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Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
$7,500 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Assaulted by Guards And Denied Medical Care by On March 23, 2021, an agreement was executed paying $7,500 to settle three complaints a former pretrial detainee had brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
$1 Million Default Judgement for Michigan Jail Prisoner Against Health Care Provider in Sexual Assault by Mark Wilson But She Probably Won’t Collect It From the Defunct Provider by Mark Wilson On April 1, 2021, a Michigan federal court entered a $1 million default judgement for a woman who was …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: Hepatitis, Settlements
Texas Agrees to Settlement Providing Prisoners Hep C Treatment, Will Pay $950,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A trio of pro se prisoner appeals denied by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on September 22, 2021, left intact an agreement approved earlier in …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Fifth Circuit Refuses to Issue Injunction After Mississippi Psychiatric Prison Improves Conditions by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 5, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit refused to reverse a district court and order an injunction against the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) because, during …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim by A Michigan federal district court awarded a $493.80 default judgement on October 29, 2020, to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive use of force by guards at Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
$2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 8, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina approved a $2 million settlement to be paid by Buncombe County, …
Washington Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Release of Transgender Prisoners’ Personal Information; Class Certified by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On April 8, 2021, the Federal court for the Eastern District of Washington issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to preserve the status quo and halt the release by …
$650,000 Jury Verdict Upheld in NY Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Claim; Motion for Fees Denied Due to Contingency Agreement by David Reutter by David M Reutter On October 20, 2020, a federal judge in New York refused to overturn a $650,000 award made by a jury earlier that year to a state …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
$150,000 Paid to Family of California Pretrial Detainee Who Died from Valley Fever by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A California federal court approved a $150,000 settlement on October 13, 2021, for the estate of a prisoner who died of valley fever at the Merced County Jail. The prisoner, …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
HRDC Advances in Suit Against Centurion to Obtain New Mexico Prisoner Medical Litigation Records by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 11, 2021, New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court, County of Santa Fe, denied a motion to dismiss a suit filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), …
Brief • December 15, 2021
HRDC v. Centurion, VT, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2021 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Washington Unit Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff Case No.: __________________ v. Centurion of Vermont, LLC; and Centurion Managed Care, Defendants. ______________________________________/ COMPLAINT I. Introduction 1. Government transparency is a cornerstone of a functioning democracy. …
Brief • December 13, 2021
HRDC v Centurion, NM, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss, Public Records Request, 2021 01234ÿÿ678ÿ9 4112ÿ411ÿ ÿ ÿÿÿ ÿ"#$ÿ%&ÿ '()*+,,-ÿ/010+ÿ2+,3'ÿ45ÿ)*,ÿ2463)ÿ 789:;<ÿ><?@;? FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE HUMAN RJGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff. V. Case No. D-101-CV-2021-0 I 620 CENTURION CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE OF NEW MEXICO. LLC, …
Brief • December 6, 2021
McHenry County v. Raoul, IL, Order, Way Forward Act, 2021 Case: 3:21-cv-50341 Document #: 41 Filed: 12/06/21 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:439 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION McHenry County, et al., vs. Plaintiff, Kwame Raoul, Defendant. ) ) ) ) …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
$53 Million Settlement in Los Angeles Jail Strip Search Lawsuit Approved by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A California federal district court approved a $53 million settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging women held by the Los Angeles County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department (LASD) were subjected to &ldquo;highly invasive body …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Public Records Suit Filed Against Florida DOC To Obtain Formula Used To Compute Sentences by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida has filed a second public records lawsuit against the state&rsquo;s Department of Corrections (DOC) to obtain the formulas used to calculate a prisoner&rsquo;s release date. The first …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Drug Testing, junk science
Unreliable Drug Tests Standard for Law Enforcement and Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Illicit drugs pose a serious problem for both prisoners and officials inside America&rsquo;s prisons and jails. To combat smuggling, many state and federal prisons use field test kits to evaluate substances introduced into the facilities. …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Public Records
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Sanctions and Award of $118,458 in Attorney Fees Against DOC for Withholding Documents Requested Under Right-to-Know Law by On December 22, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a decision of a lower court finding the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) acted in bad faith in responding …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
$170,000 Settlement and New Policy on Gender Identity from Lawsuit Against New Jersey DOC by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The New Jersey Department of Corrections had a policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they are transgender or of any non-binary sexual …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Censorship
Sherburne County, MN, Settles with HRDC for $98,000 Plus New Jail Publications Policy by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A settlement was reached on May 11, 2021, in a censorship complaint filed in August 2020 against Sherburne County, Minnesota, and its Sheriff, Joel Brott, by the Human Rights Defense Center …
Brief • November 18, 2021
HRDC v. Cook County State's Attorney, IL, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2021 Hearing Date: 3/24/2022 10:00 AM - 10:00 AM Courtroom Number: 2601 Location: District 1 Court Cook County, IL FILED DATE: 11/18/2021 12:48 PM 2021CH05850 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS …
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