On December 27, 2005, Texas prisoner Jose Jiminez filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two Texas prison guards alleging their deliberate indifference to his safety resulted in his being assaulted and raped by another prisoner. The attack occurred at the Mark W. Michael Unit in Tennessee ...
On September 18, 2006, the County of Sacramento, California settled a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly assaulted by the deputy escorting him from court.
George E. Cross, a California state prisoner, was being escorted from court by Deputy Sheriff Richard Wilcox when Wilcox allegedly shoved him into ...
In March 2004, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled a racial discrimination suit for $10,000.
John Spears was employed as a Food Service Manager III at the Lopez State Jail when he allegedly suffered racial discrimination from his supervisor. He was terminated by TDCJ, allegedly based on discrimination ...
On January 24, 2008, the State of Washington settled a suit over lack of disability accommodation at the Department of Corrections (DOC) for $30,000.
Carolea Mathison, a DOC guard with astigmatism, was assigned to the information desk. The DOC was aware of her disability and that was why she was ...
On July 7, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $20,000 a tort claim filed by woman who was injured by a fall at a Department of Corrections office in Kennewick. The woman was a health care provider earning $829.00 a month, but was unable to work due to her ...
On October 30, 2008, the State of Washington settled for $2,000 the federal suit of a prisoner injured by a guard's alleged excessive use of force.
Larry Gene Heggem, a Washington state prisoner, was confined in segregation when he was allegedly assaulted by guard Brandon Kelley at the Washington State ...
On June 29, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $5,000 a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had been injured due to a premises defect at a state prison kitchen.
Louis R. Pace was a Washington State prisoner incarcerated at the Airway Heights Correctional Center and working in the ...
The State of Washington has agreed to pay $8,685.60 to a prisoner who was injured during a car accident while on work release.
On May 29, 2007, Tracy Sehmel was injured when a Department of Corrections employee driving a work release van slammed into a stopped vehicle at 30 mph. ...
Washington State’s Pierce County paid $2,500 to settle a claim for violation of civil rights and misplacing a vehicle.
For no apparent reason, Officer J. Billings of the Steilacoom Police department activated his emergency police lights and pulled over Byron Burris. Billings approached Burris’s vehicle as Burris exited his. Billings ...
On May 12, 2003, District of Columbia (D.C.) DOC prisoner Jeremiah Lester accepted a $6,000 settlement from District officials for injuries he suffered during a brutal attack that occurred in May 1999 at the Youth Center One facility in Lorton, Virginia.
Plaintiff's counsel, Harry T. Spikes of Washington, D.C., filed ...