U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Federal Good Time Challenge by Brandon Sample On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) method for calculating federal good time credits. The dispute over the BOP’s implementation of the federal good time statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b), began about …
Justice Thomas’ Wife Creates “Nonpartisan” Political Organization by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Members of the judiciary have an ethical obligation to remain impartial. When it comes to the U.S. Supreme Court, such impartiality is crucial given the impact that the Court’s rulings have nationwide. For that reason the …
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Government May Offset Attorney Fees to Collect Litigant’s Debt by On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that “fees and other expenses” awarded to a prevailing party are “payable to the litigant and ... therefore subject to a Government offset to satisfy a pre-existing …
U.S. Senator’s Girlfriend, In-Law Get Department of Justice Jobs by Brandon Sample Melodee Hanes, the live-in girlfriend of U.S. Senator Max Baucus, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, has received a high-level political appointment with the Department of Justice (DOJ). Hanes’ new job at the DOJ comes on the heels …
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. …
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 …
D.C. Prisoner Settles Excessive Force Suit for $6,000 by On January 30, 2001, plaintiff Frank Patterson settled for $6,000 a federal lawsuit alleging excessive use of force by a guard employed by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. The suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, was filed in …
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, …
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 …
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Order, BOP public records, 2010 Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 68 Filed 02/25/10 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) ) HARLEY G. …
DC Circuit Reverses CCA/TransCor Non-Exhaustion Dismissal by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and for conceding summary judgment by failing to respond to the defendants’ summary judgment motion. The …
District of Columbia to Pay $150,000 for Violation of Minor's Rights by On April 17, 2002, Washington, D.C. attorney Nina Kraut filed suit against the District of Columbia (D.C.) and others alleging Constitutional and Civil Rights violations. The action was brought by Angela Harvin on behalf of her 14-year-o1d son, …
Military Contractors Granted Summary Judgment by On September 11, 2009, Iraqi citizens, Haidar Muhsin Saleh and Ilam Nassir Ibrahim, lost their appeal to the District of Columbia Circuit in regard to lawsuits filed against two private military contractors. The two men represented a group of plaintiffs who alleged they or …
$3,000 Settlement on DC Prisoner’s Medical Negligence Suit by The District of Columbia paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Lawrence Davis, Jr. for injuries sustained due to medical negligence. While at the D.C. jail on September 5, 2001, Davis requested medical care for a problem with his left …
Juvenile Abused at D.C. Jail Settles for $31,000 Plus Attorney Fees by On December 19, 2002, a juvenile abused while on a field trip at a District of Columbia jail settled her federal 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit for $31,000. In addition, attorney fees were awarded by the U.S. District …
D.C. Prisoner Stabbed by Unknown Assailant Settles for $15,000 by On March 25, 2005, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $15,000 to settle with plaintiff Gary Rowe, who sued the district seeking compensation for injuries he sustained when he was stabbed in a jail shower. According to Rowe’s complaint, …
D.C. Prisoner Assaulted by Guard Settles Claim for $17,500 by On February 24, 2004, plaintiff Emmett Spencer-El settled his federal 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the District of Columbia, the D.C. Department of Corrections and guard C. Everett for $17,500. Spencer-El claimed that on March 28, 2001, while in …
District of Columbia Pays $6,000 for Breach of Duty of Care by On May 12, 2003, District of Columbia (D.C.) DOC prisoner Jeremiah Lester accepted a $6,000 settlement from District officials for injuries he suffered during a brutal attack that occurred in May 1999 at the Youth Center One facility …
District of Columbia to Pay $5,000 for Breach of Duty of Care by On October 2, 2000, a District of Columbia (D.C.) prisoner, Antonio Avery, accepted a $5,000 settlement for injuries he suffered during an attack on him by two other prisoners at Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia on June …
