Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On July 15, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nevada awarded $560,587.50 in fees to attorneys representing a state prisoner who earlier settled his medical neglect claim against …
Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye At the request of former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D), the director of the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC), Charles Daniels, submitted his resignation on September 30, 2022. The move came three …
Shaw v. Davis, NV, Settlement, Religious Freedom, 2023 March 9, 2023 Episcopal Facilitator Agreement Modifying the Non-Monetary Terms of the Settlement Agreement and Full and Final Release in the Matter of Norman Shaw, et. al, v. Scott Davis, et. al., Case No. 3: l 8-cv-00551MMD-CLB ("Episcopal Facilitator Agreement") Page 1 …
Riot and Escape at Nevada Prison Lead to Charges Against Four Guards, Firings or Resignations of Top Officials by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Some recreation was suspended at Nevada’s Southern Desert Correctional Center [SDCC] after 20 prisoners got into a brawl on October 10, 2022. The violence carried …
Nevada Federal Court Says Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit Should’ve Been a Habeas Petition, But Returns Filing Fee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Giving a break to the prisoner who filed a civil rights suit she dismissed on July 8, 2022, Judge Anne R. Traum of the federal court …
Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On June 14, 2022, the federal Court for the District of Nevada granted summary judgment to a Muslim state prisoner, agreeing with him that the state Department of Corrections (DOC) violated his constitutional rights …
Nevada Supreme Court: DOC Owes Parolee Credit for Any Days Over 60 Awaiting Revocation in Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Nevada ordered the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to credit a parolee for time he spent in custody awaiting parole …
Ninth Circuit Tells Nevada DOC: ‘Wait and See’ Prisoner Medical Care Can’t Become ‘Deny and Delay’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 4, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Nevada prison officials who “never deviated from …
Elmajzoub v. Davis, NV, Order, Conditions of Confinement, 2022 Case 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Document 99 Filed 11/23/22 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 7 8 9 SAID ELMAJZOUB, v. Case No. 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Plaintiff, ORDER SCOTT DAVIS, et al., Defendants. 10 …
Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions Inc., NV, Order, Debit Cards, 2022 Case 3:20-cv-00509-MMD-CSD Document 65 Filed 11/15/22 Page 1 of 17 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 CHRISTOPHER WATKINS, et al., 7 8 9 Plaintiffs, v. 12 13 14 15 16 17 …
Ninth Circuit Strikes Nevada Ban on Muslim Prisoner’s Scented Prayer Oil, Allows Conditions-of-Confinement Claim Also to Proceed by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 26, 2022, a Muslim Nevada prisoner notched his second victory in as many months against state prison officials at the U.S. Court of Appeals for …
Federal Judge Allows Wiretapping Case to Proceed Against CoreCivic for Recording Attorney-Client Conversations at Nevada Prison by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 14, 2022, Judge Jennifer Dorsey ruled for the federal court for the District of Nevada that it has jurisdiction over a nationwide potential class …
Elmajzoub v. Davis, NV, Report and Recommendation, Discrimination Based on Religion, 2022 Case 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Document 72 Filed 05/13/22 Page 1 of 29 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 SAID ELMAJZOUB, 4 Case No.: 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Report & Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Plaintiff 5 v. Re: …
Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 30, 2021, a federal district court in Nevada denied a motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit alleging that forcing prison release debit cards upon …
$6,500 Paid by Nevada DOC After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Withholding Evidence From Prisoner Accused of Smuggling Meth in Mail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY PLN, OFficials with the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2020 lost a suit filed …
Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 30, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) to task over a four-year delay …
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 …
Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused a request to rehear en banc a decision by a three-judge panel of the Court …
$10,000 Awarded by Nevada Federal Court to Prisoner Assaulted by Former State Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 23, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada awarded a former state prisoner $5,000 for physical pain and another $5,000 for mental anguish caused by …
