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Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by A $625,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pretrial detainee due to an untreated, ruptured ulcer at Virginia’s Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ). The August 6, 2016 death of Henry Clay Stewart, Jr., 60, came almost a …
Prisoner’s Death from Methadone Over-Prescription Results in Summary Judgment, Settlement by David Reutter by David Reutter In a November 30, 2018 decision, the Seventh Circuit upheld a summary judgment order in favor of county defendants in a lawsuit alleging they were deliberately indifferent to the medical needs of a pretrial …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Medical, ENT, Settlements
$525,000 Settlement for Loss of Federal Prisoner’s Eye by In August 2018, a former prisoner at USP Lewisburg accepted a $525,000 settlement to resolve a civil rights action alleging guards violated Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy by using excessive force against him, resulting in the loss of an eye. James …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Beating of Michigan Jail Prisoner Results in $36.6 Million Verdict,$12.9 Million Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In 2010, William Jennings was booked into Michigan’s Genesee County Jail on a DUI charge. According to surveillance video footage, within hours he was brutally beaten by sheriff’s deputies – slammed to …
Wisconsin Pays Largest Civil Rights Settlement in State’s History –$18.9 Million – for Juvenile Offender’s Suicide Attempt by Chad Marks, Derek Gilna by Chad Marks and Derek Gilna Sydni Briggs was 16 years old in July 2015 when she was remanded to a Wisconsin state youth prison for breaking into …
Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bernard Carter was incarcerated at the privately-operated North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan when he alleged a prison nurse coerced him into sexually uncomfortable situations. In a federal lawsuit, Carter v. GEO …
Article • May 2, 2019
Ohio High Court Denies Relief to Prisoner Challenging White Supremacist Classification by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Ohio state prisoner William H. Evans Jr. was designated to be a white supremacist by a classification committee’s ruling in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), the state’s prison system. This …
Bossardet v. Ryan, AZ, Order for for Rule 706 Expert, Medical Record-keeping, 2019 Case 4:17-cv-00517-FRZ Document 159 Filed 05/02/19 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Arron Shawn Bossardet, Plaintiff, 10 11 v. …
Brief • May 1, 2019
Bossardet v. Ryan, AZ, Order for Motions, Medical Record-keeping, 2019 Case 4:17-cv-00517-FRZ Document 157 Filed 05/01/19 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 7 8 Arron Shawn Bossardet, Plaintiff, 9 10 v. 11 Charles L Ryan, …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Nationwide Injunction on Trump’s Attempt to Deny ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Federal Funding by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction, enjoining the Trump Administration from denying law enforcement grant funding to “sanctuary cities.” Finding that one …
Article • April 22, 2019
Third Circuit Reverses Federal Prisoner’s FOIA Request Denials by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Federal prisoner James Biear made FOIA requests of the Criminal Division of the …
Brief • April 22, 2019
Sutherland v. City of Manteca, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019
Salim v. JPay, TX, Preliminary Approval of Settlement, Video Visitation Cutoff, 2019 Case 4:18-cv-00730-ALM-KPJ Document 16 Filed 04/16/19 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 142 United States District Court EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION OUMER SALIM, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated v. JPAY, INC. § § …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Kentucky Prison Guards Settle Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.5 Million by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $1.5 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging a male sergeant at Kentucky’s Little Sandy Correctional Complex (LSCC) sexually harassed four female guards. The settlement ended an appeal that followed …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Colorado: $190,000 Settlement for Prisoners Ordered Released but Kept in Jail for Inability to Pay $55 Fee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  El Paso County, Colorado has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who remained in jail for 27 days because she was unable to pay …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Settlement Reached over Visitation, Communication with Prisoners’ Children at Indiana Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court in 2016 against Allen County, Indiana Sheriff David Gladieux by plaintiffs Ronald Ward and Samuel Chinnis, claimed that prisoners at the county jail “have been and …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
New York City Settles Kalief Browder Lawsuit for $3.3 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The untimely death of Kalief Browder at age 22 sparked a nationwide movement to enact bail reform and end the use of segregation for young detainees. Both President Obama and New York City Mayor …
$4.75 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Teenager’s Withdrawal Death in Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The death of a teenager is a sad event. But when it was entirely preventable, it becomes tragic. The death of Victoria Jeanette Herr, 18, just four days after being booked into …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Middlesex County, New Jersey Settles Solitary Confinement Suit by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In September 2018, Middlesex County, New Jersey agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit and give prisoners held in a secure housing unit more freedom.  “It’s no longer possible to lock someone in solitary confinement and …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
Michigan Prisoner Obtains $2,000 Settlement in Group Strip Search Suit by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On February 10, 2017, Mario Cavin, incarcerated at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, filed a handwritten civil rights complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He alleged that he …
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