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Article • January 3, 2018
First Circuit: Massachusetts Not Liable for State Employees' Punitive Damages by On September 18, 2015, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the former governor and attorney general of Massachusetts could not be sued for failing to indemnify punitive damages awarded against state employees in a civil rights action. …
Brief • January 1, 2018
Parrish v. Dunn, AL, Writ of Mandamus Petition, Excessive Force-Baton, 2018 Rel: January 12, 2018 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 …
$15.000 Settles Multiple Civil Rights Complaints by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled multiple civil rights lawsuits brought by prisoner David Y. Merritt in March 2002. Merritt, an imprisoned government informant, filed several lawsuits against the Bureau of Prisons in federal court between 1995 and 2001. …
Article • December 28, 2017
$2,600 Settles Prisoner's Civil Rights Claim by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled an excessive force civil rights claim brought by prisoner Allan Parmelee. The BOP agreed to pay Parmelee $2,600 in full satisfaction of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. According to his complaint, while …
Brief • December 22, 2017
MacFarlane v. Ewald, NY, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2017 Case 2:10-cv-02877-MKB-ARL Document 127 Filed 12/22/17 Page 1 of 35 PageID #: 844 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________X Elden MacFarlane, Plaintiff, Docket No: 2:10-cv-2877 (JFB) (ARL) -AgainstSECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Charles Ewald, et al. SUFFOLK COUNTY, SUFFOLK COUNTY …
Article • December 21, 2017
$145,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke In 1999, defendants settled for $145,000 in a lawsuit brought by the estate and family of a Texas prisoner who was brutally beaten by guards and restrained in a position that caused fatal asphyxiation. Gary Lee Crensaw was serving a 45-year sentence …
Article • December 20, 2017
$2,500 Settles New York Man's Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A New York prisoner held at the Five Points Correctional facility has agreed to accept $2,500 to settle a federal lawsuit in which he alleged violations of his civil rights. Bryant Wheeler was a prisoner at …
Article • December 14, 2017
Florida Prisoner Awarded $70,000 in Excessive Force Claim by A Florida federal jury awarded $70,000 to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive force and failure to intervene to stop the beating. In the first few weeks he was at the South Florida Reception Center, prisoner Abdelaziz Bilal …
Publication • December 13, 2017
Solitary at Southport (Correctional Association of New York) Solitary at Southport SOLITARY AT SOUTHPORT A 2017 Report based upon the Correctional Association’s Visits, Data Analysis, & First-Hand Accounts of the Torture of Solitary Confinement from One of New York’s Supermax Prisons 1 Solitary at Southport “Caging animals for years is …
Article • December 11, 2017
BOP Prison Guard's 30 Day Suspension for Biting Inmate Reversed in Arbitration by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The 30-day suspension of Kenneth O. Davis for biting a prisoner was overturned by federal arbitrator Michael L. Allen on December 12, 2002. Davis, a senior officer specialist (prison guard), was working …
Brief • December 11, 2017
Dumas v. Chappell, OH, Settlement, Restraint Chair Punch, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, entered into this 31st day of October, 2017, by and between LUCILLE DUMAS and MADELINE CHAPPELL, CRAIG MUROWSKY, DELONTE BROWN, CHERYL MOTT, MACARTHUR WILLIAMS, and CUYAHOGA …
Article • December 7, 2017
Illinois Prisoner Granted Transfer in Injunctive Relief in Rare Ruling by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Southern District Court of Illinois granted a preliminary injunction for prisoner Calvin Mitchell as failed against Correctional Officer Stephen Baker and Warden Kim Butler. The order required that Mitchell be transferred away …
Austin v. Correct Care Solutions, VA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00291-RJK Document 79-1 Filed 12/04/17 Page 1 of 101 PageID# 1128 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Norfolk Division JOE AUSTIN AND MICHELLE WILSON, CO-ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY CLAY STEWART, Deceased, Plaintiffs, …
Article • December 1, 2017
$45,000 Jury Award For Injuries Caused By Georgia Prison CERT Team by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis A jury awarded $45,000 in damages against four Georgia state prison Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members on June 12, 2013. Ammon Ra Sumrall was imprisoned at the Autry State Prison October 27, …
Article • December 1, 2017
California Attorney Invoices Not Categorically Exempt from PRA Disclosure by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The California Supreme Court held that legal billing statements in closed cases are not categorically exempt from disclosure under California’s Public Records Act (PRA). Modeled after the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the California …
Grado v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2017 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THIS RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Release") is made and entered into by and between Gabdel Grado ('1Claimant11 ) and The GEO Group Inc. ("GEO"). WHEREAS, the Claimant has presented a claim …
Brief • November 17, 2017
Hancock v. Cape, GA, Order, Excessive Force, Racial Discrimination, 2017 Case: 15-14284 Date Filed: 11/17/2017 Page: 1 of 18 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-14284 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:14-cv-00202-WCO YASUND Q. HANCOCK, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus BRENT CAPE, Defendant - …
Brief • November 14, 2017
Evans v. Plumber, OH, Settlement, Jail Assault, 2017 17 -vc"31( RESOLUTION NO. 17-1536 NOVEMBER 14, 2017 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY WARRANT TO EMILY J. EVANS AND HER ATTORNEYS PICKREL SCHAEFFER & EBELING, CO., LPA IN THE AMOUNT OF $380,000. FUNDING SOURCE: OCA 611510, OBJECT 7692, FUND 680, SUBFUND 200 WHEREAS, …
Aguilar v. City of Concord, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force - Beating, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between IGNACIO AGUILAR, Plaintiff ("PLAINTIFF"), and CITY OF CONCORD ("DEFENDANT"), on behalf of all Defendants, including Ofc. Boccio and Ofc. Phalen, by …
Marshall v Denver, CO, City Resolution on Settlement, Jail Death, 2017 1 BY AUTHORITY 2 RESOLUTION NO. CR17-1283 3 SERIES OF 2017 COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness 4 A RESOLUTION 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 authorizing and approving the expenditure and payment from …
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