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Publication • 2022
Civil Rights Litigation-Effective Communication, July 2022 WHITE PAPER SERIES Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits: Effective Communication with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Low Vision Incarcerated People white paper series Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits: Effective Communication with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Low Vision Incarcerated People JULY 2022 …
Article • May 16, 2022
South Carolina DOC Coughs Up $920,000 for Prison’s Water and Sewer Bill by Ashleigh Dye By Ashleigh Dye In October 2021, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $920,000 to settle a four-year-old lawsuit filed against the small town of Ridgeland after it threatened to cut off water and …
Mitchell Hamline School of Law-The Sex Offense Litigation and Policy, 2022 MITCHELL HAMLINE Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center SORNA 2022: A Guide for Practitioners to New Federal SORNA Regulations Effective January 7, 2022 The Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center (SOLPRC) at Mitchell Hamline School of Law …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Washington State Supreme Court Holds that Denying Wheelchair-Bound Prisoner Access to Water and Toilet Facilities Violates State Constitution by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney In an opinion issued on October 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled that holding wheelchair-bound prisoner Robert Rufus Williams in a cell that lacked …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
DOJ Reaches Settlement Over Disability Access With Vermont Prison System by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On October 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement with the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) to remedy conditions in state prisons that fail to comply with the Americans with …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Tenth Circuit Says Disabled Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Rather Than Bathroom Pass May Deserve Damages Under ADA by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In an opinion issued on September 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled the federal district court in Colorado erred in …
Brief • April 14, 2022
Congress v. State of Vermont, VT, Settlement Agreement, Failure to Treat/Reasonable Accommodation, 2022 F C O O R N IN FI D CA EN M TI E AL RA ED C U D O PR EV IE W R F C O O R N IN FI D CA EN …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Louisiana State Prison (LSP) in Angola, Louisiana, was found “deliberately indifferent” to the Eighth Amendment rights of its nearly 6,400 prisoners to receive competent medical care, according …
Second Circuit Holds N.Y. Prisoner’s Short-Term Injury May Qualify As Disability under ADA by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 30, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a district court’s finding that a New York prisoner’s knee injury did not qualify …
Article • February 19, 2022
$35,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Amputee Prisoner Who Slipped Off Crutches in Jail Shower Not Outfitted for the Disabled by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman An agreement was reached on December 5, 2018, in which Santa Clara County, California, agreed to pay $35,000 to an amputee who slipped …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner’s Tort Claim Against BOP Officials by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held on August 23, 2021, that a district court erred in dismissing a former federal prisoner’s intentional tort claims. The former prisoner, Bryan Kerr Dickson, …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Feds Declare Long COVID a Disability Under ADA, RA and ACA by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The COVID-19 pandemic is now a well-known, world-wide fact of life. Less well known is a lingering set of aftereffects that afflict some people infected with the disease, which the medical establishment has …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Declaration of Corene T. Kendrick, Destruction of Evidence, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4188 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Victoria López (Bar No. 330042)* Jared G. Keenan (Bar No. 027068) ACLU FOUNDATION …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Exhibits to the Declaration of Corene T. Kendrick, Destruction of Evidence, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4188-1 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 81 Index of Exhibits to the Declaration of Corene T. Kendrick Exhibit Description 1 A true and correct copy of an email from Corene Kendrick …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Motion for Sanctions, Destruction of Evidence, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4187 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Victoria López (Bar No. 330042)* Jared G. Keenan (Bar No. 027068) ACLU FOUNDATION OF …
Brief • November 8, 2021
Disability Rights Florida v. Florida Dept of Corrections, FL, Settlement,ADA Compliance, 2021 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEON, FLORIDA DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA, INC., CASE NO.: 2019-CA-2825 Plaintiff, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, an agency of the State of Florida, Defendant. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT The …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Second Circuit Reversed Dismissal of Former BOP Prisoner’s FTCA Claim Against Dentist by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a former federal prisoner’s complaint brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The court concluded that a state rule …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Immunity of Federal Prison Guards Under FTCA, Even for Blatant Unconstitutional Acts by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a move that surprised few, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit went against the grain of almost every other court and held on June 9, …
Brief • October 29, 2021
USA v. Connections Community Support, DE, Consent Judgment, Medicare Fraud, 2021 Case 1:19-cv-00475-CFC Document 55 Filed 10/29/21 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 1190 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE, ex rel. MALIKA SPRUILL and DOUGLAS …
Settlement Agreement Between USA and VT Dept of Corrections Under the ADA 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, DJ # 204-78-44 I. BACKGROUND & JURISDICTION 1. The parties (“Parties”) to this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) are the …
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