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Brief • May 18, 2015
Callaway v. City of Austin, TX, Plain. Response to Def. Amended Motion to Dismiss, Involuntary Blood Draw Procedure, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00103-SS Document 53 Filed 05/18/15 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION CAROLINE CALLAWAY, Plaintiff, § § § § …
Brief • May 7, 2015
Callaway v. City of Austin, TX, Plain. Response to Def. Motion to Dismiss, Involuntary Blood Draw Procedure, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00103-SS Document 46 Filed 05/07/15 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION CAROLINE CALLAWAY, Plaintiff, vs CITY OF AUSTIN; TRAVIS …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
California Female Prisoners Sterilized by More than 130 female prisoners at two California facilities were sterilized over a four-year period without required state approval, and some of the women have claimed they were pressured, harassed and even tricked into signing forms agreeing to the sterilizations. The procedure, known as tubal …
Mangaung and Beyond: Private Prison Exemplifies South Africa’s Criminal Justice Woes by James Kilgore In recent months a battle has erupted at Mangaung prison in South Africa. Mangaung, located near the city of Bloemfontein, is one of the country’s two privately-operated correctional facilities. Managed by British-based G4S, which bills itself …
Ninth Circuit Vacates Plethysmograph & Medication Conditions by Ninth Circuit Vacates Plethysmograph & Medication Conditions The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court should have articulated findings supporting special conditions of supervised release requiring a sex offender to submit to plethysmograph testing and medication. In September 2003, …
California: CDCR Pays $475,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Suit by In November 2009, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) entered into a Settlement Agreement with the parents and siblings of Joseph Sullivan who, in June 2006, took his own life while incarcerated at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP). …
Ellis et al v. CCA, IN, Complaint, nurses sued based on poor conditions and inadequate treatment, 2011 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF MARION ) ) SS: ) MARION COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NO. HARRIETT ELLIS, TIA MARTIN, ) DELORES McNEIL, ANONI ELMORE, ) PATRICIA FORREST, and SHAVON JONES, ) ) …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Have a Cell Phone in Your Rectum? Body Cavity Searches OK’d in First Circuit, but Surgical Searches Are Not by Brandon Sample It is okay to look for contraband in a prisoner’s rectum so long as the search is done by medical staff in a non-abusive manner, according to the …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Forcible Treatment
Terminally Ill Maryland Prisoner May Refuse Treatment; State’s Highest Court Denies Forced Treatment by Mark Wilson The Maryland Court of Appeals held that prison officials cannot force a terminally ill prisoner to undergo kidney dialysis treatment. In 1995, Troy Reid was sentenced to 40 years in the custody of the …
Physicians for Human Rights: CIA Performed Illegal Medical Experiments While Torturing Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a report released by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in June 2010, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) performed illegal non-consensual human medical experiments on high-value terrorism detainees in connection with …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Pennsylvania County Jail Settles Medical Indifference Suit for $55,000 by Butler County, Pennsylvania has agreed to settle a medical deliberate indifference lawsuit for $55,000. In April 2006, James Raub was arrested and taken to the Butler County Prison. During the booking process, he told guards and a nurse that he …
$125,000 Paid For Illegal Colonoscopy to Search for Drugs by On July 18, 2009, a New York State parolee, Tunde Clement, agreed to a $125,000 settlement in a lawsuit he filed in 2007 against Albany County, New York and Albany Medical Center Hospital. Clement's attorney, John F. Queenan, claimed his …
Article • July 15, 2009
Prison Officials Entitled to Make Medical Decisions for Delusional Prisoner by California’s Fifth Appellate District has held that a court’s decision to grant prison administrators authorization to consent to medical treatment on a prisoner’s behalf was proper. The decision to grant a prison doctor’s petition under Probate Code section 3201 …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
U.S. Homeland Security Illegally Drugged Immigrants for Deportation by Gary Hunter Until recently, immigrants destined for deportation due to their illegal residency status in the United States faced the possibility of being drugged before leaving. Since 2003, there have been more than 250 cases where psychotropic drugs were inappropriately administered …
Diabetic ND Prisoner's Forced Medical Treatment Upheld by North Dakota State Penitentiary prisoner August T. Vogel, who is serving a 90-year sentence for first degree murder, refused medical monitoring and treatment for his diabetes after he was removed from work release, lost his job and was denied a parole board …
Dismissal, Summary Judgment Against Prisoner's Medical Claims Affirmed by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, held that a prisoner failed to prove that Washington prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs when they treated him with anti-psychotic …
No Qualified Immunity for Force Feeding Prisoner Who Agrees to Eat by The Muslim plaintiff fasted periodically for three to 15 days. On the fourth day of a fast, the defendant doctor declared him to be on a "hunger strike" and said he was lethargic, slow walking and talked with …
Article • May 15, 2007
Involuntary Drugging of Criminal Defendant Upheld by The plaintiff was administered a powerful combination of drugs by jail medical personnel for various medical problems without informed consent. However, she took the medication voluntarily, so the rule of Riggins v. Nevada barring involuntary medication to render a prisoner competent has no …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Police or Hospital Liability for Catheterizing Motorist for Drug Test by The plaintiff ran out of gas and was walking down the road, without a coat in January. Sheriff's deputies concluded he was "bonkers" and "totally out of it," so they took him into custody, handcuffing him though they …
District Court Awards Attorney Fees on Forced Medication Claim by The U.S. District Court for the District of Utah awarded attorney fees and costs to a jail prisoner who complained of being forcibly medicated with psychotropic drugs. The fees awarded, however, were only about one-third the requested amount. Daniel Howard …
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