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Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation by Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation A Virginia federal district court ordered a sheriff to reinstate the security clearances of six contractors after it found the Sheriff …
Wood v. Panther, ID, Complaint, OR retaliation harassment transfer marriage, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 1 of 20 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 2 of 20 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 3 of 20 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 4 of …
Jackson v. Florida DOC, Complaint, ADA Violations and Retaliation, 2014 Case 4:14-cv-00548-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 10/16/14 Page 1 of 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA RICHARD JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: 4:14-cv-548 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, MARSHA NICHOLS, WILLIAM RUMMEL, ANDREW LOCKLEAR, AND DOES 1-8, Defendants. / …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Pretrial Detainee’s First Amendment Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by David Reutter Pretrial Detainee’s First Amendment Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by David M. Reutter In a December 26, 2013 decision, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment, holding that a former pretrial …
Holleman v. Zatecky, IN, Complaint, Retaliation, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00671-TWP-DML Document 20 Filed 09/18/14 Page 1 of 22 PageID #: 121 SC NNED at PENDLET N and Emailed on CJ1. f6'_5 7Lllfy IN THE · UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ROBEERT L. HOLLEMAN, Plaintiff V. CAPTAIN …
Ninth Circuit Holds Staff Sexual Abuse Presumed Coercive; State Bears Burden of Rebutting Presumption by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court erred when finding a prisoner could not state an Eighth Amendment sex abuse claim because he “consented” to a relationship with a prison …
Smith v. Pope, NC, Verdict, Sexual Assault & Retaliation by Prison Superintendent, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA S. SHANE SMITH, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. EDITH T. POPE and GEORGE POPE, Defendants. 1:08-CV-00166 VERDICT We, …
Eighth Circuit Denies Civilly Confined Minnesota Patients 1983 Action by Derek Gilna Civilly-committed patients in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) officials, alleging that various conditions of their confinement were …
Sixth Circuit Orders Judgment Against Three Defendants in Prisoner's Retaliation Case by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated judgments in favor of three prison officials in a prisoner's lawsuit alleging a retaliatory transfer, and ordered that judgment be entered against them. The district court then awarded damages on remand. …
Article • April 15, 2013
4th Circuit: Prisoner Alleges Sufficient Facts to Establish Imminent Danger, Permitted to Proceed Despite Three Prior “Strikes” by In an unpublished per curiam opinion decided September 2006, the Fourth Circuit vacated a district court order dismissing a prisoner’s civil rights complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(g) on the ground that …
Washington Jail Prisoner Settles Retaliation Claim for $10,000 by Washington State’s Pierce County has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed a prisoner was subjected to retaliation in the form of solitary confinement for exercising his First Amendment right of access to the courts. Neil Grenning …
Pennsylvania Prisoner’s $185,000 Jury Award Reduced to $75,005 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 7, 2011, a Pennsylvania federal judge issued an order reducing a prisoner’s jury award for destruction of legal materials to $75,005. The award had previously been reduced from $185,000 to $115,000. Andre Jacobs, a …
BOP Fails to Prove Non-Exhaustion Following Pavey Hearing by Mark Wilson On June 7, 2011, an Illinois U.S. District Court held that federal prison officials had failed to satisfy their burden of proving a prisoner did not exhaust administrative remedies before bringing suit. Chad Alan Hicks was confined at the …
Article • November 15, 2011
Washington Settles Shy Bladder Suit For $2,500 by On March 8, 2006, the State of Washington paid $2,500 to settle with a former state prisoner who sued two state employees in their individual capacities for violating his federal civil rights and the Washington Department of Corrections for failing to make …
$45,500 Settlement over Washington Prison Psychologist’s Improper Reference to Prisoner’s Litigation History in Parole Review Report by A $45,500 Settlement was reached in a suit filed for illegal references to court actions, legal complaints and grievance activity in a psychological evaluation report for a parole review. Alvin L. Gilcrist filed …
Seventh Circuit: No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner's First Amendment Retaliation Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 4, 2009, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that a prisoner who alleges retaliation for free speech was not required to show that the speech engaged in concerned a …
$55,000 Settlement in DC Jail Prisoner’s Confinement Conditions Suit by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $55,000 to settle prisoner Lawrence Caldwell’s lawsuit that asserted various unconstitutional conditions at the DC Jail. In a clear, detailed pro se complaint, Caldwell outlines numerous conditional factors that violate his constitutional rights. He …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Seventh Circuit Holds No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner’s First Amendment Retaliation Suit for Providing Affidavit to Help Dead Prisoner’s Family by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner who alleges retaliation for free speech is not required to show that the speech engaged in concerned a …
Pennsylvania Prisoner Awarded $185,000 in Civil Rights Claim; Harassment Continues by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania federal jury has awarded $185,000 to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging conspiracy, retaliation, obstruction of access to the courts and defamation of character. Pennsylvania state prisoner Andre Jacobs …
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