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Ninth Circuit: “Three Strike” Conviction Does Not Allow Use of Old Offenses for Impeachment Purposes in § 1983 Suit; Heck Does Not Bar Admission of Evidence by John Dannenberg Ninth Circuit: “Three Strike” Conviction Does Not Allow Use of Old Offenses for Impeachment Purposes in § 1983 Suit; Heck Does …
Significant Injury Showing Not Required to Defeat Qualified Immunity in Excessive Force Case by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected a claim for qualified immunity by a Texas prison guard who used excessive force against a prisoner. Texas state prisoner Marcus Brown alleged that in 1998 …
Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems by Gary Hunter Clarence Freeman’s hot check turned out to be his death warrant after it resulted in his arrest and incarceration at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, where he was fatally assaulted by a guard. On New …
Maine Prison in Turmoil by Lance Tapley By the time Warden Jeffrey Merrill revealed on June 3 that three Maine State Prison employees had been put on paid leave as a result of a state police investigation of an inmate’s death in April, probes of corruption and other issues at …
Ohio Jail Officials Face Federal Charges, Investigation by Brandon Sample A federal grand jury has returned indictments against two Lucas County, Ohio jail guards in connection with the death of a prisoner. Additionally, Lucas County’s sheriff and another jail employee face charges of lying to investigators. According to the indictment, …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Sacramento County Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit For $260,000 by Sacramento County Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit for $260,000 On April 20, 2009, Sacramento County agreed to settle an excessive force suit brought by a former prisoner at the Sacramento Main Jail (SMJ) for $260,000. On December 1, 2005, Donald …
$6 Million Settlement in Beating Death of California Detainee by California’s Kern County agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit in the beating death of a pre-trial detainee at the county’s jail. The August 15, 2005, incident involved “as many as 14 detention officers [who] … beat, hit, …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit against the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) accuses retired Army Col. Larry C. James of professional and ethical violations stemming from his former role as chief psychologist at the U.S. military prisons …
Second Circuit Reinstates New York Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the federal conviction of a New York jail guard for intentionally using excessive force on a prisoner in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. Zoran Teodorovic, a …
Mentally Ill NC Prisoners Injured in Separate Incidents by Gary Hunter Timothy E. Helms remains paralyzed from the neck down following a confrontation with guards after he lit a fire in his cell at North Carolina’s Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville. The next day, on August 4, 2008, Helms arrived …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,800 Settlement in Seattle Jail Excessive Force Case by Washington State’s King County paid $2,500 to settle the lawsuit of Edward R. Whittington, who claimed that while a prisoner at the King County Jail on April 23, 2004, guard Ifebou used excessive force on him when he closed a tank …
$1,000 Jury Award to Beaten Missouri Prisoner by A Missouri federal jury awarded a prisoner $1,000 on a state law battery claim. The award came after trial on several claims brought by Eugene Kenneth Jones-El for damages he incurred while imprisoned at Missouri’s Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC). …
Article • September 15, 2009
$28,000 Settlement for Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $27,909.78 to settle the excessive force suit of Bradley D. Needleman. His complaint asserts that on May 19, 2003, he was assaulted in the jail by guards “John Doe” McKinly and Noah Wittner. As …
Article • September 15, 2009
$7,500 Settlement for Disabled Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit Against Jail Guard by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $7,500 to settle the excessive force law suit of Sean T. Tandberg. While at the Jail on May 20, 2002, Tandberg was taken to the “hole” by guard “Robles.” At the …
Article • September 15, 2009
$3,500 Settlement for Excessive Force by Seattle Jail Guard by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $3,500 to settle an excessive use of force claim filed by Terrance Allen Jones, who claimed that guard Paul Heng “assaulted, punched, chopped, slammed face against table and made handcuff cuts into wrists.” The …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Res to Def Res to Mot to Strike injuries, prison riot, 2009 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: …
15 Guards Charged with Assaulting Maryland Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has charged 15 former prison guards with assaulting prisoners. The charges come nearly a year after the guards were fired from the North Branch Correctional Institution and Roxbury Correctional Institution; another …
Reopened Abu Ghraib Prison Haunted by its Past by by Matt Clarke On February 21, 2009, Iraqi officials reopened the most infamous icon of human rights abuses under two different governments – the Abu Ghraib prison. Located near western Baghdad on 113 hectares of land, the immense prison complex now …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Alleging Excessive Force, Retaliation and Inadequate Medical Care; Settles for $15,000 by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit against Cook County Jail (CCJ) officials in Chicago, Illinois that alleged excessive force, retaliation and inadequate medical …
Absent Claim for Emotional Damages, Prisoner’s Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege Remains Intact by The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has entered a detailed opinion on the issue of psychotherapist-patient privilege when a district court is confronted with a request by prison officials to obtain a prisoner’s psychiatric records in discovery in …
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