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Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Drug Overdose
Two Sentenced in Detainee’s Fentanyl Death at North Florida Jail by Two detainees at Florida’s Okaloosa County Jail were sentenced to federal prison on April 5, 2024, for smuggling fentanyl into the lockup and providing it to a detainee, who overdosed and died on Christmas Eve 2022. Gary Chase, 30, …
Brief • May 30, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lujan v. Eyzaguirre, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024 Centurion 003079 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is executed this ~ day of Ml>j 2024, by Plaintiff Monica Lujan (hereafter, "Plaintiff'). RECITALS A. Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Personal Injuries …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Jury Instructions, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 180 Filed 05/24/24 Page 1 of 25 Page ID #:3163 FILED 1 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COL"RT 2 I 3 5/24/2024 0:1'- fRA I, l)ISTRICT BY: I or C,\LffORNIA JRE OEPlffY 4 5 6 UNITED STATES …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Verdict Form, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 182 Filed 05/28/24 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #:3189 FILED 1 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COL"RT I 2 5/24/2024 I 0:1'- fRA I, DISTRICT OF C,\LffORNIA 3 BY: JRE OEPlffY REDACTED 4 5 UNITED STATES …
Brief • May 23, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Moye v. Butler, AL, Judgment, Inadequate Medical Care, 2024 Case 1:22-cv-00026-JB-B Document 155 Filed 05/23/24 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 4728 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION CANYON DUFF MOYE, Plaintiff, v. MANUEL POUPARINAS, M.D., Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Transfers, COVID-19
Legal Noose Tightens Around Necks of CDCR Officials Whose Botched Transfer Sparked San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to officials with the California Department …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Statistics/Trends
HIV and Incarcerated People: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2023, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) reviewed data from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics on HIV and people in America’s prisons, finding that infection rates for the virus—which has no cure—remain …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Class-Action Challenge to Medical Care at Tennessee Jail Results in $3.8 Million Settlement by For years, prisoners at the Bradley County jail in Tennessee received poor medical care or none at all. Former prisoner Darrell Eden, who was denied treatment for pre-arrest injuries sustained during a car accident, including seven …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Eighth Circuit Says Lower Court “Tilted the Scales Too Far” for Jailers in Missouri Detainee’s Fatal Overdose by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to officials at St. Louis’ “Workhouse” jail …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Alabama Woman Jailed for “Fetal Endangerment” Sues After She Was Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Shower by Among the worst places to put a pregnant woman, a jail cell ranks fairly high. Yet that’s exactly where Ashley Caswell found herself—jailed in Alabama’s Etowah County for “fetal endangerment.” Ultimately …
Autistic Detainee’s Death in Pittsburgh Jail Blamed on “Culture” That Left Him “Punished Instead of Treated” by In a suit filed against Pittsburgh’s Alle­gheny County Jail on October 17, 2023, the survivors of a 57-year-old autistic detainee allege his death in custody was the preventable result of a jail “culture” …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Washington Superior Court Says Jail Cannot Bill Poor Detainees for Medical Care by by Douglas Ankney On April 17, 2023, Judge Kevin S. Naught of Washington’s Yakima County Superior Court ruled that Kittitas County Corrections Center (KCCC) was in violation of state law when it held detainees responsible for repaying …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Pennsylvania Jail Warden Fired, Deputy Warden Resigns After Guard Assaults Detainee by Warden Dave Gallagher of Pennsylvania’s Clearfield County Jail was fired and escorted off the job on December 7, 2023, just over a month after Deputy Warden Eric Bush resigned on October 28, 2023. Their departures follow an alleged …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Wyoming Supreme Court Grants Immunity to DOC in Prison COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Up by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 26, 2023, the Supreme Court of Wyoming held that the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act shielded the state from liability in a lawsuit alleging a nurse …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
$32,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Insulin to Diabetic Wisconsin Prisoner by In federal court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on October 6, 2023, state prisoner Carl F. Self stipulated to dismissal of his medical neglect claims against the state Department of Corrections (DOC), after he accepted a $32,000 …
San Diego Jury Deadlocks on Charges Against Jail Doctor in Detainee’s Death, Nurse Acquitted by On February 11, 2024, a San Diego jury deadlocked on involuntary manslaughter charges against Dr. Friederike Von Lintig over a 2019 death at the county’s Las Colinas Detention Facility. Nurse Danalee Pascua, 38, was acquitted …
Article • April 26, 2024
Eleventh Circuit: “More than Gross Negligence” Required to Prove Deliberate Indifference by David Reutter [See update at end of article]  by David M. Reutter On May 22, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Defendant officials at Georgia’s Walker State …
$175,000 Awarded to Former California Detainee Whose Suit Prompted DOJ Investigation and Settlement Requiring Structural Changes at Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2021, former San Luis Obispo County Jail detainee Steven J. York was awarded $175,000 to settle a lawsuit that also prompted an investigation of …
Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Illinois Jail Guards Who Relied on Nurse’s Opinion that Detainee Was “Faking” Symptoms Before He Died by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Illinois …
Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Detainee Suffering Fatal Seizure Might Have Been Faking or Might Have Gotten Better by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a maddening decision issued on January 31, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the denial of qualified immunity (QI) to four …
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