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Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Indiana Jail’s Overdetention of Pretrial Detainees Erroneously Denied Class-action Status by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an Indiana federal district court’s denial of class-action status for a subclass in a civil rights action alleging that the policies and practices of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office caused pretrial detainees …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
HRDC Files Class-action Suit Over CDCR Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, filed a complaint on January 12, 2018 seeking class-action status in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
$160,000 Settles New Jersey Jail Class Action Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After eleven years of litigation and five failed consent decrees, Camden County, New Jersey corrections officials have finally agreed to pay $160,000 to settle a federal civil rights suit that alleged severe overcrowding, sanitation, poor nutrition …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Montana DOC Agrees to Modification of ADA Class-action Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In March 2017, the Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to modifications to a class-action settlement originally entered into in 1994 to resolve medical, dental and mental health complaints stemming from a 1991 prison riot. …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Pennsylvania Class-action Targets Company Providing Inaccurate Background Checks by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Helen Stokes, a 65-year-old Pennsylvania woman with no criminal record, was nonetheless continually denied credit due to inaccuracies in her background report that a property credit reporting company refused to correct. Consequently, she filed a class-action …
Article • December 7, 2017
Class Action Member May File Independent Suit to Protect Individual Need by David Reutter by David Reutter A California federal district court granted limited injunctive relief to a state prisoner in a deliberate indifference suit against the California Correctional Training Facility (CTF) doctors. The court held that an individual member …
Gasca v. Precythe, MO, Amended Class Action Complaint, Parole Revocation, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI STEPHANIE GASGA, MILDRED CURREN, TIMOTHY GALLAGHER, KENNETH HEMPHILL, JESSE NEELY, AMBER WYSE and SOLOMON WARREN, ) ) ) ) ) on behalf of themselves and all similarly …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Private Probation Company Agrees to End Drug Testing Absent Court Order by David Reutter by David Reutter In a preliminary consent order, Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company, agreed to stop its practice of drug testing probationers without court approval. The order was entered in a class-action case challenging …
Sabata v. Nebraska, NE, Class Action Complaint, Prison Conditions, 2017 4:17-cv-03107 Doc # 1 Filed: 08/15/17 Page 1 of 90 - Page ID # 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA HANNAH SABATA; DYLAN CARDEILHAC; JAMES CURTRIGHT; JASON GALLE; RICHARD GRISWOLD; MICHAEL GUNTHER; ANGELIC NORRIS; R.P., a …
Brief • August 14, 2017
Gasga v. Precythe, MO, Class Action Complaint, Parole, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI STEPHANIE GASGA, MILDRED CURREN, ) TIMOTHY GALLAGHER, KENNETH HEMPHILL, ) JESSE NEELY and AMBER WYSE, ) ) on behalf of themselves and all similarly ) situated individuals, ) ) …
Lacy v. Butts, IN, Complaint, Sex Offender Classification, Complaint, 2017 Case 1:13-cv-00811-RLY-DML Document 122 Filed 07/10/17 Page 1 of 13 PageID #: 1211 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DONALD LACY, LAWRENCE GREER-BEY, FREDERICK HOLMES-BEY, ALLAN KIRKLEY, Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Third Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has resurrected a challenge to the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c), the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants who have …
Gangs, Privatization Create “Chaotic” Conditions in Mississippi Prisons by David Reutter By David Reutter Mention prison and most people imagine dark thoughts.  The reasons for those thoughts vary from a fear of losing personal freedom to the images from Hollywood that portray prison as a gladiator school where violence reigns …
Hoffer v. Jones, FL, Class Action Complaint, Failure to Provde Hep C Treatment, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00214-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 05/11/17 Page 1 of 51 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division CARL HOFFER, RONALD MCPHERSON, and ROLAND MOLINA, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons …
Brief • April 27, 2017
Hand v Scott, FL Complaint, Voting Rights, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00128-MW-CAS Document 29 Filed 04/27/17 Page 1 of 82 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAMES MICHAEL HAND, ) JOSEPH JAMES GALASSO, ) HAROLD W. GIRCSIS, JR., ) CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SMITH, ) WILLIAM BASS, JERMAINE …
Settlement in Baltimore Prison Conditions Class-action Suit by The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (MDPSCS) agreed to a settlement in a class-action suit challenging conditions of confinement and the provision of medical care at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). The case encompassed BCDC and the Women’s …
Federal Court Certifies Class in Texas Prison Excessive Heat Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke On January 22, 2016, a federal district court in Texas certified a class and two subclasses, and appointed class counsel, in a lawsuit challenging excessive heat at a state prison. Keith Cole, Ray Wilson, Jackie Brannum, Dean …
Publication • February 15, 2017
Joint letter against class action reforms in HR 985 - Feb 2017 Civil Rights Groups Strongly Oppose H.R. 985 February 14, 2017 The Honorable Bob Goodlatte, Chairman Committee on the Judiciary U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary U.S. …
Article • February 7, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Michigan: Class-action Suit Alleges Systematic Deficiencies in Prison Dental Care by A Michigan federal district court has allowed portions of a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of dental care provided to state prisoners to proceed. Michigan prisoners Robert Johannes, Michael Woroniecki, Phillip Turner and Roger Stephenson alleged the dental care they …
Another Appeal in New York Post-Release Supervision Case by Matthew Clarke On October 14, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin held she would retain jurisdiction over a class-action civil rights lawsuit in order to determine the damages to be awarded former prisoners for the imposition or continuation of post-release …
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