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Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for California Jail Nurse Who Cleared Detainee for Release Just Before His Suicide by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Los Angeles County Jail nurse Trieste …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Maryland and Wexford Health Pay $200,000 to Prisoner Denied Care and Partially Blinded by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As PLN readers know, medical care in America’s prisons and jails is horrific even by the low standard courts have set to determine what is constitutionally sufficient. In yet another case, …
Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup by On May 17, 2024, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD) filed 11 habeas petitions for detainees awaiting trial at the state’s Reception Diagnostic and Classification Center in Baltimore after they reported raw sewage overflowing from unflushable …
Brief • October 30, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Green v. Anoka County, MN, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Treatment, 2024 CASE 0:24-cv-01250-JRT-DLM Doc. 49 Filed 10/30/24 Page 1 of 108 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Deyonta D. Green, Case No. 24-cv-1250 (JRT/DLM) Plaintiff, v. FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Anoka County, et al, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, JURY TRIAL DEMANDED …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Colorado Prisoner Forces Correctional Health Partners to Treat His Colon Disease by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney After winning a temporary restraining order (TRO) directing the medical contractor for the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) to treat his colon disease, state prisoner Arthur Burnham’s location was unknown on September 10, …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
$3.4 Million Settlement for Nevada Prisoner After ‘Wait and See’ Medical Care Became ‘Deny and Delay’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 21, 2024, the Nevada Board of Examiners (BOE)—a three-­member panel composed of Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) and Secretary of State …
Morris v. Aranas, et al., NV, Verdict Form, Deliberate Indifference (Medical/Failure to Protect), 2024 Case 3:18-cv-00310-CLB Document 188 Filed 08/29/24 Page 1 of 5 _ _ FILED _ _ ENTERED ___ RECEIVED _ _ SERVED ON COUNSEUPARTiES OF RECORD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 DISTRICT OF NEVAD 2 *** 3 …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
$275,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Heart Infection by As the bankruptcy of private jail medical provider Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. wound down on October 23, 2023, the firm sold off its one remaining asset, a contract to provide medical services to prisoners at Texas’ Nueces …
Illinois Prisoner Awarded Over $822,000 For Hernia Care Denied by Wexford Health by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   On April 2, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied relief to Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the private healthcare contractor for the state Department of Corrections …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
$15,000 Net Award for Georgia Prisoner’s Delayed Hep-C Treatment by David Reutter by David Reutter   On April 26, 2024, a long legal battle over his delayed Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment netted Georgia prisoner Ricky Johnson just over $15,000 from Defendant state prison officials and medical personnel. As PLN has …
Brief • June 3, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Jensen v. Thornell, AZ, Order, Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4637 Filed 06/03/24 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Shawn Jensen, 9 Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 Ryan Thornell, 13 No. CV-12-00601-PHX-ROS …
Brief • May 23, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Moye v. Butler, AL, Judgment, Inadequate Medical Care, 2024 Case 1:22-cv-00026-JB-B Document 155 Filed 05/23/24 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 4728 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION CANYON DUFF MOYE, Plaintiff, v. MANUEL POUPARINAS, M.D., Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Alabama Woman Jailed for “Fetal Endangerment” Sues After She Was Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Shower by Among the worst places to put a pregnant woman, a jail cell ranks fairly high. Yet that’s exactly where Ashley Caswell found herself—jailed in Alabama’s Etowah County for “fetal endangerment.” Ultimately …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
$32,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Insulin to Diabetic Wisconsin Prisoner by In federal court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on October 6, 2023, state prisoner Carl F. Self stipulated to dismissal of his medical neglect claims against the state Department of Corrections (DOC), after he accepted a $32,000 …
Article • April 26, 2024
Eleventh Circuit: “More than Gross Negligence” Required to Prove Deliberate Indifference by David Reutter [See update at end of article]  by David M. Reutter On May 22, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Defendant officials at Georgia’s Walker State …
$175,000 Awarded to Former California Detainee Whose Suit Prompted DOJ Investigation and Settlement Requiring Structural Changes at Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2021, former San Luis Obispo County Jail detainee Steven J. York was awarded $175,000 to settle a lawsuit that also prompted an investigation of …
Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Illinois Jail Guards Who Relied on Nurse’s Opinion that Detainee Was “Faking” Symptoms Before He Died by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Illinois …
Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Detainee Suffering Fatal Seizure Might Have Been Faking or Might Have Gotten Better by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a maddening decision issued on January 31, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the denial of qualified immunity (QI) to four …
BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 6, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted two employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in Virginia for allegedly showing deliberate indifference to a prisoner suffering a cardiac emergency that killed him …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Corizon Health in State Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Diabetes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 11, 2023, the Supreme Court of Arizona reversed a grant of partial summary judgment to Corizon Health, the former private medical contractor for the state Department …
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