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Graham v. City of North Las Vegas et al, NV, Order, strip search intoxicated guard, 2015
Brief • November 20, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Strip Searches, Guards/Staff
DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 7 SHIMEKA GRAHAM, 8 Plaintiff, 9 Case No.: 2:13-CV-01815-KJD-VCF ORDER v. 10 CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS, ET. AL., 11 Defendants. 12 13 Presently before the Court ...
Nugent v Las Vegas Police Dept Nv Order Excessive Force 2012
Brief • 2012
the City of Las Vegas 15 and the County of Clark, which created LVMPD as a common police force. The statute 16 providing for the merger of city and county law enforcement agencies makes clear that 17 ...
Donlon v Lvmpd Nv Mtn for Sanctions Discovery Excessive Force Arrest 2013
Brief • 2013
, 14 Plaintiffs, 15 vs. 16 17 18 19 20 21 LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, a Political Subdivision of the STATE OF NEVADA; Police Officer VELLOTTI (LVMPD #3414) individually and as Police ...
USCCR Targeted Fines and Fees Against Communities of Color, 2017
Publication • 2017
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Civil Procedure, Sentencing, Bail, 1964 Civil Rights Act
ordering an individual to appear, and then holding that individual in contempt, and issuing an arrest warrant. Other states allow individuals to “pay” their debt through time in jail.14 These practices may ...
Criminalization of Homeless in US Report, NLCHP NCH, 2009
Publication • February 10, 2016
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends
by the public defender’s office, the vast majority of people booked into the Pinellas County Jail on municipal ordinances were homeless individuals from St. Petersburg. • Orlando, FL. In 2006, the Orlando City ...
Us Doj Scaap Criminal Alien Removal 2007
Publication
Filed under: International, Immigration
Justice; Clark County, Nevada; Cook County, Illinois; City of New York, New York; and the City and County of San Francisco, California. We selected these sites to have a mix of state, county, and local ...
Meiers v. Ottawa Cty, MI, Motion to Remove Vilke Expert Witness Testimony, 2017
Brief • December 4, 2017
Filed under: Expert Witnesses, Mental Health
physician with substantial experience in custody medicine and have provided medical care to inmates at the San Diego County Jail for over 16 years. My qualifications are further delineated at the end of my ...
Fontenot v. Taser International,Inc, NC, Declaration of Gary M. Vilke, Taser, 2011
Publication • February 25, 2011
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
enlargement of the heart in and of itself can place an individual at increased risk for cardiac arrest and sudden death. Given the agitated state that Mr. Turner created when police were called because he ...
News in Brief
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
. Fetters worked as a guard at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility as recently as 2019. Nevada: KTNV in Las Vegas said that Clark County Detention Center guard LaWayne Hardiman was fired and arrested ...
Expert Report-Gary M. VIlke -05.22.2017
Publication • May 22, 2017
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
individual such as Mr. Phounsy, would not cause any respiratory issues or lead to ventilatory failure or cardiac arrest. The use of this medication by the paramedics was appropriate, met standard of care ...
News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft
state DOC officials of excessive force, a cover-up, and destruction of evidence. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the suit further accused the DOC and the Clark County coroner’s office ...
Excessive and lethal force - Concerns about deaths and illtreatment involving police use of tasers, Amnesty International, 2004
Publication • July 28, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers, Excessive Force (Police)
proceedings in case of William Lomax, Las Vegas, Nevada, 25 June 2004 (see more on this case under Deaths in Custody, below). 15 In Michigan the law was changed in December 2002 to legalize tasers for law ...
A Broken System - Confidential Reports Reveal Failures in U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers, NILC, 2009
Publication • May 16, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, International, Immigration
with state or local governments. Typically, IGSAs are state or county jails that provide bed space for immigration detainees. ICE also houses approximately 3 percent of immigration detainees in U.S. Bureau ...
Preliminary Report on Progress to Reduce Incidents of Sexual Misconduct (Prison Rape) in the Clark County Jails, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, 2008
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Jail Specific, Prison Rape Elimination Act
Victimization in Local Jails Reported by Inmates, 2007 (See Appendix B). In the report, the Clark County Jail, Washington, was listed as having the second highest rate of inmate reported sexual abuse ...
The Double Edged Sword of Prison Video Visitation Patrice Fulcher Fla. A&M L. Rev. 2013
Publication • 2013
Filed under: Visiting
A & M UNIV. LAW REVIEW 30-APR-14 8:03 Vol. 9:1:83 Columbia Department of Corrections in Washington, D.C. and Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2012, the District of Columbia ...
News in Brief
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
trial. Kentucky: A homesick 25-year-old Jeremiah Bowling stole a car in an attempt to return to his central Kentucky home from Las Vegas, Nevada in August 2016. Bowling pleaded guilty to attempted grand ...
Annual Report, 2016
Annual report • December 31, 2016
Detroit News, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun. HRDC’s 2016 litigation docket included the following cases; cases that were both filed and resolved during the year are listed in the “Cases ...
Solis v. Baca, CA, Expert Report - Martin, Body Cavity Strip Search, 2010
Brief • September 9, 2010
Filed under: Strip Searches, Body Cavity Searches
in many of the largest jails in America, including Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Ft. Lauderdale, San Diego, Seattle, Milwaukee, San Antonio ...
Fplp Mar Apr 2008
Publication
Filed under: Magazines, Florida Prison Legal Perspectives
policy was enacted in response to a of . his .wheelchair. 'Sterner was biohazard threat that locked down , arrested on a warrant for a traffic the Charlotte County Jail in February , violation: 'Three ...
Fbop Wxr Monthly Reports 2000jan-dec
Publication
Filed under: Court Access, BOP Litigation Reports
as a result of Parkin vs. Larson, originally venued in District Court, Clark County, Nevada, now removed to District of Nevada. Former employee Parkin complains of contract psychologist Larson's release ...
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