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Incentive Awards Disallowed, County Intervention Denied in Prison Riot Settlement by Incentive Awards Disallowed, County Intervention Denied in Prison Riot Settlement The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disallowed named plaintiffs from receiving so-called "incentive awards" for their roles in the litigation and settlement of a suit against Ohio prison …
Article • May 15, 2007
Oklahoma Court Establishes Procedure for Recouping Costs of Incarceration by The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has established a procedure for trial courts to follow in determining the amount a defendant must pay for the cost of his or her incarceration in a county of city jail. 22 O.S.Supp.1999, § …
Physical Injury Required for All Prisoner Suits Seeking Compensatory and Punitive Damages by David Reutter Physical Injury Required for All Prisoner Suits Seeking Compensatory and Punitive Damages By David M. Reutter In an unpublished opinion, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held the PLRA bars compensatory and punitive damages …
One Hundred Fifty Dollars Awarded For Federal Prisoner's Personal Property Loss by Federal prisoner Jonah Nwaokocha brought Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Bivens claims against Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees in their individual and official capacities challenging conditions of his confinement and loss of personal property including legal papers. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Iowa Cost Bond Rule Unconstitutional When Applied To Post-Conviction Petitions by By Bob Williams An Iowa federal district court has ruled that a state rule of civil procedure, which requires posting a cost bond before suits will be heard when there has been three or more unsuccessful suits in the …
Article • May 15, 2007
$1,000 Paid for WA DOC Property Destruction by James J. Koop was in transit status between Washington prisons, and his property was being stored at McNeil Island Correction Center awaiting his final settlement and receipt of postage costs to mail the property to him. Koop's agent was advised stamps could …
Prisoner's Second Complaint Frivolous, Appeal Not, on Claim Preclusion by Affirming an Illinois federal district court on other grounds, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's second complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials for violating his Eighth Amendment rights was barred by claim …
Article • May 15, 2007
Transfer Of Prisoners' Property To Sheriff Illegal by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a Missouri sheriff could not legally receive property from a prisoner. Missouri prisoners Charles Hazen and Gerald Hazen (father and son, respectively) brought § 1983 action against state Highway Patrol officers …
Article • May 15, 2007
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Clerk Not Entitled to Interest on Principal in Fund by The United States Supreme Court held that a court clerk is not entitled to keep the interest that accumulates from monies placed in a fund under the care of the clerk on behalf of parties in litigation. Eckerd's of College …
OH DORC Liable for Property Damage Done by Prisoners by K. Michael Deem Investment Corp., Inc. (Deem Inc.), an Ohio corporation, allowed the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) to operate a pallet-restoration industry on its property. While working there, prisoners damaged a cinder block wall, a dumpster and …
Article • May 15, 2007
8th Circuit Remands Damages Seizure for Reconsideration under Hankins v. Finnel by In an unpublished opinion, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court order refusing to enjoin Missouri from attaching a § 1983 judgment for incarceration costs. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) …
Article • May 15, 2007
Defendant Loses Forfeiture Challenge Despite Lack of Notice by The government sent a notice of forfeiture for a confiscated vehicle to the plaintiff's home address, the prison he was believed to be held in, and the lien-holder. He was transferred to a different prison two weeks before the notice was …
Article • May 15, 2007
PLRA Filing Fees Prioritized on Prisoner Debt List by The plaintiff couldn't pay the initial filing fee because his money was taken for restitution, victim witness surcharge, and medical co-pay. The statute says that the initial fee is to be collected when funds "exist." Prison officials are therefore required to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Virginia Jail Housing Fee Upheld by A Virginia statute allows local and regional jails to charge inmates a daily fee of no more than $1.00 a day to help defray the costs of their incarceration. The court dismisses at preliminary screening for failure to state a claim. There is no …
WA Gift Subscription Ban Settled for $443.46 by In 1997, William J.R Embrey, a federal prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary (W.S.P) accepted $443.46 to settle a lawsuit. In 1985 the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) sent Embrey to the Washington Department of Corrections WDOC, pursuant to a contract between …
Retaliatory Discipline Claims Dismissed, Conditions Claims Remain by The plaintiff's damage claim alleging that officers planted a key which led to a disciplinary proceeding in which he lost good time is barred by Heck v. Humphrey, as is his claim that the hearing itself was defective. In any case, federal …
Article • May 15, 2007
TN Prisoner's Photos Destroyed; § 1983 Relief May Lie by TN Prisoner's Photos Destroyed; § 1983 Relief May Lie In 1998, Billy Lattimer, a Tennessee state prisoner, sued the state Department of Correction (TDOC) and several prison guards in the Chancery Court for Davidson County after the guards allegedly destroyed …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Indemnification to Insurance Company from Killer by After Connecticut prisoner Kevin King received a $2,070,000 award in a civil rights case resulting from a beating he received during a failed prison escape, the insurance company that paid a $1,750,000 settlement for wrongful death relating to King's crime (a murder) …
Article • May 15, 2007
Illinois Jail's Bail Bond Fees Upheld by The plaintiff arrestees sued because sheriffs were charging "bail fees," authorized by state statute, to persons who made bail by depositing their bond with sheriff. The fee was set at $1.00 by statute, with provisions for counties to raise it if an independent …
Article • May 15, 2007
Arkansas Medicaid Injunction Upheld by The district court enjoined proposed budget cutbacks on the ground that they would violate federal Medicaid law. The relevant statute, which has long been held to create a property interest, requires payment methods that assure that payments "are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of …
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