Legal Manual for DC Prisoners in Contract Prisons, DC Prisoners Project, 2007 A LEGAL SELF-HELP HANDBOOK for District of Columbia Prisoners at Rivers Correctional Institution Second Edition DC PRISONERS PROJECT WASHINGTON LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND URBAN AFFAIRS Revised 2007 INTRODUCTION This booklet will help you defend your legal …
Ayestas v. Davis, DC, Certiorari Appeal, Ineffective Assistance, 2016 No. 16-6795 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CARLOS MANUEL AYESTAS, Petitioner, v. LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION), Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit …
Prisoner's Suit Dismissed After Court Finds "Three Strikes" Litigant Not in Imminent Danger by Matthew Clarke Prisoner's Suit Dismissed After Court Finds "Three Strikes" Litigant Not in Imminent Danger by Matt Clarke In December 2009, Jeremy Pinson, a federal prisoner serving a 22-year sentence for threatening to kill the president, …
D.C. Corrections Information Council - Hope Village Report, 2013 District of Columbia Corrections Information Council (CIC) Michelle R. Bonner, Chair Katharine A. Huffman Reverend Samuel Whittaker May 24, 2013 To: Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia Council of the District of Columbia Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Charles Samuels, Director, Federal …
Pierce v. District of Columbia, Memorandum Opinion, Summary Judgment, Deaf Interpretor, 2015 Case 1:13-cv-00134-KBJ Document 90 Filed 09/11/15 Page 1 of 60 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM PIERCE, PLAINTIFF, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DEFENDANT. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Aref v. Lynch, DC, Brief for Plaintiffs-Appellants, CMU Placement, 2015 USCA Case #15-5154 Document #1580576 Filed: 10/28/2015 Page 1 of 72 ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit No. 15-5154 YASSIN MUHIDDIN AREF; KIFAH JAYYOUSI; DANIEL MCGOWAN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, – v. …
Sex Offender Loses Adam Walsh Civil Commitment Appeal by Sex Offender Loses Adam Walsh Civil Commitment Appeal The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed, on December 10, 2013, the judgement of the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina civilly committing appellant Richard Savage …
Post-Mortem Images of Bin-Laden Classified Top Secret, Exempt from Disclosure. by Post-Mortem Images of Bin-Laden Classified Top Secret, Exempt from Disclosure. In May 2013, the D.C. Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Judicial Watch seeking to compel the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to disclose post-mortem images of Osama Bin …
BOP Ordered to Pay Prisoner’s Attorneys $41,703 for Discovery Abuses by Derek Gilna BOP Ordered to Pay Prisoner’s Attorneys $41,703 for Discovery Abuses by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Randall Todd Royer, also known as Ismail Royer, has engaged in a long legal battle with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) related …
Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) hates publicity and hates revealing information about its operations to the general public. Recently, however, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck …
Court Denies Challenge to D.C. Sex Offender’s Website on Registry Officials by Court Denies Challenge to D.C. Sex Offender’s Website on Registry Officials A website that “registers” and posts photos of government employees who work in the District of Columbia’s sex offender registration office is protected by the First Amendment, …
Patel v. Bureau of Prisons, DC, Memorandum Opinion Re Summary Judgment, Noncitizen Treatment, RFRA, FOIA, 2015 Case 1:09-cv-00200-RDM Document 130 Filed 08/21/15 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KAMAL PATEL, Plaintiff, v. BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Bannum Inc. v. Samuels, DC, Complaint, BOP Contractor Infighting, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-01233-ABJ Document 4 Filed 08/03/15 Page 1 of 29 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ BANNUM, INC., a Kentucky corporation headquartered at 2546 Success Drive Odessa, Florida 33556, Plaintiff, v. CHARLES E. SAMUELS, …
Wright Petitioners Opp to Petition for Stay before FCC, DC, Peition, Inmate Calling, 2016. Before The FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of: Rates For Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 12-375 OPPOSITION TO PETITION FOR STAY The Wright Petitioners hereby submit …
NACDL v DOJ, DC, Appellee Brief, Blue Book censorship, 2015 USCA Case #15-5051 Document #1562613 Filed: 07/15/2015 Page 1 of 65 [ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED] No. 15-5051 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES …
$6.2 Million Settlement Reached in D.C. Jail Strip Search, Overdetention Suit by Derek Gilna $6.2 Million Settlement Reached in D.C. Jail Strip Search, Overdetention Suit by Derek Gilna An eight-year-old lawsuit alleging illegal overdetention and strip searches of detainees at the District of Columbia Jail concluded with a $6.2 million …
Federal Appeals Court Upholds D.C. Guard’s Termination for Assaulting Prisoner by Federal Appeals Court Upholds D.C. Guard’s Termination for Assaulting Prisoner The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed the suit of a jail guard who was fired in 2006 after an investigation found that he had assaulted …
Wilkinson v. Austin, DC, Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent - Supermax Prisons Solitary, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities ............................................................. i Statement of Interest of Amici ............................................ 1 Summary of Argument ....................................................... 4 ARGUMENT I. Protracted Supermax Confinement Represents a Serious Psychological Stressor and Imposed Significant Psychological Pain .................................. …
Jerry M v. District of Columbia et al, DC, Notice of Settlement Agreement, juvenile prisons, 1986 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION JERRY M., et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No: 1519-85 J. Dixon v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. NOTICE TO CLASS MEMBERS OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT …
Prison Legal News v. Samuels, Complaint, BOP FOIA Suit re Verdicts and Settlements, DC, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00823 Document 1 Filed 06/03/15 Page 1 of 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, 2400 NW 80th Street – …
