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No Qualified Immunity on Toothpaste, Inhaler & Ventilation Claims

Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006

Filed under: Medication, Dental Care, Ventilation, Hygiene Supplies, Appeals, Wrongful Imprisonment, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity

No Qualified Immunity on Toothpaste, Inhaler & Ventilation Claims by The Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeals upheld a district courts denial of qualified immunity to jail officials on claims of denial of toothpaste, withholding asthma inhaler and inadequate ventilation. In 1984, two Indiana men disappeared. Neither the men nor their …

Dallas Fake Drug Cases Settle For Millions, Jury Awards Damages

Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, False Arrest

Dallas Fake Drug Cases Settle For Millions, Jury Awards Damages by by Michael Rigby In 2001, police officers in Dallas, Texas, made 33 arrests in what has since become known as the fake drug scandal." The victims were all charged with possessing cocaine, based on supposedly positive field tests of …

New York City Pays $75,000 for 28.5 Days False Imprisonment

Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Municipal Liability

New York City Pays $75,000 for 28.5 Days False Imprisonment by On September 8, 2005, the City of New York, New York, settled for $75,000 a prisoner's lawsuit alleging 28.5 days false imprisonment. Plaintiff William Perocier, Jr., a 31 year old tow truck driver, was sentenced to six months in …

Wrongfully Imprisoned D.C. Disabled Man Settles Suit For $1.74 Million

Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Wrongfully Imprisoned D.C. Disabled Man Settles Suit For $1.74 Million by by Michael Rigby The District of Columbia and a private medical provider have agreed to pay $1.74 million to Joseph Heard, a deaf, mute, and mentally disabled man who was wrongfully imprisoned in the D.C. jail for nearly two …

Florida Jury Awards $225,000 in False Arrest/Malicious Prosecution Claim

Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment

Florida Jury Awards $225,000 in False Arrest/Malicious Prosecution Claim by A Florida jury has awarded $225,000 in a case against the City of Clearwater and an individual detective on a claim of false arrest, malicious prosecution, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The Plaintiff claimed he was falsely arrested on …

Texas Jails Troubled by Deaths, Negligence and Failed Inspections

Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Escapes, Databases, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Staffing, Water, Wrongful Imprisonment, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Texas Jails Troubled by Deaths, Negligence and Failed Inspections by Gary Hunter For decades Texas jails have been cesspool's of misery, medical neglect, brutality and over crowding. Class action litigation in the 1970's alleviated some of the worst aspects of the Texas jail system and led to modest improvements. By …

New Jersey Parole Officials Pay $50,000 for Delayed Release

Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006

Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment

New Jersey Parole Officials Pay $50,000 for Delayed Release by On February 3, 2005, a New Jersey man settled his federal lawsuit against state parole officialswhom he claimed were responsible for his remaining in prison 11 months beyond his approved parole datefor $50,000. Vincent Pannone was imprisoned on May 7, …

No Qualified Immunity from 57-Day Illegal Confinement

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability

No Qualified Immunity from 57-Day Illegal Confinement by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that several prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity for their roles in confining a prisoner 57 days beyond his ordered release. In December, 1977, Daryl Davis was convicted of theft under Missouri law. …

Maryland Prisons MisCalculate Half of All Prisoner Release Dates

Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Labor, Sentencing, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment

Maryland Prisons MisCalculate Half of All Prisoner Release Dates by by David M. Reutter Up to one half of all Maryland prisoners early release dates at two prisons were erroneous, concluded a report by the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits. The report declined to identify the two prisons it audited, …

$97,000 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Arkansas Over Detention Suit

Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Supervisory Liability, Municipal Liability

$97,000 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Arkansas Over Detention Suit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment awarding compensatory damages of $50,000 in a civil rights suit filed by James M. Hayes, alleging his 38-day pre-appearance detention violated his right to due process. The Court …

Lives (and Votes) Lost

Article • October 15, 2005

Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Lives (and Votes) Lost by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg From City Belt (www.citybelt.org) Lives (and Votes) Lost Prisoners, parolees and probationers cannot vote in New Jersey -- but for one former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted and can, it's the last thing on his mind. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Nothing ties Larry Peterson …

Hawaii Settles Class Action Wrongful Imprisonment Suit for $1.2 Million

Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005

Filed under: Damages, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment

Hawaii Settles Class Action Wrongful Imprisonment Suit for $1.2 Million by Michael Rigby The state of Hawaii has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a class action federal lawsuit involving ...

Louisiana Prison Writer Free After 44 Years

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Death Penalty, Prisoner Media

Louisiana Prison Writer Free After 44 Years by Michael Rigby Award-winning prison journalist and civil rights figure Wilbert Rideau, once described as “the most rehabilitated prisoner in America,” is free after spending more than four decades behind bars. Ironically, Rideau’s freedom came not from being exonerated, but from being found …

$1 Million L.A. County Jail Rape Award Overturned

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment, Municipal Liability

$1 Million L.A. County Jail Rape Award Overturned by by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal, in an unpublished opinion, reversed a Los Angeles (L.A.) County jury verdict that had awarded $1 million in damages to a jail detainee who was brutally beaten and raped in his L. A. …

Los Angeles County Settles Parolee's Overdetention Suit For $80,000

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment

Los Angeles County Settles Parolee's Overdetention Suit For $80,000 by Los Angeles County paid $80,000 to settle a California parolee's overdetention suit that alleged failure to process release information for one week. On June 4, 2001, William Green was arrested by his parole agent on a violation for failing to …

Ohio Awards $1,402.92 Award For 11 Days False Imprisonment

Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005

Filed under: Damages, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment

Ohio Awards $1,402.92 Award For 11 Days False Imprisonment by by Michael Rigby An Ohio prisoner should be awarded $1,402.92 for 11 days of false imprisonment, a magistrate recommended to the Ohio Court of Claims on October 21, 2004. On September 14, 1999, plaintiff Glen Wilson was sentenced to two …

Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet on Sex Offender Release Plans

Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005

Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment, Sex Offender Treatment, Civil Commitment

Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet on Sex Offender Release Plans by Hank Balson Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet on Sex Offender Release Plans by Hank Balson The Washington Court of Appeals ruled in May that the state's Department of Corrections (DOC) has …

Corley v Davis, CA, Complaint, wrongful imprisonment, 2005

Brief • April 20, 2005

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment

Corley v Davis, CA, Complaint, wrongful imprisonment, 2005 Case 2:03-cv-01447-LKK-DAD Document 51 Filed 04/20/2005 Page 1 of 19 ERIC GRANT (Bar No. 151064) Attorney at Law 2 800 I Folsom ...

Ohio Appeals Court Upholds $7,820 Award for 70 Days Unlawful Incarceration

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Summary Judgment, Damages, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment

Ohio Appeals Court Upholds $7,820 Award for 70 Days Unlawful Incarceration by By Robert H. Woodman The Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld a $7,820 damages award by the Ohio Court of Claims to Alton M. Stroud, a prisoner of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC). …

Heck Doesn't Apply to Parole Revocation Incarceration Without Attorney or Hearing

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Sentencing, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment

Heck Doesn't Apply to Parole Revocation Incarceration Without Attorney or Hearing by The Tenth Circuit court of appeals has held that a prisoner who claims he was denied an attorney or court hearing for 73 days while awaiting extradition for parole revocation need not show that the revocation had been …