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U.S. Supreme Court Asks Montana Supreme Court to Address Whether FJDA Conviction Requires Registration Under Montana Law by On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court certified a question to the Montana Supreme Court in order to decide whether a petition for writ of certiorari currently pending before the Court …
Article • May 15, 2011
Pennsylvania Prisoners’ Civil Rights Action Against TV Reality Stars Dismissed as Frivolous by By David M. Ruetter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a Pennsylvania prisoner lawsuit alleging violations under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and state law claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent …
Article • May 15, 2011
Prisoner's Conviction in Lucasville Prison Riot Confirmed by Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a new trial motion filed by a prisoner convicted of two murders that occurred during the 1993 Lucasville prisoner riot. A jury convicted prisoner Timothy Grinnell of two counts of aggravated murder …
Fifth Circuit Reverses Pre-Filing Injunction; No Notice or Hearing Given by The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a district court’s injunction prohibiting a prisoner from filing suit without first obtaining court permission. Nasir Qureshi was enjoined by U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes from filing …
Fourth Circuit: Most Police Records in DNA Exoneration Case Are Public by On October 1, 2004, the Fourth Circuit court of appeals decided that most of the sealed documents in a lawsuit involving the DNA exoneration of a man convicted of a rape-murder should be available to the public. Earl …
Article • May 15, 2011
Judge Denies Attorney’s Fees to Prevailing Defendant by U.S. Magistrate Judge John A. Gorman has denied a request for attorney’s fees and sanctions against a plaintiff who brought an unsuccessful civil rights action. Defendant Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. had argued that it was entitled to attorney’s fees because the plaintiff’s …
Article • May 15, 2011
Metadata is a Public Record, Washington Supreme Court Holds by The Washington State Supreme Court has held that Metadata is a public record that must be disclosed under the Public Records Act (PRA). This case raised a question of first impression for the Court. Metadata is “information describing the history, …
Article • May 15, 2011
Sixth Circuit Orders Ruling On Unsealing of Sealed Criminal Case by On February 5, 2009, the Sixth Circuit ordered a district court to rule on a crime victim's motion to unseal a sealed criminal case. The criminal case was sealed on August 28, 2008. The victim, filed a motion to …
Article • May 15, 2011
Referendum Petition Not Protected by First Amendment by On May 18, 2009, Senate Bill 5688 was signed by Washington's Governor, expanding the rights and responsibilities of state-registered domestic partners. On May 25, 2009, a referendum petition opposing the bill was submitted by Protect Marriage Washington (PMW) to the Secretary of …
Article • May 15, 2011
"Work Product" Exempted From Public Records Act by "Work Product" Exempted From Public Records Act On December 12, 2005, Washington State resident, David Koenig, submitted a request to the Pierce County Prosecutor under the auspices of that state's Public Records Act (PRA) for records pertaining to a specific criminal investigation. …
Attorney Fees and Costs Against Exoneree Who Lost Lawsuit Denied by On May 21, 2009, a Michigan federal court denied a motion by defendants for attorney fees and costs in an unsuccessful lawsuit brought by an exoneree. During a custody dispute with his ex-girlfriend in 1987, Mark Norman Cleary's seven-year-old …
Austin, Texas Settles Police Shooting Report Access Suit for $12,000 by On June 3, 2010, the City of Austin, Texas agreed to pay $12,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP). TCRP Director Jim Harrington said the group agreed to the settlement, which covers TCRP's …
Court Orders ICE to Produce Metadata in Responding to FOIA Request by U.S. District Judge Shire A. Scheindlin has ordered the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) to turn over thousands of documents and emails in electronic format. The plaintiffs, immigration rights organizations, sought records from ICE concerning its …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Juries
Washington Court of Appeals: Juror's Experiment Not Grounds for Reversal by On September 14, 2009, the Washington State Court of Appeals held that a juror's home experiment based upon testimony he heard in a murder trial was not misconduct and therefore not grounds for reversal of the conviction. Daniel Jay …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Appeals, Sentencing, Restitution
No Automatic Abatement upon Death of Defendant; Heirs May Be Substituted As Parties in Order to Contest Financial Obligations of Deceased Defendant by A criminal defendant who dies during the pendency of his appeal is not entitled to abatement of his conviction or restitution obligations, the Supreme Court of Washington …
Article • May 15, 2011
Judge Rejects Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation on Publications Ban by Senior U.S. District Judge Herman J. Weber has rejected a report and recommendation from a magistrate judge that recommended summary judgment for jail officials in a suit over the jail’s “no publications” policy. Ted Marcum sued the Butler County Sheriff …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
No Interlocutory Appeal from Denial of Motion for Reconsideration; $6,000 Settlement in New York Jail Abuse Case by The collateral order doctrine does not allow government defendants to take an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion for reconsideration of a district court’s denial of qualified immunity, the Second …
Article • May 15, 2011
Missouri Escape Rule Bars Post-Conviction and Habeas Corpus Filing by Missouri state prisoner Alan Echols appealed his federal habeas corpus denial after being denied state post-conviction relief based on Missouri's escape rule, which bars the review of post-conviction claims from prisoners who escape from incarceration. The denial was upheld by …
Article • May 15, 2011
Plaintiff Entitled to Washington State Patrol's Electronic Accident Records by The Superior Court of Washington held that accident records compiled by state police were not protected information pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 409. Plaintiff Michael Gendler filed suit alleging the Washington State Patrol denied him accident reports in violation of …
California’s Megan’s Law Applies Retroactively by California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has affirmed that the California version of “Megan’s Law” may be retroactively applied to persons convicted of qualifying crimes prior to the statute’s 2004 enactment and subsequent amendments. In so holding, the Court rejected the petitioners’ equitable estoppel …
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