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Almost $4.4 Million for Illinois Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter On April 11, 2025, amended judgment was entered in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois, awarding $4,384,216.16 to state prisoner Timothy Kyles, who successfully prosecuted his claim that state Department of Corrections (DOC) officials were …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Convictions at Any Cost: DOJ Report Slams Three Decades of Snitches and Due Process Violations in California’s Orange County by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart The U.S. Constitution, in its idealistic fashion, guarantees citizens that they “shall not be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Settlement Extended Again After Federal Judge Faults California Prisons for Using Snitches in Solitary and Parole Procedures by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 24, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of California granted another 12-month extension to a 2015 settlement. That agreement was made between the …
Houston v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 16-8861 16-CV-8861 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Filed Case Houston, Willie #N11484 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received Status 11/4/16 1/19/17 closed Date Served Class Action D On Appeal D Spears D …
Rico v. Butler, IL, Settlment, Failure to Protect Informant, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 16-877 SD 16-CV-877 Case Name Rico, Miguel #M34394 v. Butler, et al. Defendants: Plaintiffs: Filed 10/17/16 Date Served Status Received 11/15/16 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se …
Wisconsin State Prison Sergeant Rats Out Prisoner Informants by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  It is unfortunate that one of the first things someone learns after being incarcerated is to never, ever trust anyone. Now-retired Wisconsin prison captain Jason Wilke is a poster-child for the never-trust-anyone creed, demonstrating that it …
Schenk v. Rivera, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018 SETTLEMENTAGREEMENTAND RELEASE Th/¥~1ent Agreement and Release (the "Agreement and Release") is made and entered into as of this y of September, 20 I 8, by, between, and among Benjamin Schenk ("Plaintiff') and Officer Nancy Rivera ("Defendant"), the County of Lake and …
Former Mexican Mafia General Turned Informant Receives $25,000 from GEO Group, 20 Years in Prison from Feds by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke After former Mexican Mafia general Raymond S. “Indio” Tellez agreed to testify against the gang, two gang members stabbed him multiple times in a secure area of …
Houston v. Pfister, IL, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2018 Case: 1:16-cv-08861 Document#: 65 Filed: 02/23/18 Page 1 of 12 PagelD #:242 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIE JAMES HOUSTON (N-11484), Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) v. ) ) ) RANDY …
$15.000 Settles Multiple Civil Rights Complaints by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled multiple civil rights lawsuits brought by prisoner David Y. Merritt in March 2002. Merritt, an imprisoned government informant, filed several lawsuits against the Bureau of Prisons in federal court between 1995 and 2001. …
Brief • December 22, 2017
Snodgrass v. Messer, Amici Curiae, 2017 No. 17-635 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ———— KEVIN SNODGRASS, JR., Petitioner, v. S.L. MESSER; M.L. COUNTS; C. BISHOP; E.R. BARKSDALE; J. BENTLEY; JOE FANIN; TORI RAIFORD; GARRY A. ADAMS; HAROLD CLARK, Respondents. ———— On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari …
Brief • October 24, 2017
Pinson v. Doe, AZ, Appeal, Failure to Protect Informant, 2017 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED OCT 4 2017 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JEREMY V. PINSON, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 16-16744 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:13-cv-02059-DCB v. MEMORANDUM* UNKNOWN PARTY, John Doe #1, …
Article • September 12, 2017
Washington Court of Appeals Holds No Duty of Protection Owed By DOC to Felon Under Community Supervision by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 14, 2017, Division Three of the Washington State Court of Appeals held in a 2-1 ruling that the Department of Corrections (DOC) was not liable …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Report Finds Federal Informants at Risk of Retaliation; Court Penalizes Informant for Trial Outcome by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), part of the Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, published a study that found criminal …
Rodriguez v. Fed Bureau of Prisons, PA, Class Action Complaint, Jury Demand, Treatment of Mental Illness in Inmates, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JUSAMUEL RODRIGUEZ MCCREARY, RICHARD C. ANAMANYA, and JOSEPH R. COPPOLA, each individually and on behalf of all others similarly …
Publication • 2017
Office of the Inspector General - Audit of the DOJ's Handling of Known or Suspected Terrorists, 2017 Audit of the Department of Justice's Handling of Known or Suspected Terrorists Admitted into the Federal Witness Security Program Audit Division 17-34 REDACTED - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE September 2017 U//LES//SSI (~) AUDIT OF …
Audit of the DEA’s Management and Oversight of its Confidential Source Program, OAG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Audit of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Management and Oversight of its Confidential Source Program Audit Division 16-33 September 2016 AUDIT OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION’S MANAGEMENT AND …
Rico v. Butler, IL, Merit Review, Failure to Protect Informant, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00877-MJR-SCW Document 11 Filed 11/14/16 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #87 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MIGUEL RICO, Plaintiff, vs. …
Violence in Mississippi Prisons Exacerbated by Guards’ Assistance by David Reutter A contributor, perhaps the most serious one, to violence in Mississippi prisons is the accessory before the fact by guards. Prisoners being able to access cells and cellblocks not their own due to locks being easily overcoming via design …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
11th Circuit Reinstates Suit Filed by BOP Confidential Informant by Derek Gilna 11th Circuit Reinstates Suit Filed by BOP Confidential Informant by Derek Gilna The 11th Circuit has reinstated a previously-dismissed complaint alleging Eighth Amendment violations by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for being deliberately indifferent to the safety of …
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