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Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Parole in Texas has never been very reputable. During the 1920s and 30s Miriam Ma Ferguson, Texas first female governor, and her husband Pa Ferguson, who preceded his …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
U.S. Businesses Lobby Government to Curb Federal Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke U.S. businesses and Wall Street investment companies have begun a campaign to get the Justice Department to reign in federal prosecutors in business crime cases. The effort by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry …
Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. C by Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. CCA Facility A federal court in Idaho has refused to lift a 1987 population cap on four housing …
CSC Alien Abuse Class Action Settled for $2.5 Million by On August 10, 2005, a federal court in New Jersey approved a settlement in Brown v. Esmor Correctional Services Inc., USDC No. 98-1282 (DNJ). Esmor Correctional Services Inc. (Esmor) later known as Correctional Services Corporation (CSC), agreed to pay the …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
New York Strip-Search Suit Settled for $1.7 Million by A federal class action suit, challenging a New York jail's blanket misdemeanor strip-search policy has been settled for $1,783,670.20. Timothy Maneely brought suit in federal court, challenging the City of Newburgh, New York policy of strip searching all arrestees without reasonable …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Ohio Awards $662,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Rape by The State of Ohio has agreed to pay Nathaniel Lewis, 28, $662,000 for the five years he spent in prison before his conviction was overturned by a federal appeals court in 2002. While a freshman at the University of Akron …
Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider by Matthew T. Clarke The mother and son of a prisoner who committed suicide by hanging himself from a telephone in his jail cell won a lawsuit against the phone provider. On appeal, the award was upheld, but some of …
New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio by Gary Hunter New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Million by Gary Hunter Settlement of a 4-year-old lawsuit, between brutalized prisoners and the guards who attacked them, was achieved …
New York City Jail Strip Search Suit Settles For $30 Million by by John E. Dannenberg On April 27, 2005, the City of New York agreed to settle a federal court class action 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit with 57,634 past misdemeanant prisoners at its city jails, paying …
Fourth Circuit Reverses $35,934.66 Habeas Fee Award; Habeas Corpus Not Civil Action Under EAJA by Fourth Circuit Reverses $35,934.66 Habeas Fee Award; Habeas Corpus Not Civil Action Under EAJA The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district courts award of $35,934.66 in attorneys fees, costs, and expenses under the …
Washington State Supreme Court Grants PLN Public Disclosure of Washington DOC Medical Malpractice Re by Washington State Supreme Court Grants PLN Public Disclosure of Washington DOC Medical Malpractice Records by John E. Dannenberg Prison Legal News won a big victory for the cause of investigative journalism on July 14, 2005 …
$97,000 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Arkansas Over Detention Suit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment awarding compensatory damages of $50,000 in a civil rights suit filed by James M. Hayes, alleging his 38-day pre-appearance detention violated his right to due process. The Court …
Federal Prisoner Wins Right To Marry, Fees Awarded by A federal prisoner has settled his lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for $175 and permission to marry his fiancée. The court also awarded attorney fees of $21,537.50 in a separate proceeding. On November 2, 2000, while imprisoned at U.S.P. …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Massachusetts Law, Not PLRA, Applies to Attorneys Fee Award in State Court § 1983 Action for Native by Massachusetts Law, Not PLRA, Applies to Attorneys Fee Award in State Court § 1983 Action for Native American Rights A Massachusetts Superior Court has held that the determination of an appropriate attorney's …
$1 Million L.A. County Jail Rape Award Overturned by by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal, in an unpublished opinion, reversed a Los Angeles (L.A.) County jury verdict that had awarded $1 million in damages to a jail detainee who was brutally beaten and raped in his L. A. …
Mere Pendency of Proceedings Deprives Court of Jurisdiction in Jail Collect Call Case; Attorney Fee by Mere Pendency of Proceedings Deprives Court of Jurisdiction in Jail Collect Call Case; Attorney Fee Awarded Reversed, Injunction Upheld The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an award of attorney's fees, holding the …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
New Federal Civil Rights Tax Relief Act Ends Double Taxation On Attorney Fee Awards by by John E. Dannenberg On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed into law the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (CRTRA), enacted as section 703 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. While the CRTRA …
$40,000 To Settle Excessive Force Claim At Los Angeles County Jail by In September, 2004, the Los Angeles County Claims Board (Board) agreed to pay $40,000 to settle an excessive force claim brought by a prisoner injured at the L.A. County Main Jail. On March 17, 2002, prisoner Joseph Amezola …
$15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits by The Sacramento California Sheriff's Department agreed to a record $15 million settlement on June 4, 2004 to resolve federal and state lawsuits for damages and injunctive relief regarding illegal strip-search practices at the Sacramento County Jail. The suits stemmed from …
CCA Medical Contract Doesn't Violate 8th Amendment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated an injunction holding a contract between Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and a private doctor; Dr. Robert B. Coble, was unconstitutional. The contract at issue required Dr. Coble to, among other things, "determine the …
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