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$175,000 Awarded to Former California Detainee Whose Suit Prompted DOJ Investigation and Settlement Requiring Structural Changes at Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2021, former San Luis Obispo County Jail detainee Steven J. York was awarded $175,000 to settle a lawsuit that also prompted an investigation of …
Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Illinois Jail Guards Who Relied on Nurse’s Opinion that Detainee Was “Faking” Symptoms Before He Died by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Illinois …
Article • April 26, 2024
Filed under: Advocacy, Default Judgments
Indiana Prisoner Sues Prison Abolition Group, Wins $1,097 Default Judgment by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 28, 2022, an Indiana prisoner was granted a $1,097.00 default judgment against the nonprofit prison abolition group, Critical Resistance, in a state small claims action. Defendant is a longtime prison abolition advocacy …
Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Detainee Suffering Fatal Seizure Might Have Been Faking or Might Have Gotten Better by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a maddening decision issued on January 31, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the denial of qualified immunity (QI) to four …
Article • April 26, 2024
Fourth Circuit Finds No Defamation for Inaccurate Media Reporting of Criminal Record of Former Federal Prisoner in West Virginia by After a 2010 explosion killed 29 miners at a Massey Energy Company coal mine in West Virginia, CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of conspiracy to violate federal mine safety regulations …
Article • April 26, 2024
Fourth Circuit: South Carolina Prisoner’s Bivens Claim Must Detail Unconstitutional Acts of Each Defendant by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart  The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) recognized a limited cause of action for money damages against agents of the federal government in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of …
Article • April 26, 2024
Florida Supreme Court Bans ‘Vexatious’ Prisoner From Filing Further Pro Se Petitions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Florida directed its Clerk to “reject any future pleadings or other requests for relief” submitted by state prisoner Daryl A. Sanders, “unless such …
BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 6, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted two employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in Virginia for allegedly showing deliberate indifference to a prisoner suffering a cardiac emergency that killed him …
Article • April 26, 2024
After Stripping Crucial Jail Services, NYC Splurges on $90,000 in Submachine Guns for Rikers Island Guards by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi According to a purchase order posted online by the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services on June 22, 2023, the city Department of Correction [DOC] paid …
Article • April 26, 2024
Filed under: Employee Litigation
$155 Million Settlement for 10,000 California Prison Guard Supervisors in Wage Lawsuit by David Reutter by David Reutter A California Superior Court on December 9, 2022, preliminarily approved a $155 million settlement for about 10,000 current and retired supervising state prison guards in a long-running lawsuit alleging the California Department …
Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit filed in federal court for the Western District of Arkansas on January 13, 2023, makes a stunning claim: That a man was left to starve to death in jail because …
As ICE Data Errors Persist, GEO Group Cashes In by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University reveal that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to struggle with accurate reporting of the number of migrants it tracks through its …
Brief • April 23, 2024
Porter v. Daggett County, UT, Verdict, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7232 Page 1 of 7 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7233 Page 2 of 7 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7234 Page 3 of 7 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7235 …
Brief • April 23, 2024
Porter v. Daggett, UT, Verdict, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 2024 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7232 Page 1 of 7 THE UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT DISTRJCT OF UTAH DUSTIN LAW PORTER, STEVEN DROLLETTE, JOSHUA ASAY, and JOSHUA OLSEN, SPECIAL VERDICT FORM Case No. 2:18-cv-00389-DBB Plaintiffs, District Judge David Barlow …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Summary Judgment Order, Wrongful Death, 2024 Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino United States District Court for the Central District of California April 22, 2024, Decided; April 22, 2024, Filed 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Reporter 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74108 * Frances Enyart et al. v. …
Brief • April 22, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Harris v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case: 1:24-cv-03215 Document #: 1 Filed: 04/22/24 Page 1 of 39 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION DARIEN HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. __________ CITY OF CHICAGO, Illinois, DEVINN JONES, …
Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 1 of 40 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION Willie Williams, Plaintiff, No.24-cv-367 v. Charles David Ritchey, W. J. Mooneyham, J.R. Starling, the Estate of …
Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 1 of 40 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION Willie Williams, Plaintiff, No.24-cv-367 v. Charles David Ritchey, W. J. Mooneyham, J.R. Starling, the Estate of …
Brief • April 12, 2024
Estate of Brad S Hensley v. Wellpath, LLC, VA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 4:24-cv-00014-TTC-CKM Document 1 Filed 04/12/24 Page 1 of 23 Pageid#: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Danville Division ROBERT HENSLEY and ROBIN HENSLEY, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Brad …
Brief • April 11, 2024
Estate of Arthur Stapler v. Alabama DOC, AL, Complaint, Unlawful Removal of Organs, 2024 DOCUMENT 2 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 4/11/2024 4:16 PM 03-CV-2024-900568.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA GINA J. ISHMAN, CLERK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA BILLY WAYNE STAPLER, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) Case …
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