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Article • May 15, 2007
Dismissal of Minnesota Sex Offender's Search and Seizure Claim Upheld by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a civilly committed Minnesota prisoner's claim that the search and seizure of his property violated his constitutional rights and state law. While imprisoned at the Moose Lake facility …
Article • May 15, 2007
Failure to Notify Warrants New Parole Hearing for Washington Prisoner by On December 27, 2004, a Washington appeals court granted a prisoner's personal restraint petition in which he alleged that the Sentencing Review Board (SRB) failed to provide him with proper notification of his parole revocation hearing. Rudolph Renfro was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Muslim Head Scarf Lawsuit Dismissed After Prison Policy Change by The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin dismissed a Federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Cynthia Rhouni, the ex- wife of a State prisoner who was forced to remove her head scarf (a part of her …
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Prison Teacher Taken Hostage Settled for $1.3 Million by Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Prison Teacher Taken Hostage Settled for $1.3 Million Kevin Taylor, husband and Administrator of his deceased wife Beverly's estate, a former teacher at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, settled a State Court civil …
Article • May 15, 2007
State Seizes Child Of Sex Offender Father/Drug Abuser Mother by The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed a Federal civil rights complaint filed by Melissa Wolfhawk against Schuylkill County Children and Youth Services for seizure of her newborn child. Wolfhawk claimed that the agency violated …
Article • May 15, 2007
BOP Early Release Withdrawal Arbitrary And Capricious; Release Ordered by By Bob Williams The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has ordered early release for a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner who successfully completed a 500-hour drug addiction program. The Court found the withdrawal of a …
Pilot Light Burn Nets NY Prisoner $225 by A New York State court of claims judge found the New York Department of Correctional Services (DCS) negligent in training and supervising a prisoner who sustained first-degree burns. The court awarded only $225 for past pain and suffering. On July 15, 1999, …
$98,500 Settlement In Jail Negligence Suit-Prisoner Beating by Darrin Rydberg, filed a civil law suit in 1997, against the Nassau County Correctional Center (jail), for 3 million dollars in damages for the jail's negligence in failing to protect him from being assaulted by another prisoner (Porter), while Rydberg was incarcerated …
$130,000 Settlement in Former Prison Employee Harassment Suit by In 1999, Thomas G. Bailor, filed a law suit against the Delaware Correctional Center (DCC), after he was forced to quit his job as an internal affairs investigator, for filing a report accusing prison guards of misconduct. Bailor, was investigating charges …
Article • May 15, 2007
NY Prisoner Awarded $150 for Wrongful SHU Placement by A New York state court of claims found that a prisoner wrongfully confined in a special housing unit (SHU) for two weeks and awarded him $150. On January 17, 2000, New York Department of Correctional Services (DCS) prisoner Anthony Amaker was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Texas Prisoners Still Have Limited Right to Appear in Civil Cases by A Texas state court of appeals has ruled that Texas prisoners continue to retain a limited right of appearance in civil cases after the Texas Supreme Court's decision in In re Z.L.T., and a district court cannot dismiss …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA Agencies Liable For Fees & Penalties To Parties Who Prevail Against Them In PDA Cases by WA Agencies Liable For Fees & Penalties To Parties Who Prevail Against Them In PDA Cases On June 22, 2001, a reporter named Tim Connor sued the city of Spokane, Washington for withholding …
Article • May 15, 2007
7th Circuit Holds $60,000 Illinois Strip Search Award Not Excessive by On Nov. 29, 1983, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a strip-search claimant's $60,000 jury award against the City of Chicago was not excessive even though it was larger than awards in similar cases. Four female …
Article • May 15, 2007
$334,432 Award for Woman Raped In Georgia Jail by In December 1992, a federal jury in Fulton County, Georgia, awarded $334,432 to a woman who claimed she was raped by a guard while imprisoned in the Forest Park city jail. The plaintiff, Mary Isdell, claimed that while imprisoned in the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Alabama Prisoner Assaulted By Guard Awarded $100 by On June 11, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama awarded $100 to a state prisoner who claimed a previous rib injury was aggravated when he was assaulted by two guards. Harold Ivory, a state prisoner at the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida Prison Visitor Awarded $43,000 for Slip and Fall by On October 24, 2002, a Florida court awarded $43,302.52 to a woman who injured her back when she slipped and fell in the visitation area of the Baker Correctional Institution. Dorothy Jackson, 65, was visiting her son, a state prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
Missouri Attaches Prisoner's Award Against CMS, 8th Cir Remands by On July 28, 2003, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a district court to reconsider whether the State of Missouri could confiscate a prisoner's judgment against a prison medical provider under the state's cost of incarceration statute. Acting …
Article • May 15, 2007
New Jersey Juvenile Raped By Guards Settles For $500,000 by On May 24, 2002, Morris County, New Jersey, paid $500,000 to settle with a former prisoner who was sexually assaulted by two guards at the Morris County Juvenile Detention Center. While imprisoned in the detention center in September 1997, Mary …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Assaulted By Guards Awarded $300 by On December 31, 2003, a court of claims in Albany, New York, awarded $300 to a state prisoner who claimed his knee was injured when a guard at the Franklin Correctional Center (FCC) assaulted him during a pat-search. While imprisoned in …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Injured In Fall From Bunk Awarded $75 by On October 14, 2004, a court of claims in Syracuse, New York, awarded $75 to a state prisoner who was injured when he fell from his improperly assigned upper bunk. Prisoners at the Cape Vincent Correctional Facility are typically …
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