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Brief • December 7, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2018 IN THE CIRCUIT CQURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION "' ~ "' 'i: u "' 0 N ""' CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Plaintiff, 0. ~ ~ v. "' ~ 0 g ~ w ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ~ "u: …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Indiana Prisoner Obtains $85,000 Settlement After Being Beaten and Tased by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Brandon Garwood was incarcerated at a jail in Cass County, Indiana in October 2015. He was being held on a charge of endangering another person while driving drunk. On October 2, 2015, video cameras …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Violent Incidents Follow Settlement to End Dangerous Conditions at Alabama Prison by Within a year after a settlement was reached between the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to address violence at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, three prisoners were killed and …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
New Jersey Federal Court Certifies Class-Action Suit Against Global*Tel Link by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has certified a class-action lawsuit against Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the nation’s largest prison telecom companies. According to the court, the plaintiffs – …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Lawsuit by Washington AG Against GEO Group for Wage Violations Proceeds, Granted Class-Action Status by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In December 2017, a federal judge denied a motion by GEO Group, the private operator of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by …
Brief • December 4, 2018
Monroe v. Coleman County Texas, et al., TX, Response, Summary Judgment, 2018 Case 6:18-cv-00015-C Document 26 Filed 12/04/18 Page 1 of 30 PageID 291 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANGELO DIVISION PATSY K. COPE, individually, and ALEX ISBELL, as dependent administrator of, and on …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Order Granting Class Certification, Preliminary Settlement Approval, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WM Document 79 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/16/2018 Page 1 of 4 U N ITED ST ATE S D ISTRIC T C O U RT SO UTH ERN D ISTR ICT O F FLO R IDA CivilN o.l8-cv-8o8lo-M …
Brief • November 16, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Filing Fees
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, DBA Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certification, unfair debit card fees, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ---------------------------------------------------------------------AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and the class, Plaintiff, vs. STORED VALUE CARDS, D/B/A NUMI FINANCIAL, et al. Defendants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- …
Brief • November 13, 2018
Coleman v. Brown, CA, Order, Inaccurate Data, 2018 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 6002 Filed 11/13/18 Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P …
Coleman v. Brown, CA, Proposed Order, Inaccurate Data, 2018 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 6002-1 Filed 11/13/18 Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 EXHIBIT A 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:90-cv-0520 …
Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Defense Investigator Jailed for Initially Refusing to Testify in Death Penalty Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Greta Lindercrantz, 67, was jailed for contempt of court by Arapahoe County, Colorado District Judge Michelle Amico on February 26, 2018. Lindercrantz, a Mennonite defense investigator, had refused to testify in a …
Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Pennsylvania: Allegheny County Jail Settles Sexual Assault Claim for $32,000 by A settlement of $32,000 was reached with the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pittsburgh, in a federal lawsuit filed by a former prisoner who was sexually assaulted by guard Joshua Reber. The suit, brought against the county and 16 …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Oklahoma County Pays $150,000 to Settle Suit Over Jail Suicide by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Nathan Daniel Bradshaw, 32, hung himself at the Tulsa County, Oklahoma jail, five days after his arrest on a bench warrant for a larceny charge, and died shortly thereafter in a Tulsa hospital. Last …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Voting, Class Certification
Class-Action Status Granted in Civil Rights Suit Over Disenfranchised Indiana Jail Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 17, 2018, a federal district court certified a class of Allen County, Indiana jail prisoners who were denied their right to vote in the November 2016 general election. Ian Barnhart …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Ohio Jail Detainee Receives $500,000 Settlement for Assault by Guard by A prisoner who was slammed headfirst into a wall by a guard at Ohio’s Hamilton County Jail reached a $500,000 settlement in his civil rights action. The incident occurred after Mark Myers, 61, was arrested on the morning of …
$7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide by The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) agreed to pay a meager $7,500 to settle a lawsuit that alleged its employees failed to properly treat a teenage prisoner’s mental health issues, resulting in her suicide. Teasia M. Long was 17 on February 3, 2014 …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Litigation Surrounding Radon Exposure at Connecticut Prison Moves Forward by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas “We’re talking about levels in some places that are equivalent to smoking 2½ packs of cigarettes a day,” said Lori A. Welch-Rubin, one of the attorneys who filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of prisoners …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals
Magistrate Judge Must Have Jurisdiction Prior to Entering Final Judgment by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals allowed an appeal to continue to the briefing stage after concluding that “all parties had consented to proceeding before the magistrate judge by the time he entered a final judgment dismissing the entire …
Maricopa County, Phoenix Settle Lawsuit Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Death for $7.25 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2018, just weeks before a trial was scheduled to begin, the City of Phoenix, Arizona agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a …
$7 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide at Private Prison by A $7 million settlement was reached in the suicide death of a mentally ill prisoner at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GWHCF) in Thornton, Pennsylvania, operated at the time by private prison company Community Education Centers. When she …
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