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Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
GTL Ordered to Pay $18.675 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs in Prison Phone Class Action by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W Accurso On August 30, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of Georgia granted final approval to a class-action settlement in a suit accusing prison telecom giant …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Investor Lawsuit Against GEO Group Trimmed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 21, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Florida significantly trimmed a class-action lawsuit alleging that private prison operator The GEO Group misled investors in its stock, causing them to suffer losses. For …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Amended Consent Decree Entered in 11-Year-Old Class-Action Challenging Prisoner Healthcare in Illinois DOC by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 24, 2022, U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso of the Northern District of Illinois entered an amended consent decree in a class-action suit challenging prisoner healthcare in the state …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Class Actions
Settlement Reached in COVID-19 Class Action Against DC Jail by Kevin Bliss, Jayson Hawkins by Kevin W. Bliss and Jayson Hawkins On April 12, 2022, the federal court for the District of Columbia approved a settlement agreement to resolve a class-action lawsuit which challenged conditions of confinement during the COVID-19 …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$3.7 Million in Attorney Fees Paid to Settle COVID-19 Class-Action at Orange County Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 12, 2022, the federal court for the Central District of California granted final approval to a class-action settlement resolving claims against California’s Orange County Jail (OCJ) over its …
Fourteen Officials Indicted in New Jersey Women’s Prison Abuse Scandal, $21 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On September 27, 2022, a New Jersey grand jury indicted 14 officials at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility (CF), the state’s only women’s prison. It was the latest fallout …
Article • October 27, 2022
Federal Court Affords Immigrant Children More Due Process Rights in California Class-Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In a class-action suit filed by minor immigrants held in federal detention centers alleging deprivations suffered there, the federal court for the Central District of California granted plaintiffs a preliminary injunction …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Class Certification Maintained in New York Prisoners’ Suit for Damages Due to Illegally Imposed Post-Release Supervision by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 14, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion to decertify the class in a long-running suit filed by …
Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed termination of all prospective relief in a long-running class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at the Idaho State …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Final Settlement Agreement Approved in COVID-19 Class Action at California Immigration Detention Center by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 10, 2022, a final settlement agreement was approved in a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the safety from COVID-19 of detainees held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in …
$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 18, 2022, the federal court for the Western District of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In September 2021, after closing out a $10 million settlement in a class-action suit alleging its county jail violated the privacy rights of detainees by making their …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
$900,000 Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securus Recorded California Prisoner-Attorney Calls by David Reutter Company Walks From Similar Case in Maine by David M. Reutter In November 2021, a year after a federal district court in California approved a $900,000 settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging Securus Technologies, Inc. …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Lawsuit Over Winter Power Outage at Brooklyn’s Troubled Federal Detention Center Granted Class Certification by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Class-action status was granted on May 25, 2021, to a federal lawsuit brought by a half-dozen prisoners held by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at its Metropolitan Detention Center …
Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 15, 2021, a settlement agreement and order was entered in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, putting an end to a four-year-old class action lawsuit against …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
District Court Certifies Class Status in Louisville Jail Overdetention of Prisoners’ Suit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky granted plaintiffs’ motion seeking class certification in a suit alleging the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) holds people after their court-ordered …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Class Actions
Class Action Lawsuit Over COVID at Chesapeake, MD Jail Reaches Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit alleging there was an “uncontrolled outbreak of COVID at the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF)” in Maryland. The complaint was filed in federal …
Publication • January 6, 2021
The Walworth County Jail Meets TLC - And Loss The Walworth County Jail Meets TLC - And Loses Bill Trine, Faculty Emeritus T his is an inspiring story of how two TLC lawyers used the discovery obtained during the representation of an individual client to then file a class action …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Court Rejects Class Status for Nebraska Prisoners Facing Substandard Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Nebraska Federal district court denied class certification in a lawsuit alleging systematic deficiencies in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NCDS) health-care system. Individual claims of some of the lead incarcerated …
Federal Class Action Settlement Aims to Eliminate Horrific Conditions at Santa Barbara, California Jails in Three Years by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class action lawsuit filed in December of 2017 alleging numerous humanitarian violations at Santa Barbara County Adult Detention Facilities (County Jail) settled on July 17, …
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