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Defense Verdict in Illinois Brutality, Cold Case Upheld by The plaintiff alleged that officers confined him in a cell with a broken window in subzero weather, used excessive force against him, and made false statements leading to wrongful disciplinary action. A jury found for the defendants. The verdict as to …
GA Detainee Awarded $50,000 in Damages, Plus Fees, Over Jail Conditions by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit affirmed a district court ruling awarding a Georgia jail detainee $45,000 in compensatory damages, $5,000 in punitive damages and $13,376.25 in attorney fees after he was held in disgusting jail …
DOCS Denied Summary Judgment on Mail, Retaliation, and Prison Conditions by The United States District Court for the Western District of New York has partly granted and partly denied summary judgment in a civil rights complaint brought by a New York prisoner against various officials of the Department of Correctional …
D.C. Circuit Reverses U.S. Gulf War POWs' $959 Million+ Prisoner Abuse Award by On June 4, 2004, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a federal court's award of more than $959 million in a case filed by U.S. Gulf War POWs who were allegedly abused while held …
Warm, Sanitary Condition Required in Cells; Fla. Jail Regulations Fail to Create Liberty Interest; Short Denial of Court Access Permissible by Warm, Sanitary Condition Required in Cells; Fla. Jail Regulations Fail to Create Liberty Interest; Short Denial of Court Access Permissible The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
Detention in Underwear Upheld by The plaintiffs, after arrest, were placed in jail cells in their underwear, and their outer clothing was removed in the presence of female officers. This allegedly was to prevent suicide (three of four plaintiffs refused to answer relevant questions), and they retained their underwear only …
Damage Award in Denial of Clothes and Bedding Affirmed by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit affirmed a district court verdict of $1,400 in favor of a Nebraska prisoner kept in solitary confinement in his underwear with no bedding besides a mattress for 14 days. The court held …
Damage Award for Strip Celled Utah Jail Detainee Affirmed by The court of appeals for the Tenth circuit upheld a district court ruling in favor of a mentally ill jail detainee in Utah who was placed in a strip cell with no type of hearing for 56 days. The strip …
Exposure to Cold, Elements and Denial of Religious Activities States Claim by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that a district court wrongly dismissed as frivolous a lawsuit by Texas prisoners claiming they were exposed to bitter cold, rain and wind through broken windows in the segregation …
Jail Closed Due To Living Conditions, Failure To Comply by The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ordered the closing of a county jail due to unconstitutional living conditions. Prisoners confined in the 102-year-old Allegheny County Jail (Pennsylvania) brought suit against state and county authorities to alleviate …
Environmental, Sanitary Problems Violate Due Process by The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that certain jail conditions violated pretrial detainee's due process rights. Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), the New York City Department of Corrections petitioned for immediate termination of consent …
Sex Offender's Suit Over Conditions and Attack Dismissed by The plaintiff, known as a sex offender, was assaulted by other prisoners and was provided inadequate medical care. His medical claim fails because he sued the wrong people, and his inmate assault claim fails because the relevant events were time-barred. Also, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Rejects Cold Cell BOP Suit by The plaintiff said he was locked in a cell so cold that at times he could see his breath, his knees swelled and his arthritis worsened, and he suffered severe stress, anxiety, and panic attacks. He sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Not Liable for Cold Cell by The court rejects the plaintiff's claim that he was kept in an unconstitutionally cold cell for two winters, since temperature measurements showed nothing colder than 64.6 degrees, except for a 24-hour period with no heat, and that period was too short to "cause …
Releasing Disabled Prisoner into Cold Weather Upheld by The plaintiff alleged that he was released in January into freezing cold temperatures without a coat or a ride home, despite his disability. The plaintiff's ADA claim is dismissed based on sovereign immunity, since Title II of the ADA is not congruent …
Stutes v. Tipton et al, VT, Complaint, CCA restraint segregation, 2007 DocUrTIPOt...P° 1 „Filed QV. base 13.1 HICT or H0-7 FH r .r.1 DISTrI&F COURT 711 0 7MAR 30 U STA - FOR THE ".01S CT OF VERIviONT E No. ,.t i . - 6 Kirk STUTES, Plaintiff -uu 11 …
Dismissal of §1983 Complaint Against Ohio CCA Prison Reversed by by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner complaint against the CCA facility at Youngstown, Ohio, finding the complaint did state a claim of …
Washington Jail Settles Conditions Lawsuit by On October 6, 2003 officials in Jefferson County, Washington settled a class action lawsuit filed by a Jefferson County Jail prisoner. The suit alleged inhumane living conditions and resulted in sweeping changes in jail policy. On February 25, 2002 Shawn Orndorff, a prisoner at …
Court Continues Oversight and Orders Corrections in Georgia Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "The Court is totally out of patience with the assurances and promises that compliance will be achieved" with the Final Settlement Agreement signed on January 24, 2000. So said Judge Shoeb, U.S. District Court …
Detainees Positive Response, FBI, 2004 | Detainees Positive Responses 1. W . SUMMARY CODED CATEGO ares OF JUSTIFICATION CATEGORIES INFORMATIONWITHHELI! S ' l f I INFORlV_1ATION_ Category Category."b! ! AGENCY PERSONNEL RULES AND PRACTICES b! !-1 Internal FBITelephone Numbers. ' Category h! ! CLEARLY UNWARRANTED PERSONAL i g INVASION OF …
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