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Article • April 20, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Police
Jersey City Settles Police Negligence Suit for $300,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis After suing the city of Jersey City, New Jersey, over the negligent actions of one of its police officers that led to an assault and robbery, 60-year-old Martin Murray settled for $300,000.      On June 8, …
Georgia Man Settles for $20,000 Against Atlanta Police Officer by by Christopher Zoukis After the U.S. District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Atlanta Police officer M.H. Payne, claims of excessive force, false arrest, and malicious prosecution against the officer were settled for $20,000.      On June 18, 2005, …
Brief • April 10, 2018
All of Us or None-LA v. Logan, CA, Felon Disenfranchisement, Complaint, 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IO 11 12 13. Joshua E. Kim (SBN 257260) Stephanie Lin (SBN 293696) A NEW WAY OF LIFE RE-ENTRY PROJECT 9512 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles, California 90002 Ph: (323) …
Breaking News! Tennessee: New Trial Ordered in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Case by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 5, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a lawsuit over the death of 33-year-old Charles “Jason” Toll – a prisoner who died in 2010 after …
Despite Class-action Settlement, Mental Healthcare Problems at CA Jail Persist by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties to a May 2015 class-action settlement between prisoners at the Monterey County jail in California, county officials and the jail’s medical provider – which was supposed to address issues of poor medical …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Alaska Prisoners Stripped, Paraded on “Dog Leashes,” Held Naked for 12 Hours by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Twelve prisoners at the maximum-security Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska were stripped, searched, restrained, attached to “dog leashes,” paraded in front of female staff members and then left in cells …
Private Prison Forced to Produce Solitary Confinement Records by The Roderick and Solange Mac­Arthur Justice Center has prevailed in a lawsuit to obtain records related to prisoners held in segregation at Louisiana’s Allen Correctional Center (ACC), run by the GEO Group, a private prison contractor. A public records request was …
Florida KKK Guards Convicted in Plot to Kill Former Prisoner by Three former Florida prison guards, who were members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter, were convicted of conspiring to kill a former prisoner. The plot was reportedly hatched in retaliation for a scuffle that occurred at the Reception and …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Oregon Jailer Facing Sex Charges Improperly Denied Insanity Defense by The Oregon Court of Appeals held that a female jail employee who repeatedly let a prisoner out of his cell to have sex with him should have been allowed to present an insanity defense at trial. As previously reported in …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
California Prisoners File Class-action Suit Seeking Hepatitis C Treatment by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober In 2013, the FDA approved two new life-saving hepatitis C (HCV) drugs known as simeprevir (brand named Olysio) and sofosbuvir (brand named Sovaldi). The drugs, a new class of medication called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), were …
Brief • March 20, 2018
Los Angeles Times Communications v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Petition, Public Records Violations, 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LAW OFFICES OF KELLY AVILES KELLY AVILES (State Bar No. 257168) 1502 Foothill Blvd., #103-140 La Verne, California 91750 Telephone: (909) 991-7560 I Fax: (909) …
Brief • March 9, 2018
Mock v. Glynn, GA, Motion Class Cert., Bail, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00025-LGW-RSB Document 4 Filed 03/09/18 Page 1 of 3 FILED U.S DISTRICT COURT BRUNSWICK DIV UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 20)8 M/IR-9 AM fiBRUNSWICK DIVISION ' AH CLERK Margery Freida Mock and Eric Scott Ogden, …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Statute of Limitations for Oregon Child Sex Abuse Claims Expires at Age 40, Not 24 by The Oregon Court of Appeals held in August 2017 that a lower court had improperly determined that civil claims filed by a child sexual abuse victim were time-barred. While the statute of limitations in …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Florida Prisoners with Disabilities to Receive Accommodations Under Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In July 2017, Disability Rights Florida, the state’s federally-funded Protection and Advocacy organization that advocates for disabled individuals, settled a historic lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections over the FDOC’s systematic failure to …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Alaska: Jurors’ Explanation of Negligence Verdict Doesn’t Warrant New Trial by In May 2017, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s denial of a prisoner’s motion for a new trial based on juror comments about the rationale for their verdict. Alaska prisoner Richard A. Mattox was watching television with …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Illinois Sheriff Settles Federal Class-action Suit Over Strip Searches by by Derek Gilna A federal civil rights lawsuit filed in 2012, later certified as a class-action, alleged abuses in the strip-search policy at a jail in Kankakee County, Illinois. The case settled on July 19, 2017; under the terms of …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Summary Judgment Reversed for Delay in Treating Prisoner in Extreme Pain by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of a guard and a nurse in a civil rights action alleging they were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s serious medical needs and unnecessarily prolonged his suffering. …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$125,000 Settlement After Failure to Protect Verdict in Virginia by Following a July 2017 federal jury verdict that found guards had failed to protect a prisoner from an attack by another detainee at the West Virginia Regional Jail (WVRJ), the parties agreed to settle the case for $125,000. The suit …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Illinois Prisoner’s Petition Challenging Disciplinary Report States Cause of Action by The Illinois Fourth District Court of Appeals held in July 2017 that a prisoner had stated a cause of action on several claims in his petitions for writ of mandamus, declaratory relief and common law writ of certiorari. Prisoner …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Appeals, Filing Fees
Oregon Court: Dismissals Are “Strikes” While Pending on Appeal by On July 6, 2017, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s revocation of its filing fee waiver even though prior dismissals it had counted as strikes were still on appeal. Oregon courts may waive or defer a prisoner’s …
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