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Arizona's Pima County Settles Prisoner Beating Death Lawsuits for $500,000 by Arizona's Pima County Settles Prisoner Beating Death Lawsuits for $500,000 by Matthew T. Clarke By paying $500,000 and issuing letters of apology from the Sheriff, Pima County has settled two lawsuits by the survivors of two prisoners beaten to …
Settlement Reached in Beating Death of Florida Prisoner by In October 2002, the sons of a Florida man agreed to settle their wrongful death action, in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola, against several jail guards and the Escambia County sheriff. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed. This …
U.S. v. Verbickas, CO, Opinion, Prison Conditions, 2003 U.S. v. Verbickas, 75 Fed.Appx. 705 (2003) 75 Fed.Appx. 705 This case was not selected for publication in the Federal Reporter. Not for Publication in West’s Federal Reporter. See Fed. Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 generally governing citation of judicial decisions issued …
North Carolina Juvenile Prisons Plagued by Physical, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect by Lonnie Burton North Carolina Juvenile Prisons Plagued by Physical, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect by Lonnie Burton After four separate lawsuits were filed by prisoners serving sentences at two North Carolina juvenile facilities alleging a wide range …
Deaths and Beatings Rampant in Texas' Nueces County Jail by Gary Hunter Nueces County Jail in Corpus Christi Texas has become a regular source of dead and beaten prisoners. Ten prisoners have died in the jail between 1996 and 2000. Two cases have already cost the county $2 million and …
Louisiana Guards' Conviction Upheld in Prisoner's Beating by A jury's conviction of three guards at the Louisianan State Penitentiary at Angola in the assault and beating of prisoner Raymond Jackson has been affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Sergeant Harrison Daniels was convicted in the assault, and denying …
Massachusetts Jury Awards $175,000 to Beaten Ex-Prisoner by On August 28, 2002, a Worcester (MA) Superior Court jury awarded $175,000 to a former Massachusetts state prisoner who sued the Department of Correction (DOC). The jury also found that the DOC negligently hired and supervised a guard with a known propensity …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Beaten Philadelphia Prisoner Gets $125,000, Two Guards and Warden Get Time by by Matthew T. Clarke On May 1, 2002, two guards and an assistant warden were convicted in federal court of charges relating to the beating of a Philadelphia prisoner. In the latest of a series of settlements for …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Texas Guard Stabbing Prisoner Not State Action Under § 1983 by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a guard's actions in cutting a prisoner with a knife was not under color of state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Texas prisoner Fred Townsend was working as …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Gay Bashing Illinois Guards to Pay $65,000 for Savage Beating by A man who was brutally beaten by jail guards while in custody at the Cook County Jail in Chicago will receive $65,000 in a settlement approved in June 2002. Terry Phalen, now 42 and admittedly gay, was awaiting a …
U.S. v. Lavallee, CO, Order, Prison Conditions, 2003 269 F.Supp.2d 1297 (2003) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Mike LAVALLEE, Rod Schultz, and Robert Verbickas, Defendants. No. CR.A. 00-CR-481-D. United States District Court, D. Colorado. July 2, 2003. 1298 *1298 Mark Blumberg, United States Attorney's Office Criminal Section/CRT, Washington, DC, …
Third Circuit Holds PLRA Exhaustion Requirement an Affirmative Defense by Bob Williams Third Circuit Holds PLRA Exhaustion Requirement an Affirmative Defense by Bob Williams The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has found that the PLRA's exhaustion requirement is an affirmative defense to be pled by the Defendant. A district court …
Beaten Philadelphia Prisoner Gets $125,000, Two Guards and Warden Get Time by Beaten Philadelphia Prisoner Gets $125,000, Two Guards and Warden Get Time by Matthew T. Clarke On May 1, 2002, two guards and an assistant warden were convicted in federal court of charges relating to the beating of a …
PLRA Not Applied to Attorney Fees, $407,635 for Puerto Rican Prisoners by PLRA Not Applied to Attorney Fees, $407,635 for Puerto Rican Prisoners A federal district court in Puerto Rico has denied the defendant's motion for new trial in an excessive force case, and awarded attorney fees and costs to …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
Third Circuit Upholds $100,000 Damages Award to Assaulted Pennsylvania Prisoner by Third Circuit Upholds $100,000 Damages Award to Assaulted Pennsylvania Prisoner The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the jury verdict and damages award in a Pennsylvania case involving the assault of a state prisoner by guards. [PLN, …
Exceptions Made To PLRA Exhaustion Requirement; Discovery Allowed by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Two U.S. District Courts recently made exceptions to the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) requirement to exhaust administrative remedies. The Central District of California court ruled that when a prisoner's administrative appeal had been …
No Qualified Immunity Defense for Florida Beatings by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that prison guards at the Florida State Prison (FSP) who beat prisoner David. C. Skrtich are not entitled to dismissal. Two of the defendants, Timothy A. Thornton and …
Murder, Mayhem, Corruption and Snitches: BOP Florence Exposed by Bob Williams Located in the gently rolling hills of Southern Colorado, dotted with juniper, poplar and cedar trees, Florence is a quiet, small town that was once a prison town without a prison. At just over 5,000 town residents, Florence shares …
State Tolling Statute Applied in § 1983 Action by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that an underlying state tolling statute applied to a state prisoner's 42 USC § 1983 civil rights complaint, thus giving him time to complete his administrative …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
U.S. Torture: A Sordid History Of Official And Systematic Abuse by G. Flint Taylor by G . Flint Taylor The brutal and sadistic torture by U.S. military prison guards, military intelligence officers, and CIA interrogators which is being revealed daily in the mainstream media has brought protestations from President Bush, …
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