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Mother Questions Her Son’s “Natural” Death in Colorado CCA Prison by Alan Prendergast On October 28, 2010, a 26-year-old prisoner named Terrell Griswold was found slumped over and unresponsive in his cell at the Bent County Correctional Facility, a private prison in southeastern Colorado. The official cause of death was …
Jones v. Aguinaldo, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:10-cv-00313 Document #: 45 Filed: 11/21/11 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:232 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KEDRON JONES, JR., Plaintiff, v. EVARISTO AGUINALDO, PARTHA GHOSH, LIPING ZHANG, AND WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, …
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Urinary
CDOC Agrees to Pay $5,000 to Resolve Medical Indifference Suit by On May 13, 2009, the California Department of Corrections (CDOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a prisoner who received deliberately indifferent medical care. According to Humberto Preciado’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, medical staff at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Sixth Circuit: Shy Bladder Suit Returned to District Court by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Danny Ray Meeks, a …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Deliberate Indifference Claim by On July 14, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a grant of summary judgment for two doctors accused of deliberate indifference. Greg Duckworth, an Illinois prisoner, sued two prison physicians after it was discovered that he …
Article • September 15, 2009
Forced Catheterization to Perform Drug Test Constitutional by On May 15, 2008, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a § 1983 action filed by 68-year-old Missouri prisoner Joel LeVine. LeVine alleged that the defendants, a guard and …
Failure to Treat Immigrant Detainee’s Fatal Penile Cancer Ruled “Beyond Cruel” by John Dannenberg Failure to Treat Immigrant Detainee’s Fatal Penile Cancer Ruled “Beyond Cruel” by John E. Dannenberg A U.S. District Court (C.D. Cal.) has ruled that the repeated failure of U.S. immigration authorities over an eleven-month period to …
Article • January 15, 2008
Nebraska Prisoner's Transfer to Another Prison Was Lawful by Robert Hunt, a Nebraska state prisoner, is a Seventh Day Adventist. After nearly 20 years at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP), he was transferred to the Tecumseh State Correctional Institute (TSCI) against his will. As a result he lost his job …
Article • December 15, 2007
Paruresis No Excuse for Failure to Urinate Absent Medical Verification by Oregon State pro se prisoner Richard Sheeny appealed a U.S. District Court grant of summary judgment to prison officials denying his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. He alleged constitutional violations when he was disciplined for failure to urinate because …
Paruresis Diagnosis Required for Justification of Urinalysis Noncompliance by New York State pro se prisoner Victor Cruz appealed, by way of CPLR article 78, disciplinary findings and actions taken against him for failure to provide a urine sample. Cruz claimed that paruresis (shy bladder syndrome) prevented his compliance. The findings …
Article • December 15, 2007
Dismissed Paruresis Action Remanded for Proper Venue by Pro se Tennessee State prisoner Barton Hawkins petitioned for a writ of certiorari to review disciplinary actions taken against him for refusing to comply with a drug screening. He alleged that he suffered from paruresis (shy bladder syndrome) which hindered urine production. …
Article • December 15, 2007
Absent Medical Documentation, Disciplinary Action for Failure to Urinate Stands by New York State Prisoner Leslie Becker petitioned for review of a 2001 Department of Correctional Services disciplinary action resulting from his inability to produce a urine sample. The judgment was affirmed. When Becker could not provide a urine sample, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner Fails To Show Retaliation, Deliberate Indifference by The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida entered summary judgment against a prisoner's § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference and retaliation by a prison nurse practitioner (N.P.). Walter Pate, a Florida state prisoner, was diagnosed as having HIV, …
Denial of Witnesses in Pee-Shy Urine Case Reversed by Denial of Witnesses In Pee-Shy Urine Case Reversed The court of appeals for the Second circuit affirmed in part, reversed and remanded in part, a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a federal prisoner in New York. The prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Bivens Action Against Federal Agents by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Tennessee federal district court's dismissal of a Bivens claim against federal agents who allegedly destroyed a federal prisoner's property and denied him medical care. Thomas Harold Stiger, a federal prisoner, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Jail Doctor Given Qualified Immunity For Involuntarily Catheterizing Prisoner by The plaintiff was involuntarily catheterized to remove urine (unsuccessfully, since he was struggling) because the doctor was concerned that he might have a neurological injury. The plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim is rejected. At 1116: "Invasions of the body for medical …
California Jail Suicide Lawsuit Settled For $840,000; Contract Health Care Inadequate by A three year old federal wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a Yolo County, California jail detainee who hanged himself was settled for $840,000 on September 1, 2004. Contract health care provider California Forensic Medical Group, …
Mailbox Rule Tolls Statute of Limitations in BOP Medical Suit by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that, pursuant to the mailbox rule of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379 (1988), a prisoner's medical malpractice action was filed as of the date he delivered it to …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Filed under: Medical, Cardiovascular, Urinary
$25,000 Paid for Misdiagnosed Blood Clot by $25,000 paid for misdiagnosed blood clot In January of 1996, Valerie Bartlett was sent to the WCCW to serve a short prison sentence. Upon arrival, she complained of swollen legs and feet, general fatigue, and chest pains. These symptoms persisted and Ms. Bartlett …
New Jersey Detainees Entitled to Medical Care by A federal district court in New Jersey held that material issues of fact precluded summary judgment on a former prisoner's claim that he was denied adequate medical care. The court also rejected defendants' claim of qualified immunity. Dana Andrews, a former prisoner …
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