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Connecticut Prisoners File Suit Over Exposure to Radon Gas by Panagioti Tsolkas This summer, prisoners at the Garner Correctional Institution (GCI) in Newtown, Connecticut responded to more than two decades of radon exposure at the facility by filing a class-action lawsuit. “The length of time this went on didn’t have …
Potential Class-action Suit over Domestic Violence “Victim Fees” in Georgia by The Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) and Columbus, Georgia attorney Mark C. Post filed a federal lawsuit on October 5, 2016 on behalf of Cleopatra Harrison and a potential class of other women who were charged controversial …
Indiana Federal Court Certifies Habeas Corpus Class of Prisoners Disciplined for Refusing to Admit Guilt in Sex Offender Program by Matthew Clarke On September 30, 2015, a U.S. district court certified a class of Indiana state prisoners who refused to admit their guilt as part of the Indiana Sex Offender …
Class-action Certified in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Mississippi Prisoners by David Reutter In September 2015, a Mississippi federal district court certified as a class-action a lawsuit challenging the treatment and conditions afforded mentally ill prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The court further held that the …
Article • August 24, 2016
California: Prisoner Not Entitled to Points Reduction in Classification Score Unless Actually Participating in Programs by Michael Brodheim In a published case, the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District has held that a prisoner is not entitled to a reduction in his or her classification score for …
Article • August 5, 2016
Indefinite Pre-incident Detention of Indigents by Mississippi Challenged in Class Action Law Suit by David Reutter A class action challenging the indefinite jailing of persons in a Mississippi’s Scott County Detention Center without indictment or representation by counsel was filed on September 23, 2014. The lead plaintiffs are indigents who …
Hawaiian Prisoners’ Religious Freedom Lawsuit Certified as Class Action by Derek Gilna Native Hawaiians have a rich religious history, with elaborate rituals and sacred objects, which is a significant part of their culture.  Interference with the free exercise of these traditional religious practices at Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona where …
Brief • June 14, 2016
Cole et al v. Livingston et al, TX, Memo and Order granting class certification, heat exposure, 8th Am, 2016.pdf Case 4:14-cv-01698 Document 473 Filed in TXSD on 06/14/16 Page 1 of 22 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON …
Brief • June 13, 2016
Lyon v. ICE, CA, Settlement, class action telephone access, 2016 1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 AUDLEY BARRINGTON LYON, JR., JOSÉ ) Case No. 3:13-cv-05878-EMC ELIZANDRO ASTORGA-CERVANTES, and ) NANCY NERIA-GARCIA …
Brief • June 2, 2016
Bailey et al v. Livingston et al, TX, Hearing Prel Injunction - Vol 4, class action prison conditions, 2016 Vol 4 - 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION 2 3 DAVID BAILEY, ET AL 4 VS. 5 BRAD LIVINGSTON, ET AL 6 7 * …
Brief • June 1, 2016
Bailey et al v. Livingston et al, TX, Hearing Prel Injunction - Vol 3, class action prison conditions, 2016 Vol 3 - 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION 2 3 DAVID BAILEY, ET AL 4 VS. 5 BRAD LIVINGSTON, ET AL 6 7 * …
Brief • May 27, 2016
Bailey et al v. Livingston et al, TX, Hearing Prel Injunction - Vol 2, class action prison conditions, 2016 Vol 2 - 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION 2 3 DAVID BAILEY, ET AL 4 VS. 5 BRAD LIVINGSTON, ET AL 6 7 * …
Doe et al v. Piehota et al, VA, Class Action Complaint, terrorist federal watch list, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION BABY DOE, by his next friend, Father Doe; YASEEN KADURA; ANAS ELHADY; OSAMA HUSSEIN AHMED; GULET MOHAMED; AHMAD IBRAHIM AL HALABI; MICHAEL EDMUND COLEMAN; …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Federal Court Certifies Class-action for Thousands of Detroit Prisoners, Enters Default Judgment by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Ludington certified a § 1983 class-action lawsuit affecting tens of thousands of people arrested and detained by the City of Detroit, and appointed a noted prisoners’ rights law firm in …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Washington State: Class-action Alleges DOC Policy of Denying Medical Care by Derek Gilna Washington State: Class-action Alleges DOC Policy of Denying Medical Care by Derek Gilna A federal class-action suit filed on November 17, 2015 claims that the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has promulgated and carried out a …
Follow the Money: Invisible Investors Seek Big Bucks in Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore by James Kilgore and Brian Dolinar, Truthout When authorities booked Richard Murphy into the jail in Monterey, California on January 18, 2013, the war veteran likely never envisioned ending up being back in court months later, not …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court’s ruling that required eight former prisoners to repay a company that purchased a contingent portion …
Article • November 17, 2015
Kansas: District Court Holds for Plaintiffs in County Jail Mailing Issues by Kansas: District Court Holds for Plaintiffs in County Jail Mailing Issues On March 25, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment rights …
Lacy v. Butts, IN, Class Certification, Sex Offender Management Program 5th Am, 2015 Case 1:13-cv-00811-RLY-DML Document 93 Filed 09/30/15 Page 1 of 15 PageID #: 1088 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DONALD LACY, Petitioner, vs. KEITH BUTTS, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Dockery v. Epps, MS, Opinion and Order, Def Motion to Exclude Expert, Plain Motion for Class Cert, 2015 Case 3:13-cv-00326-WHB-JCG Document 257 Filed 09/29/15 Page 1 of 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION JERMAINE DOCKERY, ET AL. PLAINTIFFS MICHAEL COMBS, EDDIE …
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