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Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Tenth Circuit Stretches PLRA to Deny Claim of Colorado Prisoner Shot by Guard While Shackled by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a maddening decision issued on July 16, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit managed to dismiss the excessive-force claim of a Colorado prisoner …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Former Kentucky Sheriff Indicted for Murdering Judge in Chambers by Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, the former Sheriff of Kentucky’s Letcher County, was indicted by a grand jury on November 21, 2024, for the murder of state District Judge Kevin Mullins. The 54-year-old judge and then-Sheriff Stines had just finished lunch …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Illinois Sheriff Resigns After Deputy Fatally Shoots 911 Caller by Sheriff Jack Campbell (R) retired from his duties for Illinois’ Sangamon County on August 31, 2024, following pressure from Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) over a fatal shooting involving Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, who was charged with murder for killing …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Florida DOC Failed to Investigate Background of Guard Convicted in Mass Shooting by On June 26, 2024, a Florida jury recommended the death penalty for former state prison guard Zephen Xaver, 27, who was convicted of the execution-­style murders of five women at a Sebring bank in 2019. The slayings …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Settlements Total $3.85 Million for Nevada Prisoners Hit with Birdshot by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner was blinded by guards using birdshot rounds, the state Board of Examiners (BOE) approved a $2.25 million settlement on September 12, 2023. A separate agreement …
Brief • September 22, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings
Waller v. City of Nogales, AZ, Opposition to Dft's Motion for Summary Judgment, Excessive Force, 2023 1 2 3 4 5 Paul Gattone Arizona Bar # 012482 LAW OFFICE OF PAUL GATTONE 301 S. Convent Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 623-1922 Attorney for Plaintiff 6 IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR …
Article • June 13, 2023
Florida Prison Guard Arrested in Apparent Love-Triangle Shooting by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman An off-duty Florida prison guard was arrested on June 7, 2023, after he allegedly shot a woman several times outside her home. Wilner Cyprien, 31, a state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard at Martin Correctional Institution …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A warden at a Texas detention center and his twin brother have been charged with shooting two migrants, one fatally, in the town of Sierra Blanca along the Mexican border on …
Craig v. County of Orange, CA, Order Granting Attorney Fees, Wrongful Death (Excessive Force), 2023 Case 8:17-cv-00491-CJC-KES Document 280 Filed 02/21/23 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:7704 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 12 …
Brief • November 17, 2022
Stevenson v. Bauer, MN, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees, Excessive Force, 2022 CASE 0:20-cv-02007-SRN-TNL Doc. 103 Filed 11/17/22 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Soren Stevenson, Case No. 20-cv-2007 (SRN/TNL) Plaintiff, ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES Temporarily Filed Under Seal v. …
Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Jury Verdict, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-05223-RJB Document 180 Filed 09/23/21 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ATTACOMA 6 7 8 DAVID RICE and ELIZABETH RICE, individually and as a marital community, and …
Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Final Judgment, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-05223-RJB Document 186 Filed 09/27/21 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 DAVID RICE and ELIZABETH RICE, individually and as a marital …
Loury v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2021 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ESTATE OF PIERRE LOURY, Deceased, by Tambrasha Hudson, Adrninistrator ) ) ) Plaintiff, , ) ) ) ) V. The CiLy of Chicago, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER SEAN …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Shootings
County of Kenosha, WI, Distrcit Attorney Report on the Officer Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake, 2021 COUNTY OF KENOSHA DISTRICT ATTORNEY Michael D. Graveley District Attorney Report on the Officer Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake Synopsis This document contains the factual and legal conclusions of the Kenosha County District Attorney’s …
Andre Hill - Columbus City Council Settlement Approval 2021 City of Columbus Office of City Clerk 90 West Broad Street Columbus OH 43215-9015 columbuscitycouncil.org Legislation Details (With Text) File #: 1267-2021 Version: 1 Type: Ordinance Status: Passed File created: 5/14/2021 In control: Criminal Justice & Judiciary Committee On agenda: 5/17/2021 …
Brief • January 25, 2021
Golatte v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Antwon Golatte Plaintiff, v. City of Chicago, Chicago Police Officers Jaime Gaeta, Harry Matheos, Matt Dercola, James Whigham, and Kathleen Schmidt, Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Resendez v. County of Tulare, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force - Shooting, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (the "Settlement Agreement") is made and entered into this _ ("Plaintiff') day of January, 2021, by and among ALEXIS RESENDEZ and COUNTY OF TULARE, KARL BOSTAI , RANDY GUNDERMAN …
Milliner v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ESTATE OF MARTICE MILLINER, Deceased, by Khadija Farmer, Administrator, ) Plaintiff, VS. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 16 C 7064 Judge: Robert Gettleman ) …
Qualified Immunity Letter to Congress, Nat'l Police Accountability Project, 2020 June 9, 2020 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer: National Police Accountability Project A Project of the National Lawyers Guild Executive Director Rachel A. Pickens ____________ Board of Directors: President Michael Avery President-Elect Julia …
California Prison Officials Put Hold on Policy That Led to “Gladiator Fights” by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In September 2019, California prison administrators and officials agreed to put a hold on a policy known as “incremental release” after complaints from prisoners and their relatives that it had …
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