$7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s “Nuisance Suit” by In January 2016, Pennsylvania’s Northumberland County agreed to pay $7,500 to settle a former prisoner’s lawsuit alleging he was denied access to the courts, visitation, recreation and receipt of incoming publications. While at the Northumberland County Prison, Charles Picarella, Jr., who is …
Third Circuit Holds Prisons Not Required to Treat Impotence or Infertility by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that prison officials do not have to treat medical conditions that could result in a prisoner’s impotence or infertility. When Shemtov Michtavi was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in …
Pennsylvania: $99,000 Settlement for 22 Years in Solitary Confinement by David Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court held that general issues of material fact required a jury to determine whether a prisoner’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when he was held in solitary confinement for over 22 years. …
PA Behanna Sexual Assault by Guard -Complaint Case 2:17-cv-00105-CB-LPL Document 1 Filed 01/23/17 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELISSA BEHANNA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ALLEGHENY COUNTY d/b/a ALLEGHENY ) COUNTY JAIL; ORLANDO HARPER, ) individually …
Behanna v. Allegheny, PA, Complaint, Sexual Assault by Guard, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00105-CB-LPL Document 1 Filed 01/23/17 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELISSA BEHANNA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ALLEGHENY COUNTY d/b/a ALLEGHENY ) COUNTY JAIL; ORLANDO …
Boozer v. Waltman, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Arrest, 2017 Filed and Attested by the Office of Judicial Records 16 JAN 2017 03:35 pm J. OSTROWSKI Case ID: 160900497 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA KHANEFAH BOOZER 1322 McKinley Street Philadelphia, PA 19111 CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff v. RYAN …
Abu-Jamal v. Wetzel, PA, Memorandum Opinion, Inmate Treatment of Hepatitis C, 2017 Case 3:16-cv-02000-RDM Document 23 Filed 01/03/17 Page 1 of 44 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MUMIA ABU·JAMAL, Plaintiff, v. 3:16·CV·2000 (JUDGE MARIANI) JOHN WETZEL, et aI., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION I. INTRODUCTION &PROCEDURAL …
Abu-Jamal v. Wetzel, PA, Order Granting Motion for Preliminary Injunction - Hep C Protocall (2017) Case 3:16-cv-02000-RDM Document 24 Filed 01/03/17 Page 1 of 2 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MUMIA ABU·JAMAL, v. Plaintiff, 3:16·CV·2000 (JUDGE MARIANI) JOHN WETZEL, et al., Defendants. ORDER AND …
Seitz v. Allegheny Cty, PA, Complaint, Pregnant in Solitary, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ELIZABETH SEITZ; MERSIHA TUZLIC; RIVA DEPASSE; JILL HENDRICKS; KIARI DAY, Plaintiffs, v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY; ORLANDO HARPER, Warden of Allegheny County Jail; SIMON WAINWRIGHT, Deputy Warden; MONICA LONG, Deputy …
Whitlow v. Corizon, PA, Complaint and Jury Trial Demand, Prison Health Services - Failure to Treat, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-01874-CB Document 1 Filed 12/16/16 Page 1 of 51 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CYNTHIA JEWETT WHITLOW, Administratrix Of the Estate of CLARENCE J. JEWETT, …
Whitlow v. Corizon Inc, PA, Complaint and Jury Trial Demand, Failure to Treat Mental and Physical Health, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-01874-CB Document 1 Filed 12/16/16 Page 1 of 51 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CYNTHIA JEWETT WHITLOW, Administratrix Of the Estate of CLARENCE J. …
Heck Satisfied if Ruling Fails to Address Issues but Reverses Conviction by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held an order vacating a sentence imposed by a lower court constitutes a favorable termination of proceedings under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) [PLN, Sept. 1994, p.12], despite the fact …
Pennsylvania: DA Apologizes for Undisclosed Gifts by Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams belatedly reported $160,050 in gifts from political and legal connections, raising conflict of interest concerns and prompting an August 19, 2016 apology from the prosecutor to his staff. In an email, Williams apologized for any “distractions” created by …
Corizon Faces Suit for Failing to Administer Tube Feedings to Pennsylvania Prisoner by Christopher Wallace, 30, was arrested on February 12, 2015 on charges of robbing two banks. According to his attorney, Wallace committed the crimes in a desperate attempt to secure funds to pay for feeding tubes he required …
Williams v. Papi, PA, Opinion Denying MSJ, Medical Malpractice, 2016 Case 3:13-cv-01151-RDM Document 99 Filed 12/07/16 Page 1 of 45 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELINDA WILLIAMS, As Administratrix of the Estate of Brian P. Williams, Plaintiff, 3:13·CV·01151 (JUDGE MARIANI) v. MARK PAPI, …
Kedra v. Schroeter, PA, Opinion, Police Misconduct, 2016 PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ______ No. 16-1417 ______ JOAN KEDRA, in her own right and as personal representative of the estate of David Kedra, Appellant v. RICHARD SCHROETER ______ On Appeal from the United States District …
Former Pennsylvania Prison Doctor Sentenced for Fraud; Accomplices Convicted by The former medical director of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County Prison (LCP) was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to numerous schemes to defraud the government. Dennis Erik Fluck Von Kiel was employed as LCP’s medical director from …
Company Offers Educational Tablets to Prisoners, with Mixed Results by Matthew Clarke A new educational product offered by a private company is being provided to prisoners in an increasing number of the nation’s jails – computer tablets supplied by Chicago-based Edovo (a name derived from “Education Over Obstacles”). Edovo tablets …
Pennsylvania: Former Cop Indefinitely Jailed for Failure to Supply Passwords by In March 2015, former Philadelphia police sergeant Francis Rawls, 37, was identified as a suspect in a child porno­graphy ring. As part of the investigation, Delaware County authorities confiscated several electronic devices from Rawls’ home and requested that he …
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Moratorium by David Reutter Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in early 2015; predictably, the move was lauded by opponents of capital punishment and despised by those in favor of the death penalty. State prosecutors petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme …
