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Article • May 15, 2008
Court Holds 11th Amendment Doesn't Bar Consent Decree Enforcement by The defendant state officials argued that under the Eleventh Amendment, a consent decree enforcing statutory rights could not be enforced to the extent that decree provisions went beyond the requirements of federal law. Judge Justice doesn't buy it. Lelsz v. …
No Liability for Shooting Suicidal, Armed Jail Prisoner by The plaintiff was arrested and tried to kill himself. He was handcuffed to a wall on the police station booking area for observation, and set fire to his clothing while so restrained. He expressed more suicidal thoughts at the hospital where …
Article • May 15, 2008
Maryland Prison Officials Get Qualified Immunity for Prisoner “Retake” Orders by Maryland Prison Officials Get Qualified Immunity for Prisoner "Retake" Orders Based on a state appellate decision concerning sentence credit, prison officials decided they had released some prisoners incorrectly, so they had them arrested and reincarcerated through "retake orders." The …
Article • May 15, 2008
No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder by The plaintiff said he dislocated his previously injured shoulder in his sleep. At 511: "For purposes of this case, it is undisputed that a shoulder dislocation causes great pain and is a serious medical need." The defendants were not deliberately …
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Wrongful Death Following Alleged Mistaken Washington Jail Release Settles For $1,800,000 by On September 6, 2007, the City of Algona and King County, Washington, agreed to pay $1,800,000 to the estate of a man killed by a hit and run driver who was, according to the lawsuit, mistakenly released from …
Tainted Chinese Toothpaste Distributed in U.S. Prisons and Hospitals by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 1, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that toothpaste made in China was found to be contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG), a toxic chemical used in antifreeze and …
AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby Telephone service provider AT&T has agreed to reimburse the families and friends of Washington prisoners who …
Federal Prison Staff Are Law Enforcement Official For Purposes Of FTCA Claims by Daniel E. Manville by Dan Manville Federal prisoners are no longer able to sue pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for property that was negligently lost or destroyed by federal prison staff. In Ali v. …
Article • February 15, 2008
Math-challenged Sheriff Joe Arpaio can't account for the $41 million he's cost taxpayers by From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons Published: January 10, 2008 Nothing makes this mallard madder than Tyra Banks after someone's said her booty's too big than having the truth-twisters over …
Ninth Circuit Holds Washington DOC Immune From Suit for Denial of Community Custody Early Release by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the Secretary of the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) was qualifiedly immune from suit by prisoners who claimed …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Spectrum Health Systems Pays Massachusetts $7.5 Million for Fraud in Concert with Civigenics by To settle charges that it misused state money, Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. has agreed to pay the State of Massachusetts $7.5 million. Spectrum is a nonprofit organization that provides treatment for substance abusers; the settlement was …
Missouri Ordered to Pay Prisoner's $250,000 Judgment Plus Fees and Costs for Sexual Assaults by Work Supervisor by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 29, 2007, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that the state must pay a $250,000 judgment awarded in federal district court to a prisoner …
Second Circuit Rejects New York’s Interlocutory Appeal of Prisoner's $7.65 Million Failure-to-Protect Jury Verdict by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a belated attempt by the New York Department of Corrections (NYDOC) to invoke a claim of qualified immunity to thwart a …
Article • January 15, 2008
Nebraska Tort Law Notice Inapplicable to Medical Contractor by In partially reversing a Nebraska federal district court's grant of summary judgment, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held the Nebraska State Tort Claims Act (NSTCA) does not apply to contracted medical service providers. That ruling came in the appeal …
California Appellate Court Overturns $177,000 Prisoner Beating Verdict by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal (4th District) has reversed a $177,000 jury verdict against Orange County and its Sheriff, Michael Carona, finding that no substantial evidence supported the verdict and that the award of punitive damages violated …
Article • January 15, 2008
Parole Officers Must Knock and Announce Before Entering Parolee's Domicile by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment, finding that parole officers have a duty to knock and announce themselves before entering a residence in which a parolee is renting a room, and …
Strip-Searched Jail Arrestees May be Certified as Class for Liability by by Matthew T. Clarke On August 24, 2006, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal district court in New York erred when it refused to certify non-felony arrestees who were strip searched pursuant to a blanket …
Article • January 15, 2008
SJ Reversed on Massachusetts Religious Diet Claims; MA Constitution Affords Greater Protections than U.S. Constitution by In a unanimous decision, Massachusetts' highest court reversed summary judgment on Muslim prisoners' claims that they were denied halal meat, which is required by their faith. Muslim prisoners Rashard Rasheed and Nathaniel Bilal Ahmad …
Tenth Circuit OKs First Raising Qualified Immunity on Summary Judgment by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials did not waive a qualified immunity defense by failing to raise it in responsive pleadings. The district court erred in failing to address the defense in the summary judgment …
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