Nabors v. Nevada DOC, NV, Settlement, Shackles During Child Birth, 2014 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 VALERIE NABORS, 4 Plaintiff, 5 v. 6 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (NDOC); JAMES GREG COX, (in his official capacity) as Director of the Nevadcf Department of Corrections; E.K. McDANIEL …
Possession of Cell Phone Doesn’t Violate Nevada Escape Device Statute by The Nevada Supreme Court has held that a statute prohibiting prisoners from possessing escape devices does not encompass possession of a contraband cell phone. Pursuant to NRS 212.093(1), prisoners are prohibited from having “any key, picklock, bolt cutters, wire …
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Nevada DOC by On June 27, 2013, Prison Legal News filed suit in U.S. District Court against Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) Director James G. Cox and other defendants, seeking to enjoin unconstitutional censorship by state prison officials. The lawsuit contends that the Nevada DOC …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Nevada Prisoner’s First Amendment Retaliation Claims by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals resurrected the majority of a prisoner’s lawsuit raising First Amendment retaliation claims after the case had been dismissed by the district court. The suit then settled following remand. Raymond Watison, serving a …
Prison Legal News v. Sheriff Cox (NV DOC), Motion for an Order to Show Cause Why Defendants Should Not Be Held in Contempt 2013 Case 3:00-cv-00373-HDM-WGC Document 51 Filed 06/28/13 Page 1 of 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 …
Nevada Public Records Act Requires State to Provide Log of Basic Information About Withheld Information by In a unanimous opinion, the Nevada Supreme Court has held that, as a general matter, the state's Public Records Act (PRA) requires a state entity withholding requested records to provide the requesting party with …
Nevada Prison Industries Exploiting Businesses and Workers by Bob Sloan THE USE OF PRISON LABOR HAS BEEN increasing throughout the nation for the past fifteen-plus years. More and more factories are being built behind prison fences, with thousands of prisoner-made products sold to consumers annually – including apparel, processed foods, …
Nevada DOC Audit: Doctors Work 5 Hours, Get Paid for 10 by The Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC), which houses 12,750 prisoners, employs 23 full-time physicians who are paid a salary that presumes they work four 10-hour shifts per week. Accordingly, they receive their full wages regardless of the hours …
States Create Special Commissions to Study Flat-Fee Indigent Defense by Joe Watson Some states may soon be doing more to guarantee the Sixth Amendment right to counsel for indigent criminal defend-ants. Special commissions have been convened in Nevada, Idaho, Michigan and Pennsylvania to investigate how flat-fee contracts with private defense …
Ninth Circuit agrees with Defendant and Reverses Contempt Conviction by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna Although agreeing with the government that the defendant, James Kimsey was "no saint," the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Kimsey that he could not be held in contempt for failure to obey a …
Rich v. Taser International, NV, Ptf's Response to Lack of Standing Mtn., Taser Death, 2012 Case 2:09-cv-02450-ECR-RJJ Document 122 Filed 05/04/12 Page 1 of 5 1 John Snow, Nevada State Bar No. 4133 VANCOTT, BAGLEY, CORNWALL & McCARTHY 2 2300 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 800 Las Vegas, NV 89102 jsnow@vancott.com …
Evans v. Skolnik, NV, Order re Ptf's Objection to R&R, Atty Call Monitoring, 2012 Case 3:08-cv-00353-GMN -VPC Document 232 Filed 03/07/12 Page 1 of 9 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 DONALD YORK EVANS, et al., 4 5 Plaintiffs, vs. 6 HOWARD SKOLNIK, et al., 7 …
