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Article • December 22, 2017
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Denial of Illinois Medical Grievance is Personal Involvement by Mark Wilson An Illinois federal court dismissed medical care claims against a prison warden, but refused to dismiss claims against non-medical staff who denied a prisoner’s grievance. Illinois prisoner Tony Foster was diagnosed with a cataract in his left eye. Dr. Norman …
Article • December 22, 2017
$420 to Assaulted Former Oklahoma Jail Prisoner for Injuries by Matthew Clarke Mr. Dowler was 31-years old when he in custody for DUI in the city of Bixby in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. While he was in custody, he was assaulted and suffered cuts on his head and two fractured teeth. …
Article • December 22, 2017
$1,500,000 Verdict for Medical Neglect of Arizona Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt  Clarke In April 1999, an Arizona court awarded $1,500,000 to a man who suffered an intestinal injury while a prisoner and denied timely medical treatment. Mr. Griffin was 40-years old and an artist when he was incarcerated …
Article • December 22, 2017
$9,000 to Florida Jail Inmate for Burned Foot by Matthew Clarke In September 1995, a Florida jail prisoner who had suffered third-degree burns on his foot after a steam kettle in the jail's kitchen spilled boiling water on to him settled the suit he had brought for $9,000. Mr. Lay was …
Article • December 22, 2017
$75,000 Awarded in NY for Police Excessive Force During Pat Down by Matthew Clarke In May 1997, hotel operator Mr, Shangraw was 47 and a prisoner when a police officer struck him in the groin during a pat-down search. He was denied medical treatment and suffered impotence. With the assistance …
Article • December 22, 2017
$19,719 to People in Prison for ADA Violations by Matthew Clarke Plaintiffs Hickman, Barber, Newman and Lane were wheelchair-bound prisoners at the Western Missouri Correctional Center where they were denied proper medical treatment and accommodations for their disabilities. In July 1994, they filed suit in federal court against the prison …
Article • December 22, 2017
$20,500 Award in Suit Over New York Prisoner Falling From Roof by Matthew Clarke In November 1996, the New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner who had fallen from the roof of a prison while on a work detail and injured his knee $20,000. It awarded his wife $500 …
Article • December 22, 2017
Filed under: Exercise
$1 Award in Montana Prisoner's Suit Over Deprivation of Exercise at Jail by Matthew Clarke A Montana state court awarded former jail prisoner Campbell $1 in damages after he sued the Sheriff of Flathead County, Montana, for depriving him of exercise while he was jailed. Campbell claimed emotion distress. The …
Article • December 22, 2017
$42,200 Federal Jury Award in Suit Over California Jail Prisoner's Death by Matthew Clarke On August 5, 1999, a California federal jury awarded $52,200 to the family of a prisoner who died while suffering from untreated drug withdrawal in the Santa Barbara County jail. When Drew Allen Walsh, 32, was …
Article • December 22, 2017
Did Ohio’s Prison Farm Sale Net Pennies on the Dollar? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 12, 2016, Gary Mohr, the director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), announced that the state would phase out farming at 10 prisons. Since then, farm animals and equipment …
Article • December 22, 2017
Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis James Dimora, 61, was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner when he was indicted on federal racketeering and corruption charges in April 2012. While awaiting trial at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, operated by Corrections Corporation …
Brief • December 22, 2017
Snodgrass v. Messer, Amici Curiae, 2017 No. 17-635 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ———— KEVIN SNODGRASS, JR., Petitioner, v. S.L. MESSER; M.L. COUNTS; C. BISHOP; E.R. BARKSDALE; J. BENTLEY; JOE FANIN; TORI RAIFORD; GARRY A. ADAMS; HAROLD CLARK, Respondents. ———— On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari …
Brief • December 22, 2017
MacFarlane v. Ewald, NY, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2017 Case 2:10-cv-02877-MKB-ARL Document 127 Filed 12/22/17 Page 1 of 35 PageID #: 844 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________X Elden MacFarlane, Plaintiff, Docket No: 2:10-cv-2877 (JFB) (ARL) -AgainstSECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Charles Ewald, et al. SUFFOLK COUNTY, SUFFOLK COUNTY …
Brief • December 22, 2017
Graves v. Penzone, AZ, Ptf. Motion to Re-open Discovery, Jail Conditions and Care, 2017 Case 2:77-cv-00479-NVW Document 2435 Filed 12/22/17 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gabriel B. Eber (admitted pro hac vice) Eric Balaban (admitted pro hac vice) ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th Street, …
Article • December 21, 2017
$145,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke In 1999, defendants settled for $145,000 in a lawsuit brought by the estate and family of a Texas prisoner who was brutally beaten by guards and restrained in a position that caused fatal asphyxiation. Gary Lee Crensaw was serving a 45-year sentence …
Article • December 21, 2017
Male Vermont Prison Employees Paid $10,000; No Gender Discrimination Found by Mark Wilson The Vermont Supreme Court held that Vermont prison officials did not violate state law by paying male employees as much as $10,000 more annually than their female counterparts. Lynne Silloway began working as a business manager for …
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Suicides
Fifth Circuit Remands Jail Suicide Dismissal for Reconsideration by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a jail suicide suit. The lower court failed to analyze whether factual disputes existed as to whether unconstitutional jail conditions contributed to …
Article • December 21, 2017
Eighth Circuit: Restraint Board Order Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of qualified immunity to a guard who ordered a prisoner confined to a restraint board for more than three hours. …
Article • December 21, 2017
Threats by Arkansas Prison Administration Warrants Transfer by David Reutter by David Reutter The Eighth Circuit of Appeals reversed and remanded a federal district court's denial of prisoner James Walker's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 petition seeking his transfer to a federal prison or some other state's prison because he had …
Article • December 21, 2017
Violation of State Regulation Not a Constitutional Violation by David Reutter by David Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal district court's summary judgment granted in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit. The suit was brought by the Simpson estate, against Sheriff Mark E. Gorbett and Deputies …
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