Articles by Douglas Ankney | Prison Legal News

Tennessee County Settles Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Use of Force Claim for $160,000

Loaded on April 2, 2019 by Douglas Ankney published in Prison Legal News April, 2019, page 44

Filed under: Excessive Force, Settlements. Location: Tennessee.

by Douglas Ankney

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee has agreed to pay Timothy Warren $110,000 in damages for injuries he suffered at the county jail, plus an additional $50,000 in attorney’s fees.

On New Year’s Eve 2013, Warren was arrested and booked into the Davidson County ...

Alabama DOC Stonewalling Federal Investigation; Eight Prisoners go on Hunger Strike

Loaded on April 2, 2019 by Douglas Ankney published in Prison Legal News April, 2019, page 26

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Hunger Strikes. Location: Alabama.

by Douglas Ankney

On October 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition to enforce a subpoena naming Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), as the respondent. The petition seeks an order to show cause why Dunn should not be ...

Ohio Jail’s Private Healthcare Provider Denied Summary Judgment in Failure to Treat Prisoner’s Fractured Pelvis

Loaded on March 5, 2019 by Douglas Ankney

Filed under: Naphcare, Pain, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights. Location: Ohio.

by Douglas Ankney

A United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied motions for summary judgment filed by private healthcare provider NaphCare Inc. (NaphCare) and its employee Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Jack Saunders in a suit alleging they failed to treat a jail prisoner’s fractured pelvis.
Jeffrey ...