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Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Amended Complaint, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2016
Brief • September 6, 2016
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Retaliatory Segregation, Work, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Education, Court Access, Complaints, Grievances, Americans with Disabilities Act, Mail, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Amended Complaint, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00945-RDB Document 20 Filed 09/06/16 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ANTHONY BLUE STEVEN BROWN WILBERT DELANO GREGORY HAMMOND SEDRIC HOLLEY RUSSELL HOPKINS JOHNNIE JAMES TYRELL POLLEY MAYNARD SNEED …
Vaughn v. Griffin, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016
Brief • July 15, 2016
Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Blind Prisoners, Vision, Failure to Treat, Need for Medical Consensus, Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Deliberate Indifference
Vaughn v. Griffin, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 2:15-cv-02047-HAB # 117 Page 1 of 26 E-FILED Friday, 15 July, 2016 04:45:44 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, URBANA DIVISION CHRISTOPHER VAUGHN, Plaintiff, v. SUSAN GRIFFIN; MARY JOHNSON KLEIN; …
Grievance Guide for Disability Issues in Federal Prisons, Washington Lawyer's Committee, 2013
Publication • February 8, 2016
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prisoner Legal Assistance, Americans with Disabilities Act
Grievance Guide for Disability Issues in Federal Prisons, Washington Lawyer's Committee, 2013 A PRISONER’S GUIDE TO THE EXHAUSTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY PROCESS FOR DISABILITY ISSUES IN FEDERAL PRISONS This guide has been created by the D.C. Prisoners Project of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. It …
Hacker v. N Burl Cain et al, LA, MiO Plf MSJ, ADA disabled blind, 2015
Brief • November 20, 2015
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Vision, Americans with Disabilities Act
Hacker v. N Burl Cain et al, LA, MiO Plf MSJ, ADA disabled blind, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-00063-JWD-SCR Document 151 11/20/15 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JASON HACKER (DOC #383727) : CIVIL ACTION : : NUMBER: 3:14-cv-00063-JWD-SCR VERSUS : : JUDGE JOHN W. deGRAVELLES …
Hacker v. N Burl Cain et al, LA, MiO Def MSJ, ADA disabled blind, 2015
Brief • October 2, 2015
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Vision, Americans with Disabilities Act
Hacker v. N Burl Cain et al, LA, MiO Def MSJ, ADA disabled blind, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-00063-JWD-SCR Document 130 10/02/15 Page 1 of 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ ) JASON HACKER ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) ) N. BURL CAIN, et al ) ) …
Hacker v. State of Louisiana, LA, 2nd Amended Complaint, ADA disabled blind, 2015
Brief • June 2, 2015
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Vision, Americans with Disabilities Act
Hacker v. State of Louisiana, LA, 2nd Amended Complaint, ADA disabled blind, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-00063-JWD-SCR Document 73 06/02/15 Page 1 of 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) ) STATE OF LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA ) DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ) AND …
Florida Courts Required to Accommodate Blind Litigants with Braille Documents
Article • October 5, 2014
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Court Access, Mandamus, Americans with Disabilities Act
Florida Courts Required to Accommodate Blind Litigants with Braille Documents by Florida Courts Required to Accommodate Blind Litigants with Braille Documents   The Florida Supreme Court has held that a legally blind litigant was entitled to mandamus relief to compel an appellate court to accept pleadings in Braille and to …
Norwood v. Zhang, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014
Brief • 2014
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Vision, Failure to Treat, Weight of the Evidence, Cataract Surgery, Deliberate Indifference
Norwood v. Zhang, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Settlement Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into as of the 18th day of July 2014, by and between Willie Norwood ("Norwood"), on the one band, and Wexford Health Sow·ces, Inc. ("Wexford"), Dr. Parthasarathi Ghosh ("Ghosh") and Dr. Liping Zhang …
California: ADA Protections Again Extended to Disabled State Prisoners Held in County Jails
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, News, Federal Legislation
California: ADA Protections Again Extended to Disabled State Prisoners Held in County Jails by On January 13, 2012, sixteen months following remand from the Ninth Circuit in the case of Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger, U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken issued an order that again extended the protections of the Americans …
Blind Virginia Prisoner Settles Suit to Accommodate Disability
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Federal Statutory Law, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act
