Virginia Circuit Court Awards $197.55 to Prisoner in Property Tort Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 28, 2019, the Grayson County Circuit Court awarded $197.55 to state prisoner Gary Brown following a bench trial in which he proceeded pro se on a tort claim against the Commonwealth …
PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit Against Virginia Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court held that Prison Legal News’ First Amendment and due process rights were violated when reading materials it sent to prisoners at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NRADC) in Virginia …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Hep C Lawsuit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 4, 2019 that prison officials responsible for a policy that prevented a Virginia prisoner from receiving treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) …
Fourth Circuit Agrees Virginia’s Death Row Conditions Violated Eighth Amendment by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Almost 120 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the harm that solitary confinement causes. Prior to 2015, prisoners on Virginia’s death row were housed in solitary in 71-square-foot cells (about the size of …
USA v. McCabe, VA, Arraignment Minutes, Bribery and Money Laundering, 2019 Document 30 B^^^astemCase District2:19-cr-00171-AWA-DEM Of Virginia- U.S. District Court Filed 11/19/19 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 83 ARRAIGNMENT/DETENTION MINUTES: Date: November 19,2019 Started: Presiding Judge: Douglas E. Miller Ended: Courtroom Deputy: 0• Time Set: 02:30 p.m. <9'M\ Court Reporter: …
Muslim Civil Rights Group Files Discrimination Suit Over Virginia Jail’s “God Pod” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2018, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of four Muslim prisoners at the Riverside Regional Jail in North Prince George, Virginia. The …
Virginia Death Row Conditions Subjected Prisoners to Risk of Harm by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 3, 2019, the Fourth Cir­cuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order that found the conditions of confinement on Virginia’s death row violated the Eighth Amendment. The appellate court …
USA v. McCabe, VA, Indictment, Bribery and Money Laundering, 2019 FILED 1 Case 2:19-cr-00171-AWA-DEM Document 1 Filed 10/24/19 Page 1 of 31 PageID# IN OPEN COURT lJI IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 ... 20JS CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COU RT NORFOLK VA FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NORFOLK …
Edwards v. White, VA, Complaint, Denial of Medical Care, 2019 Case 7:19-cv-00324-TTC-RSB Document 54 Filed 10/16/19 Page 1 of 14 Pageid#: 278 lfJ 1Ht U(l.)1Tc05TA1E5 01STQllJCwe, FoQ 1}-\[ vj ts1 tell) 01.STQ1cJ or V1ebifDIH CLERK'S OFFICE U.S. DIST. COURT AT ROANOKE, VA FILED OCT 1 t 2019 eoRiDoH DiVl)IO\) JUL~- …
Estate of Pfaller v. Clarke, VA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2019 Case 3:19-cv-00728-REP Document 1 Filed 10/02/19 Page 1 of 59 PageID# 76 JIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION JACOB PFALLER, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DANNY HAROLD PFALLER, Plaintiff, v. HAROLD …
Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Memorandum Opinion, Jail Censorship, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA HARRISONBURG DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. NORTHWESTERN REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Ghaisar v. USA, VA , Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 1:19-cv-01224-CMH-IDD Document 1 Filed 09/19/19 Page 1 of 30 PageID# 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division JAMES GHAISAR and KELARA GHAISAR, Individually and as Personal Representatives and Co-Administrators of the Estate of BIJAN …
Virginia State Oversight of Local and Regional Jails, 2019 Commonwealth of Virginia September 16, 2019 Report to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia State Oversight of Local and Regional Jails 2019 JLARC JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMISSION Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Senator Thomas K. Norment, …
Virginia Jail Not Responding to Problems Cited in Department of Justice Report by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney "Help us.” “We are dying in here.” “They are trying to kill us.” Those were just some of the pleas that civil rights and mental health advocates heard from prisoners who shouted …
Allegation that Prisoner was Beaten after Guard Outed Him as Sex Offender Stated Eighth Amendment Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A federal district court in the Western District of Virginia held that a prisoner who alleged he was beaten after a jail guard informed other prisoners of his …
Federal Court Rules in Favor of HRDC in Virginia Jail Censorship Suit by In June 2019, in a 42-page order, U.S. District Court Judge James P. Jones held the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority had violated the rights of the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center by censoring books, magazines and …
Federal Court Approves $3 Million Settlement for Death of Virginia Jail Prisoner Jamycheal Mitchell by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In a case that involved circumstances she called “heartbreaking and shocking,” U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith approved a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death suit filed by …
HRDC v. Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority, VA, Opinion and Order, Jail Censorship, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, ET AL., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
$750,000 Settlement After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies at Virginia Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Natasha McKenna, a diagnosed schizophrenic, died at age 37 at a jail in Fairfax County, Virginia, where she was being held awaiting transfer to Alexandria on charges of assaulting a peace officer. Alexandria officials …
