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Academic Study of Prison Guards’ Use of Excessive Force Details Sad State of Civil Rights for Abused Prisoners by Matthew Clarke In a research paper published on October 15, 2024, UCLA law professor Sharon Dolovich examined the state of civil rights law regarding excessive use of force by American prison …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Restraints, Dogs
$15,000 to Virginia Prisoner Mauled by DOC K-9 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On December 14, 2023, the state of Virginia confirmed that it had agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a state prisoner’s lawsuit alleging retaliation and excessive use of force by officials with the state Department …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Virginia Leads the Nation in K-9 Attacks on Prisoners by An attack dog bites with enough force to puncture sheet metal. That same bite in human flesh is horrifyingly painful, leaving mental as well as physical trauma. Yet in the prison systems of eight states, attack-trained “K-9” dogs have been used …
Brief • November 16, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force, Dogs
Smith v. City of Shreveport, LA, Memorandum in Support of Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony of Ernest Burwell, Excessive Force, 2023 Case 5:19-cv-01261-EEF-KDM Document 86-1 Filed 11/16/23 Page 1 of 10 PageID #: 1783 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION JUANITA SMITH, ET AL VERSUS CITY …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Second Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Connecticut Cops who Sicced K-9 on Suspect in His Holding Cell by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian When attempting to keep a detainee from hurting himself, are jailers entitled to injure him with impunity? On September 26, 2022, the U. S. Court of …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Escapes, Dogs, Settlements
$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 21, 2021, an agreement was fully executed by California’s Merced County agreeing to pay $175,000 to a state prisoner who was mauled by a county K-9 when recaptured after …
Article • February 22, 2023
Delaware Prison Guard Indicted for Death of His K-9 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 31, 2023, a veteran Delaware prison guard was indicted by a state grand jury on a felony count of first-degree assault, for recklessly confining and causing the death of a law …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Dogs, Settlements
Ohio Pays $185,000 to State Prisoner Bitten in Genitals by K-9 by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On November 17, 2021, the Ohio Court of Claims awarded a state prisoner $185,000 for injuries sustained when he was bitten by a dog on a K-9 unit visiting from a local jail. …
Article • June 6, 2022
Michigan Guard Arrested for Killing the Service Dog He Adopted at His Prison by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott A former guard employed by the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO), was fired and arrested on April 25, 2022, for allegedly torturing …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Dogs
Virginia Prison Guards Attack Prisoners with Dogs by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Two prisoners recently filed suit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) alleging that guards used unmuzzled dogs to attack and maul them. The plaintiffs are represented by Kelly Jo Popkin, an attorney with Rights Behind Bars, …
Brief • April 14, 2021
Heuer v. Butte County, CA, Settlement, K9 Attack, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE IN CONSIDERATION of the agreement to settle this matter for the sum of One Hundred Thousand dollars and no cents ($100,000.00), Plaintiff Donald Heuer, (“Plaintiff”) hereby fully releases and forever discharges Defendants County of Butte, Mathew Rackley, …
Brief • April 5, 2021
Hall v. Warren, NY, Class Action Complaint, Excessive Force Against Protestors, 2021 Case 6:21-cv-06296 Document 1 Filed 04/05/21 Page 1 of 96 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ANTHONY HALL, STANLEY MARTIN, NICHOLAS ROBERTSON, DEVORAH CHATMAN, REYNALDO DEGUZMAN, EMILY GOOD, WINONA MILLER, DYNASTY BUGGS, LORE MCSPADDEN-WALKER, EMILY …
Brief • January 29, 2021
Heuer v. Butte County, CA, Complaint, K9 Attack, 2021 Case 2:19-cv-01328-JAM-DMC Document 17 Filed 01/29/21 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 STANLEY GOFF (Bar No. 289564) LAW OFFICE OF STANLEY GOFF 15 Boardman Place Suite 2 San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: (415) 571-9570 Email: scraiggoff@aol.com 4 5 Attorneys for …
Brief • September 24, 2020
Taylor v. City of Seattle, WA, Complaint, Excessive Force and Failure to Protect Protestors, 2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY MATTHEW D. TAYLOR as Personal Representative of the Estate of SUMMER JOLIE WILLIAMS …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
$122,000 Payout as Utah Settles Suits Claiming Daggett County Jail Torture by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On November 15, 2019, the Utah Department of Corrections (DOC) settled lawsuits with four former prisoners who were tortured at the hands of Daggett County Jail guards, agreeing to pay out a total …
Larocque et al. v. Turco et al., MA, order, prisoners' access to attorneys, legal materials, 2020
Brief • June 26, 2019
Awad v. County of Solano, CA, Settlement, K9 Attack on Disabled Person, 2019 RELEASE& SETTLEMENTAGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the payment of the sum of Seventy Five Thousand and Zero Cents ($75,000.00) in the form of draf½s°orchecks payable as follows: AbdulhadiAwad and his attorneysLaw Officesof John L. Burris the …
Bryant and Garcia v. Orange County, FL, order, wrongful death, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION WILLINE BRYANT and MAX GRACIA, SR., Plaintiffs, v. Case No: 6:17-cv-1423-Orl-31LRH ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ROBERT J. BUCK, III , KAREN CLAIRMONT, ELSA GALLOZAGONZALEZ and LYNN MARIE HARTER, Defendants. ORDER …
Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Dog-Sniff Search Policy Allowed Under Massachusetts Law, but APA Procedures Required by The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held on April 19, 2018 that the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC) had authority to implement a policy that requires prison visitors to be subject to drug-detecting dogs. However, the Court also found the …
Brief • August 24, 2018
Awad v. County of Solano, CA, Complaint, K9 Attack on Disabled Person, 2018 L'-'.cJ Case 2:18-cv-02323-TLN-EFB Document 2 Filed 08/27/18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Page 1 of 2 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ABDULHADI AW AD , V. SUMMONS IN A CIVIL CASE COUNTY OF SOLANO , ET AL. , CASENO: …
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