Litigation
Dec. 1, 2015
Inmate wins damages in retaliation trial
"A Pelican Bay State Prison inmate has won a jury verdict against four guards for their unlawful search of his cell and seizure of legal research and stories he wrote about his conditions behind bars.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Pelican Bay State Prison inmate has won a jury verdict against four guards for their unlawful search of his cell and seizure of legal research and stories he wrote about his conditions behind bars.
A San Francisco jury last week awarded Jesse Perez in $20,000 compensatory damages for emotional distress, to be paid by the prison itself.
Jurors also awarded $5,000 in punitive damages aga...
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