Jarvis v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC, CO, Rebuttal Report, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 Thomas D. Fowlkes, M.D. Re: Jarvis v. Wellpath, 20-cv-2028 Mr. Sargent, You asked me to review the reports and other documentation provided by plaintiff as part of their expert witness disclosures. I have reviewed all of …
Colorado Supreme Court Holds Governor Is Appropriate Defendant in Cases Involving State Constitutional Responsibility by The Colorado Supreme Court has decided “that the Governor is an appropriate defendant in cases involving ‘his constitutional responsibility to uphold laws of the state and to oversee Colorado’s executive agencies.’” The Court’s February 1, …
Covid-19 Pandemic Bumps Still Anemic Clemency Numbers by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health and penology experts have urged state and federal governments to depopulate their prison systems. State governors remain under increasing pressure to use their executive clemency powers to achieve this …
$281,000 Awarded to Colorado Prisoner Retaliated Against for Grievances by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 14, 2020, a federal judge in Colorado refused to set aside a judgment for a state prisoner who won $180,002 the year before when a jury agreed that guards retaliated against him …
Colorado Using SWIFT but Cheap Wildlands Firefighters by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For many years PLN has reported on prison systems across the nation like those in Arkansas and Texas that pay prisoners nothing for the work they are required to perform. Others, like Louisiana, pay only pennies per …
Epps v. City and County Denver, CO, Rebuttal Expert Report of Norman Stamper, Excessive Force-Protesting, 2021 CONTAINS REFERENCE TO MATERIALS DESIGNATED AS CONFIDENTIAL IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO Civil Action Nos. 1:20-cv-01878-RBJ & 1:20-cv-01922-RBJ-MEH (consolidated) ELISABETH EPPS, et al. Plaintiffs, v. CITY AND …
Epps v. City and County of Denver, CO, Rebuttal Expert Report of Dr. Edward R. Maguire, Excessive Force-Protesting, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO Civil Action Nos. 1:20-cv-01878-RBJ & 1:20-cv-01922-RBJ-MEH (consolidated) ELISABETH EPPS, et al. Plaintiffs, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, et …
Jarvis v. Wellpath, CO, Expert Report Thomas Fowlkes, Medical Neglect, 2021 Thomas D. Fowlkes, M.D. Re: Jarvis v. Wellpath, 20-cv-2028 Mr. Sargent, You asked me to review documents pertaining to the lawsuit brought by Mr. Jarvis against Wellpath and individual health care providers as well as the Mesa County Sheriff. …
Jarvis v. Wellpath, CO, Rule 26 Expert Report, Denial of Medical Care, 2021 Thomas D. Fowlkes, M.D. Re: Jarvis v. Wellpath, 20-cv-2028 Mr. Sargent, You asked me to review documents pertaining to the lawsuit brought by Mr. Jarvis against Wellpath and individual health care providers as well as the Mesa …
Jarvis v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC, CO, Rule 26 Report, Denial of Medical Care, 2021 Thomas D. Fowlkes, M.D. Re: Jarvis v. Wellpath, 20-cv-2028 Mr. Sargent, You asked me to review documents pertaining to the lawsuit brought by Mr. Jarvis against Wellpath and individual health care providers as well as …
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
Forced Shaving of Muslim Colorado Prisoner’s Beard Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Colorado prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a guard violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by forcing him to shave off his …
Colorado Jail Blows Through $16 Million in COVID Relief Money, Has Outbreak Anyway, Settles ACLU Conditions Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Colorado’s El Paso County Jail, the state’s largest jail, received almost $16 million in federal funds to cover costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It used …
Jarvis v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC, CO, Minute Order,Prison Condition, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-02028-RMR-GPG Document 98 Filed 09/27/21 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Gordon P. Gallagher, United States Magistrate Judge Civil Case No. 20-CV-02028-RMR-GPG JAMES JARVIS, Plaintiff, v. CORRECT …
Investigation of the Aurora Police Department and Aurora Fire Rescue, 2021 Investigation of the Aurora Police Department and Aurora Fire Rescue September 15, 2021 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 1 2. Scope of Investigation and Methodology ............................................................................. 4 3. 2.1. Basis for Investigative Authority and Reason for Investigation …
Epps v. City and County of Denver, CO, Expert Report of Dr. Edward R. Maguire, Excessive Force- Protesting, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO Civil Action Nos. 1:20-cv-01878-RBJ & 1:20-cv-01922-RBJ-MEH (consolidated) ELISABETH EPPS, et al. Plaintiffs, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, et …
Federal Judge Rejects BOP’s Attempts to Keep Videos of Force-Feeding Prisoners at ADX Secret by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal judge has rejected attempts by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to keep videos of staff force-feeding a prisoner on a hunger strike at the Administrative Maximum Facility …
Epps v. City and County Denver, CO, Expert Report of Norman Stamper, Excessive Use of Force, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO Civil Action Nos. 1:20-cv-01878-RBJ & 1:20-cv-01922-RBJ-MEH (consolidated) ELISABETH EPPS, et al. Plaintiffs, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, et al., Defendants …
Coronavirus Lockdowns in Prisons Test Limits of Colorado’s Rules on Solitary Confinement by John Herrick by John Herrick, The Colorado Trust Last summer, Matthew Harter, a 50-year-old from Lakewood, Colo., was incarcerated at Centennial Correctional Facility South, a prison in Cañon City, when he started to have trouble breathing. Harter …
Colorado Grants COVID-19-Related Clemencies by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon COVID-19 has been particularly virulent in Colorado’s relatively small prison system. In the months between April 2020 and January 21, 2021, over 1,400 prisoners tested positive for coronavirus at the Sterling Correctional Facility alone. Nine of those men did not …
