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Article • March 15, 2011
Settlement of 1997 Suit Kills 2001 Suit Says Ninth Circuit by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s holding that a 2002 Settlement Agreement regarding a 1997 complaint also covered claims in a 2001 complaint. Todd Ashker was confined in California’s Secured Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican …
New York City Pays $9.9 Million to Settle Wrongful Conviction Suit by The City of New York will pay $9.9 million to a man who was wrongfully accused, arrested, convicted and imprisoned as the result of actions by disgraced former New York City police detective Louis J. Eppolito, who is …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
$33 Million Settlement in New York City Jails Strip Search Class-Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 16, 2010, New York City agreed to settle a long-standing class-action lawsuit challenging the strip search policy used in the city’s jails. The settlement was for over $33 million, which included …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Florida Woman Settles Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Officers for $67,500 After Arrest While in Premature Labor by In June 2010, Melanie Dawn Williams, who had been arrested by officers after allegedly running a red light on her way to the St. Vincent’s Medical Center emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida when she …
California Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Settled for $7.95 Million by A long-running lawsuit against the City of Long Beach, California for Thomas Goldstein’s wrongful murder conviction was settled in June 2010 for $7.95 million. After serving 24 years in prison following his 1980 conviction, Goldstein was finally released based on new …
California Prison Settles Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit for $15,000 by On January 28, 2010, California prisoner Garrison S. Johnson, proceeding pro se, signed a settlement agreement to resolve a federal lawsuit he had filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of his civil rights by officials with the …
California: Parole Agents Saw and Spoke to Kidnap Victim, Yet Failed to Identify or Rescue Her by While providing a legal analysis of claims against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), a June 25, 2010 letter from the California Department of Justice noted that Jaycee Lee Dugard – …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
North Carolina Prison Censorship Class Action Suit Settled by A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that challenged the way the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) administers its policies related to the receipt of books and magazines by prisoners. The suit sought to enforce the First …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Maricopa County, Arizona Settles Prisoner Suicide Claim for $125,000 by On March 31, 2010, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to pay $125,000 to settle a claim against the county made by the family of a jail prisoner who killed himself in 2008. According to the notice of …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold by The privately-operated Chad Youth Enhancement Center (Chad) in Ashland City, Tennessee paid $10.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving a juvenile’s death. The youth, Omega “Manny” Leach, 17, died from asphyxiation caused by a guard’s chokehold on June …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 3, 2010, a U.S. District Court in Washington State held it was unconstitutional to shackle a prisoner in labor. Cassandra Brawley, 30, was a Washington state prisoner. In 2006 she was arrested …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
$1.5 Million Settlement in Suffolk County Jail Class Action Toilet Suit by A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 4,000 former prisoners of Building 4 of Massachusetts’ Suffolk County House of Correction. The complaint alleged Eighth Amendment violations for cruel and …
$1.8 Million Settlement in New Mexico Woman’s Attempted Jail Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit that claimed insufficient suicide prevention procedures and staff training at New Mexico’s Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility (SFCADF) resulted in a woman’s suicide attempt has been settled for $1.8 million. …
$4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support by $4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support A $4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee by Washington State’s Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to pay $6.4 million to settle claims involving the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder. The settlements, filed …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Virginia DOC for $125,250 by Prison Legal News announced on September 23, 2010 that it had settled a censorship lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) for $125,250 in damages, attorney fees and costs. In October 2009, PLN filed suit against Gene M. Johnson, …
Brief • October 22, 2010
Allison v. GEO Group, PA, Order granting Settlement, strip search, 2010 10/20/2010 18:08 2158511420 REED SMITH 26 S Case 2:08-cv-00467-JD Document 74 Filed 10/22/10 Page 1 of 2 PAGE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNY ALLISON and ZORAN HOCEVAR, individually and on behalf …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
$13 Million Settlement in DC Mass Arrest of Protestors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The District of Columbia agreed to pay $13,302,500 to settle a class-action lawsuit related to the illegal arrest of 680 people. Those people were arrested on April 15, 2000 in connection with the protest …
Settlement Allows North Carolina Prisoners to Receive Compensation for Writings by David Reutter by David M. Reutter North Carolina’s Department of Corrections (NCDOC) has entered into a settlement agreement that allows prisoners to prepare for publication and receive compensation for manuscripts so long as the prisoner “authorizes a family member …
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death by On July 2, 2009, the estate and family of a mentally ill Oregon man who died in police custody settled claims against Multnomah County, a former deputy sheriff and jail nurses for $925,000. The case remained pending against the City …
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