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Article • December 22, 2017
$20,500 Award in Suit Over New York Prisoner Falling From Roof by Matthew Clarke In November 1996, the New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner who had fallen from the roof of a prison while on a work detail and injured his knee $20,000. It awarded his wife $500 …
Article • December 22, 2017
Filed under: Exercise
$1 Award in Montana Prisoner's Suit Over Deprivation of Exercise at Jail by Matthew Clarke A Montana state court awarded former jail prisoner Campbell $1 in damages after he sued the Sheriff of Flathead County, Montana, for depriving him of exercise while he was jailed. Campbell claimed emotion distress. The …
Article • December 22, 2017
$42,200 Federal Jury Award in Suit Over California Jail Prisoner's Death by Matthew Clarke On August 5, 1999, a California federal jury awarded $52,200 to the family of a prisoner who died while suffering from untreated drug withdrawal in the Santa Barbara County jail. When Drew Allen Walsh, 32, was …
Article • December 22, 2017
Did Ohio’s Prison Farm Sale Net Pennies on the Dollar? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 12, 2016, Gary Mohr, the director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), announced that the state would phase out farming at 10 prisons. Since then, farm animals and equipment …
Article • December 22, 2017
Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis James Dimora, 61, was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner when he was indicted on federal racketeering and corruption charges in April 2012. While awaiting trial at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, operated by Corrections Corporation …
Brief • December 22, 2017
Snodgrass v. Messer, Amici Curiae, 2017 No. 17-635 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ———— KEVIN SNODGRASS, JR., Petitioner, v. S.L. MESSER; M.L. COUNTS; C. BISHOP; E.R. BARKSDALE; J. BENTLEY; JOE FANIN; TORI RAIFORD; GARRY A. ADAMS; HAROLD CLARK, Respondents. ———— On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari …
Brief • December 22, 2017
MacFarlane v. Ewald, NY, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2017 Case 2:10-cv-02877-MKB-ARL Document 127 Filed 12/22/17 Page 1 of 35 PageID #: 844 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________X Elden MacFarlane, Plaintiff, Docket No: 2:10-cv-2877 (JFB) (ARL) -AgainstSECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Charles Ewald, et al. SUFFOLK COUNTY, SUFFOLK COUNTY …
Brief • December 22, 2017
Graves v. Penzone, AZ, Ptf. Motion to Re-open Discovery, Jail Conditions and Care, 2017 Case 2:77-cv-00479-NVW Document 2435 Filed 12/22/17 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gabriel B. Eber (admitted pro hac vice) Eric Balaban (admitted pro hac vice) ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th Street, …
Article • December 21, 2017
$145,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke In 1999, defendants settled for $145,000 in a lawsuit brought by the estate and family of a Texas prisoner who was brutally beaten by guards and restrained in a position that caused fatal asphyxiation. Gary Lee Crensaw was serving a 45-year sentence …
Article • December 21, 2017
Male Vermont Prison Employees Paid $10,000; No Gender Discrimination Found by Mark Wilson The Vermont Supreme Court held that Vermont prison officials did not violate state law by paying male employees as much as $10,000 more annually than their female counterparts. Lynne Silloway began working as a business manager for …
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Suicides
Fifth Circuit Remands Jail Suicide Dismissal for Reconsideration by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a jail suicide suit. The lower court failed to analyze whether factual disputes existed as to whether unconstitutional jail conditions contributed to …
Article • December 21, 2017
Eighth Circuit: Restraint Board Order Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of qualified immunity to a guard who ordered a prisoner confined to a restraint board for more than three hours. …
Article • December 21, 2017
Threats by Arkansas Prison Administration Warrants Transfer by David Reutter by David Reutter The Eighth Circuit of Appeals reversed and remanded a federal district court's denial of prisoner James Walker's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 petition seeking his transfer to a federal prison or some other state's prison because he had …
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Juveniles, Juvenile Prisons
Report: Rikers Island "Enhanced Supervision Housing for Young Adults" Problematic by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On July 24, 2017, the New York City Board of Correction (BOC) released a report titled, "Enhanced Supervision Housing for Young Adults," which highlighted the challenges to eliminating injustices at the Rikers Island jail …
Article • December 21, 2017
Prisoner's Wrongful Death FTCA Claim Dismissed For Lack of Jurisdiction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States District Court for the District of Maryland has dismissed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case brought against the United States over the 2013 wrongful death of a prisoner held at …
Westfield v. County of Orange, CA, Amended Complaint, Workplace Threats, 2017 5 Randy H. McMurray, Esq. (SBN 126888) Email: RMcMurray@law-mh.com Yana G. Henriks, Esq. (SBN 250638) Email: YHenriks@law-mh.com McMURRAY HENRIKS, LLP 5670 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450 Los Angeles, California 90036 Tel: (323) 931-6200 Fax: (323) 931-9521 6 Attorneys for PLAINTIFF …
Brief • December 21, 2017
Williams v. Papi, PA, Plt. Reply Brief to Disqualify Counsel, Medical Malpractice, 2017 Case 3:13-cv-01151-RDM Document 114 Filed 12/21/17 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELINDA WILLIAMS, as Administrator of the Estate of BRIAN P. WILLIAMS, : : Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION–LAW V. : …
Article • December 20, 2017
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
$95,000 in Tasing Excessive Force Settlement--in Tazewell County, Illinois! by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An Illinois man who claimed that he was excessively Tased and pepper-sprayed while imprisoned in the Tazewell County Jail has settled his excessive force claim for $95,000. Everett Lewis was arrested and booked into the …
Article • December 20, 2017
$90,000 Settlement in Erie County, N.Y. Jail Wrongful Death Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The estate of a prisoner who died as a result of the alleged negligence of Erie County, NY Jail staff has agreed to settle the case for $90,000. Marguerite Arrindell was held in the …
Article • December 20, 2017
$2,500 Settles New York Man's Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A New York prisoner held at the Five Points Correctional facility has agreed to accept $2,500 to settle a federal lawsuit in which he alleged violations of his civil rights. Bryant Wheeler was a prisoner at …
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