New York Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Nets $147,000 in Damages, Fees and Costs by David Reutter A New York federal jury entered a verdict that awarded a state prisoner $40,002 in a case alleging a First Amendment retaliation claim, and post-trial the court awarded over $107,000 in attorney fees and costs. …
The Slow, Painful Death of Bail in New York City by Jarrett Murphy by Jarrett Murphy, City Limits In September 2015, New York’s chief judge said he would order the review of all bails imposed in low-level cases where a defendant did not pay, and push courts to consider alternatives …
Green v. Sullivan Correctional Facility, NY, Order, sex offender release housing, 2016 State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: January 21, 2016 ________________________________ THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. WILLIAM GREEN, Appellant, v 521148 OPINION AND ORDER SUPERINTENDENT OF …
DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Plf Mot for PSJ, private contractor staffing and pricing, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 96 Filed 01/19/16 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DETENTION WATCH NETWORK, CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NO.: 14-CV-583 (LGS) …
$117,000 Settlement by New York Police for Excessive-Force “Replica Gun” Wrongful Arrests and Detentions by Derek Gilna Guillermo Zavalas, his wife Ileana, and two other families in the same apartment building have settled their federal civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the City of New York, the New …
New York Ex-Prisoner Awarded $700K for Slip and Fall by Lonnie Burton After a bifurcated bench trial on the question of damages only, a former New York state prisoner was awarded over $700,000 by a Court of Claims judge for injuries suffered after the ex-prisoner fell while exiting a prison …
Delayed Memo Shows Stint in Segregation Increases Stay in New York Jail by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke In June 2013, the New York City (NYC) Department of Corrections announced that it would cease using solitary confinement as a punishment for mentally ill prisoners. The reasoning underlying the move was …
Brooklyn Jail Guard Loses Custody of Baby She Had with Death Row Prisoner by Joe Watson A former jail guard impregnated by a prisoner now on death row temporarily lost parental rights in November 2013 to the infant son they conceived inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Nancy …
New York DOCCS Disease Control Program Problematic by Gary Hunter A study conducted by the Correctional Association (CA) of New York revealed that the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is drastically deficient when it comes to identifying prisoners infected with HIV and the Hepatitis C virus …
Audit Criticizes Financial Management of Nassau County Jail Commissary by Derek Gilna An audit performed by the Nassau County, New York Comptroller’s Office, following the standards of the New York State Commission of Corrections, or NYSCOC, and pursuant to state law, has criticized the financial management of the county’s jail …
Raza v. City of NY, NY, Stip of Settlement and Order, religious discrimination, 2016 Case 1:13-cv-03448-PKC-JO Document 121-1 Filed 01/07/16 Page 1 of 9 PageID #: 2515 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------x HAMID HASSAN RAZA, MASJID AL-ANSAR, ASAD DANDIA, MUSLIMS GIVING BACK, MASJID AT-TAQWA, and …
80 NYPD and FDNY Retirees Indicted in 106-Defendant SSDI Fraud Indictment by Christopher Zoukis One hundred and six defendants -- including at least 80 retired officers from the New York City Police Department, New York City Fire Department, and New York Department of Corrections -- were indicted January 7, 2014, …
Ex-Prisoner Receives $75,000 for Severed Fingertip by Lonnie Burton A New York Court of Claims judge awarded a former prisoner $75,000 in damages after finding the defendant, the State of New York, 100% responsible for his severed fingertip. While incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica, NY in January …
Watts v. County of Suffolk, NY, Order to Amend Complaint, Sexual Harassment Retaliation, 2017 Case 2:13-cv-01691-AMD-AKT Document 45 Filed 01/06/17 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 201 FILED IN CLERKL> OFFICE US DISTRICT COURT E.D.N.Y. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT i, JAN 0 6 2016 ✩ EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK …
Sunderland v. Suffolk County, N.Y., et al., amended complaint, transgender rights, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04838-JFB-AKT Document 58 Filed 12/23/15 Page 1 of 14 PageID #: 240 JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Seth D. Rothman David B. Shanies Fara Tabatabai HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP One Battery Park Plaza New York, New York 10004 …
DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Def Cross-Mot for SJ, private contractor staffing and pricing, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 87 Filed 12/22/15 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DETENTION WATCH NETWORK and CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, 14 Civ. 583 …
Chase v. Correctional Medical Care, NY, Judgment, wrongful death drug withdrawal neglect malpractice, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-00474-DNH-TWD Document 103 Filed 12/22/15 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE -------------------------------SHARON CHASE, as Administratix of the Estate of Nicole Carmen, Plaintiff, vs. …
Peoples v. Fischer, NY, Settlement Agreement, Special Housing Units, 2015 Case 1:11-cv-02694-SAS Document 137-1 Filed 12/16/15 Page 1 of 79 EXHIBIT 1 Case 1:11-cv-02694-SAS Document 137-1 Filed 12/16/15 Page 2 of 79 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------x LEROY PEOPLES, TONJA FENTON and : DEWAYNE RICHARDSON, …
Peoples v. Fischer, NY, Settlement Agreement, prisoner recreation 2015 Case 1:11-cv-02694-SAS Document 137-1 Filed 12/16/15 Page 2 of 79 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------x LEROY PEOPLES, TONJA FENTON and : DEWAYNE RICHARDSON, on behalf of : themselves and all others similarly : situated, : : …
Tchatat v. City of New York et al, NY, Order, medical rebuttal expert report, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-02385-LGS-GWG Document 243 Filed 12/09/15 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------)( JOSIAS TCHATAT, Plaintiff, ORDER 14 Civ. 2385 (LGS) (GWG) -v.- CITY OF NEW YORK, et …
