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Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Prisoners Seek to Enforce Settlement Provisions in Ashker Litigation by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On March 29, 2018, a federal magistrate judge in California held that prisoners in a class-action lawsuit over long-term solitary confinement, who entered into a settlement agreement with the California Department of Corrections and …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Muslim Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment Order in Mixed Appellate Ruling by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Darrell Eugene Harris is a Muslim prisoner confined in California’s prison system. He filed a civil rights suit raising state and federal claims against prison guard S. Escamilla. Harris alleged that Escamilla removed …
CCS Seeks to Hide Internal Review in Jail Detainee’s Death; $180,000 Settlement by David Reutter, R. Bailey by David Reutter and R. Bailey Correct Care Solutions, a for-profit company that provides medical services at correctional facilities, contested the release of documents concerning the death of Dino Vann Nixon at the …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Exonerated Prisoner Invests Portion of $20 Million Settlement to Start Barber School by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna No one appreciates the challenges of re-entering society like a former prisoner, especially one who was wrongfully convicted. For exonerated ex-prisoner Juan Rivera of Illinois, his experiences led him to invest some …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Washington: Jail Detainee Obtains $1 Million Settlement for Spinal Injury by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bryan Telford, who was held as a pretrial detainee at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle, Washington in September 2016, recently obtained a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against the county. …
Arkansas: $21,000 Settlement in Jail Release Debit Card Class-Action Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action complaint filed against the Benton County, Arkansas Sheriff’s Office and Keefe Commissary company, over the practice of issuing fee-laden debit cards to prisoners containing their release funds, has settled for just …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, settlement, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of 5 …
Rasho, et al. v. Walker, et al., IL, order, inadequate mental health care, 2018 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 2460 E-FILED Page 1 of 50 Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 03:31:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ASHOOR RASHO, et al., ) …
Bickhart v. Wetzel, PA, settlement, wrongful death, 2018, PA, settlement, wrongful death, 2018 Case 4:17-cv-00873-SES Document 36 Filed 12/15/17 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA NANCY BICKHART, Administratrix of the Estate of TEASIA M. LONG : : : Plaintiff, : …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Class-action Settlement in Mississippi “Debtors’ Prison” Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In April 2018, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced a settlement in a federal class-action suit filed against the city of Corinth, Mississippi that accused the municipality and its chief Municipal Court judge, John C. Ross, …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Angola Prison Lawsuit Poses Question: What Kind of Medical Care do Prisoners Deserve? by Amanda Aronczyk, Katie Rose Quandt by Amanda Aronczyk & Katie Rose Quandt, WNYC Radio In 2005, Francis Brauner was a quarter of the way through a 20-year prison sentence at the Dixon Correctional Institute in Louisiana, when …
$10 Million Class-action Lawsuit Against Virginia Jail Results in $725,000 Settlement by R. Bailey by R. Bailey A class-action complaint against the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ) has ended with a $725,000 settlement. The lawsuit alleged that jail staff violated detainees’ Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and subjected them to …
Brief • October 12, 2018
Salim v. JPay, TX, Complaint, Video Visitation Cutoffs, 2018 Case 4:18-cv-00730-ALM-KPJ Document 1 Filed 10/12/18 Page 1 of 16 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS OUMER SALIM, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated § § § Plaintiff, § § …
Brief • October 4, 2018
Buzzfeed v. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DC, Order for Supplemental Declaration, FOIA, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01501-KBJ Document 12 Filed 10/04/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUZZFEED INC, Plaintiff, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Filing • October 1, 2018
HRDC v. DHHS, WA, Complaint, Public Records on Family Separation, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01442-JLR Document 1 Filed 10/01/18 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 11 THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER and MICHELLE DILLON, …
Article • September 21, 2018
$35,500 affirmed by Sixth Circuit in Michigan guard retaliation, free speech case by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the jury finding against Lewis Condon, Joseph Downard, and Gary McMurtrie, guards at Gus Harrison Correctional Facility in Adrian, Michigan, was proper and that …
Lutgens v. County of Dakota, et al., MN, forced religious indoctrination of prisoners, 2018 CASE 0:18-cv-02634 Document 1 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Bryant Lutgens, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, Court File No. __________________ CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT …
Brief • September 6, 2018
Herrick v. DSHS, WA, Trial Decision, Public Records Requests, 2018 2 3 4 5 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF PIERCE 6 7 DONALD HERRICK, 8 9 10 11 Cause No: 17-2-08077-8 Plaintiff(s), TRIAL DECISION vs. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVI9ES, Defendant s . (OR) 12 THIS …
Family of Deceased Colorado Prisoner Accepts Settlement for $5.3 Million, New Policies by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On November 7, 2015, Michael Marshall, who was mentally ill, was arrested for trespassing and disturbing the peace at a motel in Denver, Colorado. Upon being booked into jail with a $100 …
PLRA’s Administrative Remedies Requirement Tolls Limitations Time but Not Accrual Time by David Reutter by David Reutter In February 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s administrative exhaustion requirement justifies the tolling of the statute of limitations, but not the creation of a …
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