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Federal Prison Officials Granted Qualified Immunity in Colorado by A federal district court in Colorado has granted qualified immunity to the warden and associate wardens of the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Unit (ADX) in regards to a lawsuit filed by a federal prisoner. Prisoner Ahmed Ajaj filed suit against …
City Agrees to Pay $2,500,000 to Private Prison Company by On April 16, 2001, the City of Delta Junction, Alaska agreed to settle a suit brought by prison officials over a failed attempt to construct a private prison at Fort Greely, Alaska. After Fort Greely was slated for closing by …
FTCA Claim Fails for Acts Committed Outside Scope of Actor’s Employment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), holding the action could not proceed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the Bureau of Indian …
False Imprisonment, False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Claims Cognizable Under FTCA by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the United States has waived sovereign immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for claims alleging false imprisonment, false arrest and malicious prosecution arising out of acts or …
Minnesota Woman Receives $310,000 for Rape by Deputy by A Minnesota woman who was raped by a Cass County Sheriff’s deputy has received $310,000 in settlements and jury verdicts. Wanda Jones was arrested on December 31, 2001 for probation violations after she became drunk at the American Legion in Walker, …
Design of Prison Telephone Held Not To Infringe Patent by On June 18, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a judgment of non-infringement in a patent dispute over the design of a prison telephone. TIP Systems, LLC patented the design of a telephone for use …
Article • April 15, 2009
$717,000 Award to Motorist Injured in High Speed Police Chase by An Alabama jury awarded $717,217 to a motorist injured when a vehicle involved in a high speed chase with police crashed into him. On May 5, 2005, a Birmingham Police Officer began pursuit of Brandon Bearden, who was driving …
Colorado DOC Settles Employee Sex Discrimination Suits by The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to reinstate one employee and pay her and another woman who were sexually discriminated against a total of $286,210 to settle their lawsuit against CDOC. The suit named CDOC, its former Executive Director, Joe …
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated by A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower courts dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former prison health care worker. Angela Hoag was a licensed social worker employed by Correctional Medical Services, Inc. and worked at Southern State …
Lab Technician Denied Qualified Immunity In Former Prisoner’s Lawsuit by In 1984, Dennis Patrick Brown was convicted of rape and sentenced to life in prison. With the assistance of The Innocence Project, the DNA tests were repeated in 2003 and revealed Brown was innocent. Brown was released and the City …
Institutionalized Policy to Deprive Appeal of Confiscated Mail Violates Constitution by A Massachusetts federal district court denied summary judgment to prison officials who confiscated a prisoner’s mail and took actions that deprived him of his right to appeal that confiscation. The civil actions complaint was filed by MCI-Walpole prisoner Michael …
City of Chicago Denied Bifurcation in Excessive Force/Failure to Train Case by On July 24, 2008, an Illinois Federal District Judge denied Chicago's motion for bifurcation in a complaint filed by Lynette Wilson on March 27, 2007 against the City and three Chicago police officers. Wilson filed the complaint after …
“Cumulative Failure” Lets Mentally Ill Teen Leap to Death by A “cumulative failure” contributed to the death of an Oregon teenage mental patient, state investigators determined. Eighteen-year-old Heather Williams was a patient at the Blue Mountain Recovery Center, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. While being transported on December …
$3.1 Million Awarded to FBI Informant's Family by On October 16, 2008, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the September 2006 findings of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in awarding approximately $3.1 million to the estate of an FBI informant, John McEntyre, who was murdered after the …
Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer by Paul Wright by Paul Wright, et al. On June 13, 2007, former President Bush nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, 40, for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. …
GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business by David Reutter GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business by David M. Reutter GEO Group, Inc. (formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections), the second-largest private prison company in the nation, has operated the jail in Delaware County, …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $15,000.50 for Slip and Fall by Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $15,000.50 for Slip and Fall A Hawaiian prisoner has been awarded $15,000.50 for a slip and fall that occurred in a prison kitchen. A related claim for damages for a slip and fall that occurred near a shower …
Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract by Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) prisoners who receive inadequate medical care may sue the VDOC’s contract medical provider for breach of contract, the Supreme Court …
District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams Re-Direct, Inc., a company that provides services for juveniles for the District of Columbia, appealed the denial of …
Supreme Court Holds Prosecutors Immune from Using False Snitch Testimony to Gain Wrongful Conviction by John Dannenberg Supreme Court Holds Prosecutors Immune from Using False Snitch Testimony to Gain Wrongful Conviction by John E. Dannenberg On March 28, 2007, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a California …
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