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Williams v. Godinez, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014 Case: 1:13-cv-08797 Document #: 15 Filed: 03/07/14 Page 1 of 15 PageID #:393 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION FREDDIE LEE WILLIAMS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) DIRECTOR OF I.D.O.C. S.A. …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
BOP Settles Lawsuits Related to Food Poisoning at Pennsylvania Prison by Derek Gilna As previously reported in Prison Legal News, hundreds of federal prisoners at USP Canaan, a high-security federal prison northwest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, became sick after eating salmonella-contaminated chicken in June 2011. [See: PLN, August 2012, p.31]. Although …
Article • August 15, 2013
Excessive Gas May Substantially Burden Religion Under RLUIPA by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated summary judgment on an Arizona prisoner’s religious diet claims because the lower court made inadequate findings. The Court also rejected Defendants’ contention “that excessive gas simply does not constitute a substantial burden” under the …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids by On July 23, 2012, after expediting a prisoner's appeal, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the district court to likewise act promptly following remand. The appellate court said such action was necessary because the plaintiff was experiencing "excruciating pain" …
Martinez v. Garcia, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $32,000.00 (THIRTY TWO THOUSAND· DOLLARS AND NO CENTS) with the draft payable to "John Martinez and Dykema Gossett PLLC," the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being …
California Medical & Retaliation Claims Settled for $21,300 by California Medical & Retaliation Claims Settled for $21,300 California prison officials paid $21,300 to settle a prisoner's medical, retaliation and discrimination claims. California prisoner Vahan Jaladian suffers from "degenerative chronic back pain, severe gastroesophageal reflex and stiffness of both hands." As …
Article • March 15, 2013
Wisconsin Prisoner's Pro-se AEDPA Action Rejected by Seventh Circuit by Derek Gilna In an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Ronald Romanelli, a prisoner at the Columbia County Jail, was unsuccessful in convincing the Seventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals to …
Mitts v. Shicker, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:11-cv-00398-JPG-PMF Document 78 Filed 01/22/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #509 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JOECEPHUS MITTS, #N-83084 Plaintiff, v. LOUIS SHICKER, DENNIS LARSON, JILL WAHL, CHRISTINE BROWN, NIKKI MALLEY Defendants. ) …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Saginaw County Jail in Michigan Settles Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit for $1.3 Million by The Executive Committee for Saginaw County, Michigan voted in December 2011 to settle a lawsuit that alleged county and jail officials were responsible for a prisoner’s death that occurred in May 2007. Jerry Rouster, 48, was …
$500,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner’s Medical-Related Death by A $500,000 settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit involving the death of a prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Fayette County Prison. Terry Johnson, 48, died in his cell in February 2007 after he was denied medical care. The suit, filed by …
Williams (Cordell) v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 1:10-cv-00162 Document #: 92 Filed: 06/01/12 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:290 IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CORDELL WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Florida Corporation; PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, M.D., in his individual …
Article • May 15, 2012
Filed under: Medical, Gastrointestinal
Prisoner Settles Suit over Failure to Treat Crohn's Disease by Lindsay John Max, a California state prisoner, filed a civil rights action in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that various officials in the California prison system had failed to provide proper medical treatment for his Crohn's …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Nebraska Judge Dismisses Charges Against Omaha Jailers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Douglas County, Nebraska District Court Judge Peter Bataillon has dismissed official misconduct charges against jailers who allegedly let a prisoner bleed to death while he begged for his life. Bataillon interpreted Jail Standards Board regulations as putting …
Article • February 15, 2012
$880,000 Settlement in Federal Prisoner’s Death in Washington State by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An $880,000 settlement has been reached in the death of a prisoner at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in SeaTac, Washington. The lawsuit alleged that the prisoner died due to negligent medical care. When …
Article • February 15, 2012
California Prisoner Settles Medical Indifference Claim for $8,500 by by Mark Wilson California prison officials have paid a prisoner $8,500 to settle his claims of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. On or about January 4, 2001, California state prisoner Kelvin Carver Johnson was confined at CSP-Solano. While eating …
Article • February 15, 2012
California DOC Agrees to $135,000 Settlement for Failing to Diagnose Prisoner’s Cancer, Resulting in Death by A $135,000 award was granted in the wrongful death suit against California Department of Corrections (CDOC). In July of 2000, Jake Mumm, a California prisoner, was housed at California Men’s Colony, where he began …
Deficient Medical Care Leads to Preventable Death of Seattle, Washington Jail Prisoner by The State of Washington’s Medical Quality Assurance Commission (MQAC) has charged a former King County jail doctor with providing substandard care. According to a statement of charges filed on December 29, 2010, Dr. Anthony Rains engaged in …
Keller v. Feinerman, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HILTON LLOYD KELLER, B33552, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) V. No. 06-661-RHM ) ) ) DR. F. AHMED, DR. FEINERMAN, and DR. ELYEA, ) ) ) Defendants. FULL AND FINAL RELEASE WHEREAS …
Article • May 15, 2011
Maricopa County Settles Fatal Denial of Prisoner Medical Care Suit for $200,000 by On September 16, 2004, Maricopa County, Arizona settled for $200,000 a lawsuit involving the death of a county jail prisoner due to denial of medical dare and medical neglect. On March 16, 2002, Louella Stevens was booked …
$2,500 in D.C. Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $2,500 to settle an Eighth Amendment lawsuit filed by prisoner Cornell Barber. Barber was at D.C.’s Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia in March, 2001. On March 1, Cornell received a hemorrhoidectemy to remove hemorrhoids from his …
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