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Article • May 15, 2007
Seizure of Prisoner's Pretrial Discovery Materials Upheld by State prisoner David Savage filed a motion for relief from prosecutorial misconduct alleging Macon County Illinois jail officials confiscated discovery materials given to him by his counsel prior to trial. The confiscation was based upon advice from the State Attorney's Office that …
Aliens May Sue Private Detention Companies Under ATCA by A federal court in New Jersey became the first court to hold that corporations which operate privatized immigration detention facilities may be sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA). The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) contracted with Esmor Correctional Services, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Attorney-Client Privilege Doesn't Protect All Discovery by In an employment discrimination case, the defendants asserted various privileges. A document from the vice president of communications to an EEO coordinator was not protected by the attorney-client privilege. At 499: It is important to remember that, because the privilege impairs the court's …
New York Prisoner Assaulted In City Jail Awarded $920,000 by In June 1997 the First Judicial Supreme Court of New York awarded $920,000 to a prisoner who was assaulted by other prisoners in a New York City jail. As a result of the September 1986 attack, the prisoner, a 28-year-old …
Discovery Materials Presumptively Public by At 1121: "Generally, the public can gain access to litigation documents and information produced during discovery unless the party opposing disclosure shows 'good cause' why a protective order is necessary." The fruits of discovery are "presumptively public." "For good cause to exist, the party seeking …
CA Prisoner's Mental Health Records Exempt From Disclosure by In July of 2002, Ramon Gavira Camarillo, a Los Angeles County (County), California prisoner, was found hanging in his cell in the County jail. His widow, Mrs. Gavira, sued the County in state court claiming that the jail staff failed to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Defendant Sanctioned for Late Production of Discovery by The City, approximately two weeks before trial, "under circumstances not persuasively explained," produced documents which were clearly responsive to earlier document requests and which ultimately became a core part of plaintiff's (losing) case. The City's conduct, "although perhaps short of bad faith …
Article • May 15, 2007
Work Privilege Discussed by At 332: Factual information cannot be given "privileged" status merely because an attorney communicated the facts to the client or because the client communicated the facts to the attorney. For example, providing preexisting documents to an attorney does not thereby render the documents protected by the …
Doe v. CCA, DC, Protective Order, Confidential Information Discoverable, 2007 - -- - - --... -~'---- ._-- ----- Case 1:06-cv-02203-ESH Document 28 Filed 04/10/2007 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) JANE DOE …
Brief • March 29, 2007
Filed under: Discovery, Depositions
Centinela v. Bacardi & Co, DDC, Opinion, Discussion of Motion to Acquire Defendent's Documents, 2007 Case 1:04-cv-02201-RCL Document 32 Filed 03/29/07 Page 1 of 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BACARDI & COMPANY LIMITED, ) ) Defendant. …
Brief • March 29, 2007
Filed under: Summary Judgment, Discovery
Centinela v. Bacardi & Co, DDC, Opinion , Granting Summary Judgement Case 1:04-cv-02201-RCL Document 30 Filed 03/29/07 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BACARDI & COMPANY LIMITED, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ____________________________________) TEQUILA …
Wyoming Federal Court Awards Attorney $18,000 for Compliance Monitoring by Michael Rigby On March 9, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming awarded $16,200.50 in enhanced fees plus $2,105.28 in costs to an attorney for time spent monitoring compliance with remedial measures at the Carbon County (Wyoming) …
PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc. (ASG), continues to face lawsuits and lose contracts for its deplorable record of prisoner health care gaffes in a …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ordered to Pay Prisoner $500 For Misconduct by Michael Rigby On April 6, 2005, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas levied a $500 sanction award against two Assistant U.S. Attorneys for their unethical, unprofessional, and dishonest conduct in a prisoner …
Arizona Prisoners Mortality Report Confidentiality Not Federally Protected by John Dannenberg Arizona Prisoners Mortality Report Confidentiality Not Federally Protected by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declined Maricopa County, Arizonas invitation to keep mortality reports on prisoners confidential. Charles Agster was arrested and booked into the …
Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Detainee May Not Be Housed In Punitive Segregation by by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California sexual predator civil commitment detainee, while awaiting commitment proceedings, is entitled to conditions of confinement that are not punitive. Oscar Jones was …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Court Discusses Deliberative Process Privilege by In two separate rulings, a southern district of New York federal district court has expounded upon the deliberative process privilege, which is a sub-species" of the work product doctrine. This action was filed by the Administration of the Estate of Ralph Joseph Tortorici, who …
Brief • March 28, 2005
Filed under: Snitch Jacketing, Discovery
USA vs. Mills, CA, Discovery Order, Snitch Factory, 2005 H. Dean Steward SBN 85317 107 Avenida Miramar 2 Ste. C San Clemente, CA 92672 3 949-481-4900 fax-949-496-6753 4 Mark Fleming SBN 165770 5 433 G. St. #202 San Diego, CA 92101 6 619-652-9970 fax 619-652-9964 1 7 Attorneys for Defendant …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Prisoner Stated Deliberate Indifference Claim, But Summary Judgment Denial Reversed by Prisoner Stated Deliberate Indifference Claim, but Summary Judgment Denial Reversed In a case with a long, unusual procedural history, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court's denial of prison officials' motion to dismiss for …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
New Jersey Vegetarian Meals Satisfy Halal Dietary Obligations by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Third U.S. Court of Appeals held that legitimate cost and convenience factors supported the New Jersey Department of Corrections' (NJDOC) decision to provide the 280 observant Muslims with only vegetarian Halal (Islamic ritually …
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