Andrew Fields v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Published Opinion
Andrew Fields v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Published Opinion.
Va. health staff failed Irvo Otieno as he suffocated, experts say
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Mark KrudysOriginally published by the Washington Post on July 26, 2024. Virginia authorities moved quickly to investigate after Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, was suffocated on the floor of a state psychiatric hospital in March 2023. By the following week, seven officers and three hospital orderlies who piled on him had been charged with second-degree […]
New Cause of Action Adopted for Inmates Claiming Excessive Force
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Mark KrudysArticle by Bernie Pazanowski for Bloomberg Law. July 25, 2024, 3:12 PM EDT Inmate claimed officers acted outside of prison policies Money damages for constitutional violation is permissible A federal prison inmate may proceed with his suit for money damages against individual officers who allegedly used excessive force against him, the Fourth Circuit said Thursday. The […]