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Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Nebraska Pioneers Diversion Program to Help Arrested Veterans Avoid Jail by With a law signed by Gov. Jim Pillen (R) in April 2024, Nebraska became the first state to adopt a model program for diverting military veterans from jail into programs offering treatment for the issues underlying their arrest. When …
Third Circuit Revives Disabled New Jersey Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Walking Cane by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed dismissal of prisoner Tremayne Durham’s suit blaming employees of the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) for …
Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction by Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. ch.126 § 12101 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., prisoners who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to reasonable accommodations so they can communicate and …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Fourth Circuit: Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Making Rehabilitation Act Claim Must Exhaust Both BOP Grievance Process and Justice Department’s EEO Complaint Process by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit raised the high bar a prisoner must …
Brief • April 14, 2022
Congress v. State of Vermont, VT, Settlement Agreement, Failure to Treat/Reasonable Accommodation, 2022 F C O O R N IN FI D CA EN M TI E AL RA ED C U D O PR EV IE W R F C O O R N IN FI D CA EN …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Louisiana State Prison (LSP) in Angola, Louisiana, was found “deliberately indifferent” to the Eighth Amendment rights of its nearly 6,400 prisoners to receive competent medical care, according …
Lewis Jr. v. Cain, LA, systemic ADA and RA violations, deaths, Angola, 2021 Case 3:15-cv-00318-SDD-RLB Document 594 03/31/21 Page 1 of 124 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOSEPH LEWIS, JR., ET AL. CIVIL DOCKET NO.: 3:15-CV-318 VERSUS JUDGE: SHELLY DICK BURL CAIN, ET AL. MAGISTRATE: RICHARD BOURGEOIS …
Armstrong v. Newsom, CA, order to modify remedial orders and injunctions, class action prisoner ADA and RA rights, 2021 Case 4:94-cv-02307-CW Document 3217 Filed 03/11/21 Page 1 of 71 1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JOHN ARMSTRONG, …
Armstrong v. Newsom, CA, Order for Remedial Measures at LAC, COR, SATF, CIW and KVSP; 2021 Case 4:94-cv-02307-CW Document 3218 Filed 03/11/21 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 United States District Court Northern District of California 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR …
$50,000 Settlement with Corizon in Failure to Treat Suit in Florida by Corizon Health agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide a Florida prisoner with medication for his heart and blood pressure. He also alleged that he was not provided postoperative dental care or …
Bobbit v. Marzan, et al., NY, order, strip search, ADA, 2020 Case 1:16-cv-02042-AT-OTW Document 260 Filed 09/21/20 Page 1 of 34 Case 1:16-cv-02042-AT-OTW Document 260 Filed 09/21/20 Page 2 of 34 et seq., the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and New York state tort law, …
Brief • September 2, 2020
Congress v. State of Vermont, VT, Complaint, Failure to Treat/Reasonable Accommodation, 2020 STATE OF VERMONT CIVIL DIVISION Docket No.: v. F C O O R N IN FI D CA EN M TI E AL RA STATE OF VERMONT, AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES and DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; BENJAMIN WATTS, in …
Richard v. Pfister, et al., IL, opinion and order, prisoner denied medical and other services, 2020 Case: 1:17-cv-04677 Document #: 141 Filed: 09/01/20 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:1931 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM H. RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 v. …
Third Circuit: Showers Part of Prison Operations for ADA and RA Purposes by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 8, 2019 that the provision of showers “is a part of the programs, activities, or services” referred to by the Rehabilitation …
Brief • September 25, 2019
Updike v. Multnomah County, OR, Judgment, No ASL Services, 2019 Case 3:13-cv-01619-SI Document 203 Filed 09/25/19 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON DAVID UPDIKE, Plaintiff, Case No. 3:13-cv-1619-SI JUDGMENT v. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, et al., Defendants. Michael H. Simon, District Judge. Based …
Brief • September 25, 2019
Updike v. Multnomah County, OR, Jury Verdict, No ASL Services, 2019 Case 3:13-cv-01619-SI Document 202 Filed 09/25/19 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON DAVID UPDIKE, Case No . 3:13-cv-1619-SI Plaintiff, VERDICT V. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Defendant. We, the Jury, being first duly …
Roppolo v. Linthicum, et al., complaint, failure to correctly treat prisoner with Hepatitis C, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-00262 Document 1 Filed on 09/11/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION MATTHEW ROPPOLO Plaintiff v. LANNETTE LINTHICUM, in her official capacity as …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
San Bernardino County, California Sheriff’s Office Settles Civil Rights Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The County of San Bernardino, California and Sheriff John McMahon have settled a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in February 2016, which alleged they had failed “to provide minimally adequate medical, dental and mental …
McKibben v. McMahon, CA, Settlement, LGBT Wrongful Treatment, 2018 Case 5:14-cv-02171-JGB-SP Document 78 Filed 08/15/18 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #:714 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DAN MCKIBBEN, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No.14-2171-JGB-SP [Hon. Jesus G. Bernal] vs. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT JOHN MCMAHON, et al., Defendants. Plaintiffs1 …
Article • June 7, 2018
California Law Allows Transfer to Jail in Another County, But Prisoner Must First Exhaust Administrative Remedies, Court of Appeal Holds by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case of first impression, the California Court of Appeal held that State law does allow a prisoner to request a transfer to …
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