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PLN Sues Bureau of Prisons for Lawsuit Information by On September 12, 2005, Prison Legal News (PLN) filed suit in federal district court to overturn an agency ruling denying it access to documents held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Washington, …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Excessive Force Claim Nets $3,200 in Attorney's Fees; $1,000 in Damages by An Illinois Federal District Court has awarded $3,200 in attorney's fees in a prisoner's claim that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated. The civil rights action was brought by Illinois prisoner Frank Farella against Logan Correctional Center guards …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
$820,000 Damages Upheld Against NY Jailer Who by $820,000 Damages Upheld Against NY Jailer Who Housed Informant with Defendant by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld $820,000 in damages for injuries suffered by an informant who was severely beaten by the defendant he had testified …
PLN Sues The Geo Group for Public Records by On Dec. 2, 2005, Prison Legal News filed a civil suit against The Geo Group, Inc. (formerly Wackenhut Corrections) in the Circuit Court for Palm Beach, Florida, demanding access to public records held by the company. The Geo Group is a …
Seventh Circuit Upholds $56.5 Million Jail Murder Verdict by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $56.5 million jury verdict against former jail guards who murdered a pretrial detainee. This is the largest verdict for abuses against a single victim in an American jail/prison case that we are aware …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
85 Year-Old California Prison Doctor Wins $20 Million For Age Discrimination by The chief physician and surgeon at California State Prison, Lancaster, still practicing medicine at age 85, successfully sued the California Department of Corrections (CDC) for age discrimination when CDC forced him to retire. On July 18, 2005, a …
Jail Prisoner Strangles Psychiatrist; Jury Awards $2.6 Million by A Florida jury awarded $2,650,260 in the strangling death of a psychiatrist doing an evaluation on a prisoner at the Collier County Jail. David J. Hoyer was doing a court ordered competency evaluation on January 3, 2001, when he was attacked …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
PLRA Limits Prisoner's Attorney Fees Incurred Defending by PLRA Limits Prisoner's Attorney Fees Incurred Defending Appeal of Successful § 1983 Suit by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that after a prisoner wins a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit for damages, the Prison Litigation Reform …
$97,000 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Arkansas Over Detention Suit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment awarding compensatory damages of $50,000 in a civil rights suit filed by James M. Hayes, alleging his 38-day pre-appearance detention violated his right to due process. The Court …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $195,000 for Hand, Knee Injury by On October 6, 2004, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $195,000 to a state prisoner who fell in the shower, injuring her hand, and knee. While imprisoned at the Taconic Correctional Facility, prisoner Juliann Gibson slipped …
Article • October 15, 2005
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages
UK Prisoners Awarded Nearly 1 Million Pounds by Since 2003, 211 United Kingdom prisoners have been awarded 862,320 pounds to settle a wide range of claims, according to information provided to the Belfast Telegraph under the Freedom of Information Act. The highest total payout was more than half a-million pounds …
Article • October 15, 2005
$80,000 Punitives Awarded against Sex Offending Canadian Guard by A former Canadian prison guard sexually assaulted countless prisoners. Eight of his victims were awarded $10,000 in punitive damages, each. Roderick David MacDougall was a British Columbia prison guard from 1976 to 1997. He worked as a classification officer during most …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Mother Of New York Prisoner Awarded $377,200 For Suicide by Michael Rigby On March 14, 2005, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $377,200 to the mother of a suicidal state prisoner who died while in custody. While serving time at New York's Green Haven Correctional Facility …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Hawaii Settles Class Action Wrongful Imprisonment Suit for $1.2 Million by Michael Rigby The state of Hawaii has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a class action federal lawsuit involving hundreds of wrongfully imprisoned individuals. The state also agreed to implement measures ensuring the timely release of prisoners. The …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $5,250 for Prison Welding Shop Injury by On July 27, 2004, the Court of Claims in Rochester, New York, awarded Noel Atkinson, a New York state prisoner, $5,250 for past pain and suffering due to an injury he received while working in a welding shop at …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Miami-Dade Pays $6.25 Million to Settle Illegal Strip Search Suit by A Florida federal district court has approved a $6.25 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging thousands of female prisoners were illegally strip searched at the Miami-Dade County Correctional Facilities. The settlement entitles l0,000 women who were strip searched after …
What Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Damages Recoveries, Olson, 2005 What Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Damages Recoveries For Clients Whose Constitutional Rights have been Violated by the Police September 13, 2005, 5:30 p.m. Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association Bellini’s 401 E. Washington Avenue Madison, …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
$99,981 In Fees Awarded For Successful Massachusetts Court Access Suit by Michael Rigby In a strongly worded opinion chastising Massachusetts officials for over 1itigating a case in which a prisoner's constitutional right of access to courts was clearly violated, a federal district court awarded attorneys' fees and costs of $99,981 …
New Hampshire Prisoner's Due Process Suit Nets $54,000 in Fees and Damages by A New Hampshire federal district court has awarded a prisoner $20,503 in nominal and punitive damages in a civil rights action alleging Fourteenth Amendment violations. The Court further awarded $31,000 in attorney's fees and $3,900 in costs …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
$800,000 Awarded to Wrongly Convicted Tennessee Man by After maintaining his innocence for 22 years, Clark McMillan was released from prison after DNA evidence cleared him of raping a 16 year-old in 1980. McMillan was released from a Tennessee prison in 2002 after DNA testing revealed a former Memphis resident …
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