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Article • June 16, 2018
Wrongfully Deported California Permanent Resident Granted Retrial by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis     Jose Luis Tapia-Fierro, who was a legal permanent resident of California when he was deported after a conviction of involuntary manslaughter, was granted the right to appeal his deportation decision even after waiving his appeal …
Corrections Corporation of America Settles Medical Neglect Suit with Louisiana Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  Emmett Ellerbe, a prisoner at Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center who was allegedly denied adequate medical treatment, reached a settlement with the prison, the warden and the medical staff. The terms of the agreement …
Buffkin v. Hooks, NC, Complaint, Hep C Treatment in Prison, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 1:18-cv-502 LLOYD BUFFKIN, KIM CALDWELL, and ROBERT PARHAM, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. ERIK HOOKS, individually and in his …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Settlement in Lawsuit Over Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The family of a prisoner who died at a Richland Heights, Missouri jail after untreated deep vein thrombosis caused a fatal pulmonary embolism has settled a lawsuit brought against the jail, two hospitals and hospital employees. …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Settlement after Connecticut Police Chief’s Son Assaults Handcuffed Prisoner by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 1, 2010, Pedro Temich was arrested in Meriden, Connecticut. He was taken to jail, where video cameras recorded officer Evan Cossette pushing Temich, who was handcuffed and not resisting. Temich fell, hitting the …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Idaho DOC and Corizon Held in Contempt in Long-standing Lawsuit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) and its contracted private medical care provider, Corizon Health, were held in contempt of consent orders entered in 1984 and 2014 in a class-action suit. The original November …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Ohio: Federal Lawsuit Over Jail Beating Settles for $70,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit alleging various constitutional and state law violations related to the beating of a jail detainee in Euclid City, Ohio settled in October 2017 for $70,000. On January 14, 2015, Lucille Dumas was …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Ninth Circuit Orders Sealing of Court Documents that Reveal Informant by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 12, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to seal all documents related to the lower sentence he received because he informed …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Indiana County Pays $28,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell LaPorte County, Indiana has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former prisoner who claimed county jailers used excessive force against him. The suit, filed by Marcin Kulbacki, alleged that guards at the …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Federal Civil Rights Suit for California Jail Beating Settles for $100,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In September 2017, Derek Connor, incarcerated at the Placer County jail in Auburn, California, filed a federal lawsuit against the county and numerous deputies and jail employees over an unprovoked beating and other …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Ohio: $275,000 Settlement in Jail Detainee’s Suicide by A $275,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit over the March 5, 2015 suicide of a pretrial detainee at Ohio’s Fairfield County Jail. It was the second settlement related to a suicide at the facility since 2009. Jesse Whitlatch, 32, was arrested …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
$100,000 Settlement in Suit Over Hawaii Guard’s Sexual Assault of Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State of Hawaii and a former prison guard have each agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a female prisoner who was sexually assaulted. Stormy Rae Smith was serving …
Brief • June 7, 2018
Restore Justice Foundation v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2018 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 6/7/2018 2:03 PM 2018-CH-07241 CALENDAR: 11 PAGE I of 11 CIRCUIT COURT OF IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY ILLIN~ COUNTY, ILLINOIS ' . 'CT1ANCERYDIVISION COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVIISIO~LERK DOROTHY BROWN RESTORE JUSTICE FOUNDATION, ) ) …
Lawsuit Over Rikers Island Suicide Settles for $380,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In July 2017, the family of a man who killed himself while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City agreed to settle their wrongful death suit for $380,000. Aris Hiraldo, a …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
Numerous Deaths, Sealed Settlements in North Carolina Jails by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After two North Carolina prisoners died in county jails, lawsuits filed by their families resulted in settlements. Under state law, the details of those agreements should have been public record; in fact, in the absence …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
PLN Postcard-only Suit Against Knox County, Tennessee Settles for $87,000 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 4, 2018, Prison Legal News settled a lawsuit over unconstitutional mail policies at a jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. The complaint centered around the censorship of 147 pieces of mail sent to prisoners …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Accidents
Wrongful Death Suit Against Tennessee Town Settles for $6,000 by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin A $1 million lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died at the city jail in Kingsport, Tennessee following a 2015 DUI arrest settled on February 28, 2017 for just $6,000. Judy Honaker …
Filing • May 22, 2018
Prison Legal News v. Florida DOC, censorship appellate ruling 2018 Case: 15-14220 Date Filed: 05/17/2018 Page: 1 of 48 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-14220 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 4:12-cv-00239-MW-CAS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, A project of the Human Rights Defense Center, …
Article • May 18, 2018
California Department of Corrections Settles for $96,300 and Agreement to Provide Disabled Access by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Derrick Saenz-Payne, a physically disabled visitor at the California Corrections Center, accepted a settlement of $96,300 for having to struggle with the facility's numerous accessibility problems. The settlement included an agreement …
Article • May 18, 2018
Wiccan Prisoner Gains Right to Religious Practices within California Prisons by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis William Rouser, a prisoner in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison system and a practicing Wiccan, received a favorable settlement, after the state reneged upon the first one, in which he is …
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