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Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Fourth Circuit: Where Offer of Judgment is Silent as to Costs, Prevailing Party Entitled to Recover Attorney’s Fees by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that “in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, an offer of judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 68(a) which makes no mention of …
PLN Public Records Suit Reveals Litigation Payouts for District of Columbia DOC by Alex Friedmann As the result of a Freedom of Information Act request and subsequent lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News, litigation payouts in cases involving the District of Columbia’s prison system have been publicly disclosed. In January …
Fifth Circuit Issues Landmark Ruling on Texas Prison System Correspondence Rules by Texas state prisoner Guadalupe Guajardo filed a federal civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the restrictions on prisoners correspondence in Texas prisons. After partial settlement, the court ruled that, because only declaratory judgment was …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
California: State Settles Prisoner’s Lawsuit for $10,000, then Delays Payment by In June 2010, Cion Adonis Peralta signed a Full Release of All Claims in a federal lawsuit he filed in 2005, alleging that officials at CSP-Lancaster had violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In exchange for …
Article • March 15, 2012
Third Circuit Clarifies Federal Civil Procedure Rule 68 Concerning Attorney’s Fees by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a New Jersey federal district court’s ruling that a judgment/settlement included attorney’s fees under Rule 68 of the federal rules of civil procedure. The case arose when a photographer, working for …
Brief • February 27, 2012
Brown v. City of New York, Order on Interest on Settlement, False Arrest, 2012 Case 1:09-cv-01809-RJD-MDG Document 46 Filed 02/27/12 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 212 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------)( PRINCE BROWN, ARTHUR DOWLING, DAVID PETERSON, HASSAAN RAMKISSON and ARMANDO SWABY, Plaintiffs, ORDER …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Settlement in New York City Jail Mental Health Services Case Still Alive by On June 28, 2011, the New York Court of Appeals held that a motion to extend the obligations of New York City officials to provide mental health services to jail prisoners was timely because it was filed …
Filing • January 13, 2012
Filed under: Settlements
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Settlement Agreement, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/13/12 Entry Number 202-1 Page 1 of 3 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/13/12 Entry Number 202-1 Page 2 of 3 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/13/12 Entry Number 202-1 Page 3 of 3
$72,000 in Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded in Montana FOIA Action by On May 14, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Donald W. Molloy awarded $72,701.99 in attorneys’ fees and costs in an action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Wildlands CPR sued the U.S. Forest Service under FOIA for …
Article • November 15, 2011
Court's Sanctions for BOP's Refusal to Discuss Settlement Vacated by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's sanctions against two Assistant U.S. Attorney's for not making good faith settlement discussions. The plaintiff/prisoner collided with an unpadded pole while pursuing a fly ball during a softball game at …
Article • November 15, 2011
Settlement Payments for Work Related Injuries Do Not Begin Until After Release from Prison by Settlement payments for work related injuries do not begin until after release from federal custody, U.S. magistrate Judge Brain Owsley held in April 30, 2008. On March 21, 1997, Jerry L. Thompson, a federal prisoner, …
Article • September 15, 2011
Washington Arbitration Awards Don't Accrue Interest until Reduced to Judgment by The Washington state Department of Corrections (DOC) contracted with Fluor Daniel, Inc. to build a prison. But later contract disputes resulted in litigation. Arbitration resulted in an award to Fluor of $5,997,645 which was reduced to judgment shortly thereafter …
Publication • 2011
Lancaster County Prison Settlements, Todd B. Spidle of Sunday News, 2011 Recent settlements of lawsuits filed against Lancaster County Prison PRISON INMATE James Hodapp Paul Barbacano Vance Laughman Strip search suit Luis Rivera Marquez James Wilson Felix Nieves Jon Eichelman TOTAL SETTLEMENT COSTS OF DEFENSE TOTAL COUNTY PAYOUT $122,500 $75,000 …
Attorney Fee Award Not Conditioned on Attempts at Pre-litigation Resolution by by Michael Brodheim In a case resulting in the enforcement of provisions that California prisoners, under certain circumstances, be paid for work at no less than minimum wage, the California Supreme Court held that pre-litigation resolution attempts are not …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Former Orange County Jail Detainee Paid $750,000 to Settle Guard Tasering Suit by In March 2010, Orange County, California paid $750,000 to settle a civil rights suit filed by Matthew Fleuret, a former jail prisoner who alleged he was subjected to excessive force following his arrest in March 2006 on …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Nevada Agrees to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Over Medical Treatment at Ely State Prison by In July 2010, Nevada officials agreed to settle a federal class action lawsuit filed by the ACLU pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that alleged constitutionally inadequate medical care at Ely State Prison. The ACLU …
$6,000 Settlement in D.C. Youth Prisoner’s Stabbing by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $6,000 to settle the negligence suit of prisoner Jeremiah Lester for injuries incurred from being stabbed by two other prisoners. While at D.C.’s Youth Center One in Lorton, Virginia on May 16, 1999, Lester was assaulted …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Massachusetts: Wrongful Conviction Suit Settled for $3.25 Million by The City of Boston has agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 18 years for a series of rapes he did not commit. Ulysses Charles was convicted in …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
$100,000 Settlement in Nebraska Jail Prisoner Suicide Suit by Sheridan County, Nebraska has agreed to pay $100,000 to the estate of a prisoner who committed suicide while at the Sheridan County Jail. Jay Spotted Elk hung himself with a belt in his cell after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge …
Article • March 15, 2011
Settlement Proceeds Unrelated to Personal Injury or Sickness Are Subject to Taxation by Proceeds from a legal settlement unrelated to personal injury or sickness are subject to taxation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth circuit decided February 26, 2010. Daniel and Brenda Stadnyk received a $49,000 settlement from …
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