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Wills v. Microgenics Corporation, NY, Memorandim Decision and Order, Drug Testing, 2021

Brief • August 10, 2021

Filed under: Drug Testing, Wrongful Imprisonment

Wills v. Microgenics Corporation, NY, Memorandim Decision and Order, Drug Testing, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-04432-BMC-VMS Document 71 Filed 08/10/21 Page 1 of 15 PageID #: 925 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------- X : RUBEN WILLS, : : MEMORANDUM DECISION Plaintiff, : AND ORDER : - against …

Mitchell v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2021

Brief • July 27, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, False Documents, False Confessions

Mitchell v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KEHINDA MITCHELL, v. Plaintiff, CITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago Police Detectives MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, ANDY JONES, KEVIN GLYNN and JACK WILKINS, Youth Officer NAPOLEON STEVENSON, and Officer K. …

Brisco v. Stinar, IL, Settlement, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2021

Brief • April 27, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, False Statements/Perjury, False Imprisonment

Brisco v. Stinar, IL, Settlement, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CORNELL BRISCO, Plaintiff, V, ) ) ) ) CASE NO. 19-CV-7233 ) CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS VINCENT STINAR, STAR NO. 4017, LENNY PIERRI STAR NO. 10956 & …

Minnesota Man Out of Prison After Being Exonerated of Murder

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence

Minnesota Man Out of Prison After Being Exonerated of Murder by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Javon Davis, aka James Lamar Davis, was talking to his girlfriend on the phone during the wee hours of April 12, 2014 as two men were gunned down while leaving their workplace at Target …

Smith v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Excessive Detention, 2020

Brief • September 8, 2020

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Smith v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Excessive Detention, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is entered into by Jeremy Smith ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor") and The GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO" or "Releasee" or "Defendant"). "GEO," "Releasee" and "Defendant" as used and referred to in …

Brzowski v. Sigler, IL, Judgment, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2020

Brief • August 6, 2020

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Wrongful Imprisonment, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, False Imprisonment, Emotional Distress

Brzowski v. Sigler, IL, Judgment, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2020 1:17-cv-09339 ILND 450 (Rev.Case: 04/29/2016) Judgment in a Civil Document Action #: 169 Filed: 08/06/20 Page 1 of 1 PageID #:2900 ...

Third Circuit Upholds Federal False Liens Conviction and 48-Month Sentence

Article • May 5, 2020

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Federal Tort Claims Act

Third Circuit Upholds Federal False Liens Conviction and 48-Month Sentence by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson  The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a Pennsylvania man’s federal false liens convictions. The court concluded that 18 USC § 1521 is not unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, and the …

Paroled New Yorker Wrongfully Confined; Awarded $3,250

Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention

Paroled New Yorker Wrongfully Confined; Awarded $3,250 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Clarence Delaney, Jr. was granted $40 per day for 88 days of unlawful confinement by the State of New York, receiving a total payment of $3,250. He also was able to recover his 42 USC § 1983 …

Smith v. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Excessive Detention, 2020

Brief • March 24, 2020

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Smith v. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Excessive Detention, 2020 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 3/24/2020 1 :20 PM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Jorge Montes STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT JEREMY 0. SMITH, Plaintiff, D-101 -CV-2020-00836 Case assigned to Biedscheid, …

Utah Supreme Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Man Held 17 Days Without Hearing or Formal Charges

Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment

Utah Supreme Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Man Held 17 Days Without Hearing or Formal Charges by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court of Utah held that a district court erred when it applied an incorrect standard in dismissing a man’s lawsuit alleging his state …

Man Held in Jail Almost Three Months for Possession of ... Honey

Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Crime Labs, Wrongful Imprisonment

Man Held in Jail Almost Three Months for Possession of ... Honey by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A man sat in jail for nearly three months while the police tried twice at different labs to prove that jars of honey he had in his possession contained liquid methamphetamine. And …

Texas Counties Waste Millions by Jailing Defendants Charged with Citation-Eligible Misdemeanors

Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019

Filed under: Jail Specific, Wrongful Imprisonment

Texas Counties Waste Millions by Jailing Defendants Charged with Citation-Eligible Misdemeanors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2019, social justice advocacy nonprofit Texas Appleseed released an analysis of jail bookings in a dozen of the most populous counties throughout Texas. The study examined the most serious charge that …

New York Prisoner Wins Claim for Excessive Confinement

Article • November 19, 2019

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Wrongful Imprisonment, First Amendment, rights

New York Prisoner Wins Claim for Excessive Confinement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  While Terrell Hales was imprisoned at the Cayuga Correctional Facility (CCF) of New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DCCS), he was charged with drug misuse. On April 15, 2013, he filed a Freedom of …

Brisco v. Stinar, IL, Complaint, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2019

Brief • November 1, 2019

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, False Statements/Perjury, False Imprisonment

Brisco v. Stinar, IL, Complaint, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-07233 Document #: 1 Filed: 11/01/19 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CORNEL BRISCO Plaintiff, vs. CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS VINCENT STINAR, STAR NO. 4017 LENNY PIERRI, STAR …

Coley v. City of Simi Valley, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018

Brief • September 25, 2019

Filed under: Medical, Wrongful Imprisonment

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Thagard v. Lauber, NY, Stipulation of Settlement and Dismissal, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2019

Brief • September 6, 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Thagard v. Lauber, NY, Stipulation of Settlement and Dismissal, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2019 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 39 Filed 09/06/19 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN ...

Phillips v. State of Michigan, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2019

Brief • June 24, 2019

Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Phillips v. State of Michigan, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2019

Thagard v. Lauber, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2016

Brief • April 18, 2019

Filed under: Threats by Staff, Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Thagard v. Lauber, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 1 of 11 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 2 of 11 ...

Jauch v. Choctaw County, MS, Order, Held Without Seeing Judge, 2019

Brief • March 26, 2019

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Wrongful Imprisonment, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Sixth Amendment

Jauch v. Choctaw County, MS, Order, Held Without Seeing Judge, 2019 Case: 1:15-cv-00075-SA-RP Doc #: 57 Filed: 03/26/19 1 of 1 PageID #: 317 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ABERDEEN DIVISION JESSICA JAUCH PLAINTIFF V. NO. 1:15-CV-75-SA-RP CHOCTAW COUNTY and CLOYD HALFORD, in …

$10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man

Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment

$10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man by A Philadelphia jury awarded Khanefah Boozer $10 million in a state court lawsuit that alleged police officer Ryan Waltman had falsely accused Boozer of firing shots at him. Boozer was the designated driver during a January 22, 2011 night out with friends. …