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Brief • May 20, 2014
Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Plf MoL Mot to Alter & Amend Judgment, Child False Accusation of Sexual Assualt, 2014 PAUL BURRITT, vs. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN Plaintiff, LISA DITLEFSEN, and POLK COUNTY, 12-cv-909-wmc Defendants. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT HIS FED. R. …
Brief • May 20, 2014
Byrd v Crews, FL, Plf Mot Mortality Review, wrongful death inmate stabbing, 2014 Case 4:14-cv-00025-RH-CAS Document 16 Filed 05/20/14 Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION SALLEE BYRD, Case No. 4:14-cv-25-RH-CAS Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL D. CREWS, et al., Defendants. …
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Cofer v. Bryan County, OK, Settlement Release, Jail Abuse - Mental Illness, 2014 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS THIS RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS ("Release") is entered into by THOMAS WESLEY COFER ("Cofer"), an individual, and his attorneys of record, Stanley D. Monroe and Kirsten L. Palfreyman, ("Releasors") and the Defendants, BOARD …
Publication • May 20, 2014
Filed under: CONMED
Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2014
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Witness Protection Program Termination Unreviewable; 188 Days in SHU Triggers Due Process Protections by Mark Wilson Witness Protection Program Termination Unreviewable; 188 Days in SHU Triggers Due Process Protections   by Mark Wilson   The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that claims related to termination from a federal …
Second Circuit: Federal Prisoner States Conditions of Confinement Claim by David Reutter Second Circuit: Federal Prisoner States Conditions of Confinement Claim   by David Reutter   The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a federal prisoner sufficiently stated a claim alleging the conditions of his confinement violated …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Seventh Circuit Clarifies Standard for Recruiting Counsel in Pro Se Cases by David Reutter Seventh Circuit Clarifies Standard for Recruiting Counsel in Pro Se Cases   by David Reutter   The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an Illinois federal district court, like many federal courts in Northern …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
North Dakota Courtroom Shackling Requires Independent Assessment by Judge by Mark Wilson North Dakota Courtroom Shackling Requires Independent Assessment by Judge   by Mark Wilson   The North Dakota Supreme Court has held that a lower court abused its discretion by failing to independently assess the need for shackling a …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
California Improves Compensation Process for Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners by California Improves Compensation Process for Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners   On October 13, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 618, legislation that streamlines the process for providing financial compensation to people who are wrongfully convicted, exonerated and released …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Florida Prison System Ordered to Provide Kosher Meals by Florida Prison System Ordered to Provide Kosher Meals   A U.S. District Court has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to begin serving kosher meals to hundreds of Jewish prisoners, following legal challenges after the FDOC discontinued its kosher meal …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Book Review: Banking and Financial Management Course (1st Ed.), by Prisoner Assistant by Gary Hunter Banking and Financial Management Course (1st Ed.), by Prisoner Assistant (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, July 2013). 119 pages, $30.00   Book review by Gary Hunter   Life outside prison crosses the minds of most prisoners daily, …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
California: Sexually Violent Predators May be Conditionally Released from Custody Even if Homeless by Michael Brodheim California: Sexually Violent Predators May be Conditionally Released from Custody Even if Homeless   by Michael Brodheim   The California Court of Appeal, Third District, has held that a person committed as a sexually …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Ninth Circuit: County May be Liable for Wrongful Conviction Even if District Attorney Enjoys Absolute Immunity by Ninth Circuit: County May be Liable for Wrongful Conviction Even if District Attorney Enjoys Absolute Immunity   On May 8, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the County of Los …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: Complaints
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s 99-Page Complaint by Mark Wilson Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s 99-Page Complaint   by Mark Wilson   The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s finding that a prisoner’s “99-page complaint defies understanding, rendering it unintelligible and subject to dismissal …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Massachusetts DOC, Hospital Officials Disciplined in Prisoner’s Death by Derek Gilna Massachusetts DOC, Hospital Officials Disciplined in Prisoner’s Death   by Derek Gilna   An investigative report ordered by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick into what he termed the “disgusting” death of a mentally-ill prisoner at Bridgewater State Hospital found not …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor   by Paul Wright   This month’s issue of Prison Legal News marks 24 years and 284 issues, which makes PLN the longest continuously-published prisoners’ rights publication in U.S. history. We have grown significantly from a ten-page, hand-typed newsletter to our …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief   District of Columbia: Before sending former jail guard Jonathan Womble to prison for just over three years on October 9, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton called Womble’s crime “reprehensible and one of the most serious anyone could commit.” Heroin, marijuana, …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
A Home of Their Own by Lisa Riordan Seville A Home of Their Own   by Lisa Riordan Seville and Graham Kates   Recovery is work that Terrance Streeter knows. At 56, he is clean. No more drinking, no more drugs. After graduating from an alcohol recovery program two years …
Shaw v. Kates, DC, Appellee Brief II, Misclassification and Abuse of Post-Op Transwoman, 2014 [ORAL ARGUMENT NOT SCHEDULED] CASE NO. 13-5213 IN THE United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT PATTI HAMMOND SHAW, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MERRENDER QUICKSEY, Defendant-Appellant BRIEF OF PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE PATTI HAMMOND SHAW APPEAL FROM …
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