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$25.5 Million Awarded in California County Jail Strip Search Suit

Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements

and former prisoners. The end of the period coincided with the County’s voluntary cessation of the strip search policy after the lawsuit was filed. The settlement administrator received 20,353 timely claim ...

Plaintiffs Awarded Attorney Fees For Criminal Defense In § 1983 Action

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements

Plaintiffs Awarded Attorney Fees For Criminal Defense In § 1983 Action by Plaintiffs Awarded Attorney Fees For Criminal Defense In § 1983 Action The United States District Court for the Central District of California, in ruling on a novel issue in the Ninth Circuit, held that a plaintiff in a …

Marin County, California Settles Wrongful Jail Death For $1 Million

Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Civil Procedure, Settlements

customs (hog-tying) of Marin County; and violation of Grime?s civil rights by threats, coercion and intimidation. After two days of mediation, the parties finalized a written settlement agreement on May 29 ...

California DOC Settles Racially Determinative Housing Suit

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

Filed under: Classification, Racial Discrimination, Settlements

)), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) entered into a settlement agreement with plaintiff prisoner Garrison Johnson wherein CDCR agreed to end using race as the sole determinative ...

Los Angeles County Pays $900,000 to Parents of Murdered Informant in Jail

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

Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Settlements, Municipal Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Protective Custody, Informants (Failure to Protect)

Los Angeles County Pays $900,000 to Parents of Murdered Informant in Jail by The County of Los Angeles (L.A.) agreed to pay $700,000 to the mother, and $200,000 to the father, of a 20 year old county jail prisoner murdered in his cell by a free-roaming prisoner against whom he …

California Prison Employee Paid $500,000 To Settle Whistleblower Retaliation Suit

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

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff, Whistleblowing, Damages, Settlements

by his supervisors on his plan to cut down on overtime and sick leave cost abuses he observed, took his complaint to the state Bureau of Audits. In January, 2000, the audit bureau reported that CDC’s ...

$40,000 To Settle Excessive Force Claim At Los Angeles County Jail

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

Filed under: Medical, Seizures, Brain Injury, Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements, State Law Claims, Municipal Liability

attributed to his former jail head injuries. A June 10, 2004 civil rights suit trial date in Superior Court was stayed pending possible settlement. County counsel estimated to the Board an exposure of $225,000 ...

$15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits

Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability

$15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits by The Sacramento California Sheriff's Department agreed to a record $15 million settlement on June 4, 2004 to resolve ...

Washington v. San Diego, CA, Complaint, $400k Settlement, 2006

Brief • November 15, 2002

Filed under: Settlements

Washington v. San Diego, CA, Complaint, $400k Settlement, 2006 Case 3:02-cv-00143-LAB-JMA Document 21 Filed 11/15/2002 Page 1 of 24 Case 3:02-cv-00143-LAB-JMA Document 21 Filed 11/15/2002 Page ...

$3.54 Million Paid For Falsely Imprisoning Unconvicted Mentally-Incapacitated California Man For Two Years In New York

Article • February 15, 2002 • from PLN February, 2002

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Escapes, Civil Procedure, Damages, Complaints, Venue, Wrongful Imprisonment, Americans with Disabilities Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Family Law

Sanders, DOB 6/25/66, when only one would suffice. Initially, Kerry didn't fare much better when seeking damages in a civil rights complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in federal district court (C.D ...

$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit

Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Strip Searches, Staffing, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability

in damages and attorney's fees in the settlement of a suit filed against the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Supervisors and Department of Corrections over a pattern of sexual assaults, intimidation ...

$50,000 to Settle CA Jail Beating Suit

Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

that prisoner's lawsuit for $600,000. Ransom filed suit, claiming Berringer and Clio violated his rights by beating him. The jail agreed to pay Ransom $50,000 to settle the lawsuit and defended the settlement ...

Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million

Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Informants, Damages, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction

Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million by On April 26, 2000, the city of Los Angeles, California and the federal government agreed to pay former political prisoner Geronimo Ji Jaga (formerly known as Elmer Pratt) $4.5 million to settle a wrongful imprisonment suit he had filed. Ji Jaga …

Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners

Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Fire Hazards, Jail Specific, Attorney Fee Awards, Court Appearances, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Defenses, State Law Claims, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Telephone Access

Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in California has approved a sweeping settlement of hearing impaired ...

$1.5 Million Settlement in CA Jail Suicide Attempt

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Settlements, Municipal Liability, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

$1.5 Million Settlement in CA Jail Suicide Attempt by On June 6, 1996, a California man was arrested on charges of drunk driving after being involved in a traffic accident. He was unable ...

CDC Settles Corcoran Shooting Suit for $2.2 Million

Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Shootings, Settlements

filed by the estate of Mark Adams for $2.5 million [PLN, May, 1999]. The Adams settlement came after a jury had awarded the estate $2.2 million in damages and found the prison warden and CDC director ...

Ex-Prisoner Gets $850,000 for Broken Neck

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Medical, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Settlements

. The state admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed to pay $850,000 to settle with Dodson, who remains partially paralyzed. Corrections Department director Cal Terhune confirmed the April, 1999, settlement without ...

Jury Awards $2.3 Million for Slain San Quentin Prisoner, State Settles for $2.5 Milliion

Article • May 15, 1999 • from PLN May, 1999

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Shootings, Damages, Settlements, Supervisory Liability, Death Row

to the settlement "to save the taxpayers the cost of an appeal." Had the state appealed interest would have been accruing on the jury verdict and the attorney fee bill for Adams' estate would have increased as well. ...

Corcoran Shooting Death Suit Settled for $825,000

Article • May 15, 1999 • from PLN May, 1999

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Excessive Force, Shootings, Damages, Settlements

and Videotape."] In settling the suit for $825,000, the CDC defendants did not admit any wrongdoing. The settlement does not affect the criminal proceedings against the eight guards involved in Tate's murder ...

Pelican Bay $600,000 Wrongful Death Settlement

Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998

Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, Damages, Settlements

Pelican Bay $600,000 Wrongful Death Settlement by California taxpayers coughed up another $600,000 to settle a use-of-force lawsuit at Pelican Bay State Prison. The biggest chunk ...