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Beck v. Hamblen County, TN, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Unsafe Jail Conditions, Assault, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT GREENEVILLE ZACKERY BECK, Plaintiff, v. HAMBLEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE and ESCO JARNAGIN, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2:17-cv-178 Judge Travis …
Beck v. Hamblen County, TN, Complaint, Unsafe Jail Conditions, Assault, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN DIVISION ZACKERY BECK, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tennessee, a governmental entity, ESCO R. JARNAGIN, Hamblen County Sheriff, JOHN and JANE DOES, employees of the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department, …
13. Violations of the Rights of Aliens, ICCPR Coalition Report PROBLEMS WITH U.S. COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF ALIENS A report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the Second and Third Periodic Report of the United States of …
New Jersey District Court as Gatekeeper in I.N.S. Expert Witness Case by New Jersey District Court as Gatekeeper in I.N.S. Expert Witness Case The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey entered, on June 25, 2007, their decision in a Daubert case involving the admissibility of proposed …
Brief • July 30, 2014
Hickman v. United States (BOP), MN, Complaint - Illegal Imprisonment FTCA - Fair Labor Standards, 2014 CASE 0:14-cv-03041-ADM-JSM Document 1 Filed 07/30/14 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA ______________________________________________________________________ Jermaine Hickman, File No. ______________ Plaintiff, v. COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND United States of America, Defendant. …
Rumsfeld, Military Officials Immune from Suit by Foreign Nationals Alleging Torture on Foreign Soil by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On June 21, 2011, a divided D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of a district court that dismissed claims for damages and declaratory relief brought by nine foreign …
Iraqi Refugee Awarded $88 Million for Torture by Iraqi Refugee Awarded $88 Million for Torture by Hussein Regime An Iraqi refugee who was detained and tortured by Saddam Hussein’s regime was awarded $88 million in 2004. In 1991, 20-year-old Abdullah K. Alkhuzai was arrested by the Iraqi government following a …
Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Proceeds to Trial by A federal court in Washingotn, D.C. refused an American corporation that contracts with the U.S. government immunity for alleged torture and abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Titan Corporation contracts with the U.S. Army to provide civilian linguists for military operations. By …
$10,000 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Kinson Celestin, a federal prisoner housed in Texas, brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after allegedly being beaten by federal prison guards at a Colorado facility and subsequently being denied medical …
Former Immigration Detainee Awarded $100,001 Against CSC/Esmor, Plus $137,808 in Attorney’s Fees and Expenses by A federal jury has awarded a former detainee $100,001 against a private company that operated a New Jersey detention center for the U.S. government. The jury found for the plaintiff on her negligent supervision and …
US appellate court rejects British victims' suit for Guantánamo torture damages by By John Burton On January 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a case brought by four British citizens seeking money damages to compensate them for having been tortured by the …
9-11 Detainees' Suit Survives Government's Motion to Dismiss by Matthew Clarke By Matthew T.Clarke On. September 27, 2005, a federal district court in New York issued a 70-page, unpublished memorandum and order granting in part and denying in part the defendants' motion to dismiss civil rights conditions-of confinement claims brought …
Aliens May Sue Private Detention Companies Under ATCA by A federal court in New Jersey became the first court to hold that corporations which operate privatized immigration detention facilities may be sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA). The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) contracted with Esmor Correctional Services, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Chileans Allowed to Sue for Wrongful Death in U.S. 26 Years After Family Member was Slain by Chileans Allowed to Sue for Wrongful Death in U.S. 26 Years After Family Member was Slain In 1973, Armando Fernandez-Larios (Fernandez) was part of a Chilean military unit which murdered Winston Cabello a …
Minor Plaintiff's FTCA Claims Not Tolled by The decedent, an immigration detainee, was killed by another detainee. His wife's and adult children's Bivens claims were time-barred, but the claims of the minor children are tolled under California law until they file suit or reach the age of majority. The fact …