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$125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing by David Reutter
Brief • May 1, 2024
Horton v. Fulton County, GA, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2024 State Court of Fulton County **E-FILED** 24EV003756 5/1/2024 2:01 PM Donald Talley, Clerk Civil Division IN THE STATE COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA MICHAEL HORTON, Civil Case Number.: PLAINTIFF, vs. FULTON COUNTY GEORGIA & FULTON COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE, …
Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman   A collection of graphic videos reported by the Los Angeles Times on June 24, 2023, pulled back the curtain on rampant violence and chaos inside Los Angeles County jails. The …
Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard by by David M. Reutter On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Missouri Prison Chief in Sexual Abuse Claims Against Former Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Anne Precythe, Director of the Missouri Department …
Brief • March 18, 2024
Snorsky v. Raemisch, CO, Minute Order, Failure to Protect, 2024 Case No. 1:18-cv-03025-KAS Document 286 filed 03/18/24 USDC Colorado pg 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 18-cv-03025-KAS JOHN STANDLEY SNORSKY, Plaintiff, v. BRANDON HAGANS, and MICHAEL SHERWOOD, Defendants. _____________________________________________________________________ …
Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit by In a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Middle District of Alabama on December 12, 2023, a group of state prisoners accused the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) of denying them release so that the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Lawsuit Claims Seattle’s King County Jail Shows Little Improvement in Quarter Century Since “Hammer Agreement” by On February 24, 2023, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-Wash.) filed suit accusing King County of violating a longstanding settlement agreement governing conditions at the county jail (KCJ) in Seattle. In 1998, …
BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A report on July 6, 2023, from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs (WLCCR&UA) exposed abuses suffered by prisoners at the hands of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Brief • February 1, 2024
Snorsky v. Raemisch, CO, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024 Case No. 1:18-cv-03025-KAS Document 282-2 filed 02/01/24 USDC Colorado pg 1 of 11 Exhibit B Case No. 1:18-cv-03025-KAS Document 282-2 filed 02/01/24 USDC Colorado pg 2 of 11 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Release and Settlement Agreement is made as of …
Brief • January 11, 2024
Braithwaite v. Wisconsin Dept of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024 STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 17 W. Main Strnet P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 www.doj.state.wi.us Josh Kaul Attorney General Gesina S. Carson Assistant Attorney General carsongs@doj.state. wi. us 608/266-1672 . FA,"'C 608/294-2907 January 9, 2024 VIA …
Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless” by In a weird-but-true story that’s oddly fitting for Alabama’s wretched prison system, the body of a state prisoner murdered on November 16, 2023, was returned to his survivors five days later without a heart. That is the claim of a lawsuit filed in federal …
Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement by On July 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit filed in connection with the fire at Sing Sing Correctional Facility …
$10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana found on July 18, 2023, that a guard at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing …
West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 9, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed denial of defendant state prison officials’ motion to dismiss all but a negligent supervision and training claim that arose …
Eighth Circuit Says Arkansas Prisoner’s Medical Incapacity May Excuse PLRA Exhaustion Failure by As often reported in PLN, the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, imposes numerous requirements on incarcerated litigants—including exhaustion of administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit, by first filing a grievance and seeing it completely …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim by Texas state prisoner Richard Luna saw his claim revived against officials with the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on February 6, 2023, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit determined that a lower court erred when …
Sixth Circuit Revives Blind Tennessee Prisoner’s Suit Against DOC and CoreCivic by On March 22, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit revived a suit filed five years earlier by a Tennessee prisoner who is legally blind. In his March 2018 complaint, Corey Tarvin accused the state …
Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing USA Gymnasts Is Stabbed in Prison Cell by One of the more notorious prisoners at a federal lockup in Florida was stabbed by a fellow prisoner on July 9, 2023. Larry Nassar, 59, survived and was recovering from the assault by 49-year-old Shane McMillan. The …
San Diego County Pays $4.35 Million After Jail Guards Failed to Stop Detainee From Blinding Herself by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The County of San Diego agreed on September 14, 2022, to pay $4.35 million to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the county lockup stood by …
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