Denied Restroom Access

exhibit · Sep 16, 2022

Handwritten contemporaneous log of conditions in C-2B unit dated Sept 7-16. Documents flooding in Room 32, Officer Scott making detainees stop containing flood, no hot water multiple days, dark brown drinking water, Cpl. Armstrong kicking door into Ryans head, incomplete food trays, Oath Keepers/Proud Boys served without quarantine, grievance filed.

other · Sep 11, 2022

Handwritten grievance tracking spreadsheet logging dates of complaints (8/8/22 through 9/11/22) and escalation deadlines at 15, 15, 20, 30 business days for issues like Protest Phones Tablets, Outdoor Rec, Cpl Carter Doors, LT Lancaster, denial of shower after being sprayed, locked in cell, etc.

grievance_form · Sep 9, 2022

Official DC Department of Corrections Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form (PP 4030.1) filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795) on 9/9/22. Incident 9/5/22-9/6/22 at 11:39 AM, Unit South 1, alleging Lt. Lancaster violently assaulted Ronald [Dr...] with OC spray; Ryan also sprayed and caught chemicals; cells went without chemicals being decontaminated for nearly 24 hours. Direct evidence of jail mistreatment relevant to compensation.

grievance_form · Sep 4, 2022

DC DOC IGP Complaint by Ryan Nichols 376795 C2B dated 9/4/22 12:05am. Last night watched in utter horror as Kosh Kelly begged for toilet paper, was denied toilet paper until a CO showed up. Multiple inmates asked to speak to white shirt supervisor, told no. Cites Sellars v. Beto 409 U.S. 968, Mitchell v. Aluminum, Hoptowit v. Spellman 753 F.2d 779.

motion · Aug 12, 2022

Doc 138 p.9 of 21. Lists examples of DOJ not using 1512: Jan 6, 2017 protester yelling during Electoral Vote Count; Code Pink at Kavanaugh hearings; activists accosting Senators in hallways; Kyrsten Sinema bathroom incident; David Hogg outburst June 20, 2022; and DC Jail IGP Coordinator T. Campbell allegedly altering Nichols grievance documents April 11, 2022. Footnote cites Habeas Petition Nichols v. Garland 1:22-cv-02356 ECF 1 at 33:140 and 34:140.

letter · Apr 20, 2022

Handwritten daily log/journal by Ryan Nichols documenting his time in SMU-A (Special Management Unit / segregation) from Wed 4/20/22 through Thu 5/5/22 after refusing to sign a non-animosity form. Names multiple DOC officers (Lt Lancaster, Lt Allen, Cpl Pittman, Cpl Wilson, Sgt Franklin, Lt Bruce, supervisor refused to come). Documents denials of recreation, phone calls, showers, water shutoff, suicidal ideation, and ICPs filed electronically.

motion · Apr 17, 2022

Continuation page (sections 4-6) of the change-of-venue / conditions outline. Argues deliberate indifference, requests injunctive relief, and itemizes deprivation of basics like haircuts (13 mo), shower (5 days), worship/communion (never), family contact.

other · Jan 5, 2022

Dated DC DOC Issues log opens with Dec 31 COVID-testing dispute with Meena Kumar, multiple confirmed positive officers (Cpl Hubbard, Cpl Koge) and no inmate testing, plus Officer Menyongai denying bathroom/shower access on Jan 2.

grievance_form · Jan 2, 2022

DC DOC IGP Form by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, C2B) 1/2/22 about Officer Menyongai. Personal Hygiene/Staff Treatment/Other. At 9:30 PM on 1/2/22 officer locked all doors when inmates came out, refused to let them back into cells until 10pm. Denied use of restroom for entire 2 hours, almost peeing on self with bladder pain, did not get to shower. Pink carbon copy.

letter · Sep 17, 2021

Letter dated 09/17/21 documenting transit/holdover conditions across multiple facilities. "During my incarceration in Sacramento County Jail I was subjected to extended periods of lockdown without showers or phone calls. Sometimes they would exceed 72 hours without coming out of my cell while in quarantine. No hand sanitizer was provided or new masks and majority of staff and inmates did not follow any COVID protocols. While in general population no hand sanitizer or masks provided in pod. Also time exceeded 48 hours of lockdown on occasion without showers. There was no rec yard provided to me during the whole stay at Sacramento County Jail. There was no clergy that I am aware of." Transit Sacramento → Nye County Southern Nevada Detention Center: no food or water. At Nevada: properly fed, came out 15 min every 2 days, no yard, no clergy, no hand sanitizer. Transport Nevada → Oklahoma: no food/water. At Grady County Jail: no mask, no hand sanitizer, crammed in small space with 30 other individuals.

