In Oklahoma, Lawsuit Options Limited When Prisoners Claim Constitutional Rights Violations by Quinton Chandler by Quinton Chandler, StateImpact Oklahoma When a private citizen’s civil rights are violated by the government, typically, they have the opportunity to sue, but under a recent Oklahoma Supreme Court decision, that might not be the …
Burke v. Glanz, OK, Final Agreed Judgment, OK, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 615 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 12/02/19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ROBBIE BURKE, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Elliot Earl Williams, …
Bennett v. Carter County, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019 6:17-cv-00289-SPS Document 295 Filed in ED/OK on 09/19/19 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) JEANNE BENNETT, Administrator of the Estate of Michael Manos, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. (1) CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF …
Oklahoma Jail Administrator, Guard Receive 55-Hour Sentence for Prisoner’s Death by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Anthony Dewayne Huff, 58, was arrested in Garfield County, Oklahoma on June 4, 2016 for public intoxication and booked into the Garfield County Detention Facility. Two days later he was put in a restraint …
Oklahoma County Settles Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $350,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 20, 2019, Tulsa County, Oklahoma agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a man who committed suicide while incarcerated in the county’s jail. The suit accused …
Federal Court Caps Attorney Fees in Suit Over Teen Girl Raped in Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2019, a federal district court held that attorney fees in a lawsuit filed by a teenage girl who was repeatedly raped by a guard at the David L. …
Sheriff, Undersheriff and Deputies Resign Over Safety Issues at Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 18, 2019, Terry Sue Barnett, the sheriff of Nowata County, Oklahoma, resigned. So did her undersheriff, all of her deputies and everyone else in the sheriff’s department except for two dispatchers …
PLRA Attorney Fee Award Discussed after Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Awarded $35,001 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna James Jordanoff, a former pre-trial detainee at the Cleveland County Detention Center in Oklahoma, won a $35,001 judgment following a jury trial based on a First Amendment retaliation claim against ex-guard Josh Coffey. …
Oklahoma: Sovereign Immunity Prohibits Lawsuits Over Prisoner Medical Care by Oklahoma’s Supreme Court held on December 4, 2018 that the state is entitled to sovereign immunity to all tort suits, including violations of constitutional rights, arising out of the “operation or maintenance of any prison, jail or correctional facility.” That …
Fourth Circuit: BOP Must Consider State Court’s Designation to Serve Concurrent Federal Sentence by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on December 12, 2018 that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had violated the Court’s earlier mandate when considering a prisoner’s request for nunc pro tunc designation of an …
CoreCivic Bilked Rural Oklahoma Town, Forced to Pay Back Money in Lawsuit by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Located in heartland America in an area historically dominated by the oil and gas industry, the small town of Sayre, Oklahoma recently found itself in the middle of a lawsuit against private …
Cox v. Regalado, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 4:11-cv-00457-JED-FHM Document 373 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 02/20/19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA CAROLYN COX, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Charles Jernegan, Deceased, ) ) ) …
Oklahoma is Number One ... in Incarceration Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a June 2018 report by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), Oklahoma’s incarceration rate has surpassed not only that of every other state in the U.S., but also of almost every other nation. To calculate …
HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2019 6:18-cv-00149-RAW Document 37 Filed in ED/OK on 01/31/19 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not–for–profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 6:18-CV-00149-RAW BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS …
HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2019 6:18-cv-00149-RAW Document 37 Filed in ED/OK on 01/31/19 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not–for–profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 6:18-CV-00149-RAW BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS …
Former Jailhouse Lawyer Bobby Battle Dies at Age 80 by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Former prisoner Bobby Battle, an Oklahoma City native with a sixth-grade education who filed a lawsuit that ultimately led to historic reforms and the desegregation of Oklahoma prisons, died on December 25, 2017 at the …
Oklahoma County Pays $150,000 to Settle Suit Over Jail Suicide by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Nathan Daniel Bradshaw, 32, hung himself at the Tulsa County, Oklahoma jail, five days after his arrest on a bench warrant for a larceny charge, and died shortly thereafter in a Tulsa hospital. Last …
HRDC Sues Oklahoma County Jail for Censoring Books by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, filed a lawsuit on May 9, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma against Pontotoc County and Sheriff John Christian, …
Two Former Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Obtain $3.15 Million Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year, Yancy L. Douglas, 43, and Paris Lapriest Powell, 44, former death row prisoners in Oklahoma, accepted a total $3.15 million settlement in their federal civil rights lawsuits brought against their prosecutor and …
