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Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Washington DOC Settles ADA Suit for $8,000 by Roger Smith In July 2002, Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) officials agreed to pay Roger Smith and his disabled wife Laurie $8,000 to settle their lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 12132 et seq, Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act …
Seventh Circuit Vacates $1.8 Million Award in BOP Suicide by by Mathew T. Clarke The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a case in which the survivors of a federal prisoner who committed suicide in jail received a $1.8 million award, rendering judgment in the government's favor. Robert Johnson, …
Injunction Allows Legal Mail Between Iowa Prisoners by The U.S Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently upheld a preliminary injunction enjoining Iowa prison officials from interfering with prisoner-to-prisoner legal mail. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa imposed the injunction to ensure the prisoners' right …
"Atypical And Significant" Hardship Segregation Claim Cannot Be Dismissed Under §1915(e)(2) by "Atypical And Significant" Hardship Segregation Claim Cannot Be Dismissed Under §1915(e)(2) The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has found that a claim that 75 days in punitive segregation is atypical and significant cannot be dismissed by the district …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
$345,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Rape Suit by $345,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Rape Suit On September 11, 2002, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, agreed to settle a federal lawsuit brought by seven female county jail prisoners who were raped by male jail staff by paying them $345,000. The rape of female …
$14 Million Settlement in U.S. Corrections Corporation Pension Plan Suit by Michael Rigby In accordance with a July 29, 2002 ruling by U.S. District Judge Jennifer B. Coffman, as many as 700 former guards who worked at private prisons in Kentucky operated by U.S. Corrections Corp. could share in settlement …
Alaska Prisoners' Benefits Extended to Arizona by The Supreme Court of Alaska sustained a lower court's ruling which provisionally allowed Alaska prisoners to be transferred to an Arizona prison, required the Arizona facility to comply with Alaska's prison overcrowding settlement agreement, and found the Alaska prisoners' challenge to the process …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit Dismissed by by Matthew T. Clarke On September 24, 2002, a federal district court in Texas dismissed the long-standing class-action lawsuit which has governed the mail system in Texas prisons for twenty-five years. The Guajardo suit resulted in three published opinions (432 F.Supp. 1373, 580 …
Washington Women's Medical Care Consent Decree Ended by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court's refusal to extend the terms of a consent decree under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). The court also held that the district court improperly declined to consider plaintiffs' motion for contempt. …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
$174,175 Awarded in D.C. Conditions and Medical Suit by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has denied motions by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DC DOC) for judgment as a matter of law and for new trial following a jury verdict finding the DC …
Ex-Employee Wins $500,000 Religious Discrimination Award Against TDCJ by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will appeal a half-million dollar judgment against it in favor of an ex-employee who claims she was forced to retire early after complaining of religious discrimination. Vicki Allen-Curry, an ex-employee, sued TDCJ and Richard …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
$250,000 Award for Texas Jail Paraplegic Upheld by by Matthew Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $250,000 award against Dallas County, Texas, for a paraplegic prisoner who developed life-threatening decubitus ulcers due to the jail's deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. Brent Lawson, a former …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
New Jersey's Five Percenters an STG and a Religion by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a New Jersey federal district court's grant of a motion for summary judgment in separate 42 U.S.C. §1983 actions filed by prisoner's Joel Fraise, Alexander Kettles, …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
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Hawaii Adopts "Mailbox Rule" in Prisoner Civil Actions by Hawaii Adopts "Mailbox Rule" in Prisoner Civil Actions The Hawaii Supreme Court reinstated a prisoner's appeal in a civil action. The prisoner timely gave his notice of appeal to prison guards, who did not mail it until after the filing period …
Brief • June 12, 2003
Cripa Usa v Detroit Mi Consent Decree Conditions of Confinement 2003 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN and the DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • June 12, 2003
Cripa Usa v Detroit Mi Consent Decree Use of Force 2003 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN and the DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • June 6, 2003
Moore v Dc Compl Medical Negligence 2003(2)
Brief • June 5, 2003
Sappenfield v Doc Wa Settlement Public Disclosure Act 2002 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE CERTIFICATE ON PUBLIC RECORDS ACT CLAIMILITIGAnON 2 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF THURSTON 3 4 BRANDT SAPPENFIELD, NO. 02-2-01658-5 5 Plaintiff, 7 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 8 9 10 …
Brief • June 4, 2003
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
Gregory v. City of Louisville, KY, Affidavit - Katsaris, police, 2003 • ) ~ : UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION NO. 3:01-CV-535-R " 0 WILLIAM THOMAS GREGORY, '., - (- :-~-.J " . Plaintiff, I ••_1 <. vs. Cfl ~ .. .:-:; -, ~ .::. …
Case • 2003
Atkinson v. Taylor - 277 F.Supp.2d 382 (USDC D DE 2003). - 2003 ROGER ATKINSON, Plaintiff, v. STANLEY TAYLOR ET AL., Defendants. Civil Action No. 99-562-JJF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE 277 F. Supp. 2d 382; 2003 U.S. Dist. August 7, 2003, Decided SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Motion …
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