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Pierce County, Washington Pays $8,460 Settlement for ADA Violation by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $8,460 to settle a county employee’s grievance for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Pierce County guard Kelly R. Berg was diagnosed with chronic common migraine and obstructed sleep apnea. Her treating physician, …
Sex Addicted Ohio Sheriff’s Jail Supervisor Receives $1,000 Following Termination by Ohio’s Warren County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $1,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former jail supervisor who was fired for viewing pornography and masturbating at work. A 2006 investigation of former Lieutenant Shaun Wells resulted …
Washington State Makes Work Release Available to Disabled Prisoners; Monetary Payments to Class Members by The Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that results in not only a policy change but monetary payments …
Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger, CA, Findings of Fact, Failure to Accommodate Inmates with Disabilities, 2010 Case4:94-cv-02307-CW Document1700 Filed02/03/10 Page1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of …
Brief • January 6, 2010
Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger, CA, Plf Reply Appeal Brief, ADA Jail Programming, 2010 Case: 09-17144 01/06/2010 Page: 1 of 65 DktEntry: 7185593 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 09-17144 JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., Defendants-Appellants. On Appeal from the United States District …
Armstrong v Schwarzenegger, CA, Plf Enforcement Order, deaf disabled prisoner ad seg, 2009 Case4:94-cv-02307-CW Document1661 Filed10/20/09 Page1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA United States District Court For the Northern District of California …
Article • October 15, 2009
Failure to Provide Services for Deaf Pre-Trial Detainee States ADA Claim by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment against a former pre-trial detainee who alleged Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations for failing to provide him with services or accommodation for his deafness. The …
$40,000 Settlement in Former Guard’s ADA/Discrimination Suit by Washington State’s King County has paid $40,000 to settle the Americans with Disabilities Act and Washington Law of Discrimination suit of Jason Wanner, who was terminated from his position as a guard at Department Adult and Juvenile Detention. Wanner has been a …
Minnesota Court Awards $146,546.19 for Failing to Provide Deaf Interpreter by On February 17, 2005 a Minnesota state court awarded a prisoner $7,500 in damages and fined the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) $1,000 for failing to provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a prisoner in the Sex …
ADA Routinely Violated by Prisons in the case of Deaf Prisoners by McCay Vernon, Ph.D. Over the last forty years, Congress has enacted numerous laws specifically designed to assure disabled individuals access to the programs, activities, services, public facilities and other resources available to the general population. This access was …
California Jury Awards Deaf Prisoner $5,000 for Failure to Provide Interpreter; $193,582 in Fees Awarded by Court by A state court jury has awarded $5,000 to a deaf prisoner against the County of Los Angeles for failing to provide him with a sign language interpreter while he was in jail. …
Paraplegic Louisiana Prisoner Requires Transportation in Vehicle with Wheelchair Lift and Restraints Under ADA by To settle a prisoner’s federal civil complaint filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) has entered into a consent judgment. …
Los Angeles County Sheriff Recommends $40,000 Settlement for Wheelchair Access Claim by The County Attorney for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department recommended that a claim filed by Daniel Lopez pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a wheelchair bound paraplegic, for injuries sustained while attempting to be pulled up …
Colorado Prisoners’ Access to Courts, ADA Claims Allowed to Proceed by U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, Jr. has allowed a group of Colorado prisoners to pursue access to court and ADA claims against the Colorado Department of Corrections. Steven Marquiz, Steven Clouse and several other Colorado prisoners sued the …
Colorado DOC Settles Suit Over Provision of Education Programs to Learning Disabled Prisoner by Colorado DOC Settles Suit Over Provision of Education Programs to Learning Disabled Prisoner The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was denied the right to participate …
New Jersey Prison Officials Denied Summary Judgment In ADA Action by U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle has denied summary judgment to New Jersey prison officials alleged to have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Eddie Williams, a New Jersey prisoner, sued prison officials alleging that he was denied …
California Juvenile Parolees Entitled to Two-Step Revocation Process; Case Settles by John Dannenberg California Juvenile Parolees Entitled to Two-Step Revocation Process; Case Settles by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has held that the rights of California juvenile parolees were violated by the …
Article • February 15, 2009
Mississippi To Ensure Deaf Citizen's Right To Jury Participation by Harrison County (Mississippi) entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ensuring deaf and hard of hearing individuals' right to participate in circuit court programs and services. This came after Mississippi resident Charles Carver was disqualified …
Ninth Circuit: Orange County Jail PLRA Injunction May Not be Terminated as to Ongoing Violations by Ninth Circuit: Orange County Jail PLRA Injunction May Not be Terminated as to Ongoing Violations The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that evidence of ongoing American with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations …
Class Action Disability Discrimination Suit Certified Against Cook County Jail in Illinois by Class Action Disability Discrimination Suit Certified Against Cook County Jail in Illinois On March 26, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Elaine E. Bucklo certified a class action lawsuit against the Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDC) alleging …
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