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Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Alabama: State Agencies Have Absolute Immunity in a Court of Law or Equity by The Supreme Court of Alabama held that state agencies can never be made a defendant in any court of law or equity. The ruling resulted after the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) filed a petition for …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Confusion Over Insanity Defense Leads One Jury to Issue Two Verdicts in Triple Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A jury’s decision that a defendant on trial for murder was mentally ill but should go to prison led a judge to initially withhold judgment in the case. Dan Popp, …
$437,500 Settlement for Brutal Beating at Missouri Jail by A pretrial detainee who was brutally beaten without cause by guards at Missouri’s Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC) accepted $437,500 to settle his civil rights suit. James J. Ramirez was being held in the medical wing at JCDC after his arrest …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
The “Qualified Immunity” Doctrine Needs to be Reexamined by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna According to criminal justice expert and University of Chicago professor William Baude, “The doctrine of qualified immunity prevents government agents from being held personally liable for constitutional violations unless the violation was of ‘clearly established law.’” …
FTCA Claims Survive; PREA Policy Defeats Discretionary Function Exception by Jeremy Pinson by Jeremy Pinson While confined at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana, federal prisoner Rashod L. James filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680, against the United States and several prison employees – …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
$15,000 Award for New York Prisoner in Medical Negligence Case by A New York Court of Claims awarded $15,000 to a prisoner after a nurse failed to timely diagnose and treat his heart attack. While running to first base during a softball game on May 25, 2011, Shawangunk Correctional Facility …
Parchinski v. Lackawanna County, et al., PA, settlement, sexual assault at prison, 2018 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS That Shannon Marie Parchinski, the Undersigned, the Releasor herein, does hereby acknowledge receipt of Sixty Thousand ($60,000.00) Dollars, which sum is accepted in full compromise settlement and satisfaction of, and as sole consideration …
Varney v. Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, OH, Complaint and Jury Demand, Prisoner Mistreatment, 2018 Case: 3:18-cv-00155-TMR-MJN Doc #: 1 Filed: 05/09/18 Page: 1 of 14 PAGEID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON TONYA R. VARNEY 238 Orth Drive New Carlisle, OH …
Filing • May 9, 2018
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Complaint, Censorship, 2018 6:18-cv-00149-RAW Document 2 Filed in ED/OK on 05/09/18 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not–for–profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Case No. ___________ 18-CV-149-RAW (1) BOARD OF …
Butler v. Pork, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-09155 Document#: 8 Filed: 05/09/18 Page 1 of 14 PagelD #:35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KENDRICK BUTLER, Plaintiff, Jury Demand vs. Case No. l:17-CV-09155 SERGEANT TERRELL PORK, LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BROWN, OFFICER (F/N/U) BUBASH, OFFICER (F/N/U) …
Razon v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made as of the 20th day of April, 2018 by and between Fely Razon, individually; A.S.B. and N.M.S.B., minors, through their mother and …
Hearing Impaired Man Beaten by Oregon Police While in Custody Awarded $500 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Michael Evans, a hearing impaired man who was kicked and punched by several officers at the Multnomah County Detention Center in Oregon, was awarded a meager $500 by a federal jury.      …
Arrest of War Protesters in Seattle Leads to Civil Rights Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis      Three attendees of a 2006 march against the war in Iraq held in Seattle, Washington, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which they claimed their arrests violated their civil rights.      On …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Due Process Mandatory Before Texas Requires Sex Offender Registration for Crimes not Covered by Statute by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 8, 2017, a Texas federal district court determined that requiring a person on community supervision to register as a sex offender for a crime not covered by …
Indiana County Settles Jail Guard’s ADA/Discrimination Suit for $150,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2017, an Indiana county settled a civil rights lawsuit brought by former jail guard Michael A. Jones that included claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The suit alleged the jail refused …
Whistleblowing Angola Prisoner Who Faced Retaliation Wins Relief, Redemption by William Kissinger was “widely regarded as a positive leader at Angola by both prisoners and staff” over the 27 years he spent at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. That is, until corrections officials became incensed with the content of his email …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
$14.3 Million Settlement for Probationers Subject to Extortion by Private Company by Pathways (formerly Providence) Community Corrections (PCC) and officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over predatory practices by the for-profit probation company. The $14.3 million settlement provides compensation for nearly 30,000 people who were …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Female Prisoners More Likely to be HIV Positive than Non-prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), released in an August 2017 report, found that female prisoners are nine times more …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Former Pennsylvania Guards Settle FMLA Lawsuits for $110,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In March 2017, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania settled two federal lawsuits filed by former guards who alleged violations of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In the first case, the county agreed to pay $90,000 to settle …
$330,000 for Florida Prison Guards Abused at Training Academy by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) agreed to pay $330,000 to settle claims brought by a trio of former guards who alleged they were fired after complaining of being physically abused at the department’s training academy at the Wakulla Correctional …
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