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Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Valley Fever Cases at California Prison Increase in 2009 by According to The Fresno Bee, the number of cases of Valley Fever among California prisoners at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga nearly doubled from 2008 to 2009. Data reported by prison officials to the Fresno County Public Health …
Canyon County Jail in Idaho Settles Conditions Suit With Consent Decree and $190,000 in Attorney’s Fees by Brandon Sample On November 12, 2009, Canyon County, Idaho agreed to settle a federal class-action suit against the Canyon County Jail (CCJ) that raised a myriad of claims related to unconstitutional conditions. Filed …
$500 Settlement on Prisoner’s Negligence Suit by The eastern district of California paid $500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Michael R. Holtsinger for injuries sustained by being assaulted while at recreation yard at High Desert State Prison. While at recreation on June 22, 2002, Holtsinger and his roommate were …
Article • July 15, 2010
D.C. Pays $16,500 Settlement for Prisoner Assault, Broken Jaw by On April 23, 2001, the District of Columbia paid $16,500 to settle with a prisoner who suffered a broken jaw when he was attacked by another prisoner at the Central Security Facility in October 1999. The suit, filed in D.C. …
Article • July 15, 2010
D.C. Prisoner Injured in Bus Accident Settles for $3,500. by Plaintiff Frank L. Patterson sued the District of Columbia for injuries sustained when a prison security gate closed on a bus that he and other prisoners were being transported in. The case, filed in the Superior Court of the District …
Article • July 15, 2010
Injuries Sustained From Glass in Food Net D.C. Prisoner $2,000 by On April 28, 2003, Davont Pindle settled his negligence claim against Aramark Corporation and the District of Columbia for $2,000. Pindle claimed that on June 5, 2000, while eating in the dining hall at the Lorton Maximum Security Prison, …
Article • July 15, 2010
Stabbed D.C. Prisoner Settles Failure to Protect Claim for $17,500 by On September 30, 2002, plaintiff Andregus L. Pearson agreed to settle his failure to protect claim against the District of Columbia for $17,500. Pearson filed suit in D.C. Superior Court on July 13, 2001, claiming that overcrowding and the …
Brief • July 15, 2010
Riker v. Gibbons, NV, Proposed Order Granting Joint Mots Medical Conditions 2010 Case 3:08-cv-00115-LRH-VPC Document 144-3 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 2 3 4 5 6 7 Filed 07/15/10 Page 1 of 2 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) DAVID RIKER …
Doherty v. Marshall, MA, Plaintiff's Appellate Brief, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2010 Issue Presented Did the superior court abuse its discretion by awarding attorney fees to Plaintiff-Appellee Doherty after the jury found that the DefendantAppellants had caused him and ten other prisoners to live under conditions of extreme squalor and filth …
Brief • July 15, 2010
Riker v. Gibbons, NV, Settlement Agrement, Class Action Medical Conditions, 2010 Case 3:08-cv-00115-LRH-VPC Document 144 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 2 3 4 5 6 7 Filed 07/15/10 Page 1 of 3 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) DAVID RIKER et al., …
New Details Regarding Race Riot at USP Florence by Brandon Sample More details have emerged about the April 2008 race riot that occurred at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Florence, Colorado, as prisoners who participated in the violent disturbance have pleaded guilty after being criminally charged. The riot started …
ACLU Report Applauds Michigan’s Efforts to Reduce Prison Population by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A November 2009 report by Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the National Prison Project of the ACLU, explores the history and effects of over-incarceration in Michigan and how the state has managed to reduce its …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
California Jail Detainee Attacked by Cellmate, Family Accepts $1.85 Million by Michael Brodheim The family of Jimmy Haws has settled a federal lawsuit against Monterey County and county officials for $1.85 million, two years after initiating litigation following an assault against Haws who, while a pretrial detainee at a jail …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Judge Finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Massachusetts Jail, 11 Years After Suit is Filed by Brandon Sample On September 24, 2009, Suffolk Superior Court Judge John C. Cratsley held in a class-action lawsuit that Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson in Bristol County, Massachusetts was housing prisoners under cruel and unusual conditions. Originally …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
$1,500 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Cold Cell Conditions Claim by The Wisconsin Department of Corrections paid $1,500 to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment rights by being subjected to cold cell temperatures. Waupan Correctional Institution prisoner Jevon D. Jackson filed a civil rights action for being …
$2,750 Settlement in California Prisoner’s Denial of Exercise Claim by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) paid $2,750 to settle a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claim for denial of exercise. The May 7, 2008 settlement came in a lawsuit filed by prisoner Terrell Curry. In his third amended complaint, …
Montana State and County Officials May be Liable for Injuries Caused by Private Prisoner Transport Company by The State of Montana and Montana counties may be held liable for mistreatment and injuries caused by private prisoner transportation companies, the Supreme Court of Montana held. Jaydon Paull was arrested in 2003 …
New Jersey: Class-Action Status Granted in Suit Challenging Conditions of Confinement at Passaic County Jail by Michael Brodheim On May 28, 2009, a U.S. District Court granted class-action status to prisoners seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Passaic County Jail (PCJ) in Paterson, New …
Ineffective Attempts to Protect Texas Prisoner Were Sufficient by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s denial of summary judgment to prison officials who had failed to safeguard a Texas state prisoner, saying their ineffective attempts to protect him were sufficient. Gregory Moore was incarcerated at the …
Illinois: Disabled Detainees’ Discrimination Claims May Proceed to Trial by In a lengthy and well-reasoned opinion and order, U.S. District Court Judge Elaine E. Bucklo, for the Northern District of Illinois, denied cross-motions for summary judgment in a class-action suit brought by paraplegics and partially-disabled pre-trial detainees currently and formerly …
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