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Appleby-El v. Wexford Health Sources, MD, Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2024
Brief • March 7, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Appleby-El v. Wexford Health Sources, MD, Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement is made this 27th day of March, by and between Nathaniel Appleby-El (“Plaintiff”), on the one hand, and Dayena Corcoran and Frank B. Bishop, Jr. (hereinafter “Defendants”), on the other …
$2.9 Million Paid by Maryland to Exonerated Former Prisoner
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Pardons/Clemency, Attorney Discipline
$2.9 Million Paid by Maryland to Exonerated Former Prisoner by A former Maryland prisoner’s January 2023 exoneration marked the end of a long and painful chapter in a 1981 double murder he was unjustly convicted of. On July 5, 2023, state authorities awarded John Huffington, 61, nearly $2.9 million for …
Gilliam v. Dept of Public Safety and Correctional Services, MD, Order Granting and Denying Part Prelim Injunction, Transgender, 2023
Brief • December 4, 2023
Filed under: Transgender, Discrimination (Transgender)
Gilliam v. Dept of Public Safety and Correctional Services, MD, Order Granting and Denying Part Prelim Injunction, Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-01047-MJM Document 75 Filed 12/04/23 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND CHELSEA GILLIAM, et al., * Plaintiffs * v. Civil Action …
After SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split, Maryland Guard Loses Appeal to Prisoner’s $700,000 Verdict
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Settlements
After SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split, Maryland Guard Loses Appeal to Prisoner’s $700,000 Verdict by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held that a post-trial motion is required only to preserve findings of fact for appellate review—not a purely …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
Duvall v. Moore, MD, Declaration of Oscar H. Jerkins, Conditions of Confinement, 2023
Brief • November 8, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement
Duvall v. Moore, MD, Declaration of Oscar H. Jerkins, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 1:94-cv-02541-ELH Document 821-1 Filed 11/08/23 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JEROME DUVALL, et al. * * Plaintiffs, v. * WES MOORE, et al. * * Defendants. …
Pronin v. Armstead, MD, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2023
Brief • October 2, 2023
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Prisoner-Staff Assault
Pronin v. Armstead, MD, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-01864-BAH Document 48 Filed 10/02/23 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND DMITRY PRONIN, A/KlA Leyleen Lillith Aquino, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:22-CV-01864 V. LAURA ARMSTEAD , ORLANDO JOHNSON, CHERYL GOLDMAN, KAMERON …
Chestnut v. Kincaid, MD, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023
Brief • September 29, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Chestnut v. Kincaid, MD, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 2023-Sep-29 15:04
Chestnut v. Kincaid, MD, Board Approval of Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023
Brief • September 29, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Chestnut v. Kincaid, MD, Board Approval of Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 TO: Board of Estimates, Office of the Comptroller FROM: Ebony M. Thompson, Acting Baltimore City Solicitor SUBMITTING AGENCY: Baltimore City Department of Law Suite 101, City Hall DATE: September 29, 2023 SUBJECT: Chestnut, et al. v Kincaid, et al. …
Smith v. Office of Atty General, MD, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023
Brief • September 20, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Smith v. Office of Atty General, MD, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS REVISED at the meeting SECRETARY'S ACTION AGENDA September 20, 2023 Contact: Janee Fountain 410-576-6971 jfountain@oag.state.md.us 12. THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Appellate Court ofMaryland Compensation to Erroneously Confined Individual Mr. Demetrius Smith Recommendation: The Office …
No Summary Judgment for Private Transportation Company in Maryland Detainee’s Suit Alleging “Horrific” 2,000-Mile Journey
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Transport Companies, Transportation, Summary Judgment
No Summary Judgment for Private Transportation Company in Maryland Detainee’s Suit Alleging “Horrific” 2,000-Mile Journey by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Over nine days in December 2015, during transport from Maryland to South Carolina to face charges he skipped child support payments, William Karn endured a grueling trek stretching more …
Challenge Survives to Maryland County’s Cash Bond Program
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Bail Bonds, Constitutional Challenges/Law
Challenge Survives to Maryland County’s Cash Bond Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that changes in pretrial release procedures of Prince George’s County “may or may not be ameliorative,” the federal court for the District of Maryland on June 7, 2023, refused to dismiss a complaint filed …
News in Brief
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …
Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Federal Funds, Guns - Type of, Firearms
Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On April 5, 2023, the Sheriff of Maryland’s Frederick County was charged with using his office to order machine guns from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) that were supposed …
$120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Settlements
$120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2023, the federal court for the District of Maryland granted dismissal to a suit by a former detainee at the Prince George’s County lockup, after he and co-Plaintiffs accepted a …
Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Appeals
Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 13, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to review its dismissal of an appeal …
News in Brief
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Brown v. Prince George's County, MD, Settlement, Censorship, 2023
Brief • February 10, 2023
Filed under: Censorship
Brown v. Prince George's County, MD, Settlement, Censorship, 2023 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION SUBJECT TO FRE 408 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") is made this __ day of February, 2023 by and between Enrico Brown, Kenneth Snowden, Duran Carrington, Michael Harris, David Francis, Darnell Munden, and …
Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings
Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On September 2, 2021, the federal court for the District of Maryland denied a motion for summary judgment made by a state prison guard who is the defendant in a case brought by a prisoner who …
Deaf Detainee Found Murdered in Baltimore Jail
Article • October 21, 2022
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
Deaf Detainee Found Murdered in Baltimore Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A diminutive detainee who was deaf and communicated by sign language was found unresponsive at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center early on October 9, 2022. Officials from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services …
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