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$15,000 Settlement For BOP's Abuse, Conspiracy Against Government Informant

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Snitch Jacketing, Retaliatory Discipline, Failure to Protect (General), Food, Exposure to Cold, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Sentencing, Good Time, Parole, Federal Tort Claims Act, Legal Mail, Informants (Failure to Protect)

$15,000 Settlement For BOP's Abuse, Conspiracy Against Government Informant by Colorado federal prisoner and government informant, David Merritt, brought a federal tort action against ...

$45,000 Settlement For Refusal To Reset Federal Prisoner's Broken Wrist

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Settlements, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Tort Claims Act

$45,000 Settlement For Refusal To Reset Federal Prisoner's Broken Wrist by Kansas federal prisoner Arthur Mitchell brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after ...

$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prison Bus Accident

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Premises Liability

$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prison Bus Accident by Numerous federal prisoners brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after sustaining injuries during a Bureau ...

Beating Of Ex Federal Prisoner And Snitch Settles For $300,000

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Transfers, Threats by Staff, DOC/BOP misconduct, Snitch Jacketing, Retaliatory Transfers, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Federal Tort Claims Act, Protective Custody, Informants (Failure to Protect)

medical needs, and Fourteenth Amendment due process violations. The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota approved the settlement in 1997. Lang received $251,695.32 of the $300,000 suit due ...

BOP's Noncompliance With Parole Provisions Settles For $346.18

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Mandamus, Parole

BOP's Noncompliance With Parole Provisions Settles For $346.18 by Illinois federal prisoner Michael Knowles petitioned for a writ of mandamus against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in 1997 to enjoin their noncompliance with statutory parole provisions mandating his parole eligibility. Knowles agreed to dismiss the petition in exchange for being …

Colorado Federal Prisoner's Pastoral Visit Denial Settles For $10,370

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Appeals, Federal Tort Claims Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Clergy

Colorado Federal Prisoner's Pastoral Visit Denial Settles For $10,370 by Colorado federal prisoner and Buddhist, Yu Kikumura, brought a Bivens and federal tort action against officials at the United States Penitentiary (USP) at Florence after being denied visits by non Buddhist ministers. The action was settled for $10,370 and the …

$7,500 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Frivolous Litigation, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Tort Claims Act, Supervisory Liability, Sovereign Immunity

$7,500 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Colorado federal prisoner Marion Bryant, Jr., brought a combined Bivens, 42 U.S.C § 1983 and federal tort ...

$10,000 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Tort Claims Act, Alien Tort Claims Act

$10,000 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Kinson Celestin, a federal prisoner housed in Texas, brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action ...

$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Gastrointestinal, Food, Settlements, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Tort Claims Act

$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned by Wisconsin federal prisoner Charles Anderson brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 for being food ...

Child's Fingertip Amputated After Guard's Negligence

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Amputations, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Immunity/Liability, Premises Liability

in 2001 after Fudge's fingertip was caught in a prison door and severed while at a prison visit. Details of the 2003 settlement agreement were not available due to a stipulated protective order. Bean ...

Civilian's Fall At Michigan Federal Prison Settles For $80,000

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Premises Liability

Claims Act. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan approved the settlement agreement and ordered each party to bear their own costs of litigation. See: Sexton v. United States, USDC ...

$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Workplace Injury, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Contractor Liability, Premises Liability, Failure to Train/Supervise, Wrongful Death, Accidents, Employee Litigation, Failure to Protect (Staff)

$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors by Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 ...

Colorado Federal Facility Segregation Suit Settles For $150

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Retaliation, Snitch Jacketing, Retaliatory Segregation, Settlements, Ad-Seg Hearings

and $10,000 for punitive damages, pain and suffering and mental anguish. The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado approved the $150 settlement in 2002. See: Benefield v. United States, USDC, D ...

Federal Prisoner Beaten For Refusing To Testify Against Another Prisoner

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

retaliation for previously filed administrative grievances and his failure to testify against another prisoner. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved the settlement in 2003 ...

Federal Prisoner's Lost Eyeglasses Suit Settles

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Settlements, Money/Property, Prisoner Property, Federal Tort Claims Act

for the value of the glasses plus the repair fees. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas approved an undisclosed settlement agreement in 1999. See: Strong v. United States, USDC, D. Kan., Case ...

Ohio Pays $552,500 For 13 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Damages, Settlements, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction

for a structured settlement in order to pay Green $1,000 per month for a minimum of 25 years, paying installments to his estate if he died prior, and alternatively continuing the payments to him for the rest of his ...

$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Legal Materials, Damages, Settlements, Money/Property, Prisoner Property, Federal Tort Claims Act

$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work by Wisconsin federal prisoner Joseph Davis brought a combined 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and federal tort action in 1997 after ...

Federal Prisoner's Suit Settles For $1,500 after Falling From Bunk

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Overcrowding, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Premises Liability

. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia approved the settlement with no admission of guilt. FCI Petersburg was ordered to provide an MRI and to provide adequate medical care for as long ...

Federal Officials' Refusal To Treat Prisoner's Severed Tendon Settles For $22,500

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Podiatry, Muscular, Failure to Treat, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act

District of Virginia approved the settlement in 1999 with no admission of guilt or liability. The parties agreed to pay their own costs and fees. See: Walker v. United States, USDC, E.D. Va., Case No. 98 154 ...

$5,000 Settlement For Leavenworth Guards' Unprovoked Beating Of Federal Prisoner

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements

$5,000 Settlement For Leavenworth Guards' Unprovoked Beating Of Federal Prisoner by Illinois federal prisoner Kerry Dixon brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United ...