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Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Federal Prisoner Shot in the Eye Awarded $80,000 by Jeremy Pinson by Jeremy Pinson On January 26, 2018, following a three-day bench trial, federal prisoner Oray Fifer was awarded $80,000 in a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit by a district court in Phoenix, Arizona. In December 2011 and August …
Hunt v. Seeba, et al., PA, amended complaint, excessive force against prisoner, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00116-YK-SES Document 8 Filed 03/16/18 Page 1 of 29 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA James Hunt, : : Plaintiff : : : v. : : Jason Seeba, Lieutenant, USP …
Jane Doe v. The Board of County Commissioners, Otero County, NM, Complaint, sexual assault by transport officer, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00236-JHR-LF Document 1 Filed 03/09/18 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO JANE DOE No. 1:18-cv-236 Plaintiff, v. THE BOARD OF COUNTY …
Article • December 21, 2017
Prisoner's Wrongful Death FTCA Claim Dismissed For Lack of Jurisdiction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States District Court for the District of Maryland has dismissed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case brought against the United States over the 2013 wrongful death of a prisoner held at …
Plascencia v. United States of America, ICE, et al., CA, complaint, wrongful detention, 2017 Case 5:17-cv-02515 Document 1 Filed 12/19/17 Page 1 of 28 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Douglas A. Axel, (SBN 173814) daxel@sidley.com …
E.H. et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the County of Santa Fe et al., NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2017
BOP Potentially Liable for Valley Fever Outbreak at Privately-run California Prison by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On May 20, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated lawsuits filed by two federal prisoners who had sued the government and two prison contractors for failing to protect …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of FTCA Failure-to-Protect Suit by Matthew Clarke On December 29, 2015, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging federal prison officials had failed to properly search prisoners who were placed in a recreation cage where they assaulted and repeatedly stabbed …
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
BOP Prisoner’s FTCA Wage Suit States Cause of Action by In February 2016, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Florida district court’s order dismissing a prisoner’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint that alleged a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard had withheld his wages. Before the Court was …
$12,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Negligent Maintenance Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $12,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Theodore Jones for injuries sustained for lack of proper maintenance. While at the D.C. Jail on July 31, 2000, Jones was playing basketball on the recreation court when …
Federal Prisoner Receives $1,000 Settlement in Food Poisoning Case by Lonnie Burton On April 2, 1997, the United States agreed to settle a lawsuit in which a federal prisoner alleged she was poisoned by the food in the prison chow hall and then received inadequate medical care afterwards. The documents …
Federal Tort Claims Action Dismissal Upheld for Failure to Timely File by Derek Gilna Maria Inamagua Merchan, an undocumented alien awaiting deportation in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, died while in custody, and her estate brought an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against ICE …
Tenorio v. San Miguel County Detention Center, NM, First Amended Complaint, Harassment, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00349-LF-JHR Document 128 Filed 08/16/16 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO ESTRELLA TENORIO, Plaintiff, v. Case No. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Supreme Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action after Dismissal of Federal Tort Claim by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 6, 2016 that a federal prisoner, Walter J. Himmelreich, could file a § 1983 federal civil rights complaint after the dismissal of his …
$8,000 Settlement for Medical Maltreatment by BOP; Court Finds Experts Not Required by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Michael Alan Crooker filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging “malicious prosecution, negligence, and medical maltreatment by the United States Marshal’s Service (USMS) and the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP).” …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Terre Haute Prisoner’s FTCA Suit by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Charles D. Keller filed a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against prison officials at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, seeking damages after he was assaulted by another prisoner. Despite his …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Torture in US Prisons, American Friends Service Committee, 2011 Torture in United States Prisons Evidence of Human Rights Violations 2nd Edition American Friends Service Committee New York Metropolitan Region Healing Justice Program Edited by: Bonnie Kerness Coordinator, Prison Watch Editorial Assistant: Beth Breslaw Intern, Prison Watch Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Isolation …
Casias v. New Mexico DOC, NM, Complaint, Prisoners Left in Hot Van, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page 5 of 29 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page 6 of 29 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page 7 of 29 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit raising a failure to protect claim, …
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