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California: Settlement in Race-based Prison Lockdown Suit; $2.375 Million in Fees and Costs by Lonnie Burton On July 21, 2014, a California federal judge approved class-action status in a lawsuit filed by state prisoners challenging the statewide practice of race-based prison lockdowns. U.S. District Court Judge Troy L. Nunley of …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Brief • January 19, 2016
Filed under: Whistleblowing
Adams v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept, CA, Amended Complaint, Sheriff Whistleblower, 2016 Case 2:15-cv-04501-JFW-JPR Document 43 Filed 01/19/16 Page 1 of 12 Page ID #:401 THE LAW OFFICES OF GREGORY W. SMITH Gregory W. Smith, State Bar No. 134385 2 Diana Wang Wells, State Bar No. 284215 9100 Wilshire …
Article • January 13, 2016
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former Louisiana Deputy’s Whistleblower Suit by When attorney and former Chief Deputy Tregg Wilson of the Sheriff's Office of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana discovered that interrogation rooms in the office's Criminal Investigation Division were under 24-hour, motion-sensor-activated video and audio surveillance and recording, …
Article • January 12, 2016
Indiana Judge Removed From Bench For Multiple Instances of Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered that Marion County Superior Judge Kimberly Brown be permanently removed from the bench, after three judges appointed to investigate complaints against her found she had committed judicial misconduct in 46 of …
Watts v. County of Suffolk, NY, Order to Amend Complaint, Sexual Harassment Retaliation, 2017 Case 2:13-cv-01691-AMD-AKT Document 45 Filed 01/06/17 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 201 FILED IN CLERKL> OFFICE US DISTRICT COURT E.D.N.Y. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT i, JAN 0 6 2016 ✩ EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK …
Brief • December 18, 2015
Daniels v. Reddish et al, FL, Plf Res to Def MTD, transfer guard brutality inmate retaliation, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION RONNIE DANIELS, Case No. 3:15-cv-719-J-34MCR Daniels, v. BARRY REDDISH, MARK TAYLOR, HERBERT McCLOUD, CASEY CLARK, WILLIAM BENNETT, JAY GROVES, …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Obama Administration Promises Transparency but Vigorously Prosecutes Whistleblowers by Matthew Clarke Obama Administration Promises Transparency but Vigorously Prosecutes Whistleblowers by Matt Clarke In 2009, President Barack Obama promised a more transparent, whistleblower-friendly government. Obama claims he delivered on that promise with his November 27, 2012 signing of the Whistleblower Protection …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Oregon Corrections Enterprises Whistleblower Receives $450,000 for Wrongful Termination by Derek Gilna Oregon Corrections Enterprises Whistleblower Receives $450,000 for Wrongful Termination by Derek Gilna Rob Killgore, former director of Oregon Corrections Enterprises (OCE), who was fired by Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Colette S. Peters after he came forward …
Second Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Abuses at Pennsylvania County Prison by David Reutter Second Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Abuses at Pennsylvania County Prison by David Reutter A second federal lawsuit has been filed by a former prisoner at Pennsylvania’s York County Prison, alleging that his civil rights were violated by …
Article • November 18, 2015
Texas Information Officer’s Termination Lawsuit Dismissed by Texas Information Officer’s Termination Lawsuit Dismissed A Texas federal district court dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed by former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Public Information Director Michelle Lyons. She appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals following the court’s September 2013 …
James v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Employment Retaliation, 2015 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 11/18/2015 10:57:43 AM KATHY GALLEGOS Flo Abad STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF CIBOLA THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MARY B. JAMES, Plaintiff, vs. N~-1333-CV-2015-00207 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a foreign corporation. Defendant. DEMAND FOR A …
Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case by Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case On March 10, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a Colorado prisoner's civil rights claim against prison guards and officials …
Brief • November 2, 2015
Singletary v. Rodriguez, NY, Settlement, Excessive Force Seg Retaliation, 2015 OCT-30-201~ ..,, •' •.· 14:~0 NYo \ USDS SDNY Case 1:15-cv-01193-PGG Document 19 Filed 11/02/15 Page 1 of 19 DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED i· ·. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW _____________________________________ "_____ "YORK ___________________ :x: "'· DOC#: DATE …
First Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Retaliation Claim by First Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Retaliation Claim On February 6, 2013, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment granted to Correctional Medical Services, Inc. ("CMS") for an alleged retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In spring …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit raising a failure to protect claim, …
Brief • October 22, 2015
Ware v. Lake County Sheriff's Office, IL, Complaint, Employment Discrimination, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-09379 Document#: 1 Filed: 10/22/15 Page 1 of 11 PagelD #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LANCE WARE, Plaintiff, V. LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Defendant. ) ) ) ) …
Nebraska District Court Rules on Medical Deliberate Indifference Case by Nebraska District Court Rules on Medical Deliberate Indifference Case On November 13, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska denied in part and granted in part motions proffered by three different groups of defendants in a …
Article • October 5, 2015
Suit Alleging Prisoner’s Retaliatory Transfer to Out-of-State Prison May be Brought in Receiving State’s Courts by Suit Alleging Prisoner’s Retaliatory Transfer to Out-of-State Prison May be Brought in Receiving State’s Courts In April 2008, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lawsuit alleging that a prisoner had been …
Lester v. Hickson, NM, Settlement, Inadequate Healthcare and Retaliation, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE For the consideration of the sum of SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($72,500.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA ("CCA"), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, CAROL LESTER ("Releasor") does hereby …
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