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Article • August 25, 2022
Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Wellpath in Kentucky Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Denial of Medical Care, Due to Lack of Expert Testimony by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit illustrates the importance of expert testimony in a prisoner’s …
Article • August 25, 2022
Guard Sentenced for Montana Women’s Prison Rape by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 30, 2022, a former guard at Montana Woman’s Prison (MWP) was sentenced in Yellowstone County District Court to 10 years in prison, with five years suspended, for raping a prisoner at the lockup …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$1,425,000 Paid to Epileptic Illinois Detainee Denied Medication Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Upper Bunk in Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On December 26, 2021, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by an epileptic former Illinois jail detainee after he accepted $1,425,000 to settle claims that …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
California Appellate Court Reverses $2.7 Million Award for Wrongful Death of Woman Murdered by Grandson on Parole by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In a stunning decision reached on December 16, 2021, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District, absolved the state Department of Corrections …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$825,000 Paid to Estate of New Mexico Jail Detainee Who Died from Heroin Withdrawal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a settlement reached on March 1, 2022, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, agreed to pay $825,000 to resolve claims filed over the heroin withdrawal death of a detainee at …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$350,000 Paid to Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff’s Deputy by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On August 18, 2018, Milan Jackson was riding on Caltrain near the rail system’s stop in Redwood City, California. At some point Jackson, who suffers ADHD and autism, lay down on the train …
$35,000 Settlement Paid by California County After Jail Death of Elderly, Mentally Ill Detainee by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart California’s San Luis Obispo County reached a settlement on February 10, 2021, agreeing to pay $35,000 to resolve wrongful death claims filed by the widow of an elderly man with …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye Settlement agreements totaling $177,500 were approved in the winter of 2021-22 by the Board of County Commissioners of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, resolving claims by a pair of former detainees at the …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Standing, Suicides
Reinstating Suit by Louisiana Detainee’s Mother Over His Jail Suicide, Fifth Circuit Schools Lower Court in Meaning of “Standing” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated the claim of a woman whose son fatally hanged himself in …
$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 18, 2022, the federal court for the Western District of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In September 2021, after closing out a $10 million settlement in a class-action suit alleging its county jail violated the privacy rights of detainees by making their …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Prisoner’s Pro Se Public Records Request, Sets Damages for Denial at $1,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a state court of appeals erred when it denied a state prisoner’s motion for statutory damages …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into another agreement with Disability Rights Florida, Inc. (DRF) on November 8, 2021, denying it had breached an earlier 2017 agreement regarding treatment of disabled …
Article • July 19, 2022
Ohio Supreme Court: Only Statute, Not Agency Policy, Creates Legal Duty Enforceable in Mandamus by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a writ of mandamus petition filed by a state prisoner challenging a decision by the state Department of Rehabilitation and …
Article • July 19, 2022
Maine State Prison Guard Awarded $400,000 in Sex Discrimination Settlement by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A sex discrimination suit against filed by a female guard at the Maine State Prison against the state Department of Corrections (DOC) was settled for $400,000 in June 2022. The guard, Autumn Dinsmore, …
Brief • July 19, 2022
Frazier v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum of Law, Injuction, 2022 Case 8:22-cv-01768-PJM Document 2-1 Filed 07/19/22 Page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND GREENBELT DIVISION ROBERT FRAZIER, et al., individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, …
Article • July 18, 2022
$350,000 Paid To Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff's Deputy by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On August 18, 2018, Milan Jackson was riding on Caltrain near the rail system’s stop in Redwood City, California. At some point Jackson, who suffers ADHD and autism, lay down on the train …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Class of Juvenile Prisoners Certified in Suit Against Florida DOC by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss O n October 22, 2021, federal Judge Robert Hinkle of the Northern District of Florida certified a class of plaintiffs in a suit accusing the state Department of Corrections (DOC) of housing juveniles and …
Filing • June 27, 2022
HRDC v. St. Joseph County, IN, USDC, Complaint, Censorship, 2022 USDC IN/ND case 3:22-cv-00489 document 1 filed 06/27/22 page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. …
Brief • June 22, 2022
Filed under: Public Records
Tremaine v. USCBP, WA, Settlement, Denial of Records, 2022 1 Chief District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 11 12 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 2:19-cv-334-RSM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT UNITED STATES …
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