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Exonerated Prisoner Sues New York City for 16 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

rights when they railroaded him into a murder conviction of which he was later exonerated. The suit seeks $50 million in compensation for 16 years of wrongful imprisonment that followed. Jimenez ...

Estate of Lavell R. Jones v. State of New York, NY, Decision, Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment, 2023

Brief • October 27, 2023

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment

Estate of Lavell R. Jones v. State of New York, NY, Decision, Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment, 2023 FILED STATE OF NEW YORK COURT OF CLAIMS ESTATE OF LAVELL R. JONES, SAKINA M. MITCHELL AND TADRE R. JONES AS CO-ADMINISTRATORS, OCT 2 7 2023 STATE COURT OF CLAIMS ALBANY, N.Y. Claimant, …

M.G. V. NY State Office of Mental Health, NY, Opinion & Order, Inadequate Mental Health Care, 2021

Brief • November 15, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Inadequate Health Care Facilities

M.G. V. NY State Office of Mental Health, NY, Opinion & Order, Inadequate Mental Health Care, 2021 Case 7:19-cv-00639-CS-AEK Document 185 Filed 11/15/21 Page 1 of 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------x M.G., P.C., C.J., M.J., J.R., D.R., S.D., W.P., and D.H., individually and on …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 ...

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 ...

Second Circuit Reverses Judgment in Favor of U.S. Citizen Held 3½ Years in Immigration Detention

Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immigration

Second Circuit Reverses Judgment in Favor of U.S. Citizen Held 3½ Years in Immigration Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 31, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a judgment for a U.S. citizen who was improperly held in an immigration detention facility for 1,273 days. …

A NY Supreme Court Certifies for Persons Held on ICE Detainers Past Scheduled Release.

Article • December 26, 2017

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention, Immigration

A NY Supreme Court Certifies for Persons Held on ICE Detainers Past Scheduled Release. by A New York Supreme Court certified a class in a lawsuit alleging the New York Department of Corrections (DOC) falsely imprisoned over 9,000 persons with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. The class consists …

$82,500 Damages to Detained American, Federal Judge Blasts ICE

Article • December 7, 2017

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immigration, False Arrest

$82,500 Damages to Detained American, Federal Judge Blasts ICE by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis In a scathing opinion, Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, awarded a wrongfully detained American citizen $82,500 in damages for false arrest …

Exonerated Man Receives $6 Million in Malicious Prosecution Settlement

Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

Filed under: Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Imprisonment

Exonerated Man Receives $6 Million in Malicious Prosecution Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Derrick Deacon spent more than 24 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. After having his conviction thrown out by an appeals court and being found not guilty in a subsequent retrial, …

Crockett v. The City of New York, NY, Order, False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution, 2017

Brief • April 20, 2017

Filed under: Malicious Prosecution, Searches, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Crockett v. The City of New York, NY, Order, False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution, 2017 INDEX NO. 161857/2013 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/27/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 48 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY MARGARET A. CHAN PRESENT: ~·::,,., .._ J.S.G. PART . ~) Justice Index Number: 161857/2013 …

New York Court of Claims Awards $90,000 for Overextended Incarceration/Parole

Article • March 24, 2017

Filed under: Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment

New York Court of Claims Awards $90,000 for Overextended Incarceration/Parole by On April 2, 2015, the New York State Court of Claims awarded a former prisoner $90,000 for being incarcerated and subjected to parole after the expiration of his sentence. The New York Department of Corrections and Community Services failed …

New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years

Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years by On March 10, 2016, Andre Hatchett, 49, became the 19th person exonerated since Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson strengthened a conviction review unit when he took office in 2014. Hatchett had been convicted of second degree murder for the 1991 death …

Citizen's Wrongful Detention suit against ICE 'reinstated by Second Circuit

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immigration, Sovereign Immunity

Citizen's Wrongful Detention suit against ICE 'reinstated by Second Circuit by Derek Gilna Viterbo Liranzo was a U.S. citizen through section 321 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), which conferred derivative citizenship on children of U.S. citizens, even though neither parent nor the child requested it. Liranzo was unaware …

USDC ED NY Grants Opposition to Quash Depositions in Murder/Rape

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest

USDC ED NY Grants Opposition to Quash Depositions in Murder/Rape by A magistrate judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted in November 2011 the Plaintiff’s motion opposing Defenses’ motion to quash deposition notices and notice of subpoena in a civil case resultant …

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors

Article • August 5, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …

$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Snitch Jacketing, Malicious Prosecution, Counsel, Failure to Protect (General), Food, Sanitation, Legal Property, Wrongful Imprisonment, Due Process, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Suicides

$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit by Derek Gilna In 2007, prisoner Aaron Willey filed a pro se federal civil rights lawsuit against guards employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, alleging harassment, inadequate nutrition, theft of legal documents, …

Levy v. Harrington & City of Buffalo, NY, Plf Trial Memo, police misconduct false arrest wrongful imprisonment, 2016

Brief • June 6, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest

Levy v. Harrington & City of Buffalo, NY, Plf Trial Memo, police misconduct false arrest wrongful imprisonment, 2016 Case 1:09-cv-00720-LJV-HBS Document 60 Filed 06/06/16 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES ...