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Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Seventh Circuit Overturns Class Decertification in Cook County Jail Disability Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on November 14, 2022, reversed the decertification of a class in a lawsuit alleging that Division 10 of the Cook County Jail does …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$1.9 Million Paid by L.A. County for Detainee’s Suicide by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On August 12, 2022, the federal courtfor the Central District of California approved a settlement for the minor children of a jail detainee who committed suicide less than nine hours after he was arrested for …
Santa Clara County Sheriff Accused of Coverup After $10 Million Payout to Mentally Ill Detainee Who Severely Injured Himself During Jail Transport by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart An October 2022 report by the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement (OCLE) in California’s Santa Clara County faults the county Sheriff’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On August 25, 2022, the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of a challenge to the state’s mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico prisons. Though …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Almost $650,000 Paid by Illinois to Prisoner Who Lost Leg to Untreated Diabetes by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 2, 2023, the federal court for the Central District of Illinois denied a motion to overturn a $400,000 jury verdict for a state prisoner, who suffered serious complications arising …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
$11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the District of Arizona granted dismissal to claims made by the mother of an 18-year-old prisoner left permanently disabled in a brutal beating at Maricopa County’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On October 11, 2022, the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of California prisoner’s suit alleging he was assaulted because a guard …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the verdict of a federal jury, stripping $20,000 in damages awarded to a former federal …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention
$2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 16, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of California entered final approval of a settlement agreement in a class-action suit alleging Santa Clara County continued to hold detainees …
$35,000 Awarded to Federal Prisoner in Kentucky Who Accused Guards of Using Excessive Force by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart In July 2019, Jonathan Lee Smith was a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary near Kentucky’s Big Sandy River, when he got in a fight with another prisoner and guards responded. …
Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Technology giveth and technology taketh away – even in prison. That was the conclusion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on October 26, 2022, when …
Article • March 9, 2023
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Over $298,000 Awarded to Alabama Jail Detainee with Heart Disease After Guards, Nurses Ignored Firing Defibrillator by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a federal jury awarded $135,000 to an Alabama man deprived of medical care for a heart condition while detained at the Autauga County Jail (ACJ), the …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$1.455 Million Settlement for Discrimination Against Black Minnesota Jail Guards Barred from Watching Floyd Killer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 9, 2022, the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of Minnesota’s Ramsey County approved a payment of $1.445 million to settle a lawsuit alleging Black guards at the …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force, Discovery
Pennsylvania Guards and Their Attorneys Spanked for Discovery Abuse in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 18, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania imposed sanctions for discovery abuse upon defendant state prison guards and their counsel, in a lawsuit …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Second Circuit Reinstates N.Y. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, Finding Grievance Procedure ‘Unavailable’ in Mental Health Unit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a New York prisoner was excused from exhausting administrative remedies as required …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Escapes, Dogs, Settlements
$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 21, 2021, an agreement was fully executed by California’s Merced County agreeing to pay $175,000 to a state prisoner who was mauled by a county K-9 when recaptured after …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 22, 2022, an attorney for theVirginia Department of Corrections signed off on an agreement to pay $87,000 to settle a state prisoner’s claims that he was kicked in the testicles by a …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Transgender Idaho Prisoner Who Won Gender Conforming Surgery Awarded Over $2.6 Million in Legal Fees by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On September 30, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho awarded $2,631,593 in attorneys fees and expenses to a former state prisoner, who successfully …
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