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Sixth Circuit: Michigan Tolling Statute Applies to PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement by David Reutter On January 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that Michigan’s “tolling provision” does not affect the administrative remedy exhaustion requirement in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e. …
$3.15 Million for Illinois Prisoner Raped by Guard and Then Denied “Boot Camp” by On March 26, 2024, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) signed an agreement to pay $3,150,000 to a former state prisoner to settle her claims that she was raped by a guard and then denied entry …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Oregon Pays $50,000 to Settle Retaliation Suit by PLN Contributor, Who Wins Release by In March 2024, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by PLN contributing writer Mark Wilson, paying him $50,000 and vacating a prior prison disciplinary finding. Less than a year …
Lawsuit Over Mailroom Abuses by Washington DOC Leads to Policy Changes by A settlement reached on November 1, 2023, between the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and current or former state prisoners resulted in changes to prison mail policies. While incarcerated at Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC), Adam Bauer, David Cochran, …
At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed by On March 11, 2024, FBI agents raided the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Dublin, California, the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockup plagued by staff sexual assaults on prisoners—so many that it has become known as …
Brief • April 1, 2024
Wilson v. Plante, OR, Settlement, Retaliation, 2024 Case 6:21-cv-01606-SI Document 92-1 Filed 04/01/24 Page 1 of 10 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This action is currently pending in U.S. District Court Case Number 6:21-cv-01606-SI ("Action"). The parties to this Action are Mark Wilson, represented by Juan Chavez and Benjamin …
Lawsuit Claims Kentucky Prison Officials Ignored Chaplain’s Sexual Abuse by A complaint filed on June 29, 2023, accused the former chaplain of Kentucky’s Eastern Correctional Complex (ECC), of repeatedly harassing and threatening a state prisoner, as well as subjecting him to abuse and sexual molestation. In addition, the suit alleged, …
Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless” by In a weird-but-true story that’s oddly fitting for Alabama’s wretched prison system, the body of a state prisoner murdered on November 16, 2023, was returned to his survivors five days later without a heart. That is the claim of a lawsuit filed in federal …
Indiana Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim for $4,500 by On September 12, 2022, the state of Indiana reached a $4,500 settlement to resolve a state prisoner’s claim that guards confiscated his property without following prison procedure and then threatened retaliation when he filed grievances. Victor Karp was held at Correctional Industrial …
$26,500 in Settlements in Former California Prisoner’s Retaliation Lawsuits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As of March 2023, a long-term California prisoner now paroled had received settlements totaling $26,500 in two lawsuits that alleged his First Amendment rights were violated when prison officials took retaliatory actions because of …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Prisoner Who Reached $11,400 Retaliation Settlement with South Dakota Jail Tries Again with DOC by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On March 31, 2023, most of South Dakota prisoner Travis McPeek’s federal civil rights claims were dismissed against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) – and he was …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Federal Jury Awards $30,501 to Indiana Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Indiana confirmed payment to a state prisoner of $30,501 in damages, which was awarded for retaliation he suffered when seeking protection from …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Wisconsin Pays $8,000 To State Prisoner After Seventh Circuit Revives Retaliation Claim Against Guard Over Destroyed Legal Documents by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 5, 2022, a Wisconsin state prisoner signed off on an agreement to accept $8,000 to resolve claims that a guard destroyed his legal …
Long-Time PLN Contributor Released from Solitary Stint in Oregon for ‘Contraband’ Toy Phone by Jacob Barrett Incident Prompts State Legislative Hearing by Jacob Barrett On December 28, 2021, long-time PLN contributor and jailhouse lawyer Mark Wilson, 52, was released from a 120-day stint in solitary confinement at the Oregon State …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Retaliation Suit by Pro Se Michigan Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a grant of summary judge to a prison official in a lawsuit alleging a prisoner was retaliated against for filling a grievance. It also …
Brief • June 15, 2021
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Motion for Civil Contempt and for Sanctions for Witness Interference With Incorporated Memorandum of Law, Retaliation, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-MAF Document 319 Filed 06/15/21 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD; JEREMIAH HILL; JUAN ESPINOSA; JEROME BURGESS …
Michael John Hrnicek, AZ, Agreement for Discipline by Consent, Attorney Misconduct, 2021 FILED 8/10/21 SHunt Kelly J. Flood, Bar No. 019772 Staff Bar Counsel State Bar of Arizona 4201 N. 24 th Street, Suite 100 Phoenix, Arizona 85016-6266 Telephone (602)340-7272 Email: LRO@staff.azbar.org James J. Belanger, Bar No. 011393 JBelanger Law …
Brief • April 7, 2021
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Order Vacating Magistrate Judge's Order, Retaliation, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-MAF Document 279 Filed 04/07/21 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No.: 4:19cv212-MW/MAF MARK INCH, Secretary of Florida Department of …
Clark v. Lind, IL, Settlement, Retaliation for Filing Lawsuit, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 16-269 1 6-CV-269 Filed Cla rk, Ramon #K03716 v. Be nton, et a l. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Case Name Defendants: 3/ 1 4/16 Date Served Status Received 5/2/16 closed Cl ass Acti on …
Brief • February 8, 2021
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Order Enjoining Dft's and Their Officers, Agents and Employees From Retaliating, Retaliation, 2020 (1) Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-MAF Document 240 Filed 02/08/21 Page 1 of 53 Page 1 of 53 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et …
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