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Washington Cop Retaliation Nets $1.65 Million by On September 4, 2008, Vancouver, Washington officials agreed to pay a nationally decorated police officer $1,650,000 to settle racial discrimination and retaliation claims. In 2000, Officer Navin Sharma of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Former California Assistant Sheriff Awarded $183,688 in Backpay Despite State and Federal Convictions by The California Court of Appeal has held that former Orange County Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo is entitled to backpay of $183,688.66 from the time he was improperly fired from the sheriff’s department in March 2004 until …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Guard/Police Unions Sue over Healthcare Surcharges by "It's basically financial extortion," declared Oregon Department of Corrections Sergeant Michael Van Patten, of a new surcharge of up to $420 a year for state employees who do not participate in Oregon's new health program. In January 2012, Oregon implemented its Health …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Jail Guard Canned for Repeated Gross Negligence by Luck ran out for Oregon jail guard Judith Lucke, on January 2012, when the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld her termination for "gross negligence." Lucke's six year career as a jail guard for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office was a comedy …
Yahnke v. County of Kane, IL, Complaint, Employment Discrimination & Retaliation, 2012 Case: 1:12-cv-05151 Document #: 1 Filed: 06/27/12 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Steven Yahnke, Plaintiff, v. County of Kane, Kane County Sheriff, Patrick …
Johnson v. CCA, KY, Complaint, FLSA salary overtime class action, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 5 Filed 05/25/12 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 25 ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:12-cv-00246-JGH MICHAEL E. JOHNSON, RICHIE CHESSER STEPHEN HERMAN, ROBERT K. MITCHELL, …
Former Pennsylvania Guards Settle Retaliation Suits for $675,000 by Two former Pennsylvania jail guards settled their retaliation claims for $675,000. Lieutenants John Barry and Genevieve Butczynski were employed by Pennsylvania's Luzerne County Prison. In October 2003 both guards made critical comments in a news story which detailed problems at the …
California Prison System Settles Employee's Unlawful Discharge Suit for $98,000 by Ruby P. Daniels was employed as a “materials and stores supervisor” at San Quentin Prison after having worked about six years for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. She is the primary caregiver for her sister, who is …
Article • May 15, 2012
California Prison System Settles Marital Status Discrimination Suit by Terry Dickinson was employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) as a Correctional Counselor II in the Inmate Appeals Office at the California State Prison-Solano when Warden Tom Carey and other prison officials allegedly informed him that he …
California Settles Prison Nurse's Employment Discrimination Suit for $15,000 by Jadesloa O. Atomre was a Registered Nurse working at Folsom Prison when the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation took adverse employment action against her. Atomre, a 51-year-old black female naturalized citizen from Nigeria, filed suit in state court alleging …
LAPD Cop Awarded $3.1 Million for Retaliation by On September 22, 2008, a jury awarded $3.1 million to a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer who was retaliated against for reporting that his supervising officer used racial epithets and possibly embezzled department funds. Twenty-five year LAPD veteran Robert Hill, who …
Maine Jailer Settles Federal Discrimination Suit by A former Maine jail guard accepted an undisclosed sum to settle his federal discrimination suit against his former employer. In March 2009, Hancock County Jail guard Brad Ewing suffered a back injury during a scuffle with a prisoner. Ewing was placed on medical …
Illinois: Prisoner Who Commits Disciplinary Infraction May Also Be Prosecuted In Court by In November 2011, the Illinois Court of Appeal held that a single unlawful act by a state prisoner may give rise to both disciplinary and criminal charges. In August 2000, Anthony Gay, a prisoner at Pontiac Correctional …
Article • May 15, 2012
California: Guards and Other Prison Workers Agree to Contract Changes in Effort to Avoid Losing Jobs by In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Plata v. Brown, which mandated that California comply with a lower-court order to reduce its prison population to 137.5 percent of the design …
Article • May 15, 2012
DOJ Investigation Forces Indiana Juvenile Teacher License Upgrade by The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's conclusion that prison officials had the authority to require prison teachers to obtain a special education license. The court reversed the lower court's holding, however, that prison officials were required to comply …
Article • May 15, 2012
Prison Guard's Racial Demotion Nets $18,000; Court Approves $82,000 Attorney Fee Award by A federal jury found that an African-American Wisconsin prison guard was demoted on the basis of race. The parties stipulated to damages of $18,000 and the court awarded attorney's fees of $82,000. In 1997, Mr. Davis was …
Seventh Circuit Dismisses Wisconsin Deputy Sheriff’s Retaliation Claim by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a Wisconsin deputy sheriff's retaliation and state law claims against his boss. On May 17, 2007, Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff David Hutchins called into a popular talk radio show and made critical comments about …
Summary Judgment Motion Filed With Amended Complaint Premature by A California federal court denied sheriff's deputies summary judgment in their action alleging discriminatory employment practices. The court agreed with Defendants that the motion was premature. In October 2006, the San Francisco Sheriff's Department (SFSD) instituted a policy requiring that only …
Article • May 15, 2012
Oregon Jail Guard Stabbed in the Face with Pencil by On August 7, 2011, two prisoners stabbed a guard in the face with a pencil at the Washington County Jail (WCJ) in Hillsboro, Oregon. Deputy Adam Slater, 27, was working at a desk at about 4 p.m., on Sunday, August …
Qualified Immunity Upheld in Maryland Prison Employees’ Suit over Strip Search Following Positive Ion Drug Scan by Employees and independent contractors at the Maryland Correctional Center Training Center were subjected to search by a portable ion scanning machine in an attempt to interdict drugs being smuggled into the facility. Eight …
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