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Article • February 15, 2012
PLRA Limits Attorney Fee Award to $7,500; Prisoner Required to Pay Part of Fees by Brandon Sample On December 17, 2007, U.S. District Court Judge James K. Singleton, Jr. awarded $7,500 in attorney fees following a jury verdict that found New York prison officials had violated the First Amendment in …
Article • February 15, 2012
9th Circuit: Equitable Estoppel Applies Where Fraudulent Concealment by Police Thwarts Filing of Claim within Statute of Limitations Period by The Ninth Circuit has held that the doctrine of equitable estoppel can save a claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against an otherwise-applicable statute of limitations bar, where although …
Article • February 15, 2012
Prisoner Who Faces No Irreparable Injury Not Entitled to Preliminary Injunction by In March 2011, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s denial of preliminary injunctive relief to a prisoner who alleged that Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) officials were not complying with the Approved Personal Property Schedule …
Sovereign Immunity Withstands RLUIPA; Jewish Succah may be Permissible Religious Exercise by Sovereign Immunity Withstands RLUIPA; Jewish Succah May be Permissible Religious Exercise by David M. Reutter The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) does not waive a state’s Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity from suit for monetary damages. …
California: Prior Conviction for Being a “Felon in Possession of Firearm” Admissible as Evidence in Subsequent Criminal Trials by The California Court of Appeal has held that a prior conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is a crime of moral turpitude, and therefore that evidence of …
Article • February 15, 2012
California Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of Public Interest Litigation by The California Supreme Court has held that the issues underlying a published appellate decision, viz., Serrano v. Stefan Merli Plastering Co., Inc. (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 1014, qualify the case as public interest litigation, which may entitle the prevailing party to …
Article • February 15, 2012
Federal Appeals Court Denies Colorado Prisoner’s “Mail Box Rule” Appeal by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Colorado district court’s order to alter the judgment in a suit won by a Colorado prisoner. Michael N. Milligan filed suit against Brian Matthews, a prison official at the prison in …
California: Failure to Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Parolee Leads To $100,000 Settlement by In November 2009, Joseph Genova, a hearing-impaired ex-prisoner, signed a Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims, accepting $10,000 from the State of California, $68,000 from Walden House, Inc., and $22,000 from Behavioral Systems Southwest, Inc. (BSS) in exchange …
Article • February 15, 2012
Award for Freed Prisoner Vacated by Louisiana Appellate Court by On February 20, 2008, the First Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals vacated and remanded for further proceedings a trial court’s judgment awarding a former prisoner compensation for a wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Calvin Williams was convicted in 1977 of first-degree …
Filing • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Complaints
Nunuha v. CCA (Hawaii), Complaint 2012 INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs complain and allege as follows: 1. Bronson Nunuha was a citizen of Hawaii, born in Kahului on the island of Maui. Bronson died at the age of 26, in the Saguaro Correctional Facility (SCF) in Eloy, Arizona. He was stabbed more than …
Brief • January 31, 2012
Mack v. Howard, NY, Appellate Opinion, Records Request for Video of Guards Beating Jail Prisoner, 2012 Evaluation Only. Created with Aspose.Words. Copyright 2003-2010 Aspose Pty Ltd. Matter of Matter of Mack v Howard 2012 NY Slip Op 00584 Decided on January 31, 2012 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New …
Brief • January 27, 2012
Hood v. Upah, IA, Plaintiff's Brief Restisting MSJ, Excessive Force, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION JAMES HOOD, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) DAVID UPAH AND BENTON COUNTY, ) IOWA, ) ) Defendants. ) ) CASE NO.: 11cv96-LRR PLAINTIFF’S BRIEF IN …
Millington v. CCA, OK, Motion for Sanctions, Withholding Documents Prison Beating, 2012 Case 5:10-cv-00650-L Document 49 Filed 01/24/12 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) GLENDA MILLINGTON, as mother and next friend of Carl Stuckey, an incapacitated person, Plaintiff, v. …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Texas Prisoner’s Denial of Dentures Claim Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part by Fifth Circuit by Nicolas Marquez, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisoner held at the Polunsky Unit, has no teeth. He requested dentures but the request was denied because his Body Mass Index (BMI) was too …
Tennessee Court Again Orders CCA to Produce Records in PLN Public Records Case by On December 1, 2011, Chancellor Claudia C. Bonnyman of the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee issued a bench ruling directing Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm, to produce records in …
Filing • January 13, 2012
Filed under: Complaints
Prison Legal News v. Columbia County, Complaint 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00071-SI 1 Document 1 4 Katherine C. Chamberlain, OSB# 042580 5 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 7 Page ID#: 1 Marc D. Blackman, OSB # 730338 3 6 Page 1 of 24 marc~ransomblackman.com …
Filing • January 13, 2012
Filed under: Settlements
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Settlement Agreement, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/13/12 Entry Number 202-1 Page 1 of 3 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/13/12 Entry Number 202-1 Page 2 of 3 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/13/12 Entry Number 202-1 Page 3 of 3
Filing • January 10, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2012 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/10/12 Entry Number 197 Page 1 of 16 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/10/12 Entry Number 197 Page 2 of 16 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/10/12 Entry Number 197 Page 3 of 16 2:10-cv-02594-SB …
Brief • January 1, 2012
Filed under: Damages, Wrongful Death
Escabedo v. Martin, IN, Proposed Jury Instruction - Loss of Life Damages, 2012 Proposed Jury Instruction No. 17: If you find in favor of Plaintiff, then you must determine the amount of money that will fairly compensate Plaintiff for any injury that you find Plaintiff sustained as a direct result …
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Defies Court Order, Refuses to Allow Attorney to Take Photographs of Injured Prisoner by Claiming there was “nothing to hide,” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Steve Whitmore nevertheless defended the decision of the Sheriff’s Department not to comply with a court order authorizing an …
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