Federal Prisoners Must Exhaust Before Bringing Habeas Claims Surrounding Halfway House Placement by Federal prisoners challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) implementation of the Second Chance Act must exhaust their administrative remedies before bringing suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided February 17, 2010. After the …
U.S. v. Schultz, CO, Order and Judgement, Guard Misconduct, 2010 Case 1:00-cr-00481-WYD Document 1730 Filed 07/08/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 8 Case: 09-1275 Document: 01018453512 Date Filed: 07/08/2010 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT July 8, …
Duran v. City and County of Denver, CO, Complaint, Police Excessive Force, 2010 Case 1:10-cv-01569-REB-KMT Document 1 Filed 07/01/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. ROBERT DURAN, Plaintiff, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a municipality, …
New Details Regarding Race Riot at USP Florence by Brandon Sample More details have emerged about the April 2008 race riot that occurred at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Florence, Colorado, as prisoners who participated in the violent disturbance have pleaded guilty after being criminally charged. The riot started …
Howard v. Clarkson, CO, Affidavit of David Backer, inmate threats extortion complaints, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-00282-PAB-CBS Document 269-12 of 7 Filed 06/10/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Case No. 06-cv-00282-PAB-CBS SCOTT L. HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. CAPTAIN JOHN CLARKSON, in his individual …
Howard v. Clarkson, CO, Affidavit of David Mason, inmate threats extortion complaints, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-00282-PAB-CBS Document 269-8 3 Filed 06/10/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT FOR THE DISTRJCT OF COLORADO Case No. 06-cv-00282-PAB-CBS SCOTT L. HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. CAPTAIN JOHN CLARKSON, in his individual …
Howard v. Clarkson, CO, Motion re Discovery Violation, inmate threats extortion complaints, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-00282-PAB-CBS Document 269 Filed 06/10/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Case No. 06-cv-00282-PAB-CBS SCOTT L. HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. CAPTAIN JOHN CLARKSON, LIEUTENANT HALLIGAN, and …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf 4th Supplemental Disclosures, Disclosures Medical Record, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse I IO E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 .COURT USE ONLY. Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. …
Cornell Wins $19.5 Million Alaska Contract; CCA Protest Denied by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, Alaskan officials denied a protest filed by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which was the final hurdle before awarding Cornell Corrections of Alaska (a subsidiary of Cornell Corrections) a contract worth $19,446,000 …
Colorado Guards Rarely Jailed for Sexual Abuse of Prisoners by by Matt Clarke Although not uncommon, any kind of sexual contact between a guard and a prisoner is considered coercive sexual abuse under Colorado state law. This reflects the reality that prisoners cannot have truly consensual sex with a person …
CCA Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit by On October 1, 2009, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) entered into a consent decree with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to settle allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation involving female employees at the company’s Crowley County …
Prisoner Convicted of Retaliating Against Federal Witness by On August 21, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a man accused of retaliating against a federal witness. Carl Pursley, Jr. and Wendell Wardell were charged with tax fraud. The government’s star …
Tenth Circuit Upholds Use of Stun Belt on Defendant by On September 22, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a man accused of retaliating against a federal witness. In upholding the conviction and sentence, the court rejected a challenge to …
Colorado Sheriff Liable for Guard’s Sexual Assault on Detainee by The Tenth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a female detainee’s complaint holding that the sheriff had knowledge of jail conditions that were substantially likely to result in the sexual assault of the detainee. Huerfano County, Colorado detainee Michelle Tafoya filed …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Failure to Protect Suit by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Colorado prisoner who requested but was denied protection from prison gang members. Scott L. Howard, a self-described “openly homosexual” …
Partial Summary Judgment Granted To PLN in FOIA Case against EOUSA by Brandon Sample On September 16, 2009, U.S. District Judge Marcia S. Krieger granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment by Prison Legal News (PLN) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case wherein …
Mercado v. Barbee, et. al., CO., Court Order, Failure to Treat, Respiratory, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-02303-WYD -MJW Document 229 Filed 03/10/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Chief Judge Wiley Y. Daniel Civil Action No. 06-cv-02303-WYD-MJW RALPH MERCADO, Plaintiff, v. M. BARBEE, …
Colorado Detainee Tasered During Seizure, Paid $116,731.73 and $83,268.27 in Fees by A Colorado detainee settled his medical neglect and excessive force suit within four months of filing for $116,731.73 in damages and $83,268.27 in attorney’s fees. On July 26, 2006, Michael R. Martin was booked into Colorado’s Adams County …
Judge Permits Medical Exam of Prisoner at ADX by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya has granted in part and denied in part a motion seeking to inspect two federal prisons, and to examine a prisoner incarcerated there. Thomas Silverstein has been in segregation over 22 years for killing Bureau …
$1.55 Million Awarded in Female Colorado DOC Prisoner’s Rape by Guard by Mark Wilson On February 3, 2009, default judgment was entered in a lawsuit filed against a Colorado prison guard who had raped and sodomized a female prisoner. Afterwards, several other individual defendants and the Colorado Department of Corrections …
