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H.C. v. Bradshaw, Order Granting Class Certification, Preliminary Settlement Approval, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WM Document 79 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/16/2018 Page 1 of 4 U N ITED ST ATE S D ISTRIC T C O U RT SO UTH ERN D ISTR ICT O F FLO R IDA CivilN o.l8-cv-8o8lo-M …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Voting, Class Certification
Class-Action Status Granted in Civil Rights Suit Over Disenfranchised Indiana Jail Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 17, 2018, a federal district court certified a class of Allen County, Indiana jail prisoners who were denied their right to vote in the November 2016 general election. Ian Barnhart …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Litigation Surrounding Radon Exposure at Connecticut Prison Moves Forward by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas “We’re talking about levels in some places that are equivalent to smoking 2½ packs of cigarettes a day,” said Lori A. Welch-Rubin, one of the attorneys who filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of prisoners …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Prisoners Seek to Enforce Settlement Provisions in Ashker Litigation by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On March 29, 2018, a federal magistrate judge in California held that prisoners in a class-action lawsuit over long-term solitary confinement, who entered into a settlement agreement with the California Department of Corrections and …
Arkansas: $21,000 Settlement in Jail Release Debit Card Class-Action Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action complaint filed against the Benton County, Arkansas Sheriff’s Office and Keefe Commissary company, over the practice of issuing fee-laden debit cards to prisoners containing their release funds, has settled for just …
Rasho, et al. v. Walker, et al., IL, order, inadequate mental health care, 2018 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 2460 E-FILED Page 1 of 50 Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 03:31:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ASHOOR RASHO, et al., ) …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Class-action Settlement in Mississippi “Debtors’ Prison” Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In April 2018, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced a settlement in a federal class-action suit filed against the city of Corinth, Mississippi that accused the municipality and its chief Municipal Court judge, John C. Ross, …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Angola Prison Lawsuit Poses Question: What Kind of Medical Care do Prisoners Deserve? by Amanda Aronczyk, Katie Rose Quandt by Amanda Aronczyk & Katie Rose Quandt, WNYC Radio In 2005, Francis Brauner was a quarter of the way through a 20-year prison sentence at the Dixon Correctional Institute in Louisiana, when …
$10 Million Class-action Lawsuit Against Virginia Jail Results in $725,000 Settlement by R. Bailey by R. Bailey A class-action complaint against the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ) has ended with a $725,000 settlement. The lawsuit alleged that jail staff violated detainees’ Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and subjected them to …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Pennsylvania: Class-action Suit Against USP Lewisburg Reinstated by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Sebastian Richardson, a former prisoner held in the Special Management Unit (SMU) at the federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, has won an important legal victory against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). In a July 15, 2016 ruling, …
Federal Class-action Accuses CoreCivic of Exploiting Immigrant Detainee Labor by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action suit filed on April 17, 2018 in the Middle District of Georgia accuses private prison behemoth CoreCivic – formerly Corrections Corporation of America – of exploiting immigrant detainees who perform work in …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Arkansas and Oklahoma Rehab Programs Sued for Using Court-ordered Defendants for Forced Labor by David Reutter by David Reutter A federal lawsuit filed in October 2017 accuses an Arkansas-based drug rehab center of “human trafficking and forced labor” for abusing a court-ordered pre-trial diversion program. The rehab center reportedly compelled …
Indiana’s SOMM Program Declared Unconstitutional by Federal Court by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Indiana’s Sex Offender Management and Monitoring (SOMM) program violated the Fifth Amendment by compelling prisoners to incriminate themselves or face longer prison terms, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana held on September …
Settlement in Class-action ADA Suit Against Shasta County, California Jail by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Everett Joseph Jewett, a disabled prisoner held in the medical unit at a jail in Shasta County, California, filed suit in federal court in 2013 alleging the facility had failed to comply with the …
Article • June 29, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Litigation Heats Up Over Extreme Temperatures in Prisons, Jails by Matthew Clarke, Christopher Zoukis by Matt Clarke and Christopher Zoukis During a heat wave in the summer of 2017, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis, Missouri and chanted “shut it down,” after a video …
Ms. L, et al. v. U.S. Immigration, order on class certification, 2018 Case 3:18-cv-00428-DMS-MDD Document 82 Filed 06/26/18 PageID.1706 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Ms. L.; et al., Case No.: 18cv0428 DMS …
Brief • May 17, 2018
Buroff and Barnhart v. Gladieux, IN, Opinion and Order, jail prisoners' right to vote, 2018 USDC IN/ND case 1:17-cv-00124-TLS document 41 filed 05/17/18 page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION DEMETRIUS BUROFF and IAN BARNHART, individually and on behalf of all others …
Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Court Certifies Class of Missouri Prisoners Denied Hepatitis C Treatment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2017 (two days before World Hepatitis Day), the ACLU of Missouri and the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) announced the certification of a class of Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoners who …
Despite Class-action Settlement, Mental Healthcare Problems at CA Jail Persist by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties to a May 2015 class-action settlement between prisoners at the Monterey County jail in California, county officials and the jail’s medical provider – which was supposed to address issues of poor medical …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
California Prisoners File Class-action Suit Seeking Hepatitis C Treatment by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober In 2013, the FDA approved two new life-saving hepatitis C (HCV) drugs known as simeprevir (brand named Olysio) and sofosbuvir (brand named Sovaldi). The drugs, a new class of medication called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), were …
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