GEO Group Still Invests in Florida Politics by Prison Legal News has long reported on the financial partnership between for-profit prison firm GEO Group and Florida politicians – a “legacy of corruption,” as detailed in PLN’s March 2011 cover story. GEO’s Political Action Committee (PAC) in Florida, where the company …
John Doe v. Swearingen, FL, Preliminary Injunction, Sex Offender Identification, 2016 Case 4:16-cv-00501-RH-CAS Document 29 Filed 09/27/16 Page 1 of 12 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JOHN DOE 1 et al., Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. 4:16cv501-RH/CAS RICHARD …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Claim Form, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-7 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division TRACY COPELAND, ) AMADO PARRA, and ) ARCHIE GREEN, ) individually and on behalf ) of …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Stipulation of Dismissal, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-8 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division TRACY COPELAND, AMADO PARRA, and ARCHIE GREEN, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons similarly …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Notice, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-6 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 2 Notice of Proposed Damages Class Action Settlement Involving Medical Treatment of Hernias – Not Incarcerated Copeland, et al. v. Jones, et al., No. 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS, U.S. District Court …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Notice 2, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-4 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 2 Notice of Proposed Damages Class Action Settlement Involving Medical Treatment of Hernias – Currently Incarcerated Copeland, et al. v. Jones, et al., No. 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS, U.S. District …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Certification of Notice, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-3 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division TRACY COPELAND, AMADO PARRA, and ARCHIE GREEN, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons similarly …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Notice 3, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-2 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 2 Notice of Proposed Injunctive Class Action Settlement Involving Medical Treatment of Hernias Copeland, et al. v. Jones, et al., No. 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS U.S. District Court for the …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Consent Decree, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-1 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 33 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division TRACY COPELAND, AMADO PARRA, and ARCHIE GREEN, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons similarly situated, …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Opt-Out Statement, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-5 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division TRACY COPELAND, AMADO PARRA, and ARCHIE GREEN, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons similarly situated, …
$340,000 Settlement for Federal Prisoner Severely Beaten by Cellmate While Handcuffed by Lonnie Burton On October 2, 1997, the United States agreed to pay a federal prisoner a total of $340,000 to settle a lawsuit filed just months earlier alleging that negligence and deliberate indifference on the part of prison …
D'Amico v. Montoya, FL, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction, no medical care, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00127-MW-CAS Document 125 Filed 09/08/16 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION STEVEN F. D’AMICO, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 4:15cv127-MW/CAS DR. VERNON MONTOYA, DR. A. BUCARELLI, …
BOP Settles Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $30,000 by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled a race and disability discrimination claim brought by an employee in October 2001 for $30,000.00. The employee, Moses Manual Linen, was a lieutenant at Federal Correctional Institution Marianna, Florida when he was allegedly …
Study Argues that Conjugal Visits Can Reduce Number of Prison Rapes by Researchers at Florida International University contend that states where sexual intercourse between prisoners and their visiting spouses is allowed have fewer rapes and sexual assaults than states where conjugal visits are prohibited, El controversial finding that disputes the …
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Speedy Death Penalty Law by On June 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida held for the state in a constitutional challenge of the state's Timely Justice Act (the Act) of 2013, weighed by death row prisoners. Seeking to expand Allen v. Butterworth, 756 So. 2d …
Eleventh Circuit Finds for Plaintiff in DOC Wage-Hour Act Claim by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded on September 30, 1991, the circuit court’s decision on a federal Wage-Hour Act (the Act) claim brought by a Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) employee against …
City Commissioners agree to a 2.6 Million Dollar Settlement in the Rachel Hoffman Case by Thirty minutes after a jury had been selected in the Rachel Hoffman Civil Case. City Commissioners in Tallahassee Florida went into a closed door meeting and voted 3-2 in favor of a 2.6 million dollar …
Florida’s Felon Disenfranchisement “Mess” by David Reutter Since George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election by prevailing in Florida by a razor-thin margin of 537 votes, intense scrutiny has been focused on Florida’s election laws and procedures. Civil rights activist have kept the focus on the disenfranchisement of felons, …
Second BOP Guard Convicted In Assault-For-Hire by Brandon Sample A second Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard involved with arranging the assault of a prisoner has been convicted of federal civil rights violations. On July 8, 2010, Michael Kennedy was found guilty of violating the civil rights of Richard Delano, …
