A federal jury in Kansas City awarded $20 million to four women who alleged they were assaulted by a correctional officer while they were inmates at the Chillicothe Correctional Center.

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A man convicted and then acquitted of murdering his wife reached a $2.05 million settlement in a civil rights suit against a group of Lincoln County law enforcement officials. Former murder suspect Russ Faria initially was convicted of the Dec. ...

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A fired suburban St. Louis police officer who is accused of shoving and choking a prisoner inside a booking area while a surveillance camera was rolling has been charged with a federal civil rights offense. Robert Ryan Watson, who was ...

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Where an appellant challenged the dismissal of his civil-rights action, the judgment is affirmed because the district court properly found that the claims were time barred, and the appellant failed to allege sufficient facts to support a plausible claim. Judgment ...

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Plaintiff appealed the district court’s order granting summary judgment to defendants, dismissing plaintiff’s claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. §1983. Where the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, entitled defendants ...

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  Plaintiff sued defendants, alleging a conspiracy to revoke his medical license in violation of state law and federal civil rights law. Plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of his claims against certain defendants and grant of summary judgment to the ...

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Where a mass-transit district challenged the dismissal of its petition for review of a right-to-sue letter issued to a blind bus customer by the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, the commission did not exceed its authority in issuing the right-to-sue ...

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Where an inmate challenged the dismissal of his failure-to-protect claim, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend the complaint because the proposed amendments added new defendants and claims, and the judgment is affirmed because ...

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Where civil detainees challenged a Minnesota sex-offender policy that restricted their internet and media access, arguing that the policy violated their constitutional rights including a right to be well-informed voters and seeking a preliminary injunction so that they could prepare ...

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Where an inmate challenged an adverse summary judgment on his claims that jail officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, the judgment is affirmed because the inmate did not show deliberate indifference. Judgment is affirmed. Shelton v. McLeod ...

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Where an inmate challenged an adverse judgment in his jury trial regarding the prison’s mail policy, the district court did not abuse its discretion in submitting the issues to the jury, and the judgment is affirmed because the inmate failed ...

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