Gardner v. CCA, TN, Settlement, Failure to Protect Wrongful Death, 2012 095-077-00 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEN ESSEE EASTERN DIVISIO BEVERLY GARDNER, A V AGARD ER MARANDA TIBBS , CONNJE GARDNER and VICKJE TIBBS, as next of kin to the decedent, RICKY E_ …
CCA Anti-Prison Rape Shareholder Resolution Fails to Pass by As previously reported in Prison Legal News, PLN associate editor Alex Friedmann, who owns a small amount of stock in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), filed a shareholder resolution with the company in November 2011. The resolution requested that CCA issue …
Braswell v. CCA, TN, Protective Order, Unauthorized Use or Disclosure of Confidential Information, 2012 IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARY BRASWELL, as Conservator of ) FRANK D. HORTON, Individually, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF ) AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) …
New Director of Tennessee Corrections Institute Faces Conflict of Interest by The new executive director of the Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI), an agency that oversees standards, inspections and certification of the state’s jails, faces an inherent conflict of interest in certifying the Wilson County Jail, as that county’s sheriff is …
Tennessee Discontinues Polygraph Tests as Sex Offender Supervision Tool by Legal concerns have led the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole (BOPP) to order probation officers to discontinue the use of polygraphs, better known as lie detector tests, in their supervision of sex offenders. Polygraphs are to be used for …
6th Circuit Upholds SORNA Conviction Despite Incomplete State "Implementation" by Derek Gilna 6th Circuit Upholds SORNA Conviction Despite Incomplete State "Implementation" By Derek Gilna David Wayne Felts' conviction for failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act (SORNA) was upheld by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Tennessee Prisoner’s Medical Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's dismissal for failure to state a claim, in a Tennessee prisoner's inadequate medical care suit. On June 26, 2004, Shelby County, Tennessee, detainee Robert Lee Barnett became ill when Nurse …
Tennessee Appeals Court Denies Prisoner's "Coram Nobis" Petition by Tennessee Appeals Court Denies Prisoner's "Coram Nobis" Petition Prisoner George Campbell Jr.'s appeal of the order of the trial court denying his petition for "coram nobis" relief has been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson. Campbell …
Tennessee CCA Warden Denied Summary Judgment for Excessive Force by A Tennessee federal court denied a private prison warden summary judgment on an excessive force claim for assaulting a handcuffed prisoner. James Ingram was a prisoner at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections …
Tennessee CCA Warden Fails to Prove Non-Exhaustion in Prisoner’s Excessive Force and Retaliation Suit by A Tennessee federal court denied prison officials summary judgment for non-exhaustion under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, finding that they failed to satisfy their burden of proving non-exhaustion. James Ingram was a prisoner at the …
Tennessee Court Grants Prisoner’s Investigative Record Request by The Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, for the Thirtieth Judicial District at Memphis, has granted a Tennessee prisoner, George Campbell, his request for the complete investigative record of his case covering the death of Kevin M. McConico from the Sheriff of …
Villegas v Davidson Co Sheriff, TN, Amicus Brief, Shackling Pregnant Inmates, 2012 Case: 11-6031 Document: 006111300751 Filed: 05/09/2012 Page: 1 CASE NO. 11-6031 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JUANA VILLEGAS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY/NASHVILLE – DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, Defendant/Appellant, On …
HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On March 8, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC – the parent organization of Prison Legal News), in conjunction with three other organizations, sent a letter to Derrick Schofield, Commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections …
Jury Awards $13,000 in Tennessee CCA False Imprisonment Suit by A Tennessee federal court awarded $13,000 to Samuel Key for civil rights violations resulting from his false imprisonment. The case began in 1987, when Key was convicted and sentenced to prison in Georgia. During that time, a phony escape charge …
Braswell v. CCA, TN, Plf Opp to Def Mot for PO, confidential financial documents, 2012 IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE MARY BRASWELL, as conservator of FRANK D.HORTON, individually, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF ) AMERICA, INC., ) …