Blind Virginia Prisoner Settles Suit to Accommodate Disability by A blind prisoner has settled her federal lawsuit that claimed the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and Virginia Department of Correctional Education (VDCE) violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by failing …
Norwood v. Zhang, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011
Brief • March 25, 2011
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Vision, Failure to Treat, Weight of the Evidence, Cataract Surgery, Deliberate Indifference
Norwood v. Zhang, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:10-cv-03143 Document #: 40 Filed: 03/25/11 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:272 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHER DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIE NORWOOD, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
Blind Texas Prisoner Dies after Confrontation with Guards
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Filed under: Discrimination, Blind Prisoners, Vision, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints
Blind Texas Prisoner Dies after Confrontation with Guards by Thord “Catfish “ Dockray, 42, a blind Texas state prisoner with a history of mental illness, died on May 13, 2010 following a violent altercation with prison guards. Dockray was housed alone in a cell in the medical wing of the …
Castillo v Dashiell, CA, Order of dismissal, medical neglect blindness, 2005
Brief • May 2, 2008
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat
Castillo v Dashiell, CA, Order of dismissal, medical neglect blindness, 2005 Case ~ '04-cv-00737-GEB-GGH Filed 05/02/2008 Document 94 Page 1 of 2 EDMUND G. BROWN, Jr. Attorney General of the State of California 2 ALBERTO L. GONZALEZ Supervising Deputy Attorney General 3 OLIVER R. LEWiS, State Bar No. 133557 Deputy …
A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE
Article • July 15, 2007
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Injunctions (PLRA), Damages, Injunctions, Costs, Juries, Expert Witnesses, Trials, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Eleventh Amendment Immunity, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Sovereign Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE by A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE A Review of …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Blind Prisoner's Failure to Protect Suit
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Civil Procedure, Juries, Americans with Disabilities Act
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Blind Prisoner's Failure to Protect Suit by The legally blind plaintiff sued under the ADA and the Constitution, alleging that inter alia the defendants had double celled him with other prisoners who verbally and physically assaulted him and stole from him. His attorney, in a …
Color Blind Bus Driver Not Disabled Under ADA
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Transportation, Federal Statutory Law, Americans with Disabilities Act
Color Blind Bus Driver Not Disabled Under ADA by A city bus driver disqualified from driving city buses based on color blindness was not disabled within the meaning of the ADA because he was not substantially limited in the major life activity of seeing and was therefore not disabled under …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of ADA Suit for Failure to Exhaust
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Filed under: Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Vision, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Americans with Disabilities Act
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of ADA Suit for Failure to Exhaust by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred in dismissing a California prisoners suit for failing to exhaust administrative remedies under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, (PLRA). Earl Butler, …
Castillo v Dashiell, CA, Amended Complaint, medical neglect blindness, 2005
Brief • May 20, 2005
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat
Castillo v Dashiell, CA, Amended Complaint, medical neglect blindness, 2005 Case 2:04-cv-00737-GEB-GGH 1 2 3 4 Document 24 Filed 05/20/2005 Page 1 of 6 KING HALL CIVIL RIGHTS CLINIC CARTER C. WHITE SBN: 164149 University of California, Davis School of Law One Shields A venue, Building TB-30 Davis, CA 95616-8821 …
Delaware Prisoner's $100,000 Damage Award For Retaliation Upheld
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Retaliation for Litigating, Conditions of Confinement, Smoking, Physical Injury Rule, Damages
Delaware Prisoner's $100,000 Damage Award For Retaliation Upheld by by Michael Rigby A disabled Delaware prisoner's $100,000 damage award for retaliation will stand, a federal district court in Delaware has held. On August 20, 1999, Roger Atkinson, a blind prisoner with a host of medical problems, sued Delaware prison officials …
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Retaliation, Retaliation for Litigating, Diabetes, Escapes, Smoking, Appeals, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints by No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of summary judgment and qualified immunity for the Delaware prison guards who exposed a prisoner …
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