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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 …
Frazier v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum of Law, Injuction, 2022
Brief • July 19, 2022
Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's
Frazier v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum of Law, Injuction, 2022 Case 8:22-cv-01768-PJM Document 2-1 Filed 07/19/22 Page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND GREENBELT DIVISION ROBERT FRAZIER, et al., individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, …
Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye On December 7, 2021, Maryland lawmakers voted to override the governor’s veto and take away his power to overrule parole recommendations for state prisoners serving a life sentence. After the bill, SB 202, passed earlier in …
University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry
University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03 Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story Michael A. Millemann Jennifer Elisa Chapman Samuel P. Feder University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022–03 ....... ~ ..· IV'ERSITY. of MARYLAN'D …
Canter v. Santana, MD, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022
Brief • April 14, 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force, Transgender, Failure to Protect (Transgender)
Canter v. Santana, MD, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022 Case Case8:19-cv-02395-JKB 8:19-cv-02395-JKB Document Document 63-1 72 Filed Filed 04/14/23 08/31/22 Page Page11ofof26 26 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NORTHERN DIVISION AMBER M. CANTER c/o Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, P.A. 1 South Street, 30th Floor Baltimore, …
News in Brief
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19, Settlements
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Under a settlement agreement reached on August 23, 2021, officials at the Prince George’s County Jail in Maryland agreed to a raft of safety protocols overseen for at least four months by …
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