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Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face

Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Qualified Immunity

Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to an Oklahoma jail guard because a reasonable jury could find …

Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered

Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024

Filed under: Prosecutorial Misconduct, Appearance of Justice/Impartiality

Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 13, 2023, Oklahoma’s Court of Criminal Appeals granted a new trial to state prisoner Robert Leon Hashagen III, 60, after finding his trial judge and his prosecuting attorney failed to disclose their …

Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency

Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024

Filed under: Pardons/Clemency, Articles About PLN, PLN related, Capital Punishment

Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency by When Oklahoma prisoner Anthony Sanchez, 44, was executed on September 21, 2023, for the 1996 killing of University of Oklahoma dance student Juli Busken, Rev. Jeff Hood was by his side. But the attorneys that Sanchez had by then …

McDugle v. Hicks, OK, Petition for Relief, Denial of Public Records, 2023

Brief • December 20, 2023

Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act

McDugle v. Hicks, OK, Petition for Relief, Denial of Public Records, 2023 PJLe.D DISTRICT couk,RT Gtegh1n1 County, o a. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEPHENS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA KEVIN McDUGLE and JUSTIN HUMPHREY, as individuals DEC ZD .ffll MILODV HARPER Court Clerk ) ) ) Plaintiffs, vs. JASON HICKS, …

News in Brief

Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: Within 48-hours of booking into the Morgan County Jail on August 29, 2023, Miles Rea Batson, 39, had two second-degree assault charges added to his public intoxication charge as well as another for disarming a law enforcement agent. WHNT in Huntsville reported that during booking …

$1.05 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Appendix Rupture

Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023

Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$1.05 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Appendix Rupture by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 23, 2023, the Oklahoma Legislature approved a $1.05 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit stemming from the preventable death of a state prisoner. The settlement followed an order by the …

News in Brief

Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …

Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2023

Brief • August 23, 2023

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 4:17-cv-00325-CRK-CDL Document 392 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 08/23/23 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA Austin P. Bond as Personal Repre sen tative of …

News in Brief

Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested on June 10, 2023, for allegedly smuggling drugs, including meth, to a prisoner at Kilby Correctional Facility, 1819 News reported. Charlie Townsend, 28, resigned from his position upon his arrest by the Law Enforcement Services Division. …

SCOTUS Orders Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip

Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023

Filed under: Death Penalty

SCOTUS Orders Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip by In a surprising turn of events, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) granted a stay of execution to condemned Oklahoma prisoner Richard Glossip on May 5, 2023. The decision marks the ninth time Glossip, 60, …

$82 Million For Detainee Death in Oklahoma Jail is “Largest Civil Rights Death Claim in U.S. History”

Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023

Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$82 Million For Detainee Death in Oklahoma Jail is “Largest Civil Rights Death Claim in U.S. History” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 24, 2023, an Oklahoma federal jury awarded $14 million in compensatory damages and $68 million in punitive damages to the estate of a woman who …

Hashagen v. The State of Oklahoma, OK,Mandate, Unfair Trial, 2023

Brief • July 13, 2023

Filed under: New Trial Order, Fair Trial, Denial of Due Process

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Hashagen v. The State of Oklahoma, OK, Summary Opinion, Unfair Trial, 2023

Brief • July 13, 2023

Filed under: New Trial Order, Fair Trial, Denial of Due Process

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Estate Of Kellie Wright v. Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center Trust, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2023

Brief • July 10, 2023

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Estate Of Kellie Wright v. Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center Trust, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00594-G Document 1 Filed 07/10/23 Page 1 of 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) SHELLY CALLIER, as Co-Administrator of the Estate of KELLIE WRIGHT, …

Estate of England v. Oklahoma Dept. Of Corrections, OK, Resolution-Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023

Brief • May 24, 2023

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of England v. Oklahoma Dept. Of Corrections, OK, Resolution-Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 Resolution ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 13 By: Treat of the Senate and McCall of the House A Concurrent Resolution giving legislative approval for the settlement of federal litigation against the Department of Corrections. WHEREAS, the Director …

Oklahoma County Pays $1.1 Million After Jail Guards Fatally Beat Detainee

Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Oklahoma County Pays $1.1 Million After Jail Guards Fatally Beat Detainee by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 1, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Oklahoma granted dismissal to plaintiffs in a suit against Oklahoma County, after they agreed to a $1.1 million settlement in the death …

18 Stabbings in Less Than Nine Months at Oklahoma CoreCivic Prison

Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

18 Stabbings in Less Than Nine Months at Oklahoma CoreCivic Prison by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Violence occurs inside America’s prisons every day. But those held or working inside Oklahoma’s Davis Correctional Facility (DCF) have endured an unprecedented amount of bloodletting at the lockup, which is operated by Tennessee-based …

Young v. Correctional Healthcare Companies, Inc, OK, Verdict, Denial of Adequate Medical Care, 2023

Brief • February 24, 2023

Filed under: Failure to Treat

Young v. Correctional Healthcare Companies, Inc, OK, Verdict, Denial of Adequate Medical Care, 2023 Case 4:13-cv-00315-IDJ-JFJ Document 707 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 02/24/23 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA Deborah Young, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gwendolyn Young, deceased, Plaintiff, V. …

News in Brief

Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …

Oklahoma Jail Guard Gets 46 Months for Setting Up White Supremacist Attack on Black Detainees

Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Gang Policies, Racial Discrimination

Oklahoma Jail Guard Gets 46 Months for Setting Up White Supremacist Attack on Black Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 6, 2022, a former guard at Oklahoma’s Kay County Detention Center was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of detainees. …