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Article • February 15, 2009
$10,000 Settlement For Ex Federal Prisoner After Slipping In Water by Ex Federal prisoner and Michigan resident William Bonhart brought a federal tort action in 2000 against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after slipping in water in 1998 at the Federal Correctional …
Article • February 15, 2009
$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus by Illinois federal prisoner Louis Sheptin brought a combined federal tort and Bivens action against the United States in 2000 for the failure to treat and disclose to him that he was infected with Hepatitis "C." The $10 million …
$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist by Tennessee resident Beverly Oliver brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after being rear ended by a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) truck driven by a prisoner. The $75,000 suit settled for $12,773.46. Oliver was a passenger in …
Article • February 15, 2009
$20,000 Settlement After Citizen Falls At Federal Medical Center by Missouri resident Wealtha Liggins brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after she fell at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Kentucky. The $500,000 suit settled for $20,000. Liggins was a guest at the FMC in …
$40,000 Settlement After BOP Employee Causes Automobile Accident by West Virginia resident Lillian Poindexter brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and federal agent Mari Higgins after being struck by Higgins' vehicle. The $139,000 suit settled for …
$50,000 Settlement In Memphis Policeman's Training Injury by Memphis (Tennessee) policeman Michael Cockerell and his wife Linda brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after he fell during an obstacle course training exercise at a federal facility. The $1,500,000 suit settled for $50,000. Cockerell was training …
$125,000 Settlement In BOP Guard Induced Prisoner's Death by Parents of deceased ex Kentucky federal prisoner, Marcus Dascenzo, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002 after a guard's failure to treat their son resulted in his death. After the Department of Justice's initial refusal to pay …
$185,000 Settlement For Man Needlessly Beaten By Seattle Police by Seattle resident Maikoiyo Alley Barnes (plaintiff) brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Seattle police after being beaten in 2005 for questioning a sergeant's motives to ticket his friend for littering. The suit settled for $185,000. The plaintiff questioned …
Article • February 15, 2009
$250,000 Settlement After LA Sheriff's Bullet Hits Innocent Bystander by The County of Los Angeles (L.A.) proposed a settlement of $250,000 after an innocent bystander was wounded by a ricocheting bullet. An investigation cleared sheriff's deputies of any wrongdoing but litigation was feared to result in a greater loss. L.A. …
Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges by Marvin Mentor Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges by Marvin Mentor Former Orange County, California Sheriff Michael S. Carona and many of his staff at the Theo …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the first issue of PLN published during the Barak Obama presidency. Hopefully we will see change for the better. Even before he took office Obama and Biden were making good on their promises to provide billions of dollars to local police departments …
Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample On April 9, 2008, President Bush signed the Second Chance Act into law. The Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199), a bi-partisan effort, was designed …
Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Matt Clarke The private prison industry has benefited from a recent influx of contracts from the federal government to incarcerate immigration detainees. Such contracts are more lucrative than those for …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
BOP Suspends Use of Ion Spectrometry Drug Detection Devices by Brandon Sample On April 10, 2008, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) discontinued the use of all ion spectrometry drug detection machines, more commonly known as ion scanners. According to a memo from BOP assistant director Joyce K. Conley, “the …
Officials Agree To Cap Population at D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby After decades of fighting lawsuits, skirting court orders, and defying legislative decrees, the District of Columbia Mayor’s Office has finally agreed to a definitive population cap at the notoriously overcrowded and dangerous D.C. Jail. Under the terms of the …
Sixth Circuit Upholds Partial Denial of Qualified Immunity for MI Jail Guards’ Failure to Protect Sex Offender; Case Settles for $190,000 by Sixth Circuit Upholds Partial Denial of Qualified Immunity for MI Jail Guards’ Failure to Protect Sex Offender; Case Settles for $190,000 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
Changes in Texas Parole Laws Violate Ex Post Facto Clause by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 29, 2007, a federal court ruled that changes in Texas parole laws, practices and procedures violated the federal ex post facto clause when applied retroactively. Barry Michael Wion, a Texas state prisoner, …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Jose Medellin Executed; Vienna Convention Controversy Lives On by Matthew Clarke Jose Medellin Executed; Vienna Convention Controversy Lives On by Matt Clarke On August 5, 2008 at 9:48 p.m., the State of Texas began the lethal injection that ended the life of Jose E. Medellin. In doing so, it ignored …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Fifth Circuit: § 1983 Nominal and Punitive Damages Allowed Absent Physical Injury by Fifth Circuit: § 1983 Nominal and Punitive Damages Allowed Absent Physical Injury For the first time in a published opinion, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner pursuing a civil rights action …
Department of Justice Report on Prison Rape Elimination Act by Matthew Clarke Department of Justice Report on Prison Rape Elimination Act by Matt Clarke In September 2007, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the annual report for calendar 2006 on DOJ’s implementation …
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