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Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Arkansas County Pays $40,000 To Handicapped Man Raped In Jail by Michael Rigby On May 22, 2006, Saline County, Arkansas, agreed to pay $40,000 to a deaf man who was raped by other prisoners in the Saline County Detention Center. Johnny Jones, a deaf man who is unable to speak, …
Wrongfully Imprisoned D.C. Disabled Man Settles Suit For $1.74 Million by by Michael Rigby The District of Columbia and a private medical provider have agreed to pay $1.74 million to Joseph Heard, a deaf, mute, and mentally disabled man who was wrongfully imprisoned in the D.C. jail for nearly two …
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Order, ASL interpreter sex offender treatment disabled prisoner, 2005
NY DOC Agrees to Comply with A.D.A. by The New York City Department of Corrections (NYDOC) on Rikers Island has entered into a voluntary compliance agreement that requires it to comply with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). A NYDOC prisoner filed a complaint with the United States Attorney for …
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Order awarding atty fees, ASL interpreter sex offender treatment disabled prisoner, 2005
New Jersey County Settles With Imprisoned Deaf Man For $175,000 by On November 20, 2003, Mercer County, New Jersey, agreed to pay $175,000 to a deaf man who was imprisoned at the Mercer County Detention Center (MCDC) without appropriate accommodations and appeared before a county court without an interpreter. The …
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Plf Post-Trial Reply Memo, ASL interpreter sex offender treatment disabled prisoner, 2004
Brief • November 17, 2004
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Plf Post Trial Memo, Inadequate Asl Interpreter, 2004 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY DISTRICT COURT SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Scott A. Bailey, Plaintiff, Case type: Other Civil File Number: C6-03-6996 v. Minnesota Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF'S POST-TRIAL MEMORANDUM Respectfully submitted Minnesota Disability …
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Def Post-Trial Memo, ASL interpreter sex offender treatment disabled prisoner, 2004
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Plf Post-Trial Memo, ASL interpreter sex offender treatment disabled prisoner, 2004
Injunctive Relief Ordered to Fix ADA Violations in California Parole Hearings by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals upheld a December 1999 district court decision (USDC, N.D. Calif.) granting injunctive relief to the class of all California state prisoners and parolees having …
Deaf Michigan Prisoner's ADA/RA Suit Survives Dismissal Challenge by A Michigan District Court has granted in part and denied in part Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) officials' motion to dismiss a state prisoner's suit against MDOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §12101, et. seq., and the …
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Complaint, ASL interpreter sex offender treatment disabled prisoner, 2002
ADA/RA Suit for Sign Language Interpreters Proceeds for Prospective Injunctive Relief by John E Dannenberg ADA/RA Suit For Sign Language Interpreters Proceeds for Prospective Injunctive Relief by John E. Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that a deaf-mute Missouri State prisoner's ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and …
ADA Settlement at Washington Special Commitment Center by Hank Balson By Hank Balson In December 2000, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) settled a lawsuit brought by seven disabled residents of the Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC), the state's civil …
Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in California has approved a sweeping settlement of hearing impaired prisoners' claims in a civil rights, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Rehabilitation Act (RA) class-action suit against the Santa Clara County (California) …
Qualified Immunity Granted for Pre-1996 ADA Violation by The court of appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that it was not clearly established before 1996 that the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA), and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (Rehabilitation Act), apply to state prisoners. As such, the court concluded that prison …
ADA and RA May Require Sign Language Interpreters by Eighth Circuit held that a deaf-mute prisoner stated a prima facie claim against the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) for violations of the Rehabilitation Act (RA) and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for failing to provide him …
Prisoners Entitled to Money Damages and Injunctive Relief under ADA and RA by Prisoners Entitled To Money Damages And Injunctive Relief Under ADA And RA A federal court in Michigan held that prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity for money damages in a deaf prisoner's American Disability Act …
Settlement in Washington State Deaf Prisoners' Lawsuit by Jeff Crollard Aclass action lawsuit was settled on behalf of deaf and hearing-impaired prisoners in Washington State on September 3, 1998. The settlement agreement obligates the Washington State Department of Corrections to provide qualified sign language interpreters and assistive devices, such as …
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