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Brief • November 2, 2020
Estate of Linda Miller v. County of Sutter, CA, Order, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00577-KJM-DMC Document 67 Filed 11/02/20 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Estate of LINDA MILLER, et al., Plaintiffs, No. 2:20-cv-00577-KJM-DMC ORDER v. COUNTY OF SUTTER, et al., Defendants. …
Brief • November 2, 2020
Howard v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, False Arrest, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DNIGMA HOWARD, Plaintiff, VS. CITY OF CHICAGO, JOHNNIE PIERRE, SHERRY TRIPP, ) ) Case No. 19 C 1281 ) ) Judge John F. Kness ) ) …
Brief • November 2, 2020
Filed under: Excessive Force
Reese v. Liberty, ME, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00421-JDL Document 70 Filed 11/02/20 Page 1 of 19 PageID #: 462 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE GEOFFREY REESE, Plaintiff, v. RANDALL LIBERTY, as Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner, MATTHEW MAGNUSSON, as Maine State Prison Warden; and MICHAEL BURNS, …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Rural Prisons, Education
Failed Michigan Jail Site to Host Innovation Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The University of Michigan (UM) is building a graduate campus on the grounds of the former site for a new Wayne County Jail (WCJ). The 190,000 square-foot research and graduate education building for UM students …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
ICE Detainees Pepper-Sprayed Over Hunger Strike by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Migrants in ICE custody in New Mexico were attacked with pepper spray on May 14, 2020, to end a days-long hunger strike. The detainees, housed at Torrance County Detention Facility, privately run by CoreCivic, were protesting …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Mental Health Crisis in California’s Lock-Ups Worsens With COVID-19 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has been challenged regarding care for its mentally ill prisoners for decades. Rather than improve under a class action lawsuit dating back to 1990 (now Plata v. …
Families of 4 Alabama Prisoners Who Committed Suicide File Federal Lawsuit Against Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 24, 2020, the families of four Alabama state prisoners who committed suicide as they languished in isolation cells in the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) filed a federal …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Connecticut: Summary Judgment Denied in Deliberate Indifference Case Where Facial Lesion Turned Out To Be Skin Cancer by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Jeffrey Bardo was a state of Connecticut prisoner at the Willard Cybulski Correctional Institution in Enfield when he submitted a medical request to have an odd spot …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Eleventh Circuit: Florida’s Treatment Plan for Hepatitis C-Positive Prisoners Constitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Florida Department of Corrections’ (FDC) treatment satisfies constitutional requirements even though it does not require that Hepatitis C (HCV)-positive prisoners be treated with expensive …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: The Birmingham News reported that an Alabama prison guard had been arrested for drug trafficking after a search of his vehicle when he arrived for work at the St. Clair County prison turned up 138 grams of methamphetamine and 16 grams of heroin. Ivan Caldwell, …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Sixth Circuit Reverses and Allows Ohio Prisoner’s Civil Rights Lawsuit to Proceed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to Ohio prison officials in a civil rights action alleging a prisoner’s rights were violated because he was denied …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Second Circuit: Denial of Exercise Over Four Months Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 18, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to prison officials in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging the officials’ failure to clear …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Report: Screening Failures Cited in COVID-19 Outbreak in California Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss California’s Office of Inspector General released a 47-page report in August 2020, which stated that vague testing guidelines, faulty thermometers and inadequate training contributed to the COVID-19 outbreak in the state’s prisons, killing 54 …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Rikers Island Death Case Against City of New York Settles for $5.5 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A wrongful death action filed by the decedent’s estate of a Rikers Island prisoner against the City of New York, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., Prison Health Services, …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Fourth Circuit Orders Sealing of North Carolina Court’s Order to “Protect Defendant from Harm” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 17, 2020, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the sealing of a North Carolina federal district court’s order. That order denied a Defendant’s motion for resentencing …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Native Americans Protest Theft of Alcatraz Island by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The dubious history of agreement, contract and treaty breaking by the United States and its state governments was briefly addressed in the February 2019 issue of Criminal Legal News [p. 33]. The federal government has been in …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor
Temporary Halt of Federal Prison Labor at National Parks, but New Policy Proposed To Resume It by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins An internal investigation conducted by the inspector general’s office of the Department of the Interior found a surprising lack of procedures or policies governing the use of federal …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
$70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging it failed to properly treat an Arizona prisoner’s wrist injury. Eric Kevin Pesqueira incurred a wrist injury …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Guard Violates Eighth Amendment by Brandishing Knife and Threatening Prisoner’s Life by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 26, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case in which “a prisoner states an Eighth Amendment claim by alleging that, without provocation, a prison official threatened …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Seventh Circuit Dismisses Summary Judgment for Defendants in Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Beating, Choking by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "The Federal Reporter is replete with examples of prisoners losing cases because they missed litigation deadlines and courts extended little forgiveness,” the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals wrote on …
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