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New York City Pays $9.9 Million to Settle Wrongful Conviction Suit by The City of New York will pay $9.9 million to a man who was wrongfully accused, arrested, convicted and imprisoned as the result of actions by disgraced former New York City police detective Louis J. Eppolito, who is …
Study Finds Discriminatory Jury Selection in Southern States by Derek Gilna A study by the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit legal organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, has found widespread discrimination in jury selection in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. The discriminatory practices …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
$33 Million Settlement in New York City Jails Strip Search Class-Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 16, 2010, New York City agreed to settle a long-standing class-action lawsuit challenging the strip search policy used in the city’s jails. The settlement was for over $33 million, which included …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Florida Woman Settles Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Officers for $67,500 After Arrest While in Premature Labor by In June 2010, Melanie Dawn Williams, who had been arrested by officers after allegedly running a red light on her way to the St. Vincent’s Medical Center emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida when she …
Illinois Supermax Placement Procedures Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court has held that existing Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) procedures for placing prisoners at the Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms) are inadequate to protect the liberty interest of IDOC prisoners to avoid confinement at …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Habeas Hints: The Year in Review by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell, Blaire Russell & Chandra Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on habeas corpus under …
California Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Settled for $7.95 Million by A long-running lawsuit against the City of Long Beach, California for Thomas Goldstein’s wrongful murder conviction was settled in June 2010 for $7.95 million. After serving 24 years in prison following his 1980 conviction, Goldstein was finally released based on new …
Mississippi DOC Closes Unit 32 by A settlement agreement was reached in June 2010 to close the notorious Unit 32 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. The agreement provides for the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged conditions at the supermax unit. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), in …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Injunction in Florida DOC Mental Health Conditions Pepper Spray Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 20, 2010, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s order that found a warden and the secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) had …
Brief • January 26, 2011
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Colon v. City of Lawrence, MA, Judgment Agreement, def to honor payment to plf, 2011 Case 1:08-cv-11960-NMG Document 69-1 Filed 01/26/11 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS MANUEL COLON, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF LAWRENCE and CARL FARRINGTON Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action …
Brief • January 19, 2011
McGiverin SBT Grievance Form against Judge Keller, TX, judicial complaints, 2011 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL STATE BAR OF TEXAS GRIEVANCE FORM I. GENERAL INFORMATION Before you fill out this paperwork, there may be a faster way to resolve the issue you are currently having with an attorney. If …
Medical Examiners Lack Qualifications, Competence, Oversight by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Most people will only have direct contact with a medical examiner, also known as a forensic pathologist, after they are dead. Thus, medical examiners have a certain mystic quality and are perceived as both doctors and sleuths who …
California Prison Settles Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit for $15,000 by On January 28, 2010, California prisoner Garrison S. Johnson, proceeding pro se, signed a settlement agreement to resolve a federal lawsuit he had filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of his civil rights by officials with the …
California: Parole Agents Saw and Spoke to Kidnap Victim, Yet Failed to Identify or Rescue Her by While providing a legal analysis of claims against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), a June 25, 2010 letter from the California Department of Justice noted that Jaycee Lee Dugard – …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Massachusetts: Court Lifts Stay of Discovery in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Disability Law Center, Inc. (DLC) has obtained an order lifting a stay of discovery in its suit against the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC). As previously reported in …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Mississippi Supreme Court Holds Substance, Not Label, of Prisoner Petitions Governs by Mississippi courts must construe prisoner filings based on their substance, and not how they are labeled, the Supreme Court of Mississippi decided. Dennis Dobbs, a Mississippi state prisoner, filed a “Petition for an Order to Show Cause” with …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
North Carolina Prison Censorship Class Action Suit Settled by A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that challenged the way the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) administers its policies related to the receipt of books and magazines by prisoners. The suit sought to enforce the First …
Brief • January 10, 2011
Fields v. Smith, 7th Cir, Plf Reply Brief, WI transgender hormone medical class certification, 2011 Case: 10-2339 Document: 28 Filed: 01/10/2011 Pages: 17 Nos. 10-2339 and 10-2466 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ANDREA FIELDS, et al. Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. JUDY P. SMITH, et al. …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Res to Discovery Mot, prison riot, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Mot in Limine, Disclosure of Medical Requests, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. ▲COURT USE ONLY …
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