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Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault by On April 12, 2005, a Bronx, New York, jury awarded $25,000 to a man who was severely beaten by other prisoners in the mental health section of the Rikers Island jail complex. The 18-year-old plaintiff was imprisoned at Rikers Island for a …
Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter When Rikers Island was purchased in 1884 it was only 87 acres. The city of New York made …
$150,000 Paid to Indiana Juvenile Jail Detainee for Sexual Assault by Following an Indiana federal district courts denial of summary judgment to the Marion County Sheriff, the Sheriff settled the matter by giving $150,000 to a pretrial juvenile detainee that was raped in the Marion County Jail (MCJ). Seventeen-year-old Ryan …
Downey v. CCA, VT, Settlement, guard prisoner assault, 2006 LYPIN 7 THOMAS 8c MIHALICH, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER RIETRO J. LYNN JENNIFER G. MIHALICH MATTHEW A. SIEI3E1HEATHER E. THOMAS JEFFREY S. MARLIN May 12, 2006 Devin McLaughlin, Esq. Langrock Sperry & Wool LLP P.O. …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Severely Beaten L.A. County Jail Prisoner Wins Only $5,000 by A Los Angeles (L.A.) County, California jail prisoner who was severely beaten by three other prisoners on three occasions sued for deliberate indifference in failing to protect him. On August 3, 2005, after a five day trial and seven hours …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Jail Lockdown Dismissal; Day After Christmas = Legal Holiday by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district courts dismissal of a conditions of confinement suit for failure to state a claim. Female pretrial detainees of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, sued the jail …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Missouri's 5-Year Limitation Period Applies to § 1983 Claims; 8th Circuit Reverses Earlier Decision to Contrary by Missouri's 5-Year Limitation Period Applies to § 1983 Claims; 8th Circuit Reverses Earlier Decision to Contrary The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that it previously erred in applying a three-year statute of …
Dismissal of Bivens Action for Non-Exhaustion Reversed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower courts grant of summary judgment against a federal prisoner for failing to exhaust administrative remedies. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner Curtis Dale was stabbed seven times by other prisoners on the recreation …
Cruz v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2006 LANGROCK SPERRY & WOOL, LLP MIDDLEBURY BURUNGTON Michael W. Wool Mark L. Sperry Christopher L. Davis Thomas Z. Carlson Susan M. Murray Alison ). Bell Lisa B. Shelkrot Eric M. Knudsen David W. M. Conard ATTORNEYS AT LAW Peter F. …
Abrahamson v. CCA, CO, Complaint, Crowley riot failure to protect, 2006 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 ▲ Plaintiff(s): JASON M. ABRAHAMSON, JARED ADAM, WILLIAM …
Abrahamson v. CCA, CO, Amended Complaint, Crowley riot failure to protect, 2006 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CR0 WLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 A COURT USE ONLY A Plaintiff(s): JASON M. ABRAHAMSON, JARED …
Los Angeles County Pays $900,000 to Parents of Murdered Informant in Jail by The County of Los Angeles (L.A.) agreed to pay $700,000 to the mother, and $200,000 to the father, of a 20 year old county jail prisoner murdered in his cell by a free-roaming prisoner against whom he …
New York Jail Prisoner Injured In Assault Awarded $750,000 by On July 12, 2005, a New York court awarded $750,000 to a prisoner who suffered ankle and face injuries when he was beaten by other prisoners. While imprisoned at Rikers Island in Queens on February 12, 1995, Joshua Torres, 17, …
Washington Jail Pays Teenager $400,000 for Rape While Imprisoned by Washington's Franklin County has paid $400,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former pretrial detainee who was raped in the Franklin County Correctional Center (FCCC) by another detainee. The civil rights claim brought in a Washington federal court alleged …
Michigan Jail Settles Suicide Suit for $280,000 by On June 6, 2004, Wayne County, Michigan, agreed to pay $280,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a county prisoner who committed suicide days after he was attacked by another prisoner. Jose Perez was arrested on December 27, 2000, …
Baker v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 LYNN, TM1 & M1HALICH 7 FC ATTORNEYS AT LAW BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER PIETRO J. LYNN JENNIFER G. MIHALICH MATTHEW A. SIEBEL HEATHER E. THOMAS JEFFREY S. MARLIN March 13, 2006 Devin McLaughlin, Esq. Langrock Sperry & Wool …
Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails by by Michael Rigby Tennessee isn't known for its huge prison system, like Texas or California. Nor is the state's capital city, Nashville, recognized for massively overcrowded jails such as the ones in Los Angeles or New York City. But one …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
New York Prisoner Attacked On Bus Awarded $600,000 by On April 28, 2005, a New York prisoner was awarded $600,000 for injuries he sustained when other prisoners attacked him on a prison bus. Plaintiff Daniel Arroyo, 17, was convicted of a youthful offense. On November 9, 1994, while being transported …
Georgia DOC Settles Failure-To-Protect Suit for $15,000 by Michael Rigby In September 2004, the Georgia Department of Corrections (CDOC) settled for $15,000 a prisoner lawsuit alleging that understaffing at the maximum-security Georgia State Prison (GSP) compromised prisoner safety. The GDOC also agreed to increase staffing levels in prisoner housing areas …
Wilkins v. Oakland, CA, Response, Mot to Bifurcate, 2006 4 BRIAN T. DUNN (SBN 176502) COCHRAN, CHERRY, GIVENS, SMITH & STEWART 4929 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1010 Los Angeles, California 90010-3856 Telephone: (323) 931-6200 Facsimile: (323) 931-9521 5 Attorneys for all Plaintiffs 6 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) JULIA …
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