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Brief • May 23, 2011
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Alfano v. CCA, TX, Complaint, inmate death diabetes, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-01006-P Document 1 Filed 05/16/11 Page 1 of 21 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION LEON ALFANO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PAMELA DARLENE WEATHERBY, NELDA ALFANO, DAREN C. …
THE ANATOMY OF A POST-TASERING DEATH by Lynn Wilson By Lynne Wilson The Government of British Columbia’s independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Robert Dziekansi’s death on October 14, 2007 is the most comprehensive and illuminating investigation conducted to date into the dangerousness of Tasers or “conducted energy devices or …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Mississippi Governor Grants Early Release to Scott Sisters by Derek Gilna In a recent resolution to a celebrated Mississippi civil rights case, in which sisters Gladys and Jamie Scott each served 16 years of a life sentence for their part in a 1993 armed robbery that netted as little as …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Inefficiencies in Prison Pharmacy Operations Cost California Taxpayers at Least $13 Million Annually by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Responding to concerns brought to its attention by pharmacy staff regarding the amount of medication wasted in California’s prisons, in April 2010 the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Sixth Circuit Rules on Whether Prisoner Must Name Defendants in Grievance by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) internal grievance policy rule that prisoners name all defendants did not invalidate a prisoner’s grievance for purposes of exhaustion of administrative remedies when prison …
Summary Judgment for Massachusetts DOC Medical Provider Reversed by Brandon Sample The Appeals Court of Massachusetts has reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) contract medical provider, subcontractor and contract staff alleged to have provided inadequate dental care. John Sullivan, a prisoner …
Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison by On August 23, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Wisconsin filed a settlement agreement in U.S. District Court that will improve medical and mental health care and conditions of confinement for disabled prisoners …
Eleventh Circuit Finds Disabled Prisoner in Imminent Danger for Filing Fee Purposes by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a Georgia federal district court’s injunction that prohibited a prisoner from submitting future filings, and reversed the lower court’s dismissal of the prisoner’s …
Article • May 15, 2011
$943,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Courtroom by The family of a man who died in 2001 from an asthma attack has settled a 42 U.S.C. §1983 suit for $943,000. Robert L. Waters, Jr. collapsed in the well of D.C. Superior Court Judge Tim Murphy’s courtroom on …
Article • May 15, 2011
No Right to Washington Sex Offender Treatment Program Records in Public Records Case by The Washington State Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s order that rejected Monroe Correctional Facility prisoner Ronnie Hick’s claim against the Department of Corrections (DOC) for violations of the Public Records Act (PRA). Hicks …
Michigan Jail Nurse Denied Qualified Immunity in Detainee Death Case by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a Michigan jail nurse’s motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity ground related to a prisoner’s death from untreated alcohol withdrawal. On March 1, 2004, Larry Bertl …
Article • May 15, 2011
Judge Denies Attorney’s Fees to Prevailing Defendant by U.S. Magistrate Judge John A. Gorman has denied a request for attorney’s fees and sanctions against a plaintiff who brought an unsuccessful civil rights action. Defendant Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. had argued that it was entitled to attorney’s fees because the plaintiff’s …
Article • May 15, 2011
Maricopa County Settles Fatal Denial of Prisoner Medical Care Suit for $200,000 by On September 16, 2004, Maricopa County, Arizona settled for $200,000 a lawsuit involving the death of a county jail prisoner due to denial of medical dare and medical neglect. On March 16, 2002, Louella Stevens was booked …
Article • May 15, 2011
Maricopa County Settles Prisoner's Brain Injury Suit for $4 Million by In August 2005, Maricopa County, Arizona, settled for $4 million a lawsuit brought by the representative of a former Maricopa County Jail prisoner who received permanent debilitating brain injury after being beaten by another prisoner. On September 20, 2001, …
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,500 to Paraplegic Prisoner for Disability-Based Discrimination by On January 27, 2006, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,500 to a paraplegic prisoner who received inadequate medical care and was discriminated against because of his disability. John Chauers, a DOC prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2011
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Washington DOC Pays $4,500 to Settle Negligence Claim by On December 14, 2006, Washington State prisoner, Ronald Davis, filed a claim accusing DOC staff of failing to properly treat his medical condition. After experiencing severe chest pain, Davis alleged he was given only a "superficial exam" before being "declared fit …
Second Circuit: Subjective Standard Applies to Pretrial Detainee Due Process Claims by On September 22, 2009, the Second Circuit joined the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th circuits in holding that the subjective standard for deliberate indifference set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in Farmer v. …
$19.6 Million Verdict in Nassau County New York for Arrestee Run Over By Police by On February 19, 2010, a federal jury awarded $16.6 million to a former construction worker who was run over by a cop in 2005. Thomas Hartman sued Nassau County detective Karl Snelders after Snelders ran …
$800,000 Settlement in Suit Over Diseases Caught at Maricopa County Jail by On December 12, 2005, a former Maricopa County Jail prisoner and his mother settled for $800,000 a suit alleging unsanitary conditions at the jail caused the former prisoner to become seriously ill and suffer permanent injuries. When he …
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