Ninth Circuit Vacates FRCP 4(m) Dismissal Without Notice by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit Vacates FRCP 4(m) Dismissal Without Notice by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on October 30, 2013 that a district court’s failure to provide notice before dismissing a complaint for non-service and denying leave …
Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC by Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC Prison Legal News continues its efforts to defend its First Amendment right to communicate with prisoners in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). In 1999 the NDOC banned all copies of PLN, claiming the publication …
NV DOC - Breast Pumping Program, Ad. Reg. 657, 2014 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 657 BREAST PUMPING PROGRAM Supersedes: Effective Date: NEW AUTHORITY: NRS 209.131 RESPONSIBILITY The Director of Nursing (DON) at Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center (FMWCC) will be responsible for the oversight of the administration of …
Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC by Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC Prison Legal News continues its efforts to defend its First Amendment right to communicate with prisoners in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). In 1999 the NDOC banned all copies of PLN, claiming the publication …
Evans v. Inmate Calling Services, NV, Appellant Reply Brief, Atty Call Monitoring, 2014 Case: 13-17361 07/10/2014 ID: 9164537 DktEntry: 61-2 Page: 1 of 50 No. 13-17361 ______________________ UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ______________________ DONALD YORK EVANS and JOHN WITHEROW Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INMATE CALLING SOLUTIONS, et al., …
Ninth Circuit: Delay in Providing Dental Care May Constitute Deliberate Indifference by In an unpublished ruling, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed in part a district court’s grant of summary judgment to prison officials who, a prisoner alleged, were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. In 2008, …
Evans v. Inmate Calling Services, NV, Appellant Opening Brief, Atty Call Monitoring, 2014 Case: 13-17361 03/26/2014 ID: 9033089 DktEntry: 13 Page: 1 of 68 No. 13-17361 ______________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ______________________ DONALD YORK EVANS and JOHN WITHEROW Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INMATE CALLING SOLUTIONS, …
NV DOC - Use of Restraints on Pregnant Inmates, Ad. Reg. 455, 2014 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 455 USE OF HANDCUFFS AND RESTRAINTS ON PREGNANT INMATES Supersedes: NEW Effective Date: AUTHORITY NRS 209.131; NRS 209.376 RESPONSIBILITY 1. The respective Warden/Division Head is responsible for the overall operation of …
FCC Rate Caps on Prison Phone Calls to Impact Nevada DOC’s Budget by David Ganim The rate caps recently imposed on interstate (long distance) prison phone calls by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signal much-needed financial relief for prisoners and their families; however, they will also leave an estimated $650,000 …
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 …
