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$750,000 Settlement in South Dakota Pretrial Detainee’s Overdose Death

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Drug Overdose, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Pretrial Detention and Detainees

$750,000 Settlement in South Dakota Pretrial Detainee’s Overdose Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $750,000 settlement was reached in the methamphetamine overdose death of a female ...

Blakely v. Kershaw County Sheriff's Office, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death Due to Excessive Force by Police, 2010

Brief • February 10, 2010

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Excessive Force, Complaints, Wrongful Death, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Police)

with the Summons and Complaint. DOCKETING INFORMATION ( Check all that apply) *If Action is Judgment/Settlement do not complete 0 NON-JURY TRIAL demanded in complaint. This case is subject to ARBITRATION pursuant ...

PLRA Does Not Apply to Juvenile Facilities; $379,000 Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded

Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003

Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements, Costs, Mail Regulations, Ad-Seg Hearings, Suicides

attorney fees provision does not apply to juvenile facilities, and awarded $379,000 in attorney fees and costs. The court had before it the plaintiff's motion for attorney fees and costs after a Settlement ...

South Dakota Eliminates Law Libraries

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

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Public Defenders, Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Settlements

them with limited assistance from a legal contractor. Under the terms of the settlement, South Dakota's four main prisons will maintain a collection of about forty books related to law (i.e ...