Skip navigation

Search

1518 results
Page 13 of 76. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ... 72 73 74 75 76 | Next »

Tennessee Sheriff’s Willful Denial of Public Records Merits PLN Attorney Fee Award by On June 24, 2015, a Tennessee appellate court found the sheriff of Marshall County had willfully denied access to public records requested by Prison Legal News, and held that PLN was entitled to attorney fees after filing …
Tennessee District Attorney Ends Sterilization in Plea Bargains; Prosecutor Fired by David Reutter The District Attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee has banned the practice of seeking sterilization as part of plea bargains in criminal cases. The policy was implemented after an assistant prosecutor refused to discuss a plea unless a …
Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Missouri Governor Doesn’t Have to Serve as Public Defender by In a letter dated August 2, 2016, the director of Missouri’s Public Defender System called for Governor Jay Nixon – a licensed lawyer who was a four-term Attorney General before being elected governor – to represent an indigent defendant in …
Prominent Texas Capital Defense Attorney Suspended for a Year by David Dow has near-legendary status among death penalty attorneys in Texas. He works pro bono for clients whose lives literally depend on him; he takes their cases after they arrive on death row, often seeking to right the wrongs committed …
Silverman v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Harassment, 2016 . . SETILEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims ("Agreement") is made between Tannaz Mokayef (hereinafter "Plaintiff" or "Mokayef') and the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (hereinafter "County") AND GARY HEARNSBERGER (hereinafter "Hearnsberger") …
Grassroots Leadership Inc. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, TX, Judgment, Denying MSJ, 2016 ;::•cc-' in Th; District Court cf Travis County, Texas ('(j ·f?r DEC 2 2016 No. D-1-GN-15-004336 At M. Velva L. P ce, District Clerk GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, § § § § …
Publication • December 2, 2016
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client
Safety Concerns of a Prisoner Rights Lawyer, Kahn, 2011 LOS ANGELES www.dailyjournal.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 GOVERNMENT Safety Concerns of a Prisoner Rights Lawyer By Jane Kahn A s part of the small talk that happens during holiday gatherings and at other events during the year, people ask me what …
Nevada Attorney General Investigates Shooting of Two Handcuffed Prisoners by Derek Gilna Two handcuffed Nevada state prisoners held in administrative segregation at the high-security High Desert State Prison were shot by guards on November 12, 2014 after they began fighting, allegedly after those same guards deliberately encouraged them to fight. …
Wayward Prosecutors Go Unpunished as Prison Time for Victims Piles Up by by Brooke Williams & Shawn Musgrave Massachusetts prosecutors have violated defendants’ rights to a fair trial regularly and without punishment, even as wrongfully convicted victims of tainted prosecutions have spent years in prison before being freed, decades of …
Brief • November 4, 2016
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Police, DUI
Golding v. City of New York, NY, Opinion and Order, Awarding Attorney Fees, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-03498-ALC-SN Document 61 Filed 11/04/16 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------X 11/4/2016 JUNIOR GOLDING, et al., Plaintiffs, 15-CV-03498 (ALC)(SN) OPINION & ORDER -againstCITY OF NEW YORK, et …
Brief • November 3, 2016
Jeffryes v. Vance, NY, Petition and Complaint, Black Lives Matter Arrest, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------x In the matter of the Application of VERIFIED PETITION AND COMPLAINT ARMINTA JEFFRYES and CRISTINA WINSOR, Index No.: Petitioners, RJI No.: For a Judgment and …
New York Settles Indigent Defense Suit; $5.5 Million in Attorney Fees by Plaintiffs filed a state court class-action suit alleging the system of indigent legal services for defendants in New York criminal cases was unconstitutionally deficient. On October 22, 2014, the state and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), …
California Court Affirms Award of Attorney's Fees to Watchdog Group; Remands Case to Determine if Sanctions Appropriate by Lonnie Burton On June 7, 2016, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One affirmed the award of attorney's fees to a state watchdog organization after they prevailed in a …
Brief • October 16, 2016
White v. Lasalle Corrections Inc, LA, Complaint, Wrongful Death and Survival Action, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01405 Document 1 Filed 10/06/16 Page 1 of 14 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION LARA J. WHITE, Individually and On Behalf of Her Minor Child, V. R. W., …
Brief • October 7, 2016
Jeffryes v. Vance, NY, Memo in Support of Petition, Black Lives Matter Arrest, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------x In the matter of the Application of MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PETITION ARMINTA JEFFRYES and CRISTINA WINSOR, Index No.: Petitioners, RJI …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel by Gary Hunter The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that denied appointment of counsel to a prisoner because he received legal help from another prisoner. Ladell Henderson had a fifth grade …
Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center by Derek Gilna The Kansas Federal Public Defenders’ Office has challenged a scheme whereby officials at a detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) secretly video-recorded confidential attorney-client meetings. As a result, …
More Lawyers, Same Injustice by By Oren Nimni & Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs A case in Georgia has become notorious for its profanity. But it also says something about our public defender system… Last month, in a Georgia courtroom, defendant Denver Fenton Allen appeared in front of Judge Bryant Durham, …
Article • September 9, 2016
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Supreme Court Holds Securing Injunction Justifies Award of Attorney's Fees by Matthew Clarke On November 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States held that a plaintiff in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 who secured a permanent injunction, but not nominal damages, was a …
Federal Death Penalty Case in Georgia Unravels, Triggering Investigation of Prosecutors by Derek Gilna A rare federal death penalty case in Georgia failed, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, and derailed the careers of two federal prosecutors, both of whom are no longer employed by the U.S. Attorney's Office …
Page 13 of 76. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ... 72 73 74 75 76 | Next »