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Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
$5 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Preventable Death of New Mexico Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2018, Cibola County, New Mexico agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a jail prisoner who was repeatedly denied medical treatment despite vomiting …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Seventh Circuit: Illinois Prisoner Entitled to Retrial After Appointment of Counsel Denied by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On August 20, 2018, the Seventh Circuit granted a new trial to a prisoner whose multiple motions for appointment of counsel were denied in a federal lawsuit against guards employed by the …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Appeals, Religious Diet
New York Prisoner Entitled to Vegetarian, Dairy Tolerant, Kosher Diet Under RLUIPA by On July 10, 2018, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) had violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by refusing to accommodate …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Settlements
Book Seller Sued for Defrauding Federal Prisons by In June 2018, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $75,689 settlement with a couple accused of trying to scam the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) into buying textbooks it had not ordered. The civil complaint alleged John P. Ryan and Marie Motz …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
$3.279 Million in Costs and Fees Awarded in Wrongful Death Suit Involving Epileptic Prisoner by R. Bailey by R. Bailey Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, a federal district court was asked to resolve an attorney fees dispute as part of a settlement in a prisoner’s wrongful death case. Robert …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Settlement in HRDC Suit Against Solitary Confinement of Juveniles at Florida Jail by On November 15, 2018, the Human Rights Defense Center, PLN’s parent organization, as well as the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Florida and the law firm of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, announced a settlement …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Seventh Circuit Remands Lawsuit Over Book Confiscation at Cook County Jail by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In an August 23, 2018 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed in part and remanded a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former Cook County, …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
$32,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case Involving Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner by A settlement was reached in a civil rights action alleging guards at Alabama’s Madison County Jail (MCJ) used excessive force on a mentally ill prisoner during a cell extraction. Haraesheo Rice, 31, was well known to MCJ staff, …
$750,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Illinois Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Illinois’ Whiteside County Jail (WCJ) agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging jail officials failed to treat Walter E. Divers, Jr. for severe alcohol withdrawal, resulting in …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Seventh Circuit Vacates ADA Summary Judgment Against Cook County Sheriff by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On July 30, 2018, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a partial summary judgment order issued by a district court that found the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois liable for various violations of …
Gasca v. Precythe, MO, Order, Parole Revocation, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHERN DIVISION STEPHANIE GASCA, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 17-cv-04149-SRB ) ANNE PRECYTHE, Director of the Missouri, ) Department of Corrections, et al., ) …
Brief • January 3, 2019
Wilson v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2018 ..-..r~.1~------·----·--••-,- - - - - STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SANGAMON COUNTY FDJARD W. WILSON, Plaintiff, Vs. C.ase No. Ill.INOIS DEPAR1MENI' OF CORRECTIONS, Jury \9-MH-d}? Danand Defendants. VERFIED OJMPLAINT FOR DECLARA'IORY JUDGMENI',, INJUNCTIVE AND …
Publication • January 1, 2019
Privatizing Criminal Procedure, Washington and Lee Public Legal Studies, 2019 Washington & Lee Public Legal Studies Research Paper Series Accepted Paper No. 2018 - 07 April 2, 2018 107 Georgetown Law Journal ___ (forthcoming 2019) Privatizing Criminal Procedure John D. King Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Experiential Education, and …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 25 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Order, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 24 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell DEMOCRATIC …
Amble, et al. v. Spangler, et al., TN, class-action complaint, abolishment of in-person visitation, exercise opportunities, law library access, inadequate mental health treatment, etc., 2018 Case 3:18-cv-00538-TAV-DCP Document 1 Filed 12/23/18 Page 1 of 35 PageID #: 1 Case 3:18-cv-00538-TAV-DCP Document 1 Filed 12/23/18 Page 2 of 35 PageID #: …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Davidson County Male Correctional Development Center (CDC) used excessive force on a pretrial detainee, leaving him a …
New York Federal District Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action to Proceed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A New York state prisoner’s civil rights case proceeded to trial in federal district court after the judge denied the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s motion for summary …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Family of Wrongfully Convicted Missouri Prisoner Receives $14 Million by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The family of former Missouri prisoner George Allen received a $14 million settlement in a wrongful conviction suit filed against the state, the City of St. Louis and others responsible for his illegal imprisonment. Mary …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Favor of Jail Where Three Detainees Died by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In an unpublished June 7, 2018 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partially reversed a district court’s ruling that Cowlitz County, Washington was entitled to summary judgment …
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