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$700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 27, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied state prison officials’ motion for new trial. That left standing a jury verdict finding that …
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 …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
$500,000 Jury Award Cut to $250,000 for Pennsylvania Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards by Douglas Ankney Lack of expert testimony halved a $500,000 award made by a federal jury to Pennsylvania prisoner Michael Sherman Allen on November 1, 2023, for injuries sustained in a brutal 2019 beating at the hands …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Texas Bankruptcy Court Rejects Proposed Settlement of Prisoner Claims Against Corizon Health by On April 11, 2024, a Texas bankruptcy court rejected a proposed $54 million settlement that would have paid just a fraction of the hundreds of millions of dollars owed to prisoners who won judgments or secured settlement …
Eighth Circuit Affirms $800,000 Award After Arkansas Jail Detainee’s Fatal Appendix Rupture by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed an $800,000 jury award against a contract doctor at an Arkansas jail, in a suit brought on behalf …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On October 11, 2022, the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of California prisoner’s suit alleging he was assaulted because a guard …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the verdict of a federal jury, stripping $20,000 in damages awarded to a former federal …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 18, 2022, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ordered two former state judges to pay $206 million in damages for taking $2.8 million in kickbacks to shut down …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Damages, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Grants Records but No Damages for Prisoner Making Request by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 23, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) improperly withheld records requested by a former state prisoner. But the prisoner’s failure …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: Damages, Public Records
Prisoners Awarded Damages for Denial of Public Records by Ohio Prison Officials by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 1, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio rejected the argument of state prison officials that copies of a prisoner’s “kites” — informal complaints, grievances and appeals — are exempt …
Filing • June 27, 2022
HRDC v. St. Joseph County, IN, USDC, Complaint, Censorship, 2022 USDC IN/ND case 3:22-cv-00489 document 1 filed 06/27/22 page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Damages, Public Records
$1,000 Award to Ohio Prisoner for Violation of Public Records Act by The Ohio Supreme Court concluded that an official at Toledo Correctional Institution (TCI) violated the Ohio Public Records Act by failing to identify all records requested by a prisoner. In addition to ordering relief for the prisoner to …
Quickle v. Lasek, IL, order, damages, sexual coercion, 2020 1:18-cv-01332-SEM-TSH # 107 Page 1 of 6 E-FILED Tuesday, 29 September, 2020 09:14:46 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DONALD QUICKLE, Plaintiff, v. SHERRI LASEK, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) …
$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 …
Adams v. Baker, TN, Trial Opinion, Retaliation, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA CHRISTOPHER ADAMS, Plaintiff, v. DAVE BAKER, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:16-cv-335 Judge Travis R. McDonough Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee TRIAL OPINION Plaintiff Christopher …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Maine: Prosecutorial Misconduct in False Rape Case Results in $2.1 Million in Damages by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Vladek Filler found himself on the wrong side of former Hancock County District Attorney Mary Kellett. In 2007, Filler’s wife, Ligia Filler, made allegations that her husband sexually assaulted her. Kellett …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 25 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Order, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 24 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell DEMOCRATIC …
Article • June 20, 2018
$25,000 Awarded to New York Prison Inmate Over Medical Mistreatment by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  Michael Brew, a prisoner at the Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie, New York, was awarded $25,000 in damages against a prison doctor whom a federal jury found was deliberately indifferent to Brew's serious medical …
Article • May 17, 2018
Prisoner Awarded $25,000 Against Texas Guard Who Facilitated Assault by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal jury in Texas found that a prison guard was negligent in aiding and abetting an assault on a prisoner, awarding the victim $25,000 in damages.      While David K. Lara was a prisoner …
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