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| Inmate sues after 13 years in 'solitary' |
| By The Journal Star |
| Published: 09/28/2006 |
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LINCOLN, NE - Was Nebraska inmate Tom Fleming's nearly 13-year stay in solitary confinement part of a vendetta against him by corrections officials? Or was it based on his violent history most notably a vicious assault on a corrections employee in1991 and administrators' real fears Fleming might strike again? How Senior U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom answers those questions will determine whether Fleming, 45, prevails in his lawsuit. The non-jury trial on the lawsuit began Monday before Urbom and concluded Tuesday with closing arguments from lawyers for Fleming and Nebraska corrections officials. Fleming is seeking $1 million in punitive damages and unspecified compensatory and nominal damages against several Correctional Services officials, including deputy director Frank Hopkins, Tecumseh prison warden Fred Britten and former director Harold Clarke.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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