State Law Requires New York Officials to Pay Interest for Defaulting on Federal Settlement
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered the City of New York and other defendants to pay interest to the plaintiffs in a federal settlement following the defendants’ failure ...
Successful Defense of Consent Decree Merits Award of Untimely Attorney Fees
by David Reutter
On September 8, 2014, a California federal district court awarded $7,826.60 in fees and costs to the attorneys and certified law students who successfully defended against a motion to terminate a decades-old consent decree.
At issue ...
Federal Court Enforces $975,000 Settlement Agreement in Case Involving Sheriff Arpaio
An agreement to settle a lawsuit filed against Maricopa County and its sheriff, Joe Arpaio, was enforced by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling dated June 2, 2014.
Plaintiffs Earl and Mary Rose Wilcox filed suit ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to pay $15,700 plus a boombox to settle a prisoner’s excessive use of force claim.
The lawsuit, filed by state prisoner Tracye B. Washington, stemmed from events that occurred at Salinas Valley State Prison. Washington’s problems began on April 10, 2004, ...
Loaded on
April 15, 2012
published in Verdict1
April, 2012, page 49
In June 2010, Cion Adonis Peralta signed a Full Release of All Claims in a federal lawsuit he filed in 2005, alleging that officials at CSP-Lancaster had violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In exchange for agreeing to voluntarily dismiss his complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of ...
On May 14, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Donald W. Molloy awarded $72,701.99 in attorneys’ fees and costs in an action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Wildlands CPR sued the U.S. Forest Service under FOIA for records related to the Forest Service’s travel management program. After a year ...
The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $6,000 to settle the negligence suit of prisoner Jeremiah Lester for injuries incurred from being stabbed by two other prisoners.
While at D.C.’s Youth Center One in Lorton, Virginia on May 16, 1999, Lester was assaulted and stabbed with metal contraband knives by two ...
Loaded on
March 15, 2011
published in Verdict1
March, 2011, page 33
In March 2010, Orange County, California paid $750,000 to settle a civil rights suit filed by Matthew Fleuret, a former jail prisoner who alleged he was subjected to excessive force following his arrest in March 2006 on suspicion of obstructing a deputy in the performance of his duties, after Fleuret ...
Loaded on
March 15, 2011
published in Verdict1
March, 2011, page 33
The City of Boston has agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 18 years for a series of rapes he did not commit.
Ulysses Charles was convicted in 1984 of raping three women at an apartment complex ...
Loaded on
March 15, 2011
published in Verdict1
March, 2011, page 35
Sheridan County, Nebraska has agreed to pay $100,000 to the estate of a prisoner who committed suicide while at the Sheridan County Jail.
Jay Spotted Elk hung himself with a belt in his cell after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of failure to appear. Spotted Elk was intoxicated and ...