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Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link by Monday, November 30, 2020, was a big day for a group of Georgia prisoners suing their phone service provider, Global Tel*Link (GTL), over the company’s allegedly hidden policy of confiscating any unused funds in their …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Global Tel*Link (GTL) has long been one of the principal beneficiaries of the $1 billion prisoner call industry, through a combination of astute business practices, intense lobbying, and a business …
Article • January 21, 2021
Filed under: Sovereign Immunity
Kentucky Consolidated Local Government Entitled to Sovereign Immunity by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Kentucky held that the Louisville Metro Government (LMG) and its employees are entitled to sovereign and qualified in a lawsuit alleging violation of Ky. Rev. Stat. 71.040. The court’s December 17, 2020, opinion was …
CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 31, 2020, a motion was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri revealing that CoreCivic and Securus Technologies (Defendants) had …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Fourth Circuit Holds South Carolina DOC Lawyers Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that lawyers for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) who made a legal error in interpreting new state law were entitled to qualified immunity. …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Lawsuit Over Hellish 9-Day Prisoner Transport Reinstated by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 29, 2020, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to Inmate Services Corp. (ISC), allowing to continue a civil rights action alleging a pretrial detainee’s constitutional rights were violated …
Richard v. Pfister, et al., IL, opinion and order, prisoner denied medical and other services, 2020 Case: 1:17-cv-04677 Document #: 141 Filed: 09/01/20 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:1931 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM H. RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 v. …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Justice Department and GEO Group Challenge California’s Ban on Private Prison and Detention Facilities by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 24, 2020, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint in California federal court challenging the application to the federal government of a new state law …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Texas Execs Sentenced for Providing Bad Food to BOP by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nearly every resident of a prison will quickly tell anyone who asks that what passes for food there leaves a lot to be desired. It is a good bet that the moniker “mystery meat” originated …
Darren Rainey Died in Scalding Prison Shower Eight Years Ago Today, Still No Charges Filed by Jessica Lipscomb by Jessica Lipscomb, originally published in Miami New Times, June 23, 2020 Eight years ago, today, Florida prison guards locked 50-year-old Darren Rainey inside a shower room, set the water temperature to …
Qualified Immunity Letter to Congress, Nat'l Police Accountability Project, 2020 June 9, 2020 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer: National Police Accountability Project A Project of the National Lawyers Guild Executive Director Rachel A. Pickens ____________ Board of Directors: President Michael Avery President-Elect Julia …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$425,000 Settlement in Arkansas Detainee’s Death from Asthma Attack by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The estate of a pretrial detainee who died at Arkansas’ Pulaski agreed to a $425,000 settlement to resolve a civil rights action. The settlement requires payment from Pulaski County and its medical vendor, Turn …
Krecic v. Pickett, MS, Notice of Removal and Complaint, Parole Board Retaliation, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-00210-HTW-LRA Document 1 Filed 03/27/20 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION ANITA KRECIC PLAINTIFF 3:20-cv210-HTW-LRA CIVIL ACTION NO. _____________________ VS. THE MISSISSIPPI STATE PAROLE …
J.H. v. the GEO Group, CO, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00629-NRN Document 7 Filed 03/09/20 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 20-cv-00629-LTB J.H., Plaintiff, v. THE GEO GROUP, INC.; JORDAN C. LUJAN; LISA L/N/U; …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Escapes, Qualified Immunity
Guard Who Failed to Prevent Escape Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 18, 2019 that a guard cannot be held liable under the Constitution for failing to prevent an escape. In an attempt to apparently …
Melnik v. Dzurenda, et al., NV, order, prisoner due process, disciplinary hearing, 2020 j.io-uv-uuD/u-Miviu-ULB Document 69 Filed 02/07/20 Page 1 of 13 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 6 JOHN MELNIK, Case No. 3:16-cv-00670-MMD-CLB 7 Plaintiff, ORDER 8 JAMES DZURENDA, etal., 9 Defendants. 10 11 …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
State of New York 50 Percent Liable for Prisoner’s Injury Sustained from Table Saw by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 31, 2019, a New York State Court of Claims found the state 50 percent liable for the injuries that prisoner Ralph Whedon sustained when operating a table saw …
Department of Justice - Investigation of South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice's Broad River Road Complex, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Allorney General 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - RFK Washington, DC 20530 FEB Ot2020 The Honorable Henry McMaster Governor of South Carolina State House 1100 Gervais …
Jones v. Kent County, et al., MI, complaint, wrongful death, 2019 Case 1:20-cv-00036 ECF No. 1 filed 01/14/20 PageID.1 Page 1 of 58 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CHARLES JONES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of WADE JONES, deceased, v. Plaintiff, Case No.: Hon.: …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
Fifth Circuit Reverses Denial of Qualified Immunity to Prison Officials by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  On September 9, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Louisiana district court’s denial of qualified immunity to three of four defendants in a prisoner’s civil rights suit. State prisoner Clarence Jason …
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