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Rodriguez v. City of Houston, TX, Atty Fee Order, Wrongful Rape Conviction, 2009 Case 4:06-cv-02650 Document 384 Filed in TXSD on 12/22/09 Page 1 of 7 Case 4:06-cv-02650 Document 384 Filed in TXSD on 12/22/09 Page 2 of 7 Case 4:06-cv-02650 Document 384 Filed in TXSD on 12/22/09 Page 3 …
Brief • December 22, 2009
Goins v. Aguilar, AZ, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2009 Gdkffi#§f ½UiW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 p aae 1 0 f 2 5· Case FILED RECEIVED 2 BY LODGED COPY DEC 2 2 2009. 2 CLERK U S DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA DEPUTY City, Stale, Zip Code in dismissal of …
Bruce Lisker v. City of Los Angeles et al, CA Complaint, wrongful conviction, 2009 Case 2:09-cv-09374-ODW-AJW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 Page 1 of 28 Page ID #:1 Case 2:09-cv-09374-ODW-AJW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 Page 2 of 28 Page ID #:2 Case 2:09-cv-09374-ODW-AJW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 Page 3 of 28 …
Brief • December 16, 2009
Westefer v. Snyder, IL, Plf Proposed CoL, ad seg condition of confinement, 2009 Case 3:00-cv-00162-GPM Document 526 Filed 12/16/09 Page 1 of 29 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Robert Westefer, et al., Plaintiffs, No. 00-162-GPM v. Donald Snyder, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF CLASS’S …
Federal Court Holds Enemy Combatant Detainee May Sue Government Officials by On June 12, 2009, a federal district court in California ruled that a U.S. citizen detained in the U.S. as an enemy combatant could sue a high-ranking federal official who promulgated legal opinions on policies that led to the …
Article • December 15, 2009
Fees and Costs Awarded Against Washington State DOC in Public Records Appeal by On July 25, 2005, a Washington State Court of Appeals awarded a citizen additional fees and costs incurred in a Public Records Act (PRA) suit. John R. Berg requested disclosure from the Washington State Department of Corrections …
Article • December 15, 2009
Good Time Petition Dismissed As Moot by The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington has dismissed as moot a petition by a former prisoner challenging the Washington Department of Corrections’ (DOC) method for calculating his good time. Steven Salmon served an Oregon sentence and a portion of a …
Article • December 15, 2009
Illinois Expungement-Following-Pardon-For-Innocence Statute Discretionary by On March 19, 2009, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the statute governing expungement of records following a pardon for innocence is discretionary even if the pardon specifically authorizes expungement. Stanley Howard and Dana Holland are former Illinois state prisoners who received gubernatorial pardons based …
Article • December 15, 2009
Illinois Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Chicago Jail Strip Search Suit by On September 15, 2008, a federal court in Illinois denied a motion to dismiss by the Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, Illinois, in a suit involving the strip searching of prisoners returning from court appearances. Charles …
The Crisis of Juvenile Prison Rape: A New Report by by David Kaiser and Lovisa Stannow When Troy Erik Isaac was first imprisoned in California, his cellmate made the introductions for both of them. “He said to me, ‘Your name is gonna be Baby Romeo, and I’m Big Romeo.’ He …
Article • December 15, 2009
Washington Supreme Court Permits Sentence In Excess of Statutory Maximum; Legislature Intervenes with Statutory Amendment by The Washington Supreme Court has held that a judgment and sentence containing a total prison term and community supervision term that exceed the statutory maximum sentence is valid, so long as the trial court …
Article • December 15, 2009
$4.6 Million Federal Jury Award to New York Man Pushed Off Roof by Cop by On April 7, 2009, a New York federal jury awarded $4.2 million to a man who was rendered paraplegic when a rookie cop pushed him off a roof. Shawn Lewis, 32, was chased to the …
$250,000 Default Judgment in Federal Court Legal Malpractice Case by On July 22, 2008, a New York federal court entered judgment and an award of $250,000 to the estate and survivors of a man who had allegedly been abused during 25 days of drug rehab. The award was against a …
Article • December 15, 2009
Arizona Jury Awards $125,000 to Family of Sudanese Killed By DPS Officer by In March 2009, an Arizona jury awarded $125,000 to the family of a former "lost boy" from Sudan who was brought to the United States as a teenage refugee and shot to death by a Department of …
Article • December 15, 2009
Attorney-Prepared Report to Ohio Government Entity Exempt from Disclosure by On April 21, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a report prepared for a public entity by its long-time outside counsel was exempt from disclosure under the Ohio Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43. In July 2008, the mayor …
Article • December 15, 2009
Nursing homes with razor wire: Are elderly prisoners really a threat to public safety? by By David Fathi Sometime in the 1970s, the United States began a love affair with incarceration that continues to this day. After holding nearly steady for decades, our prison population began to climb as criminal …
Experts Designated and Defendants Ordered to Give Plaintiffs' Attorneys Access to Jails and Records in Maricopa County Jail Medical Suit by On January 28, 2009, a Phoenix federal judge appointed experts to evaluate medical and mental health care in the Maricopa County, Arizona jails, and assist in developing a remedial …
Lack of Exercise Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss, but not Summary Judgment by U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes has denied a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismissed filed by California prison officials in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment violations. Gregory Norwood, a California prisoner, alleged that …
$25,000 Settlement For Tourist Injured Visiting Alcatraz by On January 26, 2009, the United States agreed to pay $25,000 to a tourist injured while visiting Alcatraz, a federal prison turned national park. Roberta Klein sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act after she fell and suffered severe …
Article • December 15, 2009
8th Circuit Affirms $10,000 Excessive Force Verdict by On November 4, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a $10,000 jury verdict for a Minnesota man who was subjected to excessive force by a University of Minnesota police officer. Charles Gill sued officer Geoff Maciejewski after …
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