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$7,500 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Colorado federal prisoner Marion Bryant, Jr., brought a combined Bivens, 42 U.S.C § 1983 and federal tort action against federal guards and officials for excessive force in 1997. He alleged cruel and unusual punishment leading to injury, as well …
$10,000 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Kinson Celestin, a federal prisoner housed in Texas, brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after allegedly being beaten by federal prison guards at a Colorado facility and subsequently being denied medical …
Article • March 15, 2009
$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned by Wisconsin federal prisoner Charles Anderson brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 for being food poisoned at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Marion, Illinois, in 1997. The $2,500 suit settled for less than $500 in 1999 …
$500,000 Settlement After BOP Failed To Diagnose Employee's Tumor by Minnesota Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Ruth Sonnek brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2000 after BOP medical examiners failed to diagnose and treat her for a tumor. Their pre employment x ray clearly showed that …
Child's Fingertip Amputated After Guard's Negligence by Wisconsin resident Evonie Bean, guardian of injured minor Tianna Fudge, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after Fudge's fingertip was caught in a prison door and severed while at a prison visit. Details of the 2003 settlement agreement …
Article • March 15, 2009
Civilian's Fall At Michigan Federal Prison Settles For $80,000 by Tennessee State residents Melinda and William Sexton brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after Melinda slipped and fell at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Milan, Michigan, in 1997. The suit settled for $80,000 in …
$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors by Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel's negligence resulted in the death of her husband. The suit settled for $750,000 …
Article • March 15, 2009
Federal Prisoner's Lost Eyeglasses Suit Settles by Kansas federal prisoner Alan Strong brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after personnel at the United States Penitentiary (USP) at Leavenworth lost eyeglasses valued at approximately $1,000. The suit settled for an undisclosed amount in 1999. Strong was …
Brief • March 2, 2009
Prison Legal News v. CCA,TN, MTF Amicus Brief, public records, 2009
Article • February 15, 2009
Plaintiff Held Mostly Liable After Tort Action Against BOP Backfires by Kentucky resident Carolyn Eichler and others brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the United States after a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) bus collided with their vehicle. Various plaintiffs alleged damages and the court determined that Eichler, the …
Sovereign Immunity Bars RFRA Damages in DC Circuit by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that sovereign immunity bars damage claims under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The court found that RFRA does not provide a clear and …
Muslim Prisoners Cannot be Forced to Handle Pork; Qualified Immunity Denied by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Muslim prisoner’s complaint that prison officials disciplined him for refusing to handle pork stated a claim under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act …
FOIA Exemption for Personal Privacy Requires Factual Basis by The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that while the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exempts government agencies from releasing data that amounts to an “unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” summary judgment would not be permitted when a factual dispute existed …
$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work by Wisconsin federal prisoner Joseph Davis brought a combined 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and federal tort action in 1997 after guards lost his property and legal documents, and assaulted him during a transfer to another prison. He claimed that he …
Federal Prisoner Sues For $1 Million After Being Raped By Guard by Kentucky federal prisoner Katherine West Wegner (plaintiff) brought a federal tort action for $1 million in 1995 after being raped by a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard. The guard had prior known incidents of such behavior that went …
Federal Prisoner's Suit Settles For $1,500 after Falling From Bunk by Virginia federal prisoner Glen Francis brought a federal tort action in 1995 for $200,000 after being injured at FCI Petersburg while climbing down from his bunk. The suit settled for $1,500. Francis was on his top bunk when FCI …
Article • February 15, 2009
Mississippi To Ensure Deaf Citizen's Right To Jury Participation by Harrison County (Mississippi) entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ensuring deaf and hard of hearing individuals' right to participate in circuit court programs and services. This came after Mississippi resident Charles Carver was disqualified …
BOP Medical Worker's Race Based Termination Suit Settles For $65,000 by West Virginia resident and ex Bureau of Prisons medical employee, Darrick Leacock, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in 1995 against United States Attorney General Janet Reno after allegedly being discriminated against and subsequently fired due to his …
Federal Officials' Refusal To Treat Prisoner's Severed Tendon Settles For $22,500 by Virginia federal prisoner Chris Walker brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after various officials refused to treat his severed Achilles tendon. Jail and prison officials, as well as Bureau of Prisons personnel ignored …
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 …
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