Settlements Total $3.85 Million for Nevada Prisoners Hit with Birdshot by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner was blinded by guards using birdshot rounds, the state Board of Examiners (BOE) approved a $2.25 million settlement on September 12, 2023. A separate agreement …
NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement approved by the federal court for the Eastern District of California on January 16, 2024, recalls an all-­too familiar jail story. A wheelchair-­bound detainee named …
Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased V. The …
Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Settlement Agreement, Suicide, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased v. The State of Nevada …
Nevada Prisoner Strikes Out in Access-to-Courts Claim by David Reutter On August 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for officials with the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) in a prisoner’s claim that it limited his access to courts. The Court’s ruling maintains …
Mork v. Russel, NV,Order, Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD Document 77 Filed 02/12/24 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 NICOLAI MORK, Case No. 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD 7 Plaintiff, 8 9 ORDER v. PERRY RUSSELL, et al., 10 Defendants. 11 12 …
Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage by by Matt Clarke On June 6, 2023, Judge Cristina D. Silva of the federal court for the District of Nevada renewed a preliminary injunction she issued on March 3, 2023, ordering state prison officials to provide prisoner …
Ninth Circuit Revives Former Nevada Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Sentence Credit by by Douglas Ankney On April 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said a lower court erred by ignoring a former state prisoner’s claim that the Department of Corrections (DOC) violated his due …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
Nevada Pays $75,000 for Religious Discrimination Claims of Prisoners in Episcopal and The Way Faith Groups by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 6, 2023, the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) reached an agreement with a group of state prisoners to settle claims that a change in chapel …
Aramark Sparks Nevada Prison Hunger Strike by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson Approximately 40 Nevada prisoners at a maximum-security lockup near Reno started a hunger strike on December 1, 2022, that lasted at least nine days. Top officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) claimed the strike at Ely …
Estate of Perez v. Cox, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Perez v. Cox Case No.: 2: l 5-cv-1572, hereinafter referred to as: "The Matter" Plaintiffs: Defendants: Victor Perez, as special administrator of the estate of Carlos Perez; Victor …
Richards v. Cox, NV, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2023 Amy Stephenson Director Joe Lombardo Governor Vacant Deputy Director STATE OF NEVADA Jim Rodriguez Administrator GOVERNOR'S FINANCE OFFICE Budget Division I Carson City, NV 89701-4298 Phone: (775) 684-0222 Iwww.budget.nv.gov I Fax: (775) 684-0260 209 E. Musser Street, Suite 200 Date: July 25, …
Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On July 15, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nevada awarded $560,587.50 in fees to attorneys representing a state prisoner who earlier settled his medical neglect claim against …
Ross v. Johnson, NV, Order Renewing Preliminary Injunction, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 2:22-cv-00259-CDS-VCF Document 90 Filed 06/06/23 Page 1 of 6 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 2 3 4 5 Jesse Aron Ross, Plaintiff 6 7 Case No. 2:22-cv-00259-CDS-VCF V. Order Renewing Preliminary Injunction &: Appointing …
Ross v. Johnson, NV, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 2:22-cv-00259-CDS-VCF Document 80 Filed 05/12/23 Page 1 of 21 .,k<s;se.. ~ . ~osS ~ \09575b Name and Inmate Booking Number ffi ~\..-'tll2.~:e..r + ~ '\?r:"is o a Plac of Confinement Mailing Address UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEV ADA …
Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On July 15, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nevada awarded $560,587.50 in fees to attorneys representing a state prisoner who earlier settled his medical neglect claim against …
Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye At the request of former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D), the director of the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC), Charles Daniels, submitted his resignation on September 30, 2022. The move came three …
Shaw v. Davis, NV, Settlement, Religious Freedom, 2023 March 9, 2023 Episcopal Facilitator Agreement Modifying the Non-Monetary Terms of the Settlement Agreement and Full and Final Release in the Matter of Norman Shaw, et. al, v. Scott Davis, et. al., Case No. 3: l 8-cv-00551MMD-CLB ("Episcopal Facilitator Agreement") Page 1 …
Riot and Escape at Nevada Prison Lead to Charges Against Four Guards, Firings or Resignations of Top Officials by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Some recreation was suspended at Nevada’s Southern Desert Correctional Center [SDCC] after 20 prisoners got into a brawl on October 10, 2022. The violence carried …
