Tenth Circuit Reinstates Suit over Failure to Provide Medical Treatment to Oklahoma Arrestee/Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 23, 2017, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a district court’s grant of summary judgment to an Oklahoma state trooper and jailers who failed to obtain …
$175,000 Jury Award For Deliberate Indifference Leading to Detainee's Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal jury awarded the estate of a man who died in an Oklahoma jail $175,000 for violation of the deceased's constitutional rights. Charles Holdstock, a 63-year-old attorney, was charged with child molestation in …
Carney v. Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, OK, Appeal, Compelled Speach, 2017 PUBLISH FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS November 28, 2017 FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT _________________________________ Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court RAY NEAL CARNEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 16-6276 OKLAHOMA …
Woodson v. McCollum, OK, Opinion, Plaintiff Obligation to Pay Filing Fees, 2017 PUBLISH FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS November 20, 2017 FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT _________________________________ Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court MARCUS D. WOODSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 17-6064 TRACY …
Prisoner Showed Good Cause for Extension of Time by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held a district court erred in denying a prisoner’s motion for extension of time to respond to a dispositive motion. Oklahoma state prisoner Archie Rachel, 71, filed suit in federal court regarding his medical treatment …
Bennett v. Carter County, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 6:17-cv-00289-SPS Document 51 Filed in ED/OK on 10/05/17 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) JEANNE BENNETT, Administrator ) …
Snow v. Board of County Commissioners, OK, Settlement, Wrongful Death Diabetes, 2017 .IIIIIIIIIIIIIII III FILED IN DISTRICT COURT OKLAHOMA COUNTY SEP 1 1 2017 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA RICK WARREN 34 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KORY DANE WILSON, COURT CLERK Case …
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Eighth Amendment Lawsuit Over Botched Oklahoma Execution by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On November 15, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the estate of a prisoner who was executed by lethal …
$6.5 Million Jury Award in Oklahoma Jail Rape Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A federal jury awarded an Oklahoma woman $6.5 million after she was sexually assaulted by a Hollis, Oklahoma assistant police chief while held at the Harmon County jail. Tiffany Ann Glover, 33, filed a federal …
USA v. Barnes, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death Diabetes, 2017 Case 5:16-cr-00185-F Document 37 Filed 08/10/17 Page 1 of 7 AO 245B (Rev. 11/16) Judgment in a Criminal Case Sheet 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. …
Tenth Circuit Remands Two-year Sentence for Federal Probation Violation by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On October 25, 2016, the Tenth Circuit remanded a case involving a federal probation violation for resentencing due to the improper admission of hearsay testimony from a probation officer. Tremale Henry was on federal supervised …
Lawsuit against Oklahoma Jail for Providing False Information Partially Reinstated on Appeal by On July 19, 2016 the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma reversed, in part, a lower court order dismissing a suit against jail officials accused of providing false and misleading information about a former defendant to a …
Private Prisons in Oklahoma Prove Costly by Private prisons cost the state of Oklahoma $92.7 million in 2015 alone, and almost $1 billion since 2004. With its prison system currently operating at 122 percent of capacity, the Oklahoma Board of Corrections (OBOC) will need even more private prison bed space, …
PLN Settles Censorship Challenge at Oklahoma Jail for $125,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Faced with the censorship of its monthly publication and other correspondence by a jail in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed suit in federal district …
Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00325-JED-FHM Document 2 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 06/09/17 Page 1 of 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) …
Henderson v. Glanz, OK, Judgment, Rape in Medical Unit, 2017 Case 4:12-cv-00068-JED-FHM Document 169-1 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 05/24/17 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ALESHIA CYRESE HENDERSON, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Bradshaw v. Board of County Commissioners, OK, Settlement, Suicide with Bedsheet, 2017 RESOLUTION RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO CONFESS JUDGMENT WITHOUT ADMITTING LIABILITY BY FILING A JOURNAL ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF ANGELA KAY BRADSHAW, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF NATHAN DANIEL BRADSHAW …
$25,000 Federal Jury Award in Suit over Teenager Raped in Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 2, 2016, a federal jury awarded $25,000 to a woman who had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by a Tulsa, Oklahoma jailer when she was a minor held at the Tulsa …
