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Inmate Settles Lawsuit Over Claims That Correctional Officer Facilitated Gang-Related Attack

July 30, 2010
By Van Smith

Tashma McFad­den, the Mary­land pris­oner who sued a cor­rec­tional offi­cer he accused of being a Bloods gang-member and arrang­ing for a group of Bloods to attack him in his cell, has agreed to set­tle his claim for $5,000 in pay­ments from the cor­rec­tional offi­cer, Anto­nia Alli­son. U.S. Dis­trict Court Judge William Quar­les on July 26 issued an order approv­ing the set­tle­ment (see PDF below).

Quar­les ruled last fall that McFadden’s claim mer­ited a trial, despite Mary­land Assis­tant Attor­ney Gen­eral Bev­erly Hughes’ argu­ment that the case should be dis­missed. Ear­lier this year, doc­u­ments filed in the case by McFadden’s court-appointed lawyer, Aaron Casagrande, indi­cated that gang-member inmates intended to kill McFad­den in retal­i­a­tion for suing Alli­son, who still works as a cor­rec­tional officer.

Attempts to reach Casagrande for com­ment were not suc­cess­ful. Hughes referred ques­tions to Depart­ment of Pub­lic Safety and Cor­rec­tional Ser­vices spokesman Rick Binetti, who declined to com­ment about the set­tle­ment. Gen­er­ally, though, he said the depart­ment inves­ti­gates gang ties among cor­rec­tional offi­cers and, when evi­dence is suf­fi­cient, moves for their ter­mi­na­tion.

The Daily Record
has also been cov­er­ing the case, and recently pub­lished a story about the settlement.

McFad­den Set­tle­ment Order

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  • Me

    I hon­est believe that there is actully 2 sides to what goes on within the walls. Some Co knows the so call rules of the book and rules of the walls…Esp.when they as indi­vid­u­als are to mon­i­tor or man­i­tain their own assigned sec­tion apart with lim­ited again­ist any­one or choose some­one by an assum­tion or afflila­tion that he/she has done something.…This is for both the inmates and Co’s knows when they have good or bad.…Rules are rules and off­fi­cers or inmates have both good and bad days..So, For suing an offi­cer for what he has assumed or done instead of the STATE »Hmmm? If this offi­cer enacted upon accord­ing to the rules of the states poli­cies and not his own…Then, it should be looked into, But to have oth­ers place an hit on another inmate or offi­cer, inwhich, we know offi­cers or any staff mem­ber of anu facil­ity of enslave­ment of many has the upper hand.…even dur­ing a RIOT..And There is a Dif­fer­ence between a RIOT and a Fight amongst any gang or Group affliations…Both sides knows the difference.…Again, Rules to both sides, He sued, due to him fac­tu­ally know­ing the offi­cer was behind or had any affli­a­tions (includ­ing any area or cells being less mon­i­tored ) Okay? or Some­one know when the time was/is right…Many already try­ing to clas­si­fied affli­a­tions as labled as a so call gang good or bad gangs or groups are every­where in/outside the walls..So,each have to do what they need to do in order to stay safe and alive while they both are behind or within these walls of lock down

  • Me

    Any Attor­ney Affairs, or any­one who reads any report or knows the process already knows they are to proof read for the ben­e­fit of the States best intrest and the rules and polices of bothsides.…..The report has to hit some­ones desk, before any­one sees or knows of the doc­u­men­ta­tion if non of the Chain of com­mands are already on Duty…Captains, Sgts. Lts. on down..versus..The clas­si­fi­ca­tions sta­tus of the or any Inmate or any favor/credit/or mar­ket call­ing on an indi­vid­ual staff or inmate..They or somone knew/knows before it happens.….….….….……Never think any­one behind the walls does not have to be alert..Oh, when there is an attack, it will and does take time for other assis­tance to come to main­tain that area of the inci­dent when that area maybe open or locked by sec­tions as they are sup­posed to be mon­i­tored for the safety of both the officer(S)//inmates per assigned area of the facil­ity grounds…

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