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Article • August 22, 2016
$248,817.43 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded in Civil Rights Suit by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Bryan awarded $248, 817.43 in attorney’s fees and expenses to a plaintiff in a federal civil rights suit. The plaintiff in the case sued alleging that he was the target of unconstitutional profiling …
Article • August 22, 2016
$300,000 Settlement in California Officers’ Planting of Gun on Parolee by The city of Oakland, California paid $300,000 to a man who spent nearly two years in jail after a police officer planted a gun on him. The settlement follows a jury verdict in the case. Among local audiences, Lorenzo …
Article • August 22, 2016
$4.9 Million Settlement for Family of Woman Killed in Drug Raid by The City of Atlanta has agreed to pay $4.9 million to the family of a woman who was killed during a botched drug raid. On November 21, 2006, Atlanta narcotics officers executed a “no-knock” warrant at the home …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: False Arrest
$3 Million Settlement in Death Following Arrest During Celtic Celebration by The Boston Police Department paid $3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being arrested during celebrations over the Celtics 2008 NBA title. David Woodman, 22, had been partying with friends …
Article • August 22, 2016
$1.35 Million Settlement in Tempe Police Speeding Wrongful Death Suit by Kyle Baker, a 24-year-old Mesa Community College student, was crossing a street in Tempe, Arizona, at around 2:00 a.m. on November 26, 2005, when he was struck and killed by a police cruiser driven by on-duty police officer William …
Fifth Circuit Says Private Prisons Liable Under § 1983 by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that private prison-management corporations and their employees may be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. “Billy Rosborough is a prisoner of the Bradford State Jail, a Texas prison owned and operated by…Management and …
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 …
Article • August 22, 2016
Fifth Amendment Right Waived, If Not Invoked During Polygraph Test by Pennsylvania parolee David S. Knoble served his sentence for endangering the welfare of a child, conspiring with his wife for her to engage in sexual intercourse with his 14-year old son and then placed on four-year probation. He was …
Federal Probation Officer Sexually Abuses Five Women by A 22-year veteran federal probation officer faces indictment and suit for sexually abusing five women under his supervision, from late 2006 until retiring in mid-2009. Gaillynn Monica Abbott filed a July 20, 2010, federal lawsuit against her federal probation officer, Mark John …
Article • August 22, 2016
Federal District Court in Missouri Addresses Jail Newspaper Issue by A U.S. District Court in Western Missouri ruled in June 1980 on a § 1983 class action claim brought by Mark Alan Hutchings that alleged, among other things, First Amendment violations arising from the policy at Clay County Jail (CCJ) …
Federal Bureau of Prisons Settles for $1.2 Million on Wrongful Death by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) elected to settle a wrongful death demand letter from the attorney for the deceased’s estate to the BOP. No claim was filed. The deceased, Thomas M. Fitzgerald, was incarcerated under the control …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the denial of qualified immunity to two guards on failure-to-protect claims. Minnesota prisoner Kenneth Young was assigned to Edward Whitefeather’s cell. Almost immediately, Whitefeather threatened Young, telling him that “he would do whatever he wanted …
Article • August 22, 2016
State of Washington DOC Settles Personal Injury Tort Claim for $12,000 by Details are sketchy in the tort claim form filed by Patricia Henderson Lindsey. When asked to describe injury or damages, she wrote, “Ford Expedition, Chevy Corssica, doublewide home, mental health, house furnishings and personal belongings. Physical health, money …
Article • August 22, 2016
$350,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Geo Group, Inc., Florida Correctional Finance Corporation, South Bay Correctional Facilities Financing Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections paid $35,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by prisoner …
Article • August 22, 2016
Dismissal of Prisoner 1983 for “Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies” Denied by Derek Gilna Trevor Griffith, a prisoner in the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), had filed a 42 U.S.C.A. Section 1983 Civil Rights case against the DOCS alleging mistreatment while he was in the Special Housing Unit …
Article • August 22, 2016
Department of Justice Expands Definition of Rape to "Ensure Justice" by Derek Gilna The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has broadened the definition of rape, first established in 1927, to include "penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
D.C. Circuit Rejects Ex Post Facto Challenge to Application of Parole Regulations by On August 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed a denial of habeas relief to a prisoner who claimed that the U.S. Parole Commission violated the Ex Post Facto Clause in denying …
Brief • August 22, 2016
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government v. Corizon Health, NM, Mot for Stay of Order, Records Request, 2016 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 8/22/2016 5:27:01 PM STEPHEN T. PACHECO Jorge Montes STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION FOR OPEN …
Brief • August 22, 2016
Ramirez. v. Burwell, CA, Petitioner's Reply Brief, 2016 1 2 3 4 5 HOLLY COOPER, (CA Bar #197626) U.C. DAVIS IMMIGRATION LAW CLINIC University of California, Davis School of Law One Shields Avenue TB-30 Davis, CA 95616-8821 Tel.: (530) 754-4833 Fax: (530) 752-0822 Email: hscooper@ucdavis.edu 6 7 8 9 10 …
Publication • August 22, 2016
Foreign Nationals in Michigan Prisons - An Examination of the Costs, CAPPS, 2006 Foreign Nationals in Michigan Prisons: an examination of the costs Prepared by Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending April 2006 Foreign nationals in Michigan prisons: examining the costs Foreign nationals in Michigan prisons – an overview …
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