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 …
Fields v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Amicus Brief, Civilian Recording of Police Officers, 2016 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Nos. 16-1650 & 16-1651 RICHARD FIELDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et ano, Defendants-Appellees. AMANDA GERACI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal …
Fields v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Amicus Brief, False Arrest Video On-Duty Police, 2016 Case: 16-1651 Document: 003112450483 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/31/2016 Nos. 16-1651 (lead), 16-1650 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _________________ AMANDA GERACI, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees _________________ …
Third Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Restraint Chair Case by Mark Wilson The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court did not follow controlling Supreme Court precedent when granting summary judgment to prison officials on a mentally ill prisoner’s restraint chair-related claim. Since childhood, Pennsylvania prisoner Leonard …
Gangwal v. Folster, PA, Reply in Support of Motion to File Amended Complaint, Excessive Force Leg Sweep, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES Document 50 Filed 09/29/16 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SUDHIR GANGWAL, Civil Action No.: 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES (Filed: October 16, 2014) …
Ponzini v. PrimeCare Medical, Inc., PA, Judgment, Medical Negligence and Wrongful Death, 2016 Case 3:11-cv-00413-RDM Document 338 Filed 09/16/16 Page 1 of 2 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PETER PONZINI, ESQUIRE and MIRYEM BARBAROS, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Mumun Barbaros, Deceased, Plaintiffs, …
US District Court Upholds Prisoner's Medical Suit against County and Healthcare Providers by On February 9, 2012 Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania upheld claims of deliberate indifference by individual defendants, vicarious liability of Correctional Medical Care, Inc. ("CMC"), and professional malpractice. Peter D'Agostino, a prisoner in the Montgomery County Correctional …
Appeals Court Strikes Down Stringent Sex-Offender Probation Conditions by Derek Gilna Charles Murray was sentenced to 95 months' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, and as part of that sentence was required to fulfill "various special conditions of supervised release that, for example, require(d) him to …
Gangwal v. Folster, PA, Exhibit of Amended Complaint, Excessive Force Leg Sweep, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES Document 47-2 Filed 09/08/16 Page 1 of 9 Exhibit 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MEENA GANGWAL, Executrix of the Estate of Sudhir Kumar Gangwal, Plaintiff, Civil Action …
Gangwal v. Folster, PA, Exhibit of Certificate of Grant of Letters, Excessive Force Leg Sweep, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES Document 47-1 Filed 09/08/16 Page 1 of 1 Exhibit 1 REGISTER OF WILLS Certificate of Grant of Letters No. 0116-0350 ESTATE OF SUDHIR KUMAR GANGWAL A/KIA SUDHIR GANGWAL Social Security No. 104-74-2107 …
