Romero-Lorenzo v. Koehn, AZ, Response to Dft's Motion for Reconsideration, Covid-19, 2023 Case 2:20-cv-00901-DJH-ESW Document 237 Filed 05/04/23 Page 1 of 15 1 Jean-Jacques Cabou (#022835) Thomas D. Ryerson (#028073) 2 Matthew R. Koerner (#035018) Margo R. Casselman (#034963) 3 PERKINS COIE LLP 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000 4 …
Arizona Prisoner Condemned Again for Cellmate’s Murder by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On April 17, 2023, Arizona prisoner Jasper Rushing, 43, was again sentenced to death for the grizzly murder of his cellmate. He was first condemned for the killing in 2015, but the state supreme court tossed that …
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 26, 2023, a former state prison guard at Easterling Correctional Facility was arrested for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into the lockup. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Quindarius Thagard, 27, was fired and charged with use of office for personal gain and promotion …
Jensen v. Thornell, AZ, Order and Permanent Injunction, Staffing Conditions, 2023 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4410 Filed 04/07/23 Page 1 of 67 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Shawn Jensen, et al. Plaintiffs, 10 11 v. …
Arizona Prisoner Waits in Excruciating Pain While Incompetent Executioners Fumble by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A frail, elderly, wheelchair-bound prisoner had to assist the execution team killing him in Arizona on June 8, 2022. It was the state’s second execution since breaking an eight-year hiatus to kill …
$11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the District of Arizona granted dismissal to claims made by the mother of an 18-year-old prisoner left permanently disabled in a brutal beating at Maricopa County’s …
Romero-Lorenzo v. Koehn, AZ, Order, Covid-19, 2023 Case 2:20-cv-00901-DJH-ESW Document 231 Filed 03/30/23 Page 1 of 47 1 SKC 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Claudia Romero-Lorenzo, et. al. 10 11 12 Plaintiffs, No. CV-20-00901-PHX-DJH (ESW) ORDER …
Arizona Supreme Court Asked to Order Governor to Carry Out Prisoner’s Execution, Despite Three Botched Killings in 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Convicted murderer Aaron Gunches is scheduled to die by lethal injection in Arizona on April 6, 2023. But Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General …
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order Granting Attorneys’ Fees on Appeal, PLN Censorship, 2023 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 364 Filed 03/21/23 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FILED MAR 21 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a …
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Hezlitt v. Ryan, AZ, Order to Show Cause, Assault, 2023 Case 2:18-cv-03021-ROS-ESW Document 103 Filed 02/08/23 Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Todd Hezlitt, No. CV-18-03021-PHX-ROS (ESW) Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 …
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
$20,000 Paid by Centurion and MHM Health Professionals to Arizona Prisoner for Alleged Deliberate Indifference and Medical Negligence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 24, 2022, a prisoner in the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) accepted $20,000 to settle his claims of deliberate indifference and medical negligence against …
Ninth Circuit Revives Failure-to-Protect Claim of Arizona Prisoner Beaten by Gang by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that giving a jury a standard instruction to defer to prison officials was error when the jury needed …
Ninth Circuit Says California Felons Can Fight Fires While Imprisoned, But Not After by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Most prisoners quickly learn that slavery has never been fully abolished in the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution allows prisoners to be compelled to work for little or …
Arizona DOC Accused of Cheating Both Guards and Prisoners Out of Hourly Wages by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Many state prison agencies have in-house for-profit companies that utilize the labor of guards and prisoners to provide products and services to private companies and other state agencies. Not surprisingly, such …
Arizona Resumes Executions by Eike Blohm, MD, Chuck Sharman by Eike Blohm, MD and Chuck Sharman After Arizona resumed executions last year, following an eight-year hiatus, it quickly murdered three murderers on its death row. On May 11, 2022, a lethal injection of pentobarbital was given to Clarence Dixon, 66, …
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order on Remand, PLN Censorship, 2023 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 362 Filed 01/26/23 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Prison Legal News, Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Order, Injuction-Jail Conditions, 2023 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4380 Filed 01/09/23 Page 1 of 64 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Shawn Jensen, 9 Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 David Shinn1, 13 No. …
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 2, 2022, a former state prison guard at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham pleaded guilty to federal contraband smuggling charges. The Birmingham News reported that Wilson Brian Clemons, 32, was arrested on November 23, 2021, on state counts of marijuana …
