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Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
$60,000 Settlement for Kansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, $578,000 for His Attorneys by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court’s award of more than $578,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs made as part of …
Illinois Prisoner Awarded Over $822,000 For Hernia Care Denied by Wexford Health by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   On April 2, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied relief to Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the private healthcare contractor for the state Department of Corrections …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Over $71,000 Awarded to Michigan Prisoner for Sexual Abuse by Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On September 28, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Michigan awarded a state prisoner $16,975.00 in attorney fees and $4,459.91 in costs in a civil rights lawsuit over his …
Filing • May 3, 2024
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement Agreement, PLN Censorship, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Settlement Agreement") is made and entered into by and among: "Plaintiff': Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (referred to herein as ''Plaintiff'). "Defendant": State …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
HRDC Awarded Over $130,000 in Legal Costs and Fees for Defendant’s “Bad Faith” in Maine Records Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 16, 2024, Maine’s Superior Court for Kennebec County ordered state officials to pay $130,600.02 in attorney fees and legal costs to PLN’s publisher, the …
Filing • March 20, 2024
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order Granting Attorneys' Fees and Expenses, PLN Censorship, 2024 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 379 Filed 03/20/24 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Prison Legal News, Plaintiff, 10 …
South Carolina Sheriff Ordered to Pay $37,500 in Fees and Costs in Jail FOIA Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 1, 2023, a South Carolina court awarded the parent company of a local newspaper $37,500 in attorney fees and costs in a successful action to enforce the …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Michigan Supreme Court: DOC Owes Attorney Fees in Public Records Case Even if Plaintiff Is Represented Pro Bono by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court held that journalists seeking release of videos from the state Department of Corrections (DOC) were prevailing parties and …
$10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana found on July 18, 2023, that a guard at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing …
Filing • March 21, 2023
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order Granting Attorneys’ Fees on Appeal, PLN Censorship, 2023 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 364 Filed 03/21/23 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FILED MAR 21 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a …
Craig v. County of Orange, CA, Order Granting Attorney Fees, Wrongful Death (Excessive Force), 2023 Case 8:17-cv-00491-CJC-KES Document 280 Filed 02/21/23 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:7704 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 12 …
$14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington by Matthew Clarke Brings total the firm is ordered to pay to $37.6 million by Matt Clarke On December 14, 2021, a Washington federal court …
$170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2021, the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) settled state and federal lawsuits brought by a prisoner kept in solitary confinement for 22 months without seeing any evidence of …
$650,000 Jury Verdict Upheld in NY Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Claim; Motion for Fees Denied Due to Contingency Agreement by David Reutter by David M Reutter On October 20, 2020, a federal judge in New York refused to overturn a $650,000 award made by a jury earlier that year to a state …
Attorney Fees Awarded Against CoreCivic After Defamation Suit Dismissed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A California federal district court held that CoreCivic, Inc., must pay attorney fees in a defamation lawsuit. The court held the calculation of fees in abeyance until the resolution of appeals related to the …
HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, Granting in Part Motion for Attorney Fees, censorship, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01296-JCS Document 50 Filed 03/28/21 Page 1 of 28 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, 7 Case No. 20-cv-01296-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority, et al., opinion and order, attorney fees and costs, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00013-JPJ-PMS Document 140 Filed 08/24/20 Page 1 of 27 Pageid#: 4233 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
$596,475 in Fees and Damages Awarded Against NY DOCCS For Contempt in Denying Pain Medication to Blind Prisoner by Chad Marks by Chad Marks U.S. District Court Judge Loretta A. Preska has ordered the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to pay up in …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded in HRDC Suit Against Juvenile Solitary Confinement by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court has awarded $420,683.53 in attorney fees and costs in a class-action suit challenging the use of solitary confinement and lack of educational opportunities for juvenile …
Filing • October 24, 2019
Prison Legal News v Inch, Florida DOC censorship case, attorney fee order, 2019 Case 4:12-cv-00239-MW-CAS Document 357 Filed 10/22/19 Page 1 of 36 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 4:12cv239-MW/CAS MARK S. INCH, in his official capacity …
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