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Sixth Circuit Refuses Michigan Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Despite Guard’s Conviction for Battery by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 16, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Michigan prisoner’s lawsuit with an outrageous-­sounding opinion that a guard “may have violated …
Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard by by David M. Reutter On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Four TDCJ Guards Resign, Seven Suspended for Beating Handcuffed Prisoner Into Coma by After allegedly attacking one guard on September 5, 2023, Texas prisoner Kiheem Grant, 48, was brutally beaten by a group of 11 more, four of whom have now resigned from the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). …
Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far by Douglas Ankney, Casey Bastian by Douglas Ankney and Casey J. Bastian A spate of jail deaths in California’s San Bernardino County dating back to 2017 has led to at least four legal settlements …
Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit by In a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Middle District of Alabama on December 12, 2023, a group of state prisoners accused the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) of denying them release so that the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 13, 2023, Kendall Brian Morgan, 45, a former undersheriff in Oklahoma’s LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison, followed by 36 months of …
Sixth Circuit Revives Suit by Pregnant Mentally Ill Michigan Detainee Allegedly Kicked in Her Womb by Jail Guard, Losing Baby by On July 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit deemed testimony by a pregnant mentally ill detainee no less credible than that of her Michigan …
BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A report on July 6, 2023, from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs (WLCCR&UA) exposed abuses suffered by prisoners at the hands of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to an Oklahoma jail guard because a reasonable jury could find …
In Suit Over Connecticut Prisoner’s Death, Attorney General Will No Longer Represent Guard Convicted of Assault by On August 20, 2023, Connecticut newspapers reported that state Attorney General William Tong (D) announced his office would no longer defend a former state prison guard convicted of assaulting a prisoner in a …
Brief • January 23, 2024
Fry v. Stammitti, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 Case: 1:24-cv-00126-BMB Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/23/24 1 of 28. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JEFFREY FRY c/o Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP 1001 Lakeside Avenue East, Suite 1700 Cleveland, OH 44114 Plaintiff, vs. …
Former Florida Guard Gets Five Years for Fatal Assault on Mentally Ill Prisoner by A former Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) guard at Lake Correctional Institution (LCI) was sentenced on October 20, 2023, to five years in state prison for killing a mentally ill prisoner. That was after another prisoner …
Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail by Eight employees were arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail in 2023, including guard Jalen Clausel. He was taken in five days after Sheriff Levon Allen said the guard let four detainees assault a fifth on October 28, 2023. None of the …
$9,000 Settlement for Florida Prisoner’s Retaliation and Excessive Force Claims Against Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 28, 2023, Florida prisoner Quincy Williams reached a settlement with the state and its Department of Corrections (DOC), which agreed to pay him $9,000 to resolve claims he was …
“Brushed It Under the Rug”: Investigation Refutes Florida Sheriff’s Story About Jail Detainee’s Death by On September 8, 2022, Carl Harper, Jr. died in Florida’s Lee County Jail, a day after his arrest. A press statement five days later from the office of the county Sheriff (LCSO), Carmine Marceno, and …
Brief • December 29, 2023
Taylor v. The State of New York, NY, Verified Claim, Assault and Battery, 2023 CLAIM NO. E23-5142 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/29/2023 NEW YORK STATE COURT OF CLAIMS EUGENE TAYLOR, Claimant, VERIFIED CLAIM -againstClaim No.: E23-5142 THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent. Claimant, Eugene Tay !or, appearing through …
Nebraska Watchdog Calls Use of Force Against Mentally Ill Prisoner Excessive and Unnecessary by On May 2, 2023, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) released its investigation into a disturbance at Tecumseh State Correctional Facility nearly two years earlier, during which …
New York State Struggles to Hold Prison Guards Accountable for Abuse by An investigation published by The Marshall Project on May 19, 2023, examined the struggle by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to hold its guards accountable for abusing state prisoners. Over a span …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
$40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained by On March 1, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Ohio granted dismissal of a suit brought by a former Cincinnati jail detainee after she accepted a $40,000 settlement from the Hamilton County Board of County …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Suit Against Delaware DOC Advances With 39 Prisoner Plaintiffs and 40 Defendants by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 17, 2023, lawyers for a group of 39 current and former prisoners at Delaware’s Sussex Correctional Center (SCC) largely beat back a motion brought by defendant prison officials to …
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