$5,703.97 Settlement In WA Mail Censorship Suit by In 1991 Gerald Enquist, a prisoner at the Clallam Bay Correctional Center (CBCC), filed a law suit against the state for violating his First Amendment rights. Enquist was mailing letters from CBCC addressed J.D. Enquist, he was told that he could no …
$850 Paid in Prisoner's Medical Failure to Treat Claim by Samuel L. Page, Jr., a prisoner at Washington's Airway Heights Correctional Center, suffered from enlarged parotid glands that caused him severe pain and suffering. He filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 claim alleging Eighth Amendment violations for failure to treat his …
$7,500 Paid to Washington DOC Employee for Negligent Investigation, Defamation, and Invasion of Privacy by $7,500 Paid to Washington DOC Employee for Negligent Investigation, Defamation, and Invasion of Privacy While employed as the Correctional Mental Health Program Manager at the Washington State Penitentiary, Daniel C. Assink was accused in an …
$40,000 Paid in Washington Guards' Defamation Suit by Michael and Heidi Malpass, husband and wife, worked at the Washington Corrections Center as guards in 1997. Using hearsay information provided by WCC staff members, Lt. Waller compiled a list of eleven names of persons claimed to be involved in or associated …
$260,000 Paid for Washington Parolee's Attempted Rape by On June 27, 1992, Kevin Ingalls assaulted and attempted to rape Deborah Kelly. At the time, Ingalls was on parole. The complaint alleged negligent supervision because Ingalls had violated parole before the incident. On March 25, 2002, the Washington Department of Corrections …
$125 Attorney Fees Paid to Washington Prisoner in Personal Restraint Action by Lonnie L. Burton was a prisoner at Washington's Stafford Creek Corrections Center in April 2001 when he received a disciplinary infraction. He did not attend the hearing, which resulted in errors occurring. After the Attorney General's office requested …
Washington Prisoner's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea Denied by On February 14, 2003, the Washington Court of Appeals, Division II, upheld a trial court's denial of a state prisoner's motion to withdraw a guilty plea. Steven Henderson and another prisoner were charged with escaping from the Clallam Bay Corrections Center …
WA S.Ct. Holds Prisoner Witnesses Should Not Appear in Court in Prison Clothes or Shackles by WA S.Ct. Holds Prisoner Witnesses Should Not Appear in Court in Prison Clothes or Shackles The Washington state Supreme Court held that prisoner witnesses should not appear before a jury in prison clothing, given …
$1,960 Awarded in Washington Public Records Suit by A Washington Superior Court, Thurston County, awarded Airway Heights Correctional Center (AHCC) prisoner Michael Allen Holmberg $1,960 in costs and penalties for the failure of the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) to provide public documents he had requested. On July 19, 1999 …
Washington Supreme Court Requires Proof of Recent Overt Act in Sexually Violent Predator Case by Washington Supreme Court Requires Proof of Recent Overt Act in Sexually Violent Predator Case The Washington Supreme Court held that when a prisoner has been released into the community after completing a sentence for a …
Jail Employees Privacy Protection Suit Denied by by John E. Dannenberg King County, WA jail employees sued Arthur Wallenstein, Director of King County's jails, Jail Commander Michael Graber, the City of Seattle and King County for releasing the employees' names in a report describing their participation in restraining an unruly …
WA Prisoners' Conviction Reversed Due To Prosecutorial Misconduct And A Biased Juror by WA Prisoners' Conviction Reversed Due To Prosecutorial Misconduct And A Biased Juror The Washington State Court of Appeals, Division 1, held that Daniel Gonzales, was denied the right to a fair trial due to the fact that …
$9,000 Paid in WA Retaliation Suit by Airway Heights Correction Center prisoners Derek E. Gronquist and Donald H. Turpin filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the Eastern District of Washington federal court. The Complaint alleged they were subjected to retaliatory disciplinary action resulting from lawsuits they filed upon the …
$10,000 Paid in WA Chaining to Fence and Beating Suit by Shelton Correctional Center prisoners Timothy Griswald, Ricky Renteria, and Anthony Holland filed suit in the Western District of Washington federal court alleging they were chained to a fence and beaten several times. One incident lasted over eight hours, and …
$25,000 Paid in WA Parolee Negligent Supervision suit by Mark Bulzomi suffered serious and permanent injuries when Zachery Euse violently drove his vehicle into Bulzomi's. Euse was on community supervision by the Washington Department of Corrections, and he was driving without license. Bulzomi filed a negligent supervision claim in the …
$500 Paid in WA Work release Lost Property Claim by Cynthia M. McGinnis had property stored at the Reynolds Work Release Center, and upon her return the property cage was open as were her property boxes. Stored inside were a new stereo and various clothing and personal items which were …
$6,722 Paid in Improper Lien for WA Attorney Costs by Washington Prisoners Thomas W.S Richey, David E. Jirvoec, and Donald D. Hemphill had their prisoner accounts frozen for assessment of liens for attorney costs related to litigation they had engaged in. However, the cost awards were never made by a …
Washington Supreme Court Holds Sex Offender Treatment Files Confidential by The Washington State Supreme Court held confidentiality agreements that are signed must be supported by mutually agreed upon conditions to be enforced as a contract. An agreement can not be presented as a "Take it or leave it" proposition. The …
$2,000 For 35 Days Unlawful Confinement by Washington DOC by Susan Garner was scheduled to be released on June 19, 1998 from the custody of the Washington Department of Corrections. However, her Community Corrections Officer failed to notify law enforcement as required by statute and she was detained an additional …
WA DOC Can Provide Organ Transplants by A Washington Appeals Court has held that a defendant convicted of delivery and possession with intent to deliver cocaine is not entitled to home detention for medical reasons. The defendant had received two liver transplants, and he was still under close observation by …
