Plaintiff Frank L. Patterson sued the District of Columbia for injuries sustained when a prison security gate closed on a bus that he and other prisoners were being transported in. The case, filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, settled on May 2, 2000, for $3,500.
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On January 30, 2001, plaintiff Frank Patterson settled for $6,000 a federal lawsuit alleging excessive use of force by a guard employed by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. The suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ...
On April 28, 2003, Davont Pindle settled his negligence claim against Aramark Corporation and the District of Columbia for $2,000. Pindle claimed that on June 5, 2000, while eating in the dining hall at the Lorton Maximum Security Prison, he bit down on a piece of glass or other hard ...
On October 29, 2008, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) agreed to settle a false arrest suit for $150,000.
The suit, filed by Sheba Love and Sherry Glaser, members of Breasts Not Bombs, alleged that Love and Glaser were unlawfully arrested for protesting topless in front of the California State Capitol ...
On February 15, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who was knowingly exposed to a substance he was allergic to during a dental exam.
On April 20, 2005, Douglas Carlson went to dental sick-call. Carlson told dental staff that he had certain ...
On May 9, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who was forced to cut his hair.
Sebastian Lubers had been growing his hair for five years for religious reasons before staff at the Stafford Creek Correctional Center forced him to cut it. ...
On May 23, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a prisoner who was harassed after filing a complaint.
Vicki Cole was strip-searched by one guard in violation of DOC policy after a visit. Cole was told by staff to do an emergency grievance over ...
On October 18, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,000 to two prisoners who requested, but were denied, information under the Washington Public Disclosure Act.
Leslie Pounds and Shawn Greenhalgh sent a public disclosure request to the DOC for records concerning wage audits of private contractors ...
On December 26, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a man who was denied the ability to work.
After Daniel Witt was released to work by his doctor, the DOC refused to allow Witt to return to work from October 15, 2001 to December ...
On December 14, 2009, the City of Flint agreed to pay $900,000 to more than 100 young men and women who were detained, charged with a crime, strip searched, and, in some cases, body cavity searched for simply being at a licensed dance club.
On March 20, 2005, undercover police ...