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Sanabria v. Hillsborough County, NH, Deposition, employee sex bias jail prisoner abuse, 2007 COpy ~_ •. r THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE * * * * * * * * * * * * DORIS SANABRIA, * * Plaintiff, * v. * HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY …
Article • August 15, 2008
Miami Cops Beat, Drag Six Year Old Child by In this police misconduct case, the cops say that they saw the plaintiff breaking windows, pursued him and said "freeze police," and the plaintiff fell down; he then resisted when they picked him up. The plaintiff says he was thrown down …
Claims by Beaten Indiana Jail Prisoner Upheld; Guard’s Indemnification Claim Denied by The plaintiff said he was beaten by guards; the defendants said he was beaten by one officer, who was fired and recommended for criminal investigation. He was allegedly unruly, was gassed with pepper spray and then strapped into …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Handcuffing Prisoner for Seven Hours in Cell May be Unconstitutional by The plaintiff was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. He was variously handcuffed behind his back, handcuffed to a hook 12 inches above the floor, and then handcuffed to the front of the cell in a standing position, despite his …
Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees by Procedural Due Process--Disciplinary Proceedings (920): Sandin does not apply to detainees, who are entitled to procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings. Here there was some evidence because staff said the plaintiff had confessed. Procedural Due Process--Administrative Segregation (921): Placement of an escape risk in …
Federal Court Rules RFRA Applies to Guantanamo by by Matthew T. Clarke The United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. 2000bb, et seq., applied to the detention facilities at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Shafiq …
PRISON IS A CENTRAL FEATURE OF PALESTINIAN LIFE by Audrey Bomse, Esq. Since 1967, when the West Bank and Gaza were first occupied by Israel, over 650,000 Palestinians have been detained for resisting the Israeli Occupation by political, military and other means. This constitutes approximately 20% of the total Palestinian …
$64,900 Award in Arkansas Excessive Force Claim; Warden Held Not Liable by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against the warden of Arkansas’ Cummins Unit, finding he did not have sufficient knowledge that the guards under his supervision were inflicting …
Class Certified in Conditions Suit at SD Juvenile Prison by Plaintiffs challenged conditions in a juvenile training school, including the use of mechanical restraints, strip searches by opposite sex guards, excessive force, arbitrary lockdown or isolation, lack of disciplinary due process, etc. The court certifies a class of a present …
Article • August 15, 2008
San Leandro (California) Police Taser, Choke Man To Death; $395K Settlement by A San Leandro (California) family (plaintiffs) brought suit against the city and it's police after the tasing and choking of Jose Perez, Jr., in 2005 resulting in his death. The suit settled on May 24, 2007 without admission …
Article • August 15, 2008
Excessive Force Kansas Juvenile Death Case Settled for $185,000 by A 17-year-old Kansas prisoner’s estate was paid $185,000 to settle claims related to his death. Mr. Mapes, a 17-year-old juvenile detainee, had an altercation with a guard, who restrained him by handcuffing him and sitting on his chest. Mapes died …
Ventura County Jail Restraint Chair Use Enjoined; Class Certified by The plaintiffs complained of abuse of restraint chairs, e.g., being strapped into them for asking questions and not being let out to go to the bathroom. The plaintiffs had standing to seek an injunction concerning the use of restraint chairs …
Article • May 15, 2008
Habeas Granted for Defendant Shackled at Trial by A criminal court determined that it would order a criminal defendant shackled during his trial, without establishing a compelling need for the shackling. At 636: "Because visible shackling during trial is so likely to cause a defendant prejudice, it is permitted only …
$200,000 Settlement for Negligent Medical Care/ Treatment of Federal Prisoner by The Bureau of Prisons has agreed to pay Beatrice Codianni-Robles, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institute in Danbury, Connecticut, $200,000 to settle a federal tort claims suit. After concluding a job on the prison yard on September 12, …
Three Murders in Three Months at Mississippi Control Unit Lead to Improvements And New Consent Decree by "Taken as a whole, I am convinced the conditions in Unit 32 are as bad as anywhere in the whole country," observed Margaret Winter, a lawyer with the National Prison Project of the …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
$1,825,000 Settlement in Alabama Prisoner’s Death from Flesh-Eating Bacteria by $1,825,000 Settlement in Alabama Prisoner's Death from Flesh-Eating Bacteria The settlement in a prisoner's death from flesh-eating bacteria at Alabama's Mobile Metro Jail now totals $1,825,000. In September 2007, the City of Mobile agreed to pay $375,000 to settle its …
Lundstrom v. Albuquerque Police Officers, NM, Amended Complaint, Illegal Search and Seizure, 2008 Case 1:07-cv-00759-JCH-WDS Document 58 Filed 03/04/2008 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO JOSEPH LUNDSTROM and JANE HIBNER Plaintiffs, vs. CASE NO: 07-00759 JH/WDS ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS DEBRA …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled by On March 19, 2007, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, award $4,250 to a state prisoner who fell and injured his knee while walking to a transport van in leg shackles. State prisoner Earl Martin, 54, fell …
California Appellate Court Overturns $177,000 Prisoner Beating Verdict by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal (4th District) has reversed a $177,000 jury verdict against Orange County and its Sheriff, Michael Carona, finding that no substantial evidence supported the verdict and that the award of punitive damages violated …
Wrongful Death At Wallens Ridge State Prison Settled For $1,540,000 by In 2002, the state of Connecticut paid $1.1 million and in 2003 the state of Virginia paid $350,000 to the family of Connecticut state prisoner Larry Frazier who died a torturous death in a supermax prison. To ease Connecticut …
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