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Brief • September 3, 2002
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Sheptin v. US, IL, Attorney Fees, BOP Hepatitis C Medical Suit, 2000
Ill Treatment on Our Shores by Anne-Marie Cusac ( On October 24, 2001, Muhammed Butt died of a heart attack at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, New Jersey. Butt, a Pakistani national, was detained on September 19 by the FBI as a suspect connected with the September 11 …
$54,750 Damages Awarded Asthmatic Prisoner in Michigan ETS Suit by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (E.D..) awarded an asthmatic Michigan state prisoner $36,500 in compensatory damages and $18,250 in punitive damages after a bench trial determination that Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) wardens had …
Oklahoma Jailhouse Informants Settle Failure to Protect Suit for $80,000 by Federal prisoners Curtis Sherfield and Hugh Grayson, who were being held at the Oklahoma County jail on federal drug charges, were given a total of $80,000 in December 2001 to settle their lawsuit against the county after they were …
News in Brief by Roger Hummel Alaska: On April 11, 2002, Cynthia Cooper, the head prosecutor in the state attorney general's office, resigned after being judicially admonished for pursuing felony charges against a public defender who crashed his car into a light pole. Anchorage prosecutors had agreed to a misdemeanor …
USPC Reverses Stance on HIV Discrimination after Suit Filed by Deborah M Golden by Deborah M. Golden In September 2001, the United States Parole Commission (USPC) issued a Notice of Action that, while not precedent, signifies an important policy and a possible way for prisoners to challenge parole decisions. The …
Oregon Prisoners Sue for HCV Treatment by On November 1, 2001, a group of Oregon prisoners filed suit in federal court against the State of Oregon, the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), and several individual ODOC medical personnel related to the systematic denial and delay of adequate diagnosis and treatment …
Moore Medical and Prison Industry Leaders Sign Agreements by Moore Medical Corporation, a leading supplier of medical, surgical, and pharmaceutical products, recently signed multi-year agreements with three major corrections industry organizations on September 5, 2001. Moore will provide internet, telesales, and catalog procurement services to the 65 facilities managed by …
Deaths in Florida and Virginia Jails Spark National Investigations by Gary Hunter The badly bloated body of Kathy Kearns was removed from her Virginia Beach jail cell in the early morning hours of April 26, 2001. Testimony from witnesses and evidence from jail and city records show that Kearns desperately …
Texas Prisoner Wins $130,000 from Jail for Poor Care, Beatings by A Texas state prisoner won $130,000 in damages after it was shown that he was denied medical care and not protected from violent prisoners while held at Williamson County Jail near Austin. Martin DiCarlo, 39, filed suit in U.S. …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Filed under: Reviews, Medical, Hepatitis
Book Review: Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide To Hepatitis Liver Disease by Phyllis Beck Penguin Putnam, NY, 2000, pb. 457 pages Review by Phyllis Beck A big thumbs up for Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis Liver Disease . The book's information is up-to-date, it is fully indexed, it includes a …
Alabama Jail Enjoined for "Uncivilized and Hazardous Conditions" by Chief Judge Clemon of the Federal District Court, Northern District of Alabama, has preliminarily enjoined the Morgan County Jail, its sheriff, administrator, and commissioners, and the commissioner and transfer director of the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) because of conditions described …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
BOP Finger Amputation States Eighth Amendment Claim by Reversing a lower court ruling, the Tenth Circuit found that a prisoner whose finger fell off after it was re-attached by a prison doctor stated an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. In June 1999, Horace Oxendine, …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
No Jurisdiction for Interlocutory Appeal Over Medical Treatment by The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has held that it lacks jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal filed by a prison doctor. Maurice Moore, an Iowa state prisoner, filed suit, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against a prison doctor …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Qualified Immunity, Collateral Orders Not Reviewable on Interlocutory Appeal by For want of jurisdiction, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed the interlocutory appeal of a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) medical director from a district court's denial to the director of summary judgment based on qualified immunity and a …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Prisoners at Private Federal Prison in California Strike Over Food, Medical Care by Lonnie Burton On November 26, 2001, more than 1,800 prisoners at the Taft Correctional Institution (TCI) refused to report to work in protest of shortcomings in the prison's food and medical care. TCI, a privately run low-security …
Deputy Causing Loss of Fingertip States Federal and State Claims by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in North Carolina has ruled that a prisoner who lost his fingertip when a deputy slammed a cell door window cover on his finger has stated a proper claim under state …
Brief • July 12, 2002
Brooks v Jorgensen, CA, Complaint, medical neglect, 2002 Case 3:02-Cv-01aJAH-NLS Document 1 Filed ae2/02 Page 2 of 27 C' ,....... 1 2 3 4 137$64) L c. DANIEL S. SILVERMAN (State Bar No. LJ LIBBY RYAN (State Bar No. 207713) y 3' 30 HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & McAULIF~ liP \ …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
$540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating by In October 2001, Hennepin County, Minnesota, agreed to pay $540,000 to settle a brutality suit against the county jail. It is believed to be the largest brutality settlement in county history. On September 4, 2000, Derek Martin, 43, was arrested on suspicion of …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Two Federal Courts Grant Injunction for HCV Treatment by A federal court in Oklahoma issued an unpublished opinion granting a preliminary injunction ordering prison officials to provide prescribed medications for a prisoner's liver disease. Another federal court in Ohio issued an unpublished opinion granting a preliminary injunction ordering prison officials …
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