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Greene v. Crawford County, MI, Settlement, Lack of Medical Care, 2022
Brief • March 7, 2022
Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice
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
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Denial of Religious Services
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
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: Religious Diet, Sabbaths, Religious Freedom/Worship
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
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
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
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
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
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor, Failure to Protect (General), Immunity - Absolute and Qualified
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
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
$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 …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Settlement Breakdown, Wrongful Death, 2022
Brief • January 21, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Settlement Breakdown, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-3, PageID.456 Filed 01/21/22 Page 1 of 2 Exhibit 3 County Defendants Settlement Breakdown Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-3, PageID.457 Filed 01/21/22 Page 2 of 2 EXHIBITN03 SETTLEMENT BREAKDOWN Estate of Paul Bulthouse Gross Settlement Amount …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Proof of Service, Wrongful Death, 2022
Brief • January 21, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Proof of Service, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-5, PageID.459 Filed 01/21/22 Page 1 of 4 Exhibit 5 ECF #41 - Proof of Service Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-5, PageID.460 Filed 01/21/22 Page 2 of 4 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 41, PagelD.416 Filed …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Proposed Order Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022
Brief • January 21, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Proposed Order Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-6, PageID.463 Filed 01/21/22 Page 1 of 6 Proposed Order Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-6, PageID.464 Filed 01/21/22 Page 2 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN JOHN BULTHOUSE Individually and …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Amended Motion to Approve Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022
Brief • January 21, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Amended Motion to Approve Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51, PageID.441 Filed 01/21/22 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN JOHN BU'LTHOUSE Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Paul B ulthouse, Deceased PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022
Brief • January 21, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-1, PageID.448 Filed 01/21/22 Page 1 of 7 Exhibit 1 County Defendants Release / Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-1, PageID.449 Filed 01/21/22 Page 2 of 7 RE.. EASE A_NO SETTlEMENT AGR.EEMENT I. Standard Definitio s. 11 A. …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 (1)
Brief • January 21, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 (1) Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-1, PageID.448 Filed 01/21/22 Page 1 of 7 Exhibit 1 County Defendants Release / Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 51-1, PageID.449 Filed 01/21/22 Page 2 of 7 RE.. EASE A_NO SETTlEMENT AGR.EEMENT I. Standard Definitio s. 11 …
$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim by A Michigan federal district court awarded a $493.80 default judgement on October 29, 2020, to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive use of force by guards at Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The …
Michigan Supreme Court Holds Convicted Prisoner Entitled to Pre-Trial Jail Time Credit
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Credits
Michigan Supreme Court Holds Convicted Prisoner Entitled to Pre-Trial Jail Time Credit by On July 27, 2021, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled en banc that pre-trial detainees are entitled to jail time credit if they were unable to make bond except for jail time served after a parole revocation warrant …
Michigan Department of Corrections Settles Discriminatory Employment Claims
Article • December 21, 2021
Michigan Department of Corrections Settles Discriminatory Employment Claims by On June 3rd, 2021, a Michigan federal court approved a settlement agreement resolving discriminatory employment practice claims that the United States government brought against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Twenty-eight female guards at the Woman’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) …
Michigan Prisoner’s Corizon Suit Dismissed Due to “Morass of Irrelevancies”
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Dismissal
Michigan Prisoner’s Corizon Suit Dismissed Due to “Morass of Irrelevancies” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights complaint because it was filled with “pages of irrelevant and unspecific allegations.” The Court said that in drafting a …
Klenke v. Cunningham, MI, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2021
Brief • November 12, 2021
Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment
Klenke v. Cunningham, MI, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00193-PLM-PJG ECF No. 26, PageID.156 Filed 11/12/21 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION KRISTY KLENKE, Case No. Plaintiff, Hon. vs. MARIO CUNNINGHAM, KATHY WARNER, GREG SKIPPER, and STEVE BARBER, in their individual capacities, …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
Michigan DOC Eases Up on Pregnant Prisoners, Limits Shackles and Solitary Confinement
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Medical, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Shackles
Michigan DOC Eases Up on Pregnant Prisoners, Limits Shackles and Solitary Confinement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under a new policy announced on October 19, 2021, pregnant prisoners held by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MIDOC) will be restrained less and will also have more time to spend with …
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