It is so hard to find a lawyer that is grounded by morals and values regarding the quality of his/her work; one strong enough and who favors winning at all costs to handle this § 1983 Bivens Action.  The case may also warrant media action and must be based on contingency at present.  Mr. Dixon, Jr. can be reached at the address below.

Excerpts from the Bivens Action:

On or about March 20, 2001, Claimant, Watson Dixon, Jr. arrived at FCI Marianna, Florida.  During this time, Claimant met an inmate, EA, who told Claimant he was a lawyer and had a law firm on the street.  EA told Claimant his fee for a 2255 motion was $2,500.00 but he would work on his whole case, state cases and all.  EA told Claimant he needed the money before starting.  Claimant said he didn’t have that much money but would talk to his mother.  EA suggested he (EA) talk to her because he knew what to say.  A payment plan was started as EA began to correspond with Claimant’s mother through phone and mail.

On or about October 17, 2002, Claimant filed administrative remedy on FCI Marianna Medical Staff for deliberate indifference to his medical needs for possible cancerous nodules and head sores.  Claimant began the process of filing BP #8, BP #9, BP #10 and BP #11 but when Claimant reached the stage of the BP #10, unknown officials began tampering with Claimant’s legal mail (contents missing).  Much of this [legal] mail the Claimant had sent (sealed) and paid for as certified was not being sent.  Certification slips were not being honored or docketed in the Postal Service, outside in the free world.  Claimant did not find this out until January 2004 when EA was found to not be a lawyer and moved to another unit.  Claimant, speaking with his mother, requested a copy of letter she had sent to prison officials asking her money (paid to EA under false pretenses) be returned.  Claimant never received the letter and then suspected officials listened to his call, intercepted his mail and began looking for evidence of such.  Claimant filed complaints.

On or about October 2, 2004, Claimant’s wife, an inmate at FCI Marianna was transferred to Dublin, California and Claimant was not allowed to write her.  Claimant believes this was retaliatory, and officials at both prison cooperated to keep him separated from his wife who is also his co-defendant.

On or about May 2, 2004 Claimant hurt his lower black at his UNICOR job.  Doctor did not order an X-ray and sent Claimant back to work (lifting computers) without break or pain medication.  The nurse took an injury report but there is no evidence the Safety department filed paperwork regarding Claimant’s injury.

On or about July 16, 2004 Claimant met with officials about the X-ray taken on June 2, 2004 for an explanation of things he didn’t understand.  The officials claimed there were nothing wrong with his back, said he had been given anti-inflammatory medication; however his job was changed from lifting to orderly.

On or about May 2004 Claimant began sending mail through another inmate.  That mail was delivered.  EA had still not returned Claimant’s mother’s money.  Claimant was still experiencing retaliation.  On the 4th of May Claimant filed a motion for an evidentiary hearing and sentence reduction, pursuant to rule 35(b), sent Certified, #7002 0860 0003 37093 7902.  On May 11th Claimant had his family call the court and one of the clerks said the [legal] mail had arrived on the 10th, with coffee stains on it.  Claimant had his family call back the next day to get a copy of the envelope sent to them but family said the clerk’s story had changed by then.  Claimant’s page number 2 was missing from the copy he requested the clerk send him.  He had another copy and re-sent that.  His evidentiary hearing was refused.

On or about June 14, 2004, Claimant filed administrative remedy on the mailroom for mail tampering/mail fraud. 

On or about June 30, 2004, Claimant was called off his job to meet with staff (including a psychologist), trying to talk Claimant out of filing the administrative remedy. 

On or about July 2004 Claimant was approved to write his wife after she was shipped to FCI Dublin, California.

On or about September 18, 2004, due to Hurricane Ivan and tornado damage to prison, Claimant was shipped to USP McCreary.  Claimant continued to pursue administrative remedies, but paperwork was missing, sent late or not at all due to the move.  Claimant was still experiencing back problems which had not been remedied.

Claimant filed administrative remedy for his back injury on December 19, 2004 against medical staff at McCreary, Kentucky, requesting proper treatment.   

Claimant filed administrative remedies on the USP McCreary, Kentucky staff on February 14, 2005 for mail irregularities.

On or about February 1, 2005 Claimant filed administrative remedy for improper paperwork in his file. 

Claimant’s sentence was reduced by five years.

On or about September 18, 2004 Claimant was again denied correspondence with his wife.  Only when a Senator contacted the prison system was Claimant approved. 

