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Suit Filed Against Use of Rapiscan on Detention Facility Visitor by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In partially denying state officials’ motion for summary judgment, an Illinois federal district court discussed the constitutional parameters involved in the use of a Rapiscan Secure 1000 device, which uses “back-scatter” X-ray technology …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State Prisoner Who Requested Public Records Entitled to Joinder in Non-Disclosure Injunctive Action by The Supreme Court for the State of Washington has held that a person who requests public records must be joined in an action that seeks to prevent the disclosure of those records. The Court’s May …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee by Washington State’s Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to pay $6.4 million to settle claims involving the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder. The settlements, filed …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Post-Katrina Circumstances Excuse Holding Prisoner Beyond Indictment Deadline by On June 21, 2010, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that emergency conditions at a Louisiana prison following Hurricane Katrina helped excuse the failure of a warden to release a prisoner for three months after the deadline for filing an …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Virginia DOC for $125,250 by Prison Legal News announced on September 23, 2010 that it had settled a censorship lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) for $125,250 in damages, attorney fees and costs. In October 2009, PLN filed suit against Gene M. Johnson, …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Ninth Circuit Rebuffs California’s Attempt to Terminate CDCR Medical Receivership by Michael Brodheim In a strongly worded opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a motion filed by California state officials to terminate the receivership established in 2006 to oversee and manage delivery of medical care to …
Brief • October 22, 2010
Allison v. GEO Group, PA, Order granting Settlement, strip search, 2010 10/20/2010 18:08 2158511420 REED SMITH 26 S Case 2:08-cv-00467-JD Document 74 Filed 10/22/10 Page 1 of 2 PAGE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNY ALLISON and ZORAN HOCEVAR, individually and on behalf …
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Limitations Period in Suit Over Delay in Providing Surgery Begins When Prisoner is Recommended for Surgery by Brandon Sample The statute of limitations in a lawsuit claiming medical negligence by prison officials in delaying a prisoner’s surgery begins to accrue when the prisoner is first recommended for surgery by a …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
$13 Million Settlement in DC Mass Arrest of Protestors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The District of Columbia agreed to pay $13,302,500 to settle a class-action lawsuit related to the illegal arrest of 680 people. Those people were arrested on April 15, 2000 in connection with the protest …
Settlement Allows North Carolina Prisoners to Receive Compensation for Writings by David Reutter by David M. Reutter North Carolina’s Department of Corrections (NCDOC) has entered into a settlement agreement that allows prisoners to prepare for publication and receive compensation for manuscripts so long as the prisoner “authorizes a family member …
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death by On July 2, 2009, the estate and family of a mentally ill Oregon man who died in police custody settled claims against Multnomah County, a former deputy sheriff and jail nurses for $925,000. The case remained pending against the City …
Texas Controversy: Governor Guts Forensic Science Commission by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas Governor Rick Perry caused considerable controversy on Sept. 30, 2009 when he replaced three members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, just two days before the commission’s hearing on a report that an innocent man may …
Brief • September 30, 2010
Prison Legal News v. Tilton, CA, Order Atty Fees, CDCR Public Records, 2010 f-- Ii L. F' ['1 '" n p c: c r-, ENC t~_. ) 1 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 2 Sanford Jay Rosen, Bar No. 62566 Ernest Galvan, Bar No. 196065 3 Kenneth M. Walczak, Bar …
Brief • September 30, 2010
Prison Legal News v. Tilton, CA, Order re Settlement, CDCR Public Records, 2010 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP Sanford Jay Rosen, Bar No. 62566 Ernest Galvan, Bar No. 196065 Kenneth M. Walczak, Bar No. 247389 315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104-1823 Telephone: (415) (415) Facsimile: Attorneys 433-6830 …
Brief • September 29, 2010
Prison Legal News v. Tilton, CA, Settlement Agreement, CDCR Public Records, 2010 rocp VL 2920'0 24 C'R\ - 1 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN_ LLP Sanford Jay Rosen, Bar No. 152566 2 Ernest Galvan, Bar No_ 196065 3 Kenneth M. WI\lc2Bk, BarNo. 247389 315 Montgomery Street. 10th Floor By: _ _A~.-:::IA~IO~OD7W!..!...A~R=:..D …
$10 Million Settlement for Former Colorado Prisoner Cleared by DNA by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 16, 2010, Colorado’s Larimer County Commission approved a $4.1 million settlement with a former prisoner who served 10 years of a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit. The settlement …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Court Rebuffs BOP for Third Time in PLN Records Suit by Brandon Sample The score is now PLN - 3, BOP - 0 in a protracted legal battle over the disclosure of records related to settlements and judgments paid by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). In August 2003, PLN …
Deplorable Conditions at Los Angeles ICE Facility Result in Settlement by Brandon Sample Being locked up is bad enough. But imagine being held in a basement without basic essentials like drinking water, clean clothes, the ability to shower, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and medical care. Thousands of immigration detainees in …
$130,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Prisoner’s Beating, Rape by Local officials in Shelby County, Tennessee paid $130,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man who was beaten and raped while held at the Shelby County Jail. The plaintiff, identified in federal court documents as E.R. to protect his privacy, was …
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