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Texas Chaplain Who Complained of Jail Conditions Reinstated, Suit Settled by In January 2011, Gail Hanson was reinstated as a volunteer chaplain at the Cameron County Jail in Brownsville, Texas. She had been banned from the facility after she publicly criticized conditions at the jail, and her reinstatement was part …
Georgia Deputy Fired for Refusing Threesome with Sheriff by An employee at Georgia’s Clayton County Sheriff’s Office said she was fired because she refused to have a sexual threesome with the sheriff and a female deputy. The story began developing in April 2011 after the indictment of Clayton County Deputy …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Complaint, guard brutality retaliation, 2011 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 2 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 3 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number …
Terminated South Carolina Wardens Awarded a Total of $882,000 by Mark Wilson On December 22, 2010, the South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a $372,000 verdict in favor of a prison warden who was wrongfully terminated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). In 2002, SCDC Investigator Karen Hair …
Eleventh Circuit Holds Failure to Prove Physical Injury Accompanies Emotional Injury is Affirmative Defense by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that 42 U.S.C. 1997e’s prohibition against a prisoner bringing a federal civil action for emotional injury without a prior showing of …
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Alleging Retaliatory Attack by Guard by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On April 26, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a failure to protect suit filed by a federal prisoner who claimed that he was attacked …
"Public Concern" Test Does Not Apply To Prisoner Claims of Retaliation; Speech Must Be Consistent with Status as Prisoner by Brandon Sample "Public Concern" Test Does Not Apply To Prisoner Claims of Retaliation; Speech Must Be Consistent with Status as Prisoner By Brandon Sample The "public concern" test does not …
Second Circuit Explains §1915 Strikes and Imminent Danger by Mark Wilson Second Circuit Explains §1915 Strikes and Imminent Danger By Mark Wilson The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court abused its discretion in denying a pro se prisoner leave to amend his complaint to allege an …
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 …
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Insider Makes Misconduct Allegations; Resignations Result by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 17, 2010, Frank D. Munnell, Deputy Chief and Patrol Bureau Commander at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), sent a 63-page memorandum to Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The memo, which was made public …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Order denying Def Mot to Transfer Venue, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK -BMK Document 28 Filed 05/27/11 Page 1 of 27 657 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS; et …
Herrick v. Kelly, NM, Complaint, False Arrest, 2011 " ENDORSED "' FILED IN MY OFFICE TlilS [J SECOND .JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF BERNALILLO STATE OF NEW MEXICO ~s~ 2 4 2011 ~:::t:;J;tfe/~;~ MICHAEL HERRICK and .JENNIFER GAGE, CV Plaintiffs, vs. CASE NO: OFFICER LEAH KELLY in her official and …
Fifth Circuit: Wyoming Prisoner May Sue Texas Private Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 16, 2008, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Wyoming state prisoner housed at a privately-operated prison in Texas could sue private prison officials for retaliation and taking money from …
Article • May 15, 2011
“Noble Motive” No Excuse For Revealing Classified Gitmo Prisoner Information by On July 15, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (USCOAAF) held that excluding evidence about a Navy Deputy Staff Judge Advocate's reasons for revealing classified information about prisoners being held at the military prison …
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,500 to Paraplegic Prisoner for Disability-Based Discrimination by On January 27, 2006, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,500 to a paraplegic prisoner who received inadequate medical care and was discriminated against because of his disability. John Chauers, a DOC prisoner …
D.C. Settles Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit for $3,000 by On June 5, 2002, the District of Columbia agreed to settle a suit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly sexually harassed and then was retaliated against after reporting the harassment. Wallace Mitchell alleged that on or about December 27, …
Washington State Agrees to Pay $275,000 to Settle Employment Discrimination Claim by The State of Washington has agreed to pay $275,000 to a female Department of Corrections (DOC) employee who experienced harassment because of her gender, and retaliation as a result of an EEOC complaint about the matter. Carol Grandmontagne …
Manuel v. Atkins, DE, Demand for Jury Trial, Injury while Incarcerated, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE KARL B. MANUEL, SBI NUMBER 00332040 Plaintiff, v. SERGEANT ATKINS, an employee at Sussex Violation of Probation Center (SVOP) 23207 Dupont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware 19947 WARDEN WILLIAM OETTEL, an …
Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Retaliation Suit by By Matt Clarke On September 10, 2008, a Texas state court of appeals reversed the Chapter 14, Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, dismissal of a state civil rights action brought by a prisoner under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. …
Florida Department of Corrections and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $35,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) paid $35,000 to settle a discrimination and retaliatory practices lawsuit. In his civil complaint, ex-FDOC senior psychologist Majid A. Shams, who is of Iranian descent, …
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