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Adams v. CCA, CO, Counterclaim Def Mot SJ, prison riot, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. Defendants: …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf BiS Plf Mot PSJ - Negligence, Disclosure of Medical Requests, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Mot PSJ - Negligence, prison riot, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. …
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Ninth Circuit Says Qualified Immunity Warranted for Comb-Binding Denial by Mark Wilson On December 2, 2009, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a prison librarian was entitled to qualified immunity for denying a prisoner’s request to comb-bind his legal papers. Oregon prisoner Frank Phillips intended to file a …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Washington Supreme Court Holds No Judicial Immunity for Non-Judicial Conduct by The doctrine of judicial immunity does not apply to actions unrelated to judicial conduct, the Supreme Court of Washington decided on December 31, 2009. In September 2002, Skagit County District Court Judge Stephen Skelton ordered Deputy Deanna Randall to …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Refusing to Feed Prisoner by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prison guard was not entitled to qualified immunity for depriving a prisoner of 16 meals over a 23-day period. In 2001, Ronald P. Foster was confined at …
$500,000 Settlement in Maryland Prisoner’s Death from Pepper Spraying by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A half-million dollar settlement was paid to the family of a Maryland prisoner who died when prison officials used excessive pepper spray while extracting him from his cell, and then failed to provide medical …
Prosecutorial Misconduct Case Pending Before Supreme Court Settles for $12 Million by Brandon Sample On January 4, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court side-stepped resolving an important case that would have likely exposed prosecutors to greater liability when they engage in prosecutorial misconduct. The case, Pottawamie County v. McGhee and Harrington, …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Demand Letter, public records indigents right to review depositions, 2010 lS~H JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, ~L. C. 290t NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE DANIEL P. STRUCK SUITE 800 TELEPHONE: 16021263·7323 PHOENIX. ARIZONA 85012 FAX: 1602l20D·7Bl1 PHONE: 1602126'·1700 E·MAIL: DSTRUCK@JSHFIRM.CDM FAX: 16021651·7599 W_Y"W_,~J_;-"fIRM:~!!M. RACHEL LOVE TELEPHONE: 16D21263-1726 FAX: (602l2lJO-7857 …
Brief • August 3, 2010
Cianfaglione v. Rogers et al, IL, Complaint, qualified immunity unreasonable strip search, 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS URBANA DIVISION ANGELINA CIANFAGLIONE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) TERRY ROGERS in his individual capacity, ) DEE BURGIN, in his individual capacity, …
Sixth Circuit: No Eleventh Amendment Immunity When ADA Claim Includes Fourteenth Amendment Violations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 5, 2010, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Michigan district court’s denial of Eleventh Amendment immunity for a claim involving both a violation of the Americans with …
CMS Nurse Denied Summary Judgment for Failure to Treat Prisoner for Heat Illness;$400,000 Settlement Following Sixth Circuit Ruling by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In February 2009, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of summary judgment to a Correctional Medical Services (CMS) nurse in a lawsuit …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Arkansas Federal Jury Awards $261,000 to Male Prisoner Raped by Male Guard by On July 16, 2009, a federal jury awarded $261,000 to a former Arkansas prisoner who was sodomized and forced to perform oral sex on a guard. While incarcerated at the Varner Supermax Unit, Jason D. Palton was …
San Francisco Settles Wrongful Incarceration Cases for $7.5 Million by Michael Brodheim Nearly six years after his release from prison, Antoine Goff received a measure of belated justice – a $2.9 million settlement for almost 13 years of wrongful incarceration. Goff and his co-plaintiff, John “J.J.” Tennison, had filed complaints …
Eleventh Circuit Reverses/Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity in Retaliation Case by On June 22, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s denial of qualified immunity for four Georgia prison officials accused of retaliation. Danny Hicks sued Warden …
Pennsylvania Judges Involved in Corruption Case Face Liability; 5,000 Convictions Thrown Out by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania U.S. District Court has granted absolute judicial immunity to two former state court judges in a consolidated class-action civil rights suit. That immunity, however, only applied to judicial acts, …
Montana State and County Officials May be Liable for Injuries Caused by Private Prisoner Transport Company by The State of Montana and Montana counties may be held liable for mistreatment and injuries caused by private prisoner transportation companies, the Supreme Court of Montana held. Jaydon Paull was arrested in 2003 …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Mental Health Specialist May be Liable in California Jail Detainee’s Suicide by In a tragic case involving a father who signed a citizen’s arrest for his son who later committed suicide while in pretrial detention, the Ninth Circuit upheld the grant of summary judgment to two sheriff’s deputies and the …
New York’s Catch-All Contraband and Anti-Smuggling Rules Unconstitutionally Vague by In a suit for damages and injunctive relief, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s de-termination that prison prohibitions against “smuggling” and “contraband” were unconstitutionally vague as applied to Mujahid Farid, a New York state prisoner serving …
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