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Texas: Complaint Filed Over Contaminated Water, Conditions at Eastham Unit by Panagioti Tsolkas The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has become a litmus test for dealing with toxic environmental conditions for prisoners. Earlier this year, prisoners at the Wallace Pack Unit and their advocates on the outside succeeded in …
Nebraska: Portions of Lawsuit over Guard’s Sexual Assault Allowed to Proceed by Last year, the Nebraska Court of Appeals held a prisoner’s claim alleging an intentional tort related to a sexual assault by a guard was barred by the State Tort Claims Act (STCA), but claims of intentional and negligent …
Merits Ruling on Procedurally Flawed Grievance Satisfies PLRA by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that district courts may not enforce a prison’s procedural rule to find a failure to exhaust administrative remedies after prison officials declined to enforce the rule themselves. The Court also found the district …
Blackman v. Butler, IL, Merit Review, Solitary Confinement, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01152-NJR-DGW Document 12 Filed 12/22/16 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #112 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ERIC BLACKMAN, #K-03118, Plaintiff, vs. KIMBERLYS.BUTLER, ROBERT E. HUGHES, JASON N. HART, RANDY S. PFISTER, CHAD …
Dudley v. Vagara, AZ, Settlement, Retaliation, 2016 , SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") 1s made between: (i) The Plaintiff Damian Dudley, ADC #-(hereinafter "Dudley"); and · (ii) the State of Arizona Defendants Edna Vergara and Alvato Roberts (hereinafter "State Defendants"). Plaintiff Dudley and State …
Ninth Circuit Adopts Test to Excuse Exhaustion of Administration Remedies for Retaliatory Threats by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined other circuits in holding that a prisoner’s fear of retaliation may be sufficient to render the grievance procedure unavailable. The Court adopted a test that requires both a subjective …
Doe v. Dart, IL, 5th Amended Complaint, Cook County Sexual Assault, 2016 Case: 1:14-cv-08296 Document #: 149 Filed: 11/15/16 Page 1 of 34 PageID #:1666 Case: 1:14-cv-08296 Document#: 137-1 Filed: 07/29/16 Page 2 of 34 PagelD #:1491 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION JANE …
Rico v. Butler, IL, Merit Review, Failure to Protect Informant, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00877-MJR-SCW Document 11 Filed 11/14/16 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #87 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MIGUEL RICO, Plaintiff, vs. …
Nevada Prisoner Receives $500, Other Considerations, in Settlement of Complaint Asserting Numerous Civil Rights Violations by Lonnie Burton On April 18, 2016, the Nevada Department of' Corrections (NDOC) agreed to pay a state prisoner $500 and make other policy changes' as part of a settlement agreement resolving the federal civil …
Federal Prison Worker Receives $25,000 Settlement in Claim for Racial Discrimination, Retaliation by Lonnie Burton On June 16, 2003, a federal prison employee settled her complaint against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), where she alleged she was subjected to racial epithets, and then a slew of retaliatory acts after …
Article • September 9, 2016
BOP Grievance System Can Foster "Compliance or Defiance" by Derek Gilna The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) first instituted the prisoner grievance system (IR) in 1974, and since that time it appears to have become an important tool to defuse prisoner complaints about the BOP and its procedures. A new …
Federal Prison Whistleblower Receives $2,400 in Retaliation Complaint by Lonnie Burton On July 17, 2003, a former federal prison employee settled his multiple discrimination and retaliation complaints against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for $2,400. Documents related to the case just recently were released to Prison Legal News as …
Arbitrator Awards $1 to Prison Worker in Harassment and Retaliation Claim by Lonnie Burton John K. Faber had been employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) since 1981. He held the position of Specialty Instructor at the Staff Training Academy (STA) in Artesia, New Mexico, when in 1997 he …
Martinez v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 CLAIM AGAINST THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Please submit the completed form to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 70 W . Hedding St., th East Wing, 10 Floor, San Jose, CA 95110 .MAND-DELIVER.~r ) b - 280 …
Galvan v Sterrett IL Order 2018 '. AO 440 (Rev. 06/12) Summons in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Illinois ) ) ) ) Anthoney E. Galvan ) ) Plaintiff(s) V. ) ) ) ) ) ) Samuel Sterrett, et al Defendant(s) Civil Action …
Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court's Denial of Appointment of Counsel by On March 6, 2009, Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of appointment of counsel and upheld the dismissal of free exercise, equal protection and retaliation claims. Texas prisoner Willie Lee Garner filed a pro se lawsuit pursuant to …
Sangraal v. Flagg, IL, Merit Review, Retaliation for Lawsuit, 2016 • Case 3:16-cv-00550-MJR-SCW Document 6 Filed 08/05/16 Page 1 of 36 Page ID #82 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS BENJAMIN SANGRAAL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) JULWS FLAGG, JIMMY D. LEEK, …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Claim, Discusses Inmate Accident Compensation Act by Derek Gilna On May 11, 2016, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a former prisoner’s civil rights action. Stephen Ted Koprowski, who was incarcerated at USP Ft. McCreary in …
$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit by Derek Gilna In 2007, prisoner Aaron Willey filed a pro se federal civil rights lawsuit against guards employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, alleging harassment, inadequate nutrition, theft of legal documents, …
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