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Article • November 7, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
Allocation of Fault Required in Verdict Regarding Alaska Detainee’s Suicide; Case Settles for $900,000 by In September 2015, the Alaska Supreme Court vacated a $1,078,233 judgment in a lawsuit alleging the City of Hooper Bay was liable in the suicide of a 21-year-old detainee in a police holding cell. The …
MN: Jail Strip Search of Drug Suspect Held Constitutional by Lonnie Burton Jonathan Jacobson was arrested in 2009 for driving while under the influence of alcohol. He admitted to the Stewartsville, Minnesota police officer that he recently "smoked a bowl" of marijuana. Jacobson was booked in to the county jail …
Petrolino v. City of San Francisco, CA, Order, Wrongful Death, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-02946-RS Document 54 Filed 10/24/16 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FABIO PETROLINO, et al., 7 Case No. 16-cv-02946-RS Plaintiffs, 8 v. 9 CITY AND COUNTY …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated by Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s denial of qualified immunity because an individualized inquiry into the defendants’ role during an illegal body cavity search was not conducted. Felix …
Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by The Kentucky Court of Appeals held that a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the defendants in a civil action alleging a prisoner received negligent medical care at the Hardin County Detention Center (HCDC). HCDC contracts with Southern …
Petrolino v. City of San Francisco, CA, Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's MTD, Wrongful Death, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-02946-RS Document 48 Filed 09/22/16 Page 1 of 22 1 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – 267933 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 3 50 Fremont Street, …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Civil Rights Plaintiffs Can Defeat Qualified Immunity Defenses and Get Frivolous Appeal Sanctions, Rosen, 1999.pdf CIVIL RIGHTS PLAINTIFFS CAN DEFEAT QUALIFIED IMMUNITY DEFENSES AND GET FRIVOLOUS APPEAL SANCTIONS: THEY SHOULD TRY MORE OFTEN!  Sanford Jay Rosen April 1999 INTRODUCTION This article is about recent United States Supreme Court and …
Article • August 24, 2016
Appeal for Summary Judgment Upheld for Qualified Immunity by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Georgia Federal District Court’s order granting dismissal of a lawsuit alleging use of excessive force on a prisoner. On January 28, 2007, Reginald Fennell was arrested for several misdemeanor charges. As he was …
Article • August 24, 2016
Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan DOC Officials by On February 6, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a denial of qualified immunity for three Michigan prison officials accused of violating the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalize Persons …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the denial of qualified immunity to two guards on failure-to-protect claims. Minnesota prisoner Kenneth Young was assigned to Edward Whitefeather’s cell. Almost immediately, Whitefeather threatened Young, telling him that “he would do whatever he wanted …
Article • August 11, 2016
Fourth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Police Shooting Homeowner without Warning by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to police who repeatedly shot a homeowner without warning. Just after 11 p.m., on May 2, 2007, a 911 call reported "that an altercation was occurring …
Article • August 4, 2016
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
Police Indemnification Assumptions Challenged in New Study by Derek Gilna When a citizen's civil rights are violated by the police, one of the most-widely legal remedies is a federal Civil Rights suit, also known as 1983 actions, but a recent study by Joanna C. Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Law at …
Due Process Triggered by Seizure from Home to Prison Confinement by In affirming a grant of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, The Sixth Circuit Court of appeals held that for purposes of due process and unreasonable seizure protections, home confinement differs materially from in prison confinement.  Because that right …
Denial of Qualified Immunity Requires Detailed Order by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded an Arkansas federal district court’s order denying US. Marshals qualified immunity on summary judgment. At issue was a lawsuit brought by James Clayton Solomon, who was transferred from the Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center to …
Jail’s Private Medical Employees Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by An Arizona federal district court concluded that employees of Corizon Health, a private company providing care to prisoners at the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility, “are not within the class of persons to whom qualified immunity is afforded.” The plaintiff …
Brothers Win Further Proceedings in Police Excessive Force Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on Ohio Federal District Court erred in finding a plaintiff voluntarily assented to a Release-dismissal Agreement that barred a lawsuit against defendants for excessive force.  The Court further held it was improper to …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Michigan State Prisoner Receives $1,250 for Interference with Visit by Derek Gilna Michigan state prisoner Kevin King was awarded $1,250 in punitive damages and $1 in compensatory damages after a federal jury found that a guard had intentionally interfered with a visit with his wife. The court determined that the …
Sixth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense by Guards in Wrongful Death Suit by Derek Gilna On August 21, 2015, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal filed by jail officials seeking reversal of a district court’s denial of qualified and statutory immunity in a case involving a prisoner’s …
Petrolino v. City of San Francisco, CA, Complaint and Jury Trial Demand, Wrongful Death, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-02946 Document 1 Filed 06/02/16 Page 1 of 40 1 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – 267933 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 3 50 Fremont Street, …
Warden’s Decision to Quarantine Handicapped Person in Unaccommodated Cell Actionable; $200,000 Settlement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a warden who placed a double amputee prisoner with MRSA in a segregation unit without handicap accommodations was not entitled to qualified immunity. When Martinique Stoudemire, 23 at the …
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