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Article • July 15, 2010
Federal Prisoners Must Exhaust Before Bringing Habeas Claims Surrounding Halfway House Placement by Federal prisoners challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) implementation of the Second Chance Act must exhaust their administrative remedies before bringing suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided February 17, 2010. After the …
Article • July 15, 2010
D.C. Prisoner Injured in Bus Accident Settles for $3,500. by Plaintiff Frank L. Patterson sued the District of Columbia for injuries sustained when a prison security gate closed on a bus that he and other prisoners were being transported in. The case, filed in the Superior Court of the District …
D.C. Prisoner Settles Excessive Force Suit for $6,000 by On January 30, 2001, plaintiff Frank Patterson settled for $6,000 a federal lawsuit alleging excessive use of force by a guard employed by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. The suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, was filed in …
Article • July 15, 2010
$440 Awarded to Prisoner for Untimely Public Records Act Disclosure by On August 27, 2003, a Washington state prisoner was awarded $440 for untimely production of records in response to a public records act request. Rick Young, a prisