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Qualified Immunity Letter to Congress, Nat'l Police Accountability Project, 2020 June 9, 2020 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer: National Police Accountability Project A Project of the National Lawyers Guild Executive Director Rachel A. Pickens ____________ Board of Directors: President Michael Avery President-Elect Julia …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$425,000 Settlement in Arkansas Detainee’s Death from Asthma Attack by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The estate of a pretrial detainee who died at Arkansas’ Pulaski agreed to a $425,000 settlement to resolve a civil rights action. The settlement requires payment from Pulaski County and its medical vendor, Turn …
Krecic v. Pickett, MS, Notice of Removal and Complaint, Parole Board Retaliation, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-00210-HTW-LRA Document 1 Filed 03/27/20 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION ANITA KRECIC PLAINTIFF 3:20-cv210-HTW-LRA CIVIL ACTION NO. _____________________ VS. THE MISSISSIPPI STATE PAROLE …
J.H. v. the GEO Group, CO, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00629-NRN Document 7 Filed 03/09/20 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 20-cv-00629-LTB J.H., Plaintiff, v. THE GEO GROUP, INC.; JORDAN C. LUJAN; LISA L/N/U; …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Escapes, Qualified Immunity
Guard Who Failed to Prevent Escape Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 18, 2019 that a guard cannot be held liable under the Constitution for failing to prevent an escape. In an attempt to apparently …
Melnik v. Dzurenda, et al., NV, order, prisoner due process, disciplinary hearing, 2020 j.io-uv-uuD/u-Miviu-ULB Document 69 Filed 02/07/20 Page 1 of 13 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 6 JOHN MELNIK, Case No. 3:16-cv-00670-MMD-CLB 7 Plaintiff, ORDER 8 JAMES DZURENDA, etal., 9 Defendants. 10 11 …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
State of New York 50 Percent Liable for Prisoner’s Injury Sustained from Table Saw by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 31, 2019, a New York State Court of Claims found the state 50 percent liable for the injuries that prisoner Ralph Whedon sustained when operating a table saw …
Department of Justice - Investigation of South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice's Broad River Road Complex, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Allorney General 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - RFK Washington, DC 20530 FEB Ot2020 The Honorable Henry McMaster Governor of South Carolina State House 1100 Gervais …
Jones v. Kent County, et al., MI, complaint, wrongful death, 2019 Case 1:20-cv-00036 ECF No. 1 filed 01/14/20 PageID.1 Page 1 of 58 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CHARLES JONES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of WADE JONES, deceased, v. Plaintiff, Case No.: Hon.: …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
Fifth Circuit Reverses Denial of Qualified Immunity to Prison Officials by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  On September 9, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Louisiana district court’s denial of qualified immunity to three of four defendants in a prisoner’s civil rights suit. State prisoner Clarence Jason …
Publication • December 27, 2019
State of West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Summary and Memo to Governor, Nazi salute, 2019 State of West Virginia OFFICE OF THE SECRET ARY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SAFETY Building 1, Suite W-400 1900 Kanawha Blvd., East Charleston, West Virginia 25305 Telephone: (304) 5SS-2930 Facsiinile:(304) 55&-6221 …
Oslund v. Mullen, CO, Settlement, Guard Beating and Failure to Treat Epilepsy, 2019
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Water, Qualified Immunity
Qualified Immunity Denied when Pretrial Detainees Deprived of Water at Illinois Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 12, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied qualified immunity to officials at Illinois’ Lake County Adult Correctional Institution (LCACI) who deprived pretrial detainees of sufficient water …
Burke v. Glanz, OK, Final Agreed Judgment, OK, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 615 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 12/02/19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ROBBIE BURKE, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Elliot Earl Williams, …
Brown v. Drummond, MO, Order Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019 ( Case: 4:17-cv-01679-SNLJ Doc. #: 49 Filed: 11/07/19 Page: 1 of 11 PageID #: 144 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION MONICA BROWN, Individually and as Heir of Mark A. Jaconski, Deceased, …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Sovereign Immunity
West Virginia Regional Jails Entitled to Sovereign Immunity by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In May 2019, a circuit court held the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority was entitled to sovereign immunity in a lawsuit seeking payment for prisoner medical bills. The suit was brought …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Seventh Circuit: Non-Medical Prison Staff Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 1, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that non-medical correctional staff were entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging they had failed to provide a medical accommodation to a prisoner …
Grottano et al. v. The City of New York, et al., NY, order granting preliminary approval of class action settlement, strip searches of jail visitors, 2019 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 …
Article • October 13, 2019
Judge Calls Prison Guard ‘Feckless Coward’ Yet Still Grants Him Immunity in Lawsuit by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell  A jail guard who ran and hid when a prisoner he was watching grabbed his gun and terrorized a hospital was a “feckless coward,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
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