On or about January 27, 2005, Claimant filed a civil action against Rincon Police Department chief, and others, for discrimination, false arrest, etc. 

On or about November 3, 2005, Claimant was finally approved to write his wife who said she had spoken with psychology at FCI Dublin.  Because of comments by other inmates Claimant believes there was a lack of security about privacy in the matter of his marriage. 

On or about July/August 2005, Claimant went to breakfast and believed it was obvious the cereal had been sprayed with bug spray and that medical staff were not truthful about shots Claimant was being given.

On or about February 8, 2005, Claimant started working at UNICOR at USP McCreary in a data processing job.  Claimant believes staff officials were going behind him, undoing his work and keeping him at Grade 4. 

On or about 2005 at USP McCreary Claimant noticed an attempt to display him as a “snitch”.  Claimant believes this was retaliatory for May 4, 2004 administrative remedy filed at FCI Marianna, Florida.  Claimant was also subject to inmate-to-inmate retaliation, meant to be harmful and/or cause injury.  Claimant was also told a “story” by corrections staff about “an inmate that had been supposedly messing with staff and the police officers had beat him up to send a message”.

On or around February 14, 2006, Claimant was finally taken to an outside Doctor in Jamestown, Tennessee.  Claimant was given tests and an MRI for prostate.  Eventually Claimant had an operation for enlarged prostrate and Cystourethroscopy with laser ablation of urethral strictures.  The first outside doctor’s appointment was a year after claimant had begun complaining of symptoms.  After the operation there were still medical problems which were unsolved by the operation.

On or about March 2006 Claimant was still bleeding from an artery left loose in his bladder, passing blood clots that prevented him from using the restroom.  Medical Staff were aware of the problem but did nothing to address or remedy the situation.   Upon complaining Claimant was told “if it got worse to come back”.   At 4:00 a. m. Claimant pushed the “panic button” and was given a catheter, and arrangements were made to take Claimant to an outside Medical Center.   It took a month before this took place and the catheter had been left in the entire time.

On or around 2006, Claimant’s cellmate went home.  Staff would come into cell in the middle of the night, standing at the door, shining the light in asking where he [Claimant] was when he was in bed, then pretending not to see him in the room.  A Hispanic inmate was told to move into Claimant’s cell and Claimant agreed.  Shortly after moving in the new cellmate began doing things like the rest of the Claimant’s previous cellmates such as making loud, disturbing noises. 

On August 31, 2006 Claimant was checked into the SHU and was given medication by the Medical Staff.  They said it was medication for his prostrate problem.  The pills made Claimant sleep.  Food served Claimant at that time appeared to have a lot of great, oil, spice and salt.  The Claimant’s high blood pressure dictated a different diet and Claimant was very concerned he would have ha heart attack and/or stroke.  Soon after the move-in Claimant suffered from sleep deprivation because other inmates would beat on the walls, the shows.  Also while in the SHU the Claimant was moved every 2 weeks.  The medication Claimant was given was not helping the prostrate problem.  Also in the SHU Claimant was put in the cell with Claimant who had life sentences.  Claimant believes they were intent on physically injuring Claimant.  Between the lack of sleep, the food and the disturbances from other inmates, Claimant began to bleed again.  Claimant’s believes his medical issues were not properly address by Medical Staff.  When Claimant tried to check out of the SHU Claimant was denied and told to stay there.  Claimant wrote his family to apprise them of events and was contacted by an official. 

On or about November 9th, 2005, Claimant filed a motion:  Memorandum of Law in Support of Habeas Corpus in the Screven County and in Effingham Superior Courts.  As with previous papers filed, there were irregularities.  The motion was not docketed nor was it ruled on.  The Clerk for Effingham Circuit forwarded the case to the Georgia State Supreme Court in Atlanta, Georgia.  The case was remanded back to Effingham County and an Evidentiary Hearing was set for October 17, 2007 then rescheduled for November 28, 2007, then rescheduled again for December 19, 2007 at the Effingham County Judicial Complex.  Claimant’s case was granted the remanded for hearings.  The order was dated June 5, 2007.

On December 4th, 2007, Claimant filed a motion for telephonic hearing to save cost and time.  Court did not rule on it and on December 14, 2007 denied the Evidentiary hearing for the same reason the Supreme Court of Georgia had remanded the case back originally.  Claimant filed a Notice of Appeal but the case was not docketed.  Clerk claims no recollection of ever receiving the Notice of Appeal.

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