letter

Page 3 of Ryan Nichols letter — continued bullet list of DC Jail abuses: 3-4 month mail delays, laundry returned with bodily fluids, worms in meals, scurvy, extortion via commissary, rust/black mold throughout cells, vermin, denial of grooming causing chemical burns.

exhibit

Page 8 of timeline detailing DC DOC arrival conditions: no shower 4-5 days, no cell exit 6-7 days, no phone 8-10 days. Officer harassment, threats to move to BLM side and be stabbed if they didnt act right. Bologna 4/7 nights per week, weight loss, commissary the only way to keep weight on. Breakfast intentionally delivered 1:30-4am to wake them up, lights on, doors slammed - Ryan finally made a sign refusing breakfast to get sleep.

letter

Page 2 of Ryan Nichols timeline: cell #11 with black mold over all walls, denied potable water, female guard aimed body cam at him while changing and laughed. "Almost three days w/o sleep." March 24 - April 28 guards beating on cell during checks. Names guards Pinky, Hays, Armstrong, Holmes, Adams. 23/1 lockdown with choice between phone or shower. ERT (Emergency Response Team) sleeps in cell block back room — names Hays, Pinky, Adams, Holmes, Hauser, Franklin.

other

Handwritten enumeration of 10 retaliatory acts by jail staff: cell searches/shakedowns, contraband seizures (stolen mail), no restrooms during rec, ERT show-of-force, lights and knocking during sleep, higher-ups telling officers to be harsh, entering cells while at rec, targeting Jess Watkins specifically for being named in lawsuit (sleep deprivation), denying law library/laptops/discovery, officers intimidating inmates during calls.

letter · Jul 13, 2021

Detailed account from fellow J6 detainee Robert A Morss (Political Prisoner #377890) of conditions at DC Jail. On 7/12-13 placed in General Population "accidentally" - threatened to be stabbed, beaten, raped through ventilation shaft due to skin color, political orientation, alleged J6 conduct. Sgt Williams Jr rushed to extract him. 4 days no shower. 17 days 23-and-1 confinement with multiple days never leaving cell. Quarantine riot. Forced to bathe in sink, 72 hours no rec. Lost 20 lbs - commissary never came/mostly stolen.

letter

Page 4 of Khater letter - critical evidence. Names officer Hayes "purposefully walking around intimidating us, saying hes gonna write DRs (Disciplinary Reports) on us, you know what youre looking at? A proud blackman." Khater alleges Hayes "beat Ryan Samsel up and ziptied his hands behind his back. Ryan almost lost his sight in one eye and had blood clots. They had to take him out of here and to a medical facility in VA." Breakfast at 2:30AM, lights at night. Shackled wherever moved despite being pretrial detainees. "Locked us down for over 6 DAYS STRAIGHT for Trumps Birthday - only let us shower once (hardly 10 minutes). It also happened to be my brothers birthday, and they wouldnt even let me make a couple private phone calls." Service turned off all tablets. Discovery taken from Jorden, threatened him.

letter

Page 3 of Fellows letter. Punishment plane ride: Marshall moves him to window seat alone, said something would happen (would touch him out of frustration). Marshall picks two men - MS-13 member and cop killer - sits them next to Fellows, gives them cookies, tells them "you tell me if you need anything." Surprisingly respectful political debate - both men expressed Marshall should treat him better, said he wasnt a bad guy. Marshall confronts: "Whos your judge?" "Judge Stewart." "Ill let him know what a POS you are." Got in face shoved: "Youll be back on this plane." 2 other marshals told same lies. Van ride - mocks, calls terrorist, stupid; 5 min from jail: "Almost to your new home!" Arrival DC Jail - hears "Code ICU" called for stabbing victim. Waited 4-5 hrs before brought to cell. SouthWest 2 housed 2 weeks: no church, no pastor, no kosher tray, no legal library, inadequate nutrition. 1-2 hrs rec/day except Sunday no rec letting out. Everyone else got rec daily 4-6 hrs. Wrote requests for nurse multiple times, grievances nothing. "No fruit in meals so I didnt poop for 6 days straight." Day 5 wrote/verbal requests, no nurse - tried to self medicate by pulling hardened poop bit by bit with fingers. "No toilet paper so I just washed each poop-dig with sink water - no avail." Day 6 refused to enter cell until saw nurse - guards never came - chief came down. Finally got nurse, asked why in jail.

letter2 pages

Page 3 of handwritten essay listing specific grievances at DC Jail: no attorney access, mail delays, laundry contamination, malnutrition, rust, black mold, broken sinks/toilets, denial of cleaning supplies.

grievance_form · Sep 6, 2022

Handwritten contemporaneous timeline of events on 9/6/22: 8:50am LT Munoz served paperwork, refused to sign, said not guilty; 9:45 asked Sowannii for IGPs, shower, medical forms; 10:30am shower by officer Sowannii; 1:30pm gave Sowannii witness list with only 3 forms; 6:25pm asked Nhuindo about witness statements.

grievance_form · Feb 1, 2022

Original Informal Grievance Form (Response ID 160504), submitted 2022-01-31 15:49 by Peter Stager (DCDC# 376784, Unit C2B). Hand-annotated "IGP# 20220201-685". RECEIVED stamp: FEB 01 2022. Department: Staff Treatment. Offender: "Female officer". Complaint: came in from rec, sat due to maintenance servicing shower stalls; guard yelled "I need to ask her permission to shower" (Stager: has been in facility since 03/08/21 and never had to ask permission); then "the guard stared at the men showering like they were desert. This peeping tom like behavior is creepy and not a issue out side of her. The other female gaurds dont behave like this." Signed: Peter Stager, 02/01/22.

exhibit

Signed witness statement by inmate Dustin Gammons #51547 attesting that at Northern Neck Regional Jail (NNRJ) he went 7 days before being given a hygiene kit, 8-9 days without mental health medicine, and 3-4 days denied toilet paper.

other

Handwritten jail cellblock detail roster assigning chores - tablet pickup, breakfast trays, sweep/mop, shower cleaning, phone spraying - listing Kelly Meggs, Ryan Nichols, Cleve, Jeff McKellop, and Tom by name.

letter · Mar 8, 2021

Testimony from Oath Keepers Kelly Meggs (#376780), arrival DC Jail 3/8/21. Religious services denied except 2 periodicals: "Daily Bread" and "The Final Call" (filled with hate of white people, beasts/hogs/dogs/devils, directed toward Muslims). No haircut/beard trim 200+ days, nails not cut 4 months. Locked in cell without shower 4 days after arrival - no contact with family or attorney 96 hours - case manager off until Fri 3/12. CPL Pinky called them "crackers" repeatedly, threatened to send to main jail "to be stabbed because they all hate us." Shackled every time walked out of unit while other jail inmates free to roam. Lockdowns for using "Trump" on grievance forms.

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Letter from Shane Jenkins #377186. 11 days no shower at FDC Houston. Early morning military style raid with bull horns, laser beams, armored personnel carrier, both ends of street blocked. No phone 26 days. After 11 days shower only MWF, no free calls, 15 minutes shower MWF only. Filed complaint w/ US Marshalls re inmates calling him "racist ass white boy" "racist ass Trump supporter" - nothing done. February Denver ski trip with church Singles ministry - SSSS on boarding pass, super intrusive pat down, electronics swabbed for explosives, bomb sniffing dog, second-time pulled aside - "humiliated and treated like a terrorist." Transported in black box restraint over cuffs/shackles. In DC denied attorney access weeks, placed in PC against will. Requested chaplain brought Catholic Knights of Malta Bible (not James or NKJV). No church/volunteers - given Farrakhan News letters promoting racism. Law library never accessible. No books/vending in quarantine. Mail held at least 2 months. Northern Neck Regional Jail diet doesnt meet federal guidelines. Witnessed Officer Holmes threaten and run into Scott Fairlamb cell with 3 officers - Fairlamb said "Fuck America" re J6 detainees singing anthem and God Bless America.

grievance_form · May 1, 2022

Electronic Informal Grievance Form (IGP # 2022050-120, Response ID 192673) submitted by Ryan Nichols on 5/1/22 at 9:53 PM detailing 3-4 hour water shutoff in cell while cell 9 inmate had medical emergency and threw up. Officers shut water off to punish cell 9 inmate but his water was also shut. Will inform attorney Joseph McBride.

letter · Sep 13, 2021

Page 2 of Garret Miller civil rights timeline. (8) Oklahoma Transfer Center 23-hour 15-min lockdown, 45 min/day rotating for phone/law library/showers. Bone solidified with multiple bone shards before received shoulder surgery. (9) Chickasaw County overnight no bedding/extra clothing, slept on floor. (10) DC-CTF: no religious services, observant Jew - inseparable requests and Bible requests unanswered. No outdoor rec for a month (3 months including Oklahoma). Mail withheld, no haircuts, no visitation. Harassment for actions of others. 2 hand-drawn American Flags confiscated for showing patriotism on Memorial Day. Refers to attorney Clint Broden (214) 563-3154, 2600 State St, Dallas TX 75204.

motion · Sep 8, 2022

Page 3 of 4 (Doc 156). Details aftermath: 24-hour shower denial after chemical spray, scolded staff after 36 hours, mental health visits canceled ("Fuck you. You aint going to see mental health"), attorney-client materials and discovery confiscated, electronic grievance shut off, staff gave him grievance form written in Spanish and laughed, no pen. Argues Lancasters cruelty retaliation for habeas petition.