(AP) – An appeals court says a former federal inmate who got a
$200,000 settlement over a prison injury won’t get to keep much of it.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district judge’s ruling
that more than $145,000 of Kappelle Simpson-El’s settlement go toward the
$433,000 in restitution he’s been ordered to pay his victims.
$200,000 settlement over a prison injury won’t get to keep much of it.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district judge’s ruling
that more than $145,000 of Kappelle Simpson-El’s settlement go toward the
$433,000 in restitution he’s been ordered to pay his victims.
Simpson-El was sentenced in 2009 to six years in prison for being a leader of
ring that resold cars stolen from dealerships in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.
While imprisoned in Arkansas, Simpson-El tore his Achilles tendon and sued the
government, alleging his injury wasn’t properly diagnosed or treated.
But even before Simpson-El settled, the government warned him it would seize
any payouts to him and apply them to his court-ordered restitution.
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