Judge dismisses federal lawsuit over West Virginia prison and jail ...
WEBJul 3, 2024 — A federal judge on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, dismissed a lawsuit against Justice and state Homeland Security Secretary Mark Sorsaia that sought to force the state to spend $330 million to improve prison and jail conditions and fill worker vacancies.
Judge Dismisses Federal Lawsuit Over W.Va. Prison And Jail Conditions ...
WEBJul 3, 2024 — U.S. District Judge Irene Berger ruled Tuesday in Beckley in favor of motions by Gov. Jim Justice and state Homeland Security Secretary Mark Sorsaia to dismiss the suit. The lawsuit was filed in August 2023 by inmates at the maximum-security Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County and the Southwestern Regional Jail in …
Judge dismisses federal lawsuit over West Virginia prison and jail ...
WEBJul 3, 2024 — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force West Virginia to spend $330 million to improve prison and jail conditions statewide and fill worker vacancies.
Judge dismisses federal lawsuit over W.Va. prison and jail conditions
WEBJul 3, 2024 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force West Virginia to spend $330 million to improve prison and jail conditions statewide and fill worker vacancies.
Judge Dismisses Federal Lawsuit Over West Virginia Prison and Jail …
WEBA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to compel West Virginia to spend $330 million to improve prison and jail conditions and address worker vacancies.
Lawsuit over jail conditions is dismissed, concluding governor …
WEBJul 3, 2024 — A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit over conditions in the state’s jails system, saying the governor and state homeland security secretary aren’t the appropriate defendants who...
Judge dismisses class-action lawsuit against state leaders over
WEBJul 2, 2024 — U.S. District Judge Irene Berger dismissed the 2023 class-action lawsuit on the grounds that West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mark Sorsaia were...
Judge dismisses federal lawsuit over West Virginia prison and jail ...
WEBJul 7, 2024 — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force West Virginia to spend $330 million to improve prison and jail conditions statewide and fill worker vacancies.
Federal Judge Dismisses West Virginia Inmate Lawsuit Against …
WEBJul 3, 2024 — The lawsuit, initiated last August by several inmates, targeted both Gov. Jim Justice and the head of the state’s Department of Homeland Security, Cabinet Secretary Mark Sorsaia, alleging systemic understaffing, overcrowding, and neglected maintenance across the state’s correctional facilities.
West Virginia agrees to pay $4M in lawsuit over jail conditions
WEBNov 10, 2023 — A federal judge said on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, that a lawsuit filed by inmates who described conditions at the jail as inhumane has been settled, a week after a magistrate judge said some records in the suit had been intentionally destroyed.