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Follow the Money: Invisible Investors Seek Big Bucks in Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore by James Kilgore and Brian Dolinar, Truthout When authorities booked Richard Murphy into the jail in Monterey, California on January 18, 2013, the war veteran likely never envisioned ending up being back in court months later, not …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court’s ruling that required eight former prisoners to repay a company that purchased a contingent portion …
Article • November 17, 2015
Kansas: District Court Holds for Plaintiffs in County Jail Mailing Issues by Kansas: District Court Holds for Plaintiffs in County Jail Mailing Issues On March 25, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment rights …
Lacy v. Butts, IN, Class Certification, Sex Offender Management Program 5th Am, 2015 Case 1:13-cv-00811-RLY-DML Document 93 Filed 09/30/15 Page 1 of 15 PageID #: 1088 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DONALD LACY, Petitioner, vs. KEITH BUTTS, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Dockery v. Epps, MS, Opinion and Order, Def Motion to Exclude Expert, Plain Motion for Class Cert, 2015 Case 3:13-cv-00326-WHB-JCG Document 257 Filed 09/29/15 Page 1 of 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION JERMAINE DOCKERY, ET AL. PLAINTIFFS MICHAEL COMBS, EDDIE …
Ninth Circuit: Plata Doesn’t Bar Individual Injunctive Relief Claims; $26,000 Settlement by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Plata Doesn’t Bar Individual Injunctive Relief Claims; $26,000 Settlement by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Ap­peals has held that an individual California prisoner’s medical care injunctive relief claims are not barred by …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Lawsuit Against Missouri Jail Proceeds as Two Guards Plead Guilty by Lawsuit Against Missouri Jail Proceeds as Two Guards Plead Guilty   Attorneys representing current and former prisoners at the city workhouse in St. Louis, Missouri are moving forward with a federal lawsuit that alleges cruel and unusual punishment at …
T.R. V. South Carolina DOC, SC, Judgment, 2014 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) ) COUNTY OF RICHLAND ) ) T.R., P.R., and K.W., on behalf of ) themselves and others similarly situated; ) and Protection and Advocacy for People ) with Disabilities, Inc., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Montana Jail Fresh Air/Exercise Lawsuit Certified as Class Action, Then Settles by The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana granted class certification in a lawsuit alleging that the Missoula County Detention Facility (MCDF) deprives prisoners of fresh air and outdoor exercise. Following the class certification, the suit settled …
Seventh Circuit Upholds CCA’s Victory in Indiana Jail Conditions Suit by On September 14, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s class certification and summary judgment orders in a jail conditions case involving the Marion County Correctional Center (MCCC) in Indianapolis, Indiana, also known as the …
White v. Lynch, FL, Decision on Class Complaint, Sexual Harassment Female Guards, 2013 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION MIAMI DISTRICT OFFICE HEARINGS UNIT DECISION In the Complaint of Taronica White, Et al., v. EEOC Case No. 510-2012-00077X Eric Holder, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau …
Bacote v. FBOP, CO, Complaint - Treatment Inmates With Mental Illness With Exhibits (2012) Case 1:12-cv-01570 Document 1 Filed 06/18/12 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 108 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. MICHAEL BACOTE, HAROLD CUNNINGHAM, JOHN W. NARDUCCI, JR., JEREMY PINSON, …
Class Certified in Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at CCA-operated Indiana Jail, but Case Dismissed on Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Indiana federal district court certified a class and allowed claims to proceed that challenged unsafe conditions, lack of medical privacy and an alleged incentive scheme that …
Illinois DOC Control Unit Case Certified as Class Action by An Illinois federal court certified a suit related to prisoner confinement in an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) maximum security unit as a class action. Thirty-two past and present prisoners of the Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms) maximum security unit brought …
Article • May 15, 2012
Federal Court Certifies Class in Lawsuit Challenging Adequacy of Safeguards Provided To Mentally Incompetent Aliens in Immigration Proceedings by In November 2011, the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, certified a class in a suit alleging a systemic failure on the part of …
Article • May 15, 2012
California Immigrant Shackling Case Certified as Class Action by A California federal court granted class certification in a case challenging a blanket policy and practice of shackling civil immigration detainees who appear in immigration court. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) "have implemented …
Federal Court Rules on Exhaustion Issues for Joined Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Against CCA by On October 18, 2010, an Idaho federal court held that prisoners who were subjected to confusing rules and advice from prison officials regarding how to raise grievance issues had adequately exhausted their administrative remedies when they …
Article • November 15, 2011
Class Certification of Dental Claims against Cook County Denied by U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber denied class certification to a group of current and former pretrial detainees suing the Cook County Jail for inadequate dental care. Vincent Smith and several other current and former Cook County pretrial detainees sued …
Tenth Circuit Vacates Class Certification in Jail Conditions Suit; Case Settles Following Remand by Mark Wilson On February 4, 2009, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a Colorado sheriff’s interlocutory appeal challenging a class certification order and remanded the case for further proceedings, where it eventually settled in April …
Class Certification Denied in Colorado Jail Mental Health Challenge by Mark Wilson The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of class-action certification in a lawsuit concerning mental health care at a Colorado jail. Several prisoners at the El Paso County Jail filed suit in federal court in …
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