Suit Over Police Beating of Fort Worth Prisoner Settled for $120,000 by On August 24, 2010, the City of Fort Worth, Texas agreed to settle a former prisoner’s civil rights suit for $120,000. Carey Cass Hudson, then 38, was arrested by Fort Worth police officer F.V. Anderson on June 14, …
Deaths at Texas Jail Reveal Health Care Deficiencies by When Amy Lynn Cowling, 33, was arrested for speeding and outstanding misdemeanor theft warrants, no one expected that she would receive the death penalty. But Cowling never even had the opportunity to present her case to a judge or jury; five …
Texas Prisoner’s Denial of Dentures Claim Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part by Fifth Circuit by Nicolas Marquez, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisoner held at the Polunsky Unit, has no teeth. He requested dentures but the request was denied because his Body Mass Index (BMI) was too …
Morris v. Dallas County, TX, 2nd Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - ADA, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00527-K Document 40 Filed 12/16/11 Page 1 of 14 PageID 204 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION ARTHUR MORRIS and BEVERLY MORRIS, Individually and as Representative of the …
Texas State Auditor Blasts UTMB, Texas Tech Prisoner Health Care Costs by Medical care for more than 150,000 prisoners in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is contracted out to two state university medical systems – the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and Texas Tech University …
Texas State Bar, Exonerated Ex-Prisoners File Suit Against Attorney Over Fees by The State Bar of Texas has filed a lawsuit against Lubbock attorney Kevin Glasheen, alleging that he grossly overcharged clients in violation of the Bar’s Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Glasheen, who represents over a dozen exonerated former …
$1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit by On March 31, 2011, a man who had been falsely convicted of burglary, rape and sexual abuse accepted a $1 million settlement after being exonerated by DNA evidence. Donald Wayne Good filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit in …
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Sexual Abuse of Female Detainees at CCA Facility in Texas by A guard at a privately-run immigration detention facility in Texas has pleaded guilty to sexually molesting numerous female immigration detainees while they were being transported to the bus station or airport for release. The facility, …
Texas Jail Guards Smuggle Contraband in Tacos, Ramen Noodles by When Bexar County jail guard Alfred Casas, 32, agreed to bring some tacos to prisoner Jacob Keller in violation of jail rules, he probably didn’t think much of it. That changed when the tacos contained hacksaw blades intended for use …
Court's Sanctions for BOP's Refusal to Discuss Settlement Vacated by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's sanctions against two Assistant U.S. Attorney's for not making good faith settlement discussions. The plaintiff/prisoner collided with an unpadded pole while pursuing a fly ball during a softball game at …
Settlement Payments for Work Related Injuries Do Not Begin Until After Release from Prison by Settlement payments for work related injuries do not begin until after release from federal custody, U.S. magistrate Judge Brain Owsley held in April 30, 2008. On March 21, 1997, Jerry L. Thompson, a federal prisoner, …
U.S. Supreme Court Defines Prevailing Party for § 1988 Purposes by U.S. Supreme Court Defines Prevailing Party for § 1988 Purposes The U.S. Supreme Court held that the touchstone of the prevailing party inquiry must be the material alteration of the legal relationship of the parties in a manner that …
Texas: Dismissal of Prisoner’s Property Confiscation Claim Reversed Where TDCJ Contraband Rule “Not Unambiguous” by In February 2010, the Court of Appeals of Texas (Waco) reversed in part a trial court’s order dismissing as frivolous a prisoner’s suit alleging that prison officials wrongfully confiscated and thus converted his personal property …
Doe v. Neveleff, TX, Complaint, ICE Detainee Sexual Abuse, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00907 Document 1 Filed 10/19/11 Page 1 of 76 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION SARAH DOE; KIMBERLY DOE; and RAQUEL DOE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. …
Louisiana Sex Offender Agrees to Surgical Castration by David Reutter What should be done with sex offenders who are not prison guards, cops or priests is an emotionally-charged issue. Most states have adopted some form of civil commitment, but others have adopted the more drastic option of chemical and surgical …
News In Brief: by Alaska: On June 29, 2011, a federal pretrial detainee, Sabil Mujahid, 54, was convicted of a dozen charges related to raping and threatening three other prisoners at the Anchorage Correctional Center. Mujahid was accused of preying on smaller, younger prisoners who had cognitive disabilities. He was …
Life and Death in a Cold, Lonely Cell by Sid Hawk Byrd Sid Hawk Byrd | November 16, 2007 | Features I sit in a prison cell. It's only 5 feet wide. I can stretch out my arms and place both palms flat against the walls. There is a 6-foot …
Texas Prisoner States Arguable 1983 Claim by Asserting That He Was Forced to Walk to Shower Undressed in Winter by John Michael Withrow, a Texas state prisoner was forced to walk 400 feet to the shower, wearing only his underwear during the winter months. He filed suit in federal district …
Fifth Circuit: Texas DNA Testing Motion Tolls Federal Habeas Limitations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 14, 2007, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals ruled that a post-conviction DNA testing motion filed pursuant to Chapter 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (C.C.P.) tolled the one-year limitations …
Texas Parolee Has Right to Preliminary Revocation Hearing Despite New Charges by On October 3, 2007, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a Texas parolee has a right to a preliminary parole revocation hearing even if the parolee is imprisoned awaiting trial on a new charge. Jesse Richard …
