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Article • July 3, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Michigan: Settlement in Class-Action Suit by Prisoners with Hearing Disabilities by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has approved a final settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service (MPAAS) on behalf of about 200 deaf and …
$3 Million Settlement Where Prison Doctor Failed to Treat Disabled Illinois Prisoner by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Mario Ramirez is disabled, more so now than when he was incarcerated at the Graham Correctional Center in Illinois. The facility contracted with Wexford Health Sources, owned by The Bantry Group Corp., …
Settlement Reached in Suit Over Failure to Keep Released L.A. County Prisoners from Becoming Homeless by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Los Angeles County over how the county’s jail system cycles “people with mental illnesses and …
Rogers v. Colorado Dept of Corrections, CO, Ptf Response to Def Motion to Dismiss, 2019 Case 1:16-cv-02733-STV Document 147 Filed 06/27/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 16-cv-02733-STV BIONCA CHARMAINE ROGERS, CATHY BEGANO, ANDREW ATKINS, and …
Brief • June 26, 2019
Awad v. County of Solano, CA, Settlement, K9 Attack on Disabled Person, 2019 RELEASE& SETTLEMENTAGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the payment of the sum of Seventy Five Thousand and Zero Cents ($75,000.00) in the form of draf½s°orchecks payable as follows: AbdulhadiAwad and his attorneysLaw Officesof John L. Burris the …
Merino v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Third Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2019 Case 5:18-cv-02899-VKD Document 41 Filed 06/25/19 Page 1 of 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Karina A. Smith (SBN 286680) karina.smith@bakerbotts.com Brooke Chatterton (SBN 317386) brooke.chatterton@bakerbotts.com BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg. One, …
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Support of Plantiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ WILFRED GUY, ) ) CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, ) v. ) No. 18-223-BAJ-RLB ) JAMES LEBLANC, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION …
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Def. Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-00223-BAJ-RLB Document 19-1 06/18/19 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WILFRED GUY * CIVIL ACTION * * NO. 18-223-BAJ-RLB VERSUS * * JUDGE BRIAN A. JACKSON * JAMES LEBLANC, in his …
Supreme Court Again Prevents Texas from Executing Intellectually Disabled Prisoner by In an unusual case where prosecutors sided with the defense and the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court crossed sides, convicted Texas murderer Bobby James Moore has again been ruled intellectually disabled and therefore not a candidate for …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison by Jeremy Woody “I didn’t have a way to communicate. And they basically just flipped me the bird.” by Jeremy Woody as told to Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project When I was in state prison in Georgia in 2013, I heard about a …
Brief • May 31, 2019
Rogers v. Colorado DOC, CO, Plaintiff's Response to Dft's Motion for Summary Judgment, ADA Violation, 2019 Case 1:16-cv-02733-STV Document 140 Filed 05/31/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 16-cv-02733-STV BIONCA CHARMAINE ROGERS, CATHY BEGANO, ANDREW ATKINS, …
Rogers v. Colorado Dept of Corrections, CO, Ptf Response to Def Motion for Summary Judgment, ADA Compliance, 2019 Case 1:16-cv-02733-STV Document 140 Filed 05/31/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 16-cv-02733-STV BIONCA CHARMAINE ROGERS, CATHY BEGANO, …
Brief • May 12, 2019
Dawson v. Corectional Entity, WA, Complaint, Deprivation Medical Care, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-01987 Document 1 Filed 12/05/19 Page 1 of 51 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 RUSSEL …
Horrific Deaths, Brutal Treatment: Mental Illness in America’s Jails by Gary A. Harki by Gary A. Harki, The Virginian-Pilot Bradley Thomas had bipolar disorder and was in a severe depressive episode when he was arrested for a misdemeanor in Oregon. He had spit on his landlord’s face and threatened her …
Tenth Circuit: Prisoner Forfeited ADA Abrogation of Sovereign Immunity Argument by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a former Colorado prisoner waived his argument that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) abrogates sovereign immunity. The court …
Cole, et al. v. County of Santa Clara, et al., CA, judgment, prisoners with mobility disabilities, 2019 Case 5:16-cv-06594-LHK Document 87 Filed 03/21/19 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION United States …
Cole, et al. v. County of Santa Clara, et al., CA, order granting final approval of class settlement and motion for attorney fees; barriers to prisoners with mobility disabilities, 2019 Case 5:16-cv-06594-LHK Document 86 Filed 03/21/19 Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES …
Wallace v. Lamb, IL, Complaint, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-00487-NJR-GCS Document 61 Filed 03/07/19 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #163 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS GREGORY WALLACE, #R 18196, Plaintiff, vs. NICHOLAS LAMB, LT. MATTHEW MC CARTHY, LT. EARL DIXON, and LT. JOHN BACH, …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Santa Clara County Settles Lawsuit, Makes Jails Handicapped Accessible by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In November 2018, the parties in a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California agreed to settle the case in the form of a consent decree. The suit centered …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Without Interpreters, California’s Deaf Prisoners are Getting Stuck Behind Bars by Samantha Michaels “It’s the utmost violation of due process I can think of.” by Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones In 2016, a prisoner in Corcoran, California faced a dilemma. The parole board wanted to know whether he’d completed any self-help …
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