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on her § 1983 excessive force claim. Depee appealed the fee award, and on February 1, 2010 the Ninth Circuit held that it was guided by Justice O’Connor’s concurrence in Farrar v. Hobby, 506 U.S. 103 ...
was convicted of a sex offense and sentenced to 10 years in prison. After his conviction was affirmed on appeal, the district court imposed a special life sentence pursuant to Iowa Code § 903B.1 in addition ...
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
certain state licenses. Governor Scott’s new policy also required studies of those whose rights were restored under the Crist administration. The first report, issued by the FPC on July 1, 2011, found ...
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
, as it presents defendants with a “choice” between “(1) going to jail, paying a fine, and developing a criminal record; or (2) going to church and having the charges eventually dismissed....” Even Bay Minette’s ...
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
. [See: PLN, Jan. 1, 2009, p.46]. The Appellate Division held that the trial court had misapplied the standards in Mason. Under the so-called catalyst theory adopted in Mason, a plaintiff can be awarded ...
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
crews have saved the county,” said Precinct 1 County Commissioner Randy Williams. “But over the past 10 years, it has to be in the millions.” However, Sheriff Bruce began running a greatly reduced set ...
to several prisoners, sickening them. The prisoners filed suit and settled the case in August 2015. See: Rushing v. Apgar, U.S.D.C. (D. Del.), Case No. 1:13-cv-01103-GMS. The lawsuit against Dr. McDonald ...
in 2001 and 2002 about the airborne toxic dust. [See: PLN, July 2009, p.21; Jan. 2009, p.1; March 2007, p.1]. OIG investigators noted that prior to 2003, when recycling procedures were changed, prisoners ...
issues: (1) whether the prison litigation reform act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997E (A), requires dismissal in its entirety of a claim brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 with respect to conditions ...
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
of those who have died. Tasers are used extensively by police and sheriff’s departments, and also by prison and jail staff. [See, e.g.: PLN, Dec. 2010, p.34; Oct. 2006, p.1; June 2005, p.1]. Taser’s ...
violence. The district court’s initial order found the unconstitutional conditions resulted from three undisputed failures by prison officials: 1) failure to adequately train and supervise staff in how ...
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
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is estimated at $1 billion. Not to mention the 2,400 jobs the facility will create. There is a growing need for the new prison hospital, as California’s prison population continues to age due to lengthy ...
Article • March 15, 2013
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of the state.” There were also several high profile decisions that Scott felt should have been run by him first. [See: PLN, Feb. 2012, p.1]. To fill the vacancy, Kenneth S. Tucker, a 28-year veteran ...
alleged that (1) the supervisors “had knowledge of, and acquiesced in, his subordinates’ violations” and that (2) the supervisors implemented procedures that, left unchanged, led ...
Article • November 17, 2015
that they would be prejudiced by having to (1) respond to allegations as to Charles McKinnon, Vasquez’ deceased co-defendant, (2) provide more discovery of a previous murder that Vasquez had been arrested ...
Mexico), Case No. 1:08-cv-00246-WJ-RHS. PLN has previously reported on the regular business practices of Wexford and other private prison medical providers to maximize profits by understaffing and denying ...
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
(1) conclusively determines the disputed question, (2) resolves an important issue completely separate from the merits of an underlying action, and (3) would be effectively unreviewable from a final ...
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
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time we do this,” he stated. See: Bullock v. Sheahan, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Ill.), Case No. 1:04-cv-01051 and Young v. County of Cook, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Ill.), Case No. 1:06-cv-00552. Additional sources: Chicago ...
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Disorders (DSM-IV-TR).” Medically appropriate GID treatment options include providing patients with 1) hormones of the desired gender; 2) the “real life experience,” i.e. living full-time as the new gender ...
failure to timely respond to the DEA’s motion. Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(c)(1) allows a court to grant relief for failure to timely file if a party can show they have “a meritorious claim or defense ...
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