Andersen v. Becker County, MN, Order, Monitoring of Atty Calls, 2009 CASE 0:08-cv-05687-ADM-RLE Document 68 Filed 09/28/09 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Kenneth E. Andersen and Dell D. Holm, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, and William K. Bulmer, II, on …
Andersen v Becker County MN Memorandum Opinion and Order Attorney Calls Monitored 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05687-ADM-RLE Document 68 Filed 09/28/09 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Kenneth E. Andersen and Dell D. Holm, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, and William K. Bulmer, …
Notice Required for Rejected Packages BOP Warden Denied Qualified Immunity by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the denial of qualified immunity for a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) warden accused of denying a prisoner procedural due process in connection with the rejection of …
Minnesota Court Awards $146,546.19 for Failing to Provide Deaf Interpreter by On February 17, 2005 a Minnesota state court awarded a prisoner $7,500 in damages and fined the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) $1,000 for failing to provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a prisoner in the Sex …
Eighth Circuit Allows Termination of Minnesota Prison Health Care Consent Decree by On November 21, 2008, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court's order terminating the Hines Consent Decree covering prison medical care in the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). In 1973, Howard Lansing Hines and …
Minnesota Woman Receives $310,000 for Rape by Deputy by A Minnesota woman who was raped by a Cass County Sheriff’s deputy has received $310,000 in settlements and jury verdicts. Wanda Jones was arrested on December 31, 2001 for probation violations after she became drunk at the American Legion in Walker, …
$75,000 Award in Excessive Force by Minneapolis Police During Arrest by A Minneapolis, Minnesota state jury has awarded a man $75,000 for excessive force being used against him during an arrest. Worthington police officer Randy Liepold responded to a domestic dispute on November 7, 2005. Upon arriving at the residence, …
Minnesota Sex Offenders’ Requisite Disclosure in Treatment Can Violate Fifth Amendment by Minnesota Sex Offenders’ Requisite Disclosure in Treatment Can Violate Fifth Amendment Minnesota state prisoners Frank Johnson and John Henderson individually petitioned for writs of habeas corpus in 2005 after 45 days were added to their sentences for noncompliance …
Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matthew Clarke Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matt Clarke On October 15, 2008, a Minneapolis law firm filed a civil rights suit in federal district court alleging that attorney-client phone calls …
Gilman v. Ramsey County, MN, Motion, Privacy Public Records Disclosure, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA THIRD DIVISION __________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth Raasch-Gilman, Case No. 09 CV 594 ADM/JJG Plaintiff, PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO REMAND FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER Ramsey County, JURISDICTION, TO CERTIFY …
Beating Of Ex Federal Prisoner And Snitch Settles For $300,000 by Ex federal prisoner Mark Lang petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in 1993 and filed subsequent tort action in 1995 for redress after prison officials put him in a cell with a psychiatric patient who severely beat him. …
$500,000 Settlement After BOP Failed To Diagnose Employee's Tumor by Minnesota Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Ruth Sonnek brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2000 after BOP medical examiners failed to diagnose and treat her for a tumor. Their pre employment x ray clearly showed that …
Ex-Con Exposed – Had Posed as a Lawyer by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A former prisoner who posed as an attorney in at least 16 cases in ten federal courts since 2004 has admitted to a federal judge that he is not a lawyer and didn’t graduate from …
Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional by Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution in enacting the civil commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Act, a Minnesota U.S. …
Minnesota Sheriff Profited from Jail Breakfast Scam by Minnesota Sheriff Profited from Jail Breakfast Scam In October 2007, Hubbard County, Minnesota officials announced they had reached a settlement with Sheriff Gary Mills. For eight years, Mills had practiced an archaic tradition of providing breakfast for the county jail’s prisoners and …
Minnesota Commissioner Says "Mug Shots" Are Public Records by Upon request of the attorney for Dakota County, Minnesota, the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Administration IPAD (Commissioner) opined as to whether "mug shots" (jail booking photos) are public records for disclosure purposes. In her opinion, the Commissioner considered Minn. …
ADA Withstands 11th Amendment Challenge by The Americans with Disabilities Act does not violate the Eleventh Amendment. Unlike the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, it is "plainly adapted" as a remedial measure even if it prohibits conduct that may or may not be unconstitutional. Its remedies are not so sweeping that …
Failure to Investigate Police Misconduct Establishes Municipal Liability by At 1205: This Court has held municipalities liable under Monell when the plaintiffs have produced evidence of prior complaints sufficient to demonstrate that the municipalities and their officials ignored police misconduct.... ... Evidence that a police department has failed to investigate …
Federal Prisoner’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Action for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Denied by Michael J. Scott, a federal prisoner, was serving time for drug convictions arising in 1998. He encouraged a third person to cooperate with the government in another case and filed a motion for a sentence reduction …
150 Days in Segregation for Civil Detainee Upheld by Eighth Circuit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a civil detainee’s placement in isolation for 150 days was not a constitutional violation, considering the specific facts in this case. The ruling affirms a Minnesota federal district court’s …
