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Wrongful Death Case Against New York Jail Settles for $101,500 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Lucky Lee Wilkins, Jr., who suffered from depression, committed suicide while in the custody of the Schenectady County jail in New York on May 28, 2014. His family filed suit alleging civil rights violations, …
Racially Motivated Traffic Stop and Arrest by Texas Police Leads to Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis     After police in Brownsville, Texas, arrested a man for drunk driving and running a red light when tests showed that he was not intoxicated, the man sued for racially motivated …
Pro Se Rhode Island Prisoner Wins First Amendment Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Edward McCable, a Rhode Island prisoner housed in the High Security Center (HSC) at the state’s Adult Correctional Institution, successfully sued the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RI DOC) for restricting his access to religious …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Ohio: $75,000 Settlement Reached after 60-Year-Old Woman Body Slammed by Jail Guard by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit filed by an elderly woman who suffered injuries after being slammed to the floor by a jail guard has ended in a settlement, and the guard disciplined. Marsha Pate-Strickland …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Confusion Over Insanity Defense Leads One Jury to Issue Two Verdicts in Triple Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A jury’s decision that a defendant on trial for murder was mentally ill but should go to prison led a judge to initially withhold judgment in the case. Dan Popp, …
$437,500 Settlement for Brutal Beating at Missouri Jail by A pretrial detainee who was brutally beaten without cause by guards at Missouri’s Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC) accepted $437,500 to settle his civil rights suit. James J. Ramirez was being held in the medical wing at JCDC after his arrest …
Arrest of War Protesters in Seattle Leads to Civil Rights Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis      Three attendees of a 2006 march against the war in Iraq held in Seattle, Washington, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which they claimed their arrests violated their civil rights.      On …
Whistleblowing Angola Prisoner Who Faced Retaliation Wins Relief, Redemption by William Kissinger was “widely regarded as a positive leader at Angola by both prisoners and staff” over the 27 years he spent at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. That is, until corrections officials became incensed with the content of his email …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
$14.3 Million Settlement for Probationers Subject to Extortion by Private Company by Pathways (formerly Providence) Community Corrections (PCC) and officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over predatory practices by the for-profit probation company. The $14.3 million settlement provides compensation for nearly 30,000 people who were …
Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Court Certifies Class of Missouri Prisoners Denied Hepatitis C Treatment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2017 (two days before World Hepatitis Day), the ACLU of Missouri and the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) announced the certification of a class of Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoners who …
Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
New York Issues New Solitary Confinement Rules for Local Jails Amid Lawsuits, $5 Million Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On October 17, 2017, the New York Commission of Correction issued new rules governing the treatment of prisoners held in solitary confinement in local jails. The rules came in …
Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Tennessee: New Trial Ordered in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Case by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 5, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a lawsuit over the death of 33-year-old Charles “Jason” Toll – a prisoner who died in 2010 after being forcibly …
Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Prison Mailbox Rule Applied to South Carolina Prisoner’s Late PCR Petition by In an August 16, 2017 ruling, the South Carolina Supreme Court held that if a petitioner presents a valid equitable tolling defense for filing a post-conviction relief (PCR) petition beyond the statute of limitations, the limitations period “shall …
Judge Threatens Arizona Officials with Contempt Over Inadequate Prisoner Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 10, 2017, a federal district court in Arizona issued an order requiring officials with the Department of Corrections (DOC) to show cause why they should not be held in contempt …
California: Defendants’ Repeated Discovery Obstruction Sanctioned in Guard Sex Abuse Case by On June 5, 2017, a California federal district court imposed sanctions against prison officials for destroying a warden’s personnel file and concealing or misrepresenting his involuntary termination and the existence of personnel file documents. The court granted the …
Filing • May 4, 2018
HRDC v. BOP, D.C., Complaint, FOIA Request, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01064-JEB Document 1 Filed 05/04/18 Page 1 of 9 U N I T E D S TAT E S D I S C T R I C T C O U RT F O R T H E D I S …
Filing • May 3, 2018
HRDC v. GEO Group, VT, Complaint, Public Records, 2018 ~ , ' -' STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Lt.: . . ;. , · Washington Unit Human Rights Defense Center, a not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff Case No.: d- 1;}. - S- l <;S LJ\/\W v. GEO Group, Inc., Defendant. …
Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 1 Filed 04/26/18 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, individually and ) as personal representative of the Estate of ) ) Otto Warmbier, ) …
Article • April 23, 2018
Reason for Missing Deadline Did Not Reach Level of Excusable Neglect by David Reutter by David Reutter The First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the plaintiff’s failure to oppose the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a timely fashion could not be considered excusable neglect. Patrick Skrabec was arrested …
Spinelli v. City of New York et al, NY, Amended Complaint, Rikers, Sexual Abuse, 2018 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed 05/03/18 Page 1 of 19 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed 05/03/18 Page 2 of 19 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed 05/03/18 Page 3 of 19 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed …
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