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Article • February 26, 2022
Armored Car Company Victim of Multiple ‘Highway Robberies’ by Cops Files Federal Lawsuit for Recovery of Seized Cash by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  Armored car company Empyreal headquartered in Pennsylvania says “we’re not going to take it anymore” as police departments in Kansas and California have used …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Forfeiture, Tax Law
Federal Judge Rules Prisoners Eligible for $1,200 Stimulus Checks; Application Deadline Extended to Nov. 21 for Online Filing by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a clear victory for prisoners and their families, a federal judge recently ordered the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make …
Filing • March 8, 2019
Brown v. Stored Value Cards Inc, Prisoner Debit Cards, Appeal, 2019 (1 of 45) Case: 18-35735, 03/08/2019, ID: 11221605, DktEntry: 44-1, Page 1 of 4 No. 18-35735 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ___________________ DANICA LOVE BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STORED VALUE CARDS, INC., D/B/A NUMI …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Forfeiture
Philadelphia Robbing the Poor Through Civil Forfeiture by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  In just the four zip codes of Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, whose mainly black and Hispanic residents suffer high rates of poverty, civil asset forfeiture (CAF) proceedings netted 1,682 properties that were seized and sold by the District …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Policing for Profit: Law Enforcement Agencies Abuse Civil Asset Forfeiture by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke While crime may not pay, policing can be very profitable when law enforcement agencies are allowed to seize assets not only from criminals but also people merely suspected of breaking the law. No criminal …
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright As the summer months wear on we are again reporting on the ongoing outrage of American prisons that are deliberately built without air conditioning in some of the hottest parts of the country. As an article in this issue of PLN …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Breaking News: U.S. Attorney General Reinstates Federal Asset Forfeiture Sharing, with Conditions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna As noted in this issue's cover story, due to past abuses, restrictions were placed on the federal equitable sharing program in which state and local law enforcement agencies could partner with federal …
Brief • April 19, 2017
Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Settlement, Wrongful Incarceration, 2017 -... ' . IN THE OHIO COURT OF CLAIMS FRANK C. DAVIS Plaintiff Case No. 2016-00251-WI Judge Patrick M. McGrath Magistrate Holly T. Shaver v. STATE OF OHIO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS Defendant l. This Settlement Agreement …
Brief • March 20, 2017
Martinez v. Hain, IL, Settlement, Suspicionless Search & Seizure, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE America Martinez, Rodolfo Tapia and Ismael Jaimes-Meza v. Sgt. Hain, et al., ND IL Case No. 16 CV 2237 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between America Martinez, Rodolfo Tapia, …
Article • March 14, 2017
Convicted Oregon Teachers Collect $10.8 Million Annual Pensions at Taxpayer Expense by Oregon teachers who sexually abuse students or commit other felonies still receive sizeable pensions, at a cost to taxpayers of at least $10.8 million annually, according to Freedom Foundation Oregon, a "think and action tank promoting individual liberty, …
Brief • November 11, 2016
Murango v. Hain, IL, Settlement, False Arrest & Strip Search, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Mai-co Murango v. Sgt. Hain, et al., ND IL Case No. 16 CV 2238 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Marco Murango ("Plaintiff'') and the County of Kane, …
Arkansas Court of Appeals Upholds Civil Forfeiture Ruling by On May 4, 2016, the Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s order for the civil forfeiture of nearly $20,000 seized from Guillermo Espinoza during a July 2013 traffic stop. Espinoza was never charged with a crime and prosecutors eventually …
Brief • June 7, 2016
Martinez v. Hain, IL, Amended Complaint, Suspicionless Search & Seizure, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-02237 Document #: 20 Filed: 06/07/16 Page 1 of 45 PageID #:122 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION AMERICA MARTINEZ, RODOLFO TAPIA, ISMAEL JAIMES-MEZA, No. 16-cv-2237 Plaintiffs, Honorable Judge Dow …
Murango v. Hain, IL, Complaint, False Arrest & Strip Search, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-02238 Document #: 31 Filed: 06/07/16 Page 1 of 24 PageID #:106 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MARCO MURANGO, No. 16-cv-2238 Plaintiff, Honorable Judge Feinerman v. SGT. HAIN, #610; …
Article • March 30, 2016
Filed under: Forfeiture
Forfeiture Procedural Requirements Require Strict Compliance in Tennessee by The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that in forfeiture proceedings, the governmental agency seeking forfeiture must present affirmative proof that it has complied with both the procedural and substantive requirements of the forfeiture statutes. The ruling came in a suit filed …
Brief • March 25, 2016
Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Incarceration, 2016 1 -~: 'o"PlG~~ FILED t IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO r~ FRANK C. DAVIS 15211 Martin Glen Terrace Midlothian, Virginia 23112, Plaintiff, vs. STATE OF OHIO Serve: Ohio Attorney General MikeDeWine 30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor Columbus, …
Brief • January 21, 2016
Lipford v. City of Chicago, IL, Amended Complaint, Illegal Police Search, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-06988 Document #: 45 Filed: 01/21/16 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:172 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL LIPFORD, Plaintiff, v. 15 CV 6988 CITY OF CHICAGO, G. …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Restitution, Forfeiture
Ninth Circuit Finds Forfeited Assets Satisfy Restitution Order; Eleventh Circuit Disagrees by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Finds Forfeited Assets Satisfy Restitution Order; Eleventh Circuit Disagrees by Derek Gilna Greg Carter served a 70-month federal prison sentence for defrauding U.S. airlines with phony tickets, along with several co-defendants. As part of …
The Genesis of Increasing Incidents of Police Brutality: The War on Drugs by Bill Trine The Genesis of Increasing Incidents of Police Brutality: The War on Drugs By Bill Trine What is the cause of the spiraling increase in police assaults on people whom they should help to protect --- …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
California: Surety Entitled to Exoneration of Bail Bond Forfeited as a Result of Defendant’s Deportation by Michael Brodheim California: Surety Entitled to Exoneration of Bail Bond Forfeited as a Result of Defendant’s Deportation   by Michael Brodheim   The California Court of Appeal has held that a bail surety did …
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