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Ninth Circuit Reinstates Wiccan Prisoner’s Consent Decree by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has sharply criticized a district court’s handling of a Wiccan prisoner’s lawsuit, and reinstated a longstanding consent decree in the case. In 1993, California state prisoner William Rouser filed suit on behalf of himself and thirty …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Michigan Jail Sanctioned for Denying Access to Paralegals by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 23, 2016, jail officials in Genesee County, Michigan entered into a federal consent decree that required them to provide detainees with bottled water to replace water at the jail that was contaminated by lead. …
Brief • May 12, 2017
Pederson v. County of Plumas, CA, Order for Sanctions and Report, Access to Dentures, 2017 Case 2:89-cv-01659-KJN Document 91 Filed 05/11/17 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PEDERSON, et al., 12 …
Brief • February 8, 2017
Pederson v. County of Plumas, CA, Order on Consent Decree, Conditions at Jail, 2017 Case 2:89-cv-01659-KJN Document 85 Filed 02/08/17 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PEDERSON, et al., 12 13 …
Brief • October 28, 2016
Pederson v. County of Plumas, CA, Mot to Enforce Consent Decree, Access to Dentures, 2017 Case 2:89-cv-01659-KJN Document 79 Filed 10/28/16 Page 1 of 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dan Stormer, Esq. [S.B. # 101967] Mohammad Tajsar, Esq. [S.B. #280152] HADSELL STORMER & RENICK …
Article • August 1, 2016
Broward County Jail Conditions Subject to Consent Decree by The Broward County Sheriff entered into a consent Decree to settle a class action lawsuit challenging the conditions at the County’s jails. The suit, filed in 1976, resulted in the federal district court overseeing the litigation to determine the conditions of …
Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson On April 11, 2014, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a prisoner’s motion to intervene in a 28-year-old class-action case on the eve of settlement. In 1986, …
An Expanding Strike Zone (Coleman-Bey PLRA Report), Alliance for Justice, 2015 An Expanding Strike Zone: Coleman-Bey and the Future of Civil Protections for Prison Inmates For years, Alliance for Justice has warned of the conservative-led campaign to restrict access to justice.1 From forced arbitration, to restricting medical malpractice claims, to …
How Prisoners' Rights Lawyers are Preserving the Role of the Courts Margo Schlanger 2014 How Prisoners’ Rights Lawyers Are Preserving the Role of the Courts by Margo Schlanger DRAFT: August 11, 2014 This article canvasses prisoners’ lawyers strategies prompted by the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act. The strategies not only …
Trends in Prison Litigation and the PLRA Margo Schlanger U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 2014 Schlanger, Trends in Prisoner Litigation, DRAFT October 2, 2014, page 1 of 23 Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood by Margo Schlanger* Forthcoming, U.C. IRVINE L. REV. (2015) The Prison Litigation Reform Act …
1979 Jail Consent Decree Largely Gutted by PLRA; Reversed on Appeal by Mark Wilson On October 7, 2008, a federal court in New York terminated large portions of a sweeping 1979 consent decree related to conditions at 14 New York City jails. However, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
California Death Row Court Monitoring Discontinued by Michael Brodheim Almost thirty years after it began, federal court supervision over conditions at San Quentin’s death row – the nation’s largest, now housing 685 condemned prisoners – came to an end in April 2009. A group of death-sentenced prisoners filed suit in …
Human Rights Watch Report Calls to Reform PLRA by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “The PLRA has had a devastating effect on the ability of incarcerated persons to protect their health and safety and vindicate other fundmanetal rights,” concludes a June 2009 report titled No Equal Justice: The Prison …
Ninth Circuit: Orange County Jail Violated Ad Seg Prisoners’ ADA, Religious and Exercise Rights by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that restrictions on prisoners in administrative segregation (ad seg) at the jail in Orange County, California, related to exercise and group …
Eighth Circuit Allows Termination of Minnesota Prison Health Care Consent Decree by On November 21, 2008, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court's order terminating the Hines Consent Decree covering prison medical care in the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). In 1973, Howard Lansing Hines and …
Alaskan Prisoner in Arizona Can Enforce CCA Contract by The Supreme Court of Alaska held that state prisoners incarcerated at a private prison in Arizona can enforce portions of the contract between the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) that incorporate provisions of Smith v. …
Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John Dannenberg Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John E. Dannenberg A landmark 1980 federal consent decree that covers all manner of living conditions for San Quentin State Prison’s death …
$156,289 in Attorney Fees Awarded for Enforcing California Jail Prisoners’ Federal Consent Decrees by John Dannenberg $156,289 in Attorney Fees Awarded for Enforcing California Jail Prisoners’ Federal Consent Decrees by John E. Dannenberg On , August 22, 2007, the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) approved $156,289 in attorney fees and …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Georgia Inmate Welfare Fund Consent Decree Terminated Under PLRA by Georgia Inmate Welfare Fund Consent Decree Terminated Under PLRA The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a Georgia federal district court to terminate a permanent plan for charitable donations from the Inmate Welfare Fund at the Glynn County Detention …
Judgment in Florida’s Closed Management Conditions Lawsuit Terminated Under the PLRA by David Reutter Judgment in Florida’s Closed Management Conditions Lawsuit Terminated Under the PLRA by David M. Reutter Nearly seven years after it was entered, a Florida federal district court has terminated a revised offer of judgment that was …
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