatrist Gets Qualified Immunity in Forced Medication Suit by In April of 2003, Anthony Hills was in a Kentucky jail on state burglary charges. He was sent to the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC) for evaluation. He told Dr. Robert Sivley that God told him that the burglary victim …
PLRA Doesn't Apply to Released Prisoners, Delay in Seizure Medication Okay by The plaintiff was jailed for ten days for shoplifting. She was not consistently given her seizure medication (as well as her medication to control anxiety, which can trigger seizures), and had seizures; jail personnel would not take her …
Strip Search of Female Jail Prisoner in View of Male Guard Upheld by The plaintiff was being strip searched by female jailers, with reasonable suspicion, on intake to the jail, and a male jail employee viewed her bare breasts. The Fourth Amendment was not violated. The plaintiff offered no evidence …
BOP Ordered to Consider Work Release Placement by The Federal Bureau of Prisons' abrupt imposition of a new statutory interpretation holding that placement in a community corrections center was not "imprisonment" and could not be done for more than the last 10 per cent of a prisoner's sentence did not …
LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Settlement, personal injury negligence, 2006 LYL ] THOMAS MIHALIM-1 9 P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW JEFFREY S. MARLIN BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER JENNIFER G. MIHALICH KATHERINE L. DUMONT HEATHER E. THOMAS PIETRO J. LYNN October 26, 2006 Walter LeClaire North Fork Correctional Facility 1605 East …
Kentucky County Jail Settles Lawsuit Alleging Overcrowded Conditions by Michael Rigby On November 30, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky tentatively approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging unconstitutionally overcrowded conditions at the Campbell County Jail in Newport, Kentucky. Built in 1991, the …
U.S. Corrections Corporation Suit Settled for $13.2 Million by The former owners of U.S. Correctional Corporation (USCC) have agreed to settle a lawsuit over misuse of the employee stock-ownership plan for $13.2 million. Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for $225 million, USCC …
Cruz v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2006 LANGROCK SPERRY & WOOL, LLP MIDDLEBURY BURUNGTON Michael W. Wool Mark L. Sperry Christopher L. Davis Thomas Z. Carlson Susan M. Murray Alison ). Bell Lisa B. Shelkrot Eric M. Knudsen David W. M. Conard ATTORNEYS AT LAW Peter F. …
Baker v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 LYNN, TM1 & M1HALICH 7 FC ATTORNEYS AT LAW BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER PIETRO J. LYNN JENNIFER G. MIHALICH MATTHEW A. SIEBEL HEATHER E. THOMAS JEFFREY S. MARLIN March 13, 2006 Devin McLaughlin, Esq. Langrock Sperry & Wool …
Kentucky Prisoner Injured In Transport Vehicle Awarded $9,000 by On June 3, 2005, a Kentucky jury awarded $9,000 to a prisoner who was injured while riding in a jail transport vehicle. Plaintiff Steven Jarmon was imprisoned in a Louisville jail on robbery charges. On February 15, 2000, Jarmon, 38, and …
Company Uses Prison Slave Labor for $100 Million Military Contract by The prison and military industrial complexes have collided, with a private military contractor poised to make millions off the sweaty backs of prisoners. Pennsylvania-based Woolrich Inc. plans to use the labor of federal prisoners to fulfill two multi-million-dollar contracts …
Wrongfully Convicted Kentucky Man Wins $590,000 Judgment Against Defense Attorney by On June 3, 2004, a Louisville, Kentucky, jury awarded $590,000 to a wrongfully convicted man who spent two years in prison because his defense counsel was negligent. Plaintiff Gary Puckett and his mother Peggy Puckett were at their home …
U.S. Corrections Corporation Stock Suit by U.S. Corrections Corporation Stock Suit Settled for $13.2 Million The former owners of U.S. Correctional Corporation (USCC) have agreed to settle a lawsuit over misuse of the employee stock-ownership plan for $13.2 million. Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of …
CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners by Sexual abuse by a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) guard has spurred three lawsuits against CCA and resulted in the guard's arrest. The legal activity resulted from incidents at CCA's prisons at the Marion Adjustment Center (MAC) and St. Mary's Kentucky. …
