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$140,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Beating, Retaliation Case
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
$140,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Beating, Retaliation Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Jail (CCJ) agreed to a $140,000 settlement on February 14, 2020 in a civil rights action alleging a prisoner was subjected to excessive force and retaliation by guards. Corrionne Lawrence was booked …
Sixth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction Regarding Elkton Prisoner Class Action
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19, Deliberate Indifference, Compassionate Release
Sixth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction Regarding Elkton Prisoner Class Action by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 9, 2020, the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a split decision, vacated a preliminary injunction issued by a district court that directed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to determine which …
BOP Loses Fight Against Orders to Release Ohio Prisoners Threatened By Coronavirus
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Compassionate Release
BOP Loses Fight Against Orders to Release Ohio Prisoners Threatened By Coronavirus by Noting a “significant level of infection” of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Elkton, Ohio, U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal on April …
Ohio Prisoner with Coronavirus Released Without Use of Preventative Measures; Cases Inside Soaring
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General), Compassionate Release
Ohio Prisoner with Coronavirus Released Without Use of Preventative Measures; Cases Inside Soaring by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) is being criticized for its mishandling of circumstances surrounding a prisoner’s release during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Cherry was released from Marion Correctional …
Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Journalist
Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The silence is deafening. Over a week in mid-May, Prison Legal News tried to contact public information officers at seven federal prisons seeking an answer to a straightforward question: What are you doing …
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Mandamus to Pro Se Prisoner Seeking Prison Policy-Mandated Public Records That Prison Claims Do Not Exist
Article • May 31, 2020
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Mandamus, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Mandamus to Pro Se Prisoner Seeking Prison Policy-Mandated Public Records That Prison Claims Do Not Exist by On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed pro se by Jerone McDougald, a prisoner at the Southern Ohio …
News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: On March 28, 2020, death row prisoner Lonnie Franklin Jr., 67, aka “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his San Quentin cell. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told reporters, “There were no signs of trauma. They don’t know why he died.” …
Multiple Indictments, Prison Sentences, for Guards and Officials at Violence-Plagued Cleveland Jail
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct
Multiple Indictments, Prison Sentences, for Guards and Officials at Violence-Plagued Cleveland Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The year 2019 was a busy one for a grand jury in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Indictments were handed down for seven guards, a former associate warden and a former director of the …
Ohio Prisoner’s Facebook Live a Plea for Help During COVID-19 Pandemic
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding
Ohio Prisoner’s Facebook Live a Plea for Help During COVID-19 Pandemic by "They’re literally leaving us in here to die,” said a prisoner live-streaming on Facebook in a plea for help April 3, 2020. The now-viral online video captures the desperation of prisoners during the coronavirus pandemic. The 31-year-old, wearing …
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 16. PageID #: 1637 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CASE …
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Stipulation of Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Stipulation of Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-1 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 25. PageID #: 1653 EXHIBIT 1 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-1 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 25. PageID #: 1654 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …
Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement Notice, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Class Notice, Trust Accounts
Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement Notice, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-2 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 11. PageID #: 1678 EXHIBIT A Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-2 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 11. PageID #: 1679 COURT ORDERED NOTICE Amber Humphrey, On behalf of herself and all …
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Preliminary Approval Order, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Preliminary Approval Order, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-3 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 5. PageID #: 1689 EXHIBIT B Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-3 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 5. PageID #: 1690 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT …
State of Ohio v. Towns, OH, Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Relief, 2020
Brief • April 28, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
State of Ohio v. Towns, OH, Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Relief, 2020 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff, v. : Case No. 94CR006607 : JUDGE KIM BROWN : DEFENDANT’S EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT DUE TO COVID-19 INFECTION : JOHN H. TOWNS, Defendant. : …
State of Ohio v. Towns, OH, Affidavit of Rev. Lamarr, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Brief • April 28, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
State of Ohio v. Towns, OH, Affidavit of Rev. Lamarr, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Wilson v. Williams, OH, Order, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Brief • April 22, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Wilson v. Williams, OH, Order, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case: 4:20-cv-00794-JG Doc #: 22 Filed: 04/22/20 1 of 21. PageID #: 352 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO CRAIG WILSON, et al., Petitioners, vs. MARK WILLIAMS, et al., Respondents. : : : : : : : : : : …
Wilson v. Williams, OH, Emergency Petition, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Brief • April 13, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Wilson v. Williams, OH, Emergency Petition, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case: 4:20-cv-00794 Doc #: 1 Filed: 04/13/20 1 of 38. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO Case No. 4:20-cv-794 CRAIG WILSON, ERIC BELLAMY, KENDAL NELSON, and MAXIMINO NIEVES, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, …
In re Sharp, OH, Emergency Application for Categorical Reprieve, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Brief • April 2, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
In re Sharp, OH, Emergency Application for Categorical Reprieve, COVID-19 Release, 2020 TO THE GOVERNOR MIKE DeWINE and the OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY __________________________________ Patricia Sharp, Shiloh Israel, Michelle Jones, and John Tiedjen Applicants on Behalf of Themselves and All Similarly-Situated Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Prisoners EMERGENCY APPLICATION …
Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Rule Requiring Merit Affidavit Inapplicable in BOP Prisoner’s Tort Action
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Complaints, Federal Tort Claims Act
Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Rule Requiring Merit Affidavit Inapplicable in BOP Prisoner’s Tort Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 7, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Ohio rule requiring a person alleging medical negligence to include a medical professional’s affidavit stating the claim …
$550,000 Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over High-Fee Debit Cards
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry
$550,000 Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over High-Fee Debit Cards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 20, 2019, an Ohio federal court granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit against Stored Value Cards, Inc., doing business as Numi Financial, and Republic Bank & Trust …
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