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Date: 12-30-2002

Case Style: Brandon McKnight v. Corrections Corporation of America

Case Number: 01-CV-403

Judge: Sven Eric Holmes

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Stanley Dwight Monroe of Stanley D. Monroe & Associates, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Defendant's Attorney: Daniel S. Sullivan

Thomas Adrian LeBlanc

and John Spencer Bryan of Best & Sharp, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Description: Brandon McKnight was a prisoner in the Tulsa County Jail (David L. Moss Corrections Center) that is managed by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in January 2001. He became involved in a dispute with Joshua Cudjoe. One of CCA's corrections officers told a fellow officer not to place Cudjoe in the same cell with McKnight. Plaintiff claimed that Cudjoe assaulted and battered him when they were placed in the same jail cell. A CCA officer was fired for failure to perform his job properly in relation to the episode and Cudjoe was convicted of three counts of assault and battery and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Outcome: Settled for an undisclosed sum.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None



 
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