News in Brief by Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
Federal Courts Order Seizure of Canteen Funds for Restitution Owed by High-Profile Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In two recent cases, federal courts have granted orders to seize funds from prisoners after sizable balances in their canteen accounts came to prosecutors’ attention. In federal court for …
$3.8 Million Paid for Michigan Detainee’s Death from Alcohol Withdrawal After Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Summary Judgment to Jailers for Deliberate Indifference by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 7, 2022, a federal court approved a $3.8 million settlement between a Michigan county and the estate of a …
Buetenmiller v. Cogwell, MI, Order Granting and Opinion, Breach of Medical Care, 2022 Case 2:20-cv-11031-DML-CI ECF No. 109, PageID.2503 Filed 07/08/22 Page 1 of 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION REBEKAH BUETENMILLER, SAMANTHA BILLS, and STACEY GLASS, Plaintiffs, Case Number 20-11031 Honorable David M. Lawson …
Michigan Guard Arrested for Killing the Service Dog He Adopted at His Prison by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott A former guard employed by the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO), was fired and arrested on April 25, 2022, for allegedly torturing …
Sixth Circuit: Michigan DOC’s Years-Long Delay in Access to Religious Services and Items Constitutes Constructive Denial of Religious Exercise by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On November 9, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a six-year delay in replying to a Michigan prisoner’s request …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Order Granting Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 61, PageID.492 Filed 05/27/22 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN BULTHOUSE, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Bulthouse, Plaintiff, -vCOUNTY OF MUSKEGON, …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Addendum of Settlement With Confidentiality, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 60, PageID.491 Filed 05/23/22 Page 1 of 1 ADDENDUM TO SETTiEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS WITH CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE This Addendum is hereby incorporated into that certain Settlement And Release Of All …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Addendum of Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 58-1, PageID.487 Filed 05/10/22 Page 1 of 2 EXHIBIT A 01135775-1 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 58-1, PageID.488 Filed 05/10/22 Page 2 of 2 ADDENDUM RE EASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Addendum i hereby incorporated into …
Con Who Conned Cons is Sentenced to Federal Prison by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has no parole, but there are ways for a federal prisoner to shorten a sentence length. One way is to successfully complete a 13-week Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), earning up to 12 months …
Rushing v. Michigan Dept of Corrections, MI, Judgment, Failure to Accomodate Disability, 2022 2019-001635-CD RUSHING, DARRIN~ FILED by Macomb County Circuit Court 4/ 14/2022 1:57:30 PM Service, Submitted, and File STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT FOR MACOMB COUNTY DARRIN RUSHING, Plaintiffs, Case No: 2019-001635-CD Hon. Edward …
News In Brief by Arizona: After two escaped prisoners were recaptured and returned to the Arizona State Prison in Florence on January 31, 2021, Phoenix station KNXV reported that at least part of the blame for their escape was assigned to short-staffing of guards at the state Department of Corrections …
Stojcevski v. County of Macomb, MI, Settlement, Failure to Provie Medical Care, 2022 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Release of All Claims and Settlement Agreement (Agreement) is made by Macomb County on behalf of Defendant Macomb County and Plaintiff Dafinka Stojcevski as Personal Representative of the Estate …
Greene v. Crawford County, MI, Settlement, Lack of Medical Care, 2022 Case 1:18-cv-11008-TLL-PTM ECF No. 141, PageID.6413 Filed 03/07/22 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION CHERYL GREENE, Personal Representative of the Estate of DWAYNE GREENE, deceased, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:18-cv-11008 Honorable Thomas …
Michigan DOC Agrees to Expand Recognition of Religious Groups After DOJ Investigation by On October 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had reached an agreement with the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) that resolves an investigation begun nearly two years earlier into denial of religious exercise …
Michigan Prisons Ordered to Provide Jewish Prisoners Meat and Dairy on Sabbath and Holidays; Sixth Circuit Affirms by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment in favor of Michigan prisoners who sought a …
News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to Birmingham Real-Time News, a kidnapper was recaptured after being erroneously released from jail in Jefferson County, Alabama, on December 17, 2021. The prisoner, Matthew Burke, 35, was apprehended during a traffic stop after being released from the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 11 …
Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for Failure to Protect Michigan Prisoner from Unsafe Working Conditions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held on August 24, 2021, that two Michigan prison employees were not entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit …
$1 Million Default Judgement for Michigan Jail Prisoner Against Health Care Provider in Sexual Assault by Mark Wilson But She Probably Won’t Collect It From the Defunct Provider by Mark Wilson On April 1, 2021, a Michigan federal court entered a $1 million default judgement for a woman who was …
