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Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit; $26,875 Settlement on Remand by Lonnie Burton Seventh Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit; $26,875 Settlement on Remand by Lonnie Burton n July 17, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit filed by a mentally ill Wisconsin prisoner who claimed …
Gentry v. Floyd County, IN, Amended Complaint, Forcible Stripping, 2014 Case 4:14-cv-00054-TAB-RLY Document 17 Filed 11/12/14 Page 1 of 22 PageID #: 116 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA NEW ALBANY DIVISION ELECTRONICALLY FILED TABITHA GENTRY 1429 Locust St. New Albany, IN 4715 and VINCENT MINTON 11302 Nabb …
Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment by On April 24, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former pretrial detainee at the Edgar County Jail (ECJ) in Illinois stated a claim concerning unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the facility. The appellate court …
Brief • January 31, 2014
Filed under: Bedding
Bell v. Luna, CT, Verdict, Inadequate Matress, 2014 Case 3:10-cv-00008-MPS Document 121 Filed 01/31/14 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT , ' HAROLD R. BELL Plaintiff, NO.3:10-cv-00008-MPS v. \ NORBERTO LUNA Defendant. VERDICT FORM I. 42 U.S.C. § 1983 A. Liability Has Harold Bell proven …
Brief • July 11, 2013
Filed under: Bedding
Bell v. Luna, CT, Order Denying Summary Judgment, Inadequate Matress, 2013 Case 3:10-cv-00008-MPS Document 78 Filed 07/11113 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT HAROLD BELL v. Case No.3 :10cv8 (MPS) NORBERTO LUNA, ET AL. 1 RUliNG ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Plaintiff; Haro kl R …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
CDCR Pays $12,000 to Settle California Prisoner’s Pro Se Caging Suit by As part of a settlement agreement, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to pay $12,000 to prisoner Bobby James Williams to settle a lawsuit Williams filed in 2005. Williams claimed that the CDCR had violated …
Publication • December 1, 2011
A System Master Plan for Massachusetts Corrections, MA Division of Capital Asset Management, 2011 STV Incorporated Carter Goble Lee FINAL REPORT A System Master Plan for Massachusetts Corrections MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CORRECTONS MASTER PLAN The Corrections Master Plan The Final Report DOC 0801ST1 STV Incorporated in association …
Article • July 15, 2011
No Due Process Right In Avoiding Temporary Lock-Up; Unsanitary Bedding Actionable by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On April 10, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a suit challenging a prisoner’s placement in Temporary Lock-Up (TLU) …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,500 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Fall from Bunk Suit by The District of Columbia paid $2,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Michael J. Hinnant, for falling out of his top bunk and hitting his head. While incarcerated at the D.C. Jail on March 11, 2004, Hinnant received a bottom …
Publication • February 4, 2011
Safety Concerns of a Prisoner Rights Lawyer, Daily Journal, 2011 LOS ANGELES www.dailyjournal.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 GOVERNMENT Safety Concerns of a Prisoner Rights Lawyer By Jane Kahn A s part of the small talk that happens during holiday gatherings and at other events during the year, people ask me …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Judge Finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Massachusetts Jail, 11 Years After Suit is Filed by Brandon Sample On September 24, 2009, Suffolk Superior Court Judge John C. Cratsley held in a class-action lawsuit that Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson in Bristol County, Massachusetts was housing prisoners under cruel and unusual conditions. Originally …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
$1,500 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Cold Cell Conditions Claim by The Wisconsin Department of Corrections paid $1,500 to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment rights by being subjected to cold cell temperatures. Waupan Correctional Institution prisoner Jevon D. Jackson filed a civil rights action for being …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Fell from His Bunk by On July 10, 2007, the State of Washington agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who fell from his bunk. Jody Allen Miller was assigned to a lower bunk at the Wall Walla Washington State Penitentiary …
Inhumane Illinois Cell Conditions Defeat Summary Judgment by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that guards are not entitled to qualified immunity for confining a prisoner in inhumane conditions. That ruling came on the heels of a district court’s order granting summary judgment to two guards at Illinois’ …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Denial of Bedding, Clothes to Florida Prisoner States Claim by Florida’s First District Court of Appeal held that a prisoner’s civil rights complaint alleging that a guard denied him blankets, bed sheets and clean clothing for four-and-a-half months, causing illness and injury, stated a claim that was sufficient to withstand …
Conditions in Maricopa County, Arizona Jails Still Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 22, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake issued an 83-page order with findings of facts and conclusions of law in a long-running civil rights lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
Fourth Circuit Reinstates South Carolina Jail Conditions Suit by On June 20, 1991, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a South Carolina prisoner's challenge to conditions of confinement at the Lexington County Jail. Leonard Archie Smith, a former South Caroline pre-trial detainee, filed a pro se civil rights action …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
$295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court by On September 17, 2008, a Wisconsin federal jury awarded a prisoner $295,000 for violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, the jury found that state prisoner Reggie Townsend was “denied the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.” After …
Brief • February 25, 2009
Filed under: Bedding
Townsend v. Allen, WI, Settlement, conditions mattress, 2009 Case: 3:05-cv-00204-bbc Document # : 247 Filed: 02/25/2009 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN REGGIE TOWNSEND, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 05-C-204-C JERRY ALLEN , Defendant. STIPULATED ORDER OF DISMISSAL The undersigned hereby stipulate that …
More Damages, Costs & Attorney Fees Awarded in NH False Disciplinary Case by More Damages, Costs & Attorney Fees Awarded in NH False Disciplinary Case Three prisoners involved in two federal civil rights lawsuits against officials of the Hillsborough County House of Corrections in New Hampshire (the jail) were awarded …
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