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Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Guard Violates Eighth Amendment by Brandishing Knife and Threatening Prisoner’s Life by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 26, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case in which “a prisoner states an Eighth Amendment claim by alleging that, without provocation, a prison official threatened …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
DOJ Finds Frequent Use of Excessive Force in Alabama Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report that found the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) violates prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights by frequently using excessive force. The report found overcrowding and understaffing …
Blackman v. Butler, IL, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case # 16-1152 ND 16-CV-1152 Plaintiffs: Opposine Counsel: Institutions: IDOC# Case Name Filed Blackman, Eric #K03118 v. Butler, et al. Defendants: Received x/xx/xx Date Served Status closed 1/3/17 Class Action ...... On Appeal D Spears …
Article • October 5, 2020
$60,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Alleging Corizon Failed to Provide Prisoner Surgeries by Corizon agreed to a $60,000 settlement reached in a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide a Florida prisoner with medically necessary surgeries, pain medications and palliative measures. The complaint also alleged causes of actions against the Florida Department …
Article • October 5, 2020
$50,000 Settlement for Failure to Treat Hernias by Corizon Health agreed to pay $50,000 in a lawsuit alleging it deprived a prisoner of medically necessary surgery to correct his hernias. The suit remained unsolved against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC). Upon receiving his initial physical exam upon entry into …
Article • October 5, 2020
$2,500 Settlement for Failure to Treat Broken Arm and Shoulder Injury by Corizon Health agreed to pay $2,500 to a prisoner for failing to treat his broken arm. The complaint alleged other claims against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and its agents that were not relevant to the settlement. …
Johnson v. Bailey, IL, Settlement, Strip Search, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case # 16-5780 CD 16-CV-5780 Johnson, Henry #B63019 v. Bailey, et al. Defendants: Pia i ntiffs: Filed Case Name Received 12/19/16 Date Served Status closed 10/ 18/ 16 Class Act ion On Appeal ._ Spears …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Report: New Jersey Women’s Prison Promoted Culture of Abuse by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) concluded a two-year investigation April 12, 2020 of allegations of continued sexual abuse against prisoners at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW). …
Valentine et al. v. Collier, TX, hand sanitizer protection for geriatric prisoners during COVID, 2020 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION LADDY CURTIS VALENTINE, et al., Plaintiffs, VS. BRYAN COLLIER, et al., Defendants. September 29, 2020 David …
Brief • September 24, 2020
Houston v. Nickolson, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 19-3894 19-CV-3894 Plaintiffs: Houston, Lemuel #B88647 v. Nicholson, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 7/ 3/19 Date Served 7/ 18/ 19 Status closed Class Action On Appeal □ n .Spc~ars Opposing …
Bobbit v. Marzan, et al., NY, order, strip search, ADA, 2020 Case 1:16-cv-02042-AT-OTW Document 260 Filed 09/21/20 Page 1 of 34 Case 1:16-cv-02042-AT-OTW Document 260 Filed 09/21/20 Page 2 of 34 et seq., the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and New York state tort law, …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Prisoner's Lawsuit Over Guard's Failure to Protect Him From Another Prisoner's Attack by Matthew Clarke  by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Rule 12(b)(6), F.R.Civ.P. dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights lawsuit alleging a …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
New York Prisoner Prevails in Lawsuit, Freed from 23 Years in Solitary Confinement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 21, 2020, attorneys for New York state prisoner Imhotep H’Shaka, 46, announced that he had been released into the general population at Attica Correctional Facility after spending nearly a …
Richard v. Pfister, et al., IL, opinion and order, prisoner denied medical and other services, 2020 Case: 1:17-cv-04677 Document #: 141 Filed: 09/01/20 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:1931 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM H. RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 v. …
Anderson v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 18-627 18-CV-627 Anderson, Leroy #N34141 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Received 06/1/18 1/26/18 Case Name Defendants: Date Served Status closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: …
Rico v. Butler, IL, Settlment, Failure to Protect Informant, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 16-877 SD 16-CV-877 Case Name Rico, Miguel #M34394 v. Butler, et al. Defendants: Plaintiffs: Filed 10/17/16 Date Served Status Received 11/15/16 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se …
Brief • July 24, 2020
Butusov v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 18-CV-3418 18-3418 Plaintiffs: Case Filed Butusov, Kenneth #K58823 v. IDOC, et al. IDOC# Defendants: 12/31/19 Date Served Received Status 1/15/20 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se .. Issues: …
Is Solitary Confinement a Punishment?, Northwestern University Law Review, 2020 ROUGH DRAFT IS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT A PUNISHMENT? John F. Stinneford Nulla poena sine lege—no punishment without law—is one of the oldest and most universally accepted principles of English and American law. 1 Today, thousands of American prisoners are placed in …
Barnett v. Goldsmith, WI, amended complaint, guard brutality, 2020 Case: 3:20-cv-00298-slc Document #: 8 Filed: 04/27/20 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ KUAN BARNETT, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 20-cv-298 RUSSELL GOLDSMITH, MICHAEL THOMPSON, TARA WOODRUFF, CHRISTOPHER OLSON, AUSTIN SCHLACHTER, …
The Puzzles of Prisoners and Rights: An Essay in Honor of Frank Johnson, Alabama Law Review, 2020 JOHNSON FRANK PUZZLES BP REVISED ​3 4/15/2020 (D​O ​N​OT ​D​ELETE​) 4/21/20 2:23 PM THE PUZZLES OF PRISONERS AND RIGHTS: AN ESSAY IN HONOR OF FRANK JOHNSON Judith Resnik E​IGHTH I. R​EFUSING AND ​R​ECOGNIZING …
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