$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim by A Michigan federal district court awarded a $493.80 default judgement on October 29, 2020, to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive use of force by guards at Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The …
Michigan Supreme Court Holds Convicted Prisoner Entitled to Pre-Trial Jail Time Credit by On July 27, 2021, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled en banc that pre-trial detainees are entitled to jail time credit if they were unable to make bond except for jail time served after a parole revocation warrant …
Michigan Department of Corrections Settles Discriminatory Employment Claims by On June 3rd, 2021, a Michigan federal court approved a settlement agreement resolving discriminatory employment practice claims that the United States government brought against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Twenty-eight female guards at the Woman’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) …
Michigan Prisoner’s Corizon Suit Dismissed Due to “Morass of Irrelevancies” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights complaint because it was filled with “pages of irrelevant and unspecific allegations.” The Court said that in drafting a …
Klenke v. Cunningham, MI, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00193-PLM-PJG ECF No. 26, PageID.156 Filed 11/12/21 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION KRISTY KLENKE, Case No. Plaintiff, Hon. vs. MARIO CUNNINGHAM, KATHY WARNER, GREG SKIPPER, and STEVE BARBER, in their individual capacities, …
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 …
Michigan DOC Eases Up on Pregnant Prisoners, Limits Shackles and Solitary Confinement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under a new policy announced on October 19, 2021, pregnant prisoners held by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MIDOC) will be restrained less and will also have more time to spend with …
Bulthouse v. Muskegon County, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00281-PLM-SJB ECF No. 34, PageID.361 Filed 10/22/21 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN JOHN BULTHOUSE Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Paul Bulthouse, Deceased PLAINTIFF -vs- CORRECTED PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO APPROVE …
Harper v. Arkesteyn, MI, Complaint, Prison Classification, 2021 Case 2:19-cv-11106-GCS-DRG ECF No. 63, PageID.399 Filed 10/12/21 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN WILLIE HARPER, JR. #932428, Plaintiff, No. 2:19-cv-11106-AJT-DRG v HON. ARTHUR J. TARNOW MAG. JUDGE DAVID R. GRAND DAVID ARKESTEYN, ADRIANE FOSTER, BRENDA …
Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2021 Case 2:19-cv-12193-DML-EAS ECF No. 182, PageID.5213 Filed 10/07/21 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CAROL HERRIGES, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF DIETER HERRIGES-LOVE, deceased, v. Plaintiff, Case …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …
Criminal Justice System Encourages Racism According to MIT Study by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Michigan Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Economics professor Peter Temin released a report last April titled “Mass Incarceration Retards Racial Integration.” He says that it was systemic racial prejudice which initiated the move toward …
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 9, 2021, a former guard at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that he had sexual intercourse with a prisoner in the laundry room at the women’s prison west of Tuscaloosa. According to the Birmingham …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Retaliation Suit by Pro Se Michigan Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a grant of summary judge to a prison official in a lawsuit alleging a prisoner was retaliated against for filling a grievance. It also …
Court Orders In-Person Inspection of Michigan Facility to Determine COVID-19 Policy Compliance by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An in-person inspection of the Calhoun County Correctional Facility (CCCF) to determine if it is compliant with COVID-19 policies was ordered by a Michigan federal district court. “Through filings submitted as …
DOJ Settlement Between USA and Michigan DOC, Right to Religious Worship, 2021 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (“AGREEMENT”) I. 1. INTRODUCTION On December 10, 2019, the United States began an investigation into the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) pursuant to the Religious Land Use …
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
Report Calls for the End of Solitary Confinement at Michigan Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) houses over 3,200 prisoners in solitary confinement at any given time, according to a report, “Solitary: The Family Experience,” released in February of this year by the …
