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Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Records Produced for State Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 7, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio rebuffed a request from the office of state Attorney General Dave Yost (R) to reconsider a grant of a state prisoner’s mandamus action. That left …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It by Matthew Clarke Matt Clarke On July 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a state prisoner who previously settled his excessive force claim against the state Department …
Article • July 19, 2022
Ohio Supreme Court: Only Statute, Not Agency Policy, Creates Legal Duty Enforceable in Mandamus by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a writ of mandamus petition filed by a state prisoner challenging a decision by the state Department of Rehabilitation and …
Article • May 31, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Mandamus to Pro Se Prisoner Seeking Prison Policy-Mandated Public Records That Prison Claims Do Not Exist by On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed pro se by Jerone McDougald, a prisoner at the Southern Ohio …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Mandamus
Ohio: Mandamus Action Moot Where Relief Has Been Granted by On December 20, 2018, the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s writ of mandamus against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC).  State prisoner William H. Evans, Jr. filed the mandamus petition against DRC director Gary …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Illinois Prisoner’s Petition Challenging Disciplinary Report States Cause of Action by The Illinois Fourth District Court of Appeals held in July 2017 that a prisoner had stated a cause of action on several claims in his petitions for writ of mandamus, declaratory relief and common law writ of certiorari. Prisoner …
Article • December 19, 2017
Filed under: Mandamus, Parole Conditions
Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Longer Second Continuance on Parole Eligibility Is Not Proof of Punitive Action by David Reutter by David Reutter The Ohio Supreme Court held that an Ohio prisoner's mandamus, alleging that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRS) failed to comply with its clear legal duty …
Article • August 31, 2017
Filed under: Mandamus, Parole
Denial of Parole No Basis for Writ of Mandamus in Arkansas by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A petitioner’s claim that his rights were violated when he was denied parole is no basis for a writ of mandamus, the Arkansas Supreme Court held on August 3, 2017. Anthony Warren filed …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: Staffing, Mandamus, Grievances
California Appellate Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Mandamus Action Against CDCR by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisoner Jared M. Villery filed three administrative grievances in 2014 concerning the failure of prison staff to properly discharge their duties. He alleged that staff failed to respond …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Summary Judgment in Favor of Alabama Prison Officials Reversed; Writ of Mandamus Denied by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On September 16, 2016, the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama reversed an order by the Montgomery Circuit Court granting summary judgment in favor of state prison officials in a lawsuit …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Ohio: Garnishment from Exempt Funds in Prison Account States Mandamus Claim by The Ohio Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s mandamus claims related to the garnishment of exempt funds in her prison account. Ohio state prisoner Agatha Martin Williams was sentenced to 102 months and …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Mandamus Improper Remedy to Challenge Illinois DOC’s “Violating at the Door” Policy by David Reutter Mandamus Improper Remedy to Challenge Illinois DOC’s “Violating at the Door” Policy by David Reutter On November 20, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to assume jurisdiction over a petition for writ of mandamus seeking …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Georgia: Mandamus Available to Compel Law Library Access by David Reutter Georgia: Mandamus Available to Compel Law Library Access by David Reutter he Georgia Supreme Court held in February 2014 that a trial court erred in denying the filing of a prisoner’s petition for mandamus seeking access to a law …
Article • October 5, 2014
Filed under: Mandamus, International
Prisoner Wins Mandamus Case to Compel Colorado DOC to Consider Transfer Application by Derek Gilna Prisoner Wins Mandamus Case to Compel Colorado DOC to Consider Transfer Application   by Derek Gilna   Colorado state court prisoner Robert D. Gandy, proceeding Pro Se, has won his appeal of a lower-court dismissal …
Article • October 5, 2014
Florida Courts Required to Accommodate Blind Litigants with Braille Documents by Florida Courts Required to Accommodate Blind Litigants with Braille Documents   The Florida Supreme Court has held that a legally blind litigant was entitled to mandamus relief to compel an appellate court to accept pleadings in Braille and to …
Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Mandamus Petition May Constitute Prison Conditions Litigation in Pennsylvania by David Reutter Mandamus Petition May Constitute Prison Conditions Litigation in Pennsylvania by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held on July 9, 2013 that a mandamus petition related to an underlying complaint concerning prison conditions itself constitutes prison …
Ohio Appellant Wins Mandamus Order Disclosing Attorney Fees Statements by Derek Gilna Appellant Jean A. Anderson won an appeal of a judgment denying her copies of certain itemized billing statements for attorneys service rendered to Vermillion, Ohio, overturning a lower-court decision that had sided with the city’s argument that the …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
New York: Provision Requiring Independent Jail Oversight Board Ignored for 23 Years by Joe Watson For more than two decades, the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow, New York has lacked accountability in the form of an oversight board. But that lapse may be coming to an end after prisoner …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Mandamus
Alabama State Supreme Court Denies Mandamus for Payment of Defense Expenses by The Supreme Court of Alabama denied in June 2012 Defendant’s petition for writ of mandamus to compel the circuit court to enforce its orders to the Office of Indigent Services and the Comptroller’s Office to disburse interim payments …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Mandamus
Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals Redefines Michigan Prisoner’s Mandamus by The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit subjected a Michigan prisoner’s petition for a writ of mandamus to the five prong test case, John B. v. Goetz, 531 F.3d 457 (6th Cir. 2008), and other case …
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