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Geissler v. Stirling, SC, Order for Preliminary Approval of Proposed Consent Decree, Hep C Treatment, 2020 4:17-cv-01746-MBS Date Filed 01/23/20 Entry Number 183 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION Russell Geissler, Bernard Bagley, and Willie James Jackson, individually …
Filing • January 23, 2020
HRDC v. Marshall County, TN, Settlement, Publications, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("the Agreement") is entered in effect as of November 20, 2019, by and between Human Rights Defense Center and Marshall County, Tennessee. WHEREAS, all claims have been presented or otherwise could have been …
Article • January 10, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Prison Official to Produce Public Records by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted in part and denied in part a prisoner’s pro se petition for a writ of mandamus to compel a prison official to provide him …
Article • January 10, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Defenses
Former Seventh Circuit Judge Posner Founds Short-Lived Project to Help Pro Se Litigants by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An assistance project for pro se litigants, started by retired federal judge Richard Posner, shut down after just over a year because there was much greater demand than could be provided by …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
California Family Mourns Son Who Committed Suicide in Jail, Receives $1.65 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon At least three major federal lawsuits involving the jail in Monterey County, California had been filed prior to Erick DeAnda’s death at the facility on September 16, 2015, in an isolation …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Wisconsin Pays Another $5 Million for Abuse at Controversial Juvenile Facility by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Wisconsin has agreed to settlements with three juveniles who alleged abuse while they were held at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys/Copper Lake School for Girls (LH/CL). Paige Ray-Cluney, Laera Reed and Jacob …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Settlements
Deaf Oregon Prisoner Awarded $125,000 for Jail’s Failure to Accommodate Disability by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 25, 2019, a federal jury in Oregon ordered Multnomah County jail officials to pay $125,000 to a deaf man for refusing to accommodate his disability while he was in custody. David …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Denver Settles Female Deputies’ Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $1.55 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 9, 2019, the Denver City Council voted to pay $1.55 million to settle a lawsuit brought by female deputies who worked at the Denver jail. The settlement included $609,228.78 in attorney fees, …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Missouri County Votes to Eliminate Jail Fees, Wiping Out $3.4 Million in Debt for Former Prisoners by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In August 2019, a half-dozen 10-year-old jail fees were eliminated by the county council in St. Louis, Missouri, wiping out nearly $3.4 million in debt for unpaid fees …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
California Jail Prisoner’s Broken Leg Nets $550,000 Settlement by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Nevada County, California and Correctional Medical Group Companies (CMGC) – now known as Wellpath – agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former jail prisoner who alleged his leg was broken by …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Rikers Prisoner Smuggles DNA Evidence of Rape Out of Jail; $500,000 Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A female Rikers Island prisoner who was raped by a guard had to sneak DNA evidence of the sexual assault out of the jail to get anyone to believe her story. As …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Restitution
Government Wants Federal Prisoner’s $250,000 Settlement to Pay Restitution by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal prisoner who won a $250,000 settlement against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), following an injury that required surgery and a month-long hospital stay, is fighting government lawyers who want that money to …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation
HRDC Obtains Settlement, $16,000 in Fees and Costs, Against BOP in FOIA Case by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On June 7, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, entered into a settlement agreement in a public records case involving the federal Bureau …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Money/Property
Virginia Circuit Court Awards $197.55 to Prisoner in Property Tort Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 28, 2019, the Grayson County Circuit Court awarded $197.55 to state prisoner Gary Brown following a bench trial in which he proceeded pro se on a tort claim against the Commonwealth …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
$525,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Excessive Force Incident by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins "Please don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me.” Terrell Isaiah Wilson, 24, could be heard pleading for his life on video footage shot on April 13, 2016 at the Ramsey County jail in St, Paul, Minnesota. …
Article • December 30, 2019
Federal Judge Allows 'Nationwide' Class-Action Lawsuit Against GEO Over Alleged Forced Labor on Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal judge has granted class-action status in a federal lawsuit filed against GEO Group, alleging the private, for-profit company forced immigration detainees to work in order to avoid punishment. …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
Los Angeles County to Pay $53 Million for Strip Searches of Female Prisoners by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In 2010, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of female prisoners at the Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF) in Los Angeles who were forced to undergo humiliating strip and visual …
Colorado Prisoner Dies as Nurse Watches Videotape; $2.45 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In September 2019, the final signature of an Arapahoe County, Colorado official was affixed to a $2.45 million settlement agreement in a civil rights lawsuit over the death of prisoner Jeffrey Scott Lillis. Lillis …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Hernias, Appeals
Illinois Prisoner Wins Partial Victory on Appeal in Hernia Treatment Suit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 26, 2019, a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s judgment as a matter of law against Illinois prisoner Gregory …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Consent Decrees
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Withdrawal of Consent for Magistrate Judge Improperly Denied by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on August 28, 2019 that a California prisoner’s motion to withdraw consent to have a magistrate judge hear his case was improperly denied, and that dismissal …
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