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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 …
Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim Against Guard in Stabbing by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 2, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the grant of summary judgment to one of several North Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) officials accused …
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 …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Colorado Prisoner Targeted by Gangs Wins Injunction for Placement in Protective Custody by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding a Colorado state prisoner was in grave danger from gang members he’d testified against in a murder investigation, the federal court for the District of Colorado enjoined the state Department …
McCall v. Wooley, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number 17-1009 17-CV-1009 McCall, Vennis #K55319 v. Wooley, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Case Name Official Case # Ca se# Defendants: Statu s Received closed 9/20/17 11/1/17 Date Served Class Action L On Appeal Spears Opposing Coun …
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 …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Protective Custody
Jury Awards Oregon Prisoner $350,000 After Guard Announces He Was a “PC” Case by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In April 2019, a jury awarded a prisoner held at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution $350,000 in damages when he was attacked by other prisoners after a guard announced that he …
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 …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Second Circuit: Prisoners Have the Right Not to Snitch by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that the First Amendment protects both a prisoner’s right not to snitch and his or her right not to provide false information to prison …
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 …
McCall v. Wooley, IL, Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-01009-NJR-DGW Document 75 Filed 09/14/18 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #366 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST.LOUIS DIVISON } VENNIS McCALL, #K-55319, RECEIVED ) } ) Plaintiff, v. SARAH WOOLEY, …
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 • September 8, 2017
First Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Police Officer for Arrest Without Probable Cause by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 1, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit set aside a lower court ruling which granted summary judgment to a police officer who was sued for …
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