Ohio Prisoner May be Entitled Under PRA to Documents Identifying Guards Who Beat Him by Timothy Conley, an Ohio state prisoner, petitioned for a Writ of Mandamus in state court to compel prison officials to disclose documents identifying guards who had beaten him several times. The trial court dismissed the …
My Space Becomes “No Space” for Online Sex Offenders by David Reutter My Space Becomes "No Space" for Online Sex Offenders by David M. Reutter After online social networking giant MySpace.com, under pressure, disclosed on July 24, 2007 that it had purged 29,000 sex offender profiles from its website, state …
Ohio Prison Employee Loses Suit Over Supervisor Bugging Her Desk by The plaintiff civilian employee found a microphone by her desk; her supervisor admitted he had bugged her because he thought there were racial problems in the office. He was suspended; nothing happened to her. She had no claim against …
Amended Complaint Can Sue Cops in Individual Capacity by A complaint in a police brutality suit did not specify the capacity in which the defendants were sued. A later amended complaint that specified their individual capacities related back to the time of the original complaint. This may not have been …
First Amendment Protects Sex Discrimination Complaint Against State Police by The plaintiff, who runs an automobile towing company, said that a Highway Patrol official retaliated against her by removing her from the Patrol's towing referral list because she had filed a sex discrimination complaint with a state agency. At 770-71: …
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
Ohio Man Paid $1.5 Million for 26 Years' Wrongful Imprisonment by In April 2007, an Ohio jury awarded $1.5 million to Plaintiff Gary James, who spent 26 years in prison for a robbery and murder he didn't commit. James, now 54, and his friend, Timothy Howard, were arrested in 1976 …
OH Prisoner's Attorney's Rule 11 Sanctions Nullified by Jeffrey Salkil was arrested for drunk driving and placed in the jail for Madison County, Ohio. Because he refused to submit to urinalysis testing, his driver's license was suspended. He completed an affidavit of indigency and asked to have a lawyer appointed …
OH DOC Not Required to Take Prisoners Outside of Prison for Religious Rites by Ralf Beasley, an Ohio state prisoner, wanted to convert to Orthodox Judaism, but to do so he would have to visit an outside synagogue to receive a ritual bath called a Mikvah. When prison officials refused …
OH Mental Health Service Not Subject to Public Records Act by The state of Ohio created a mental health services board (Board), which was to contract with and govern private mental health providers to ensure that even indigents and the uninsured could receive mental health services. The Board in Stark …
Wrongfully Imprisoned Ohio Man Settles With State for $260,000 by On April 10, 2007, the State of Ohio paid $260,000 to a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for four years. Plaintiff Dartangnan Hill, a former gang leader, was convicted in May 2001 on charges of home invasion. Hill was accused …
Public, Private Prison Escapes in Ohio by Gary Hunter On May 11, 2006, Ohio state prisoner Marrion P. Smith was shot in the head by prison guard Gary Myers during a foiled escape attempt. Smith had been transported from the Mansfield Correctional Institution to the Ohio State University Medical Center, …
Female Ohio Guards Awarded $475,000 For Gender Discrimination Regarding Assignment, Promotion by Seven female Ohio guards brought federal suit against the Trumbull County Sheriff's Department (Department) for emotional distress due to unfavorable assignments and lack of promotion. The court awarded them collectively $475,000. The guards claimed sex discrimination because their …
Harassment By Prisoners Cannot Create a Hostile Work Environment by Evidence that the plaintiff ex-prison employee "cried a lot" and the inmates and co-workers "got on her nerves" do not establish that she has a disability; she may have been depressed or anxious but submitted no medical evidence or evidence …
Ohio Probation Violator Entitled to Credit for Time Served in Halfway House by The Ohio Court of Appeals held that after a convicted prison guard violated his probation, he was nonetheless entitled to credit for time served earlier in a halfway house, since it amounted to "confinement." Guard Richard Holda …
Ohio Prisoner’s Entitled to Notice of Post-Release Control at Sentencing by Ohio Prisoner's Entitled to Notice of Post-Release Control at Sentencing The Ohio Supreme Court has held that the Ohio Adult Parole Authority (APA) has no authority to place a prisoner on post-release control when the sentencing court failed to …
Ohio Attorney Suspended from Law Practice for Two Years after Misconduct by The Columbus Bar Association charged Attorney Derek Farmer with violating the Code of Professional Responsibility in 2004 for misconduct. The Supreme Court of Ohio's Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline appointed an investigative panel and the court …
Prison Drinking Water and Wastewater Pollution Threaten Environmental Safety Nationwide by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Aging infrastructure concerns are not limited to America's highways, bridges and dams. Today, crumbling, overcrowded prisons and jails nationwide are bursting at the seams -- literally -- leaking environmentally dangerous effluents not just …
Reformed Dental Care Will Have Ohio Prisoners Smiling by Michael Rigby The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) will hire dozens of dental health care providers, revise policies and procedures governing prisoner dental care, and implement oral health care education programs as part of a settlement agreed to in …
Ohio Juvenile Wards Entitled to Attorneys to Pursue 1983 Actions by by John E. Dannenberg In an important denial-of-access-to-the-courts ruling, a U.S. District Court (S.D. Ohio) held that a juvenile ward who was denied access to the courts after suffering injury from an Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) guard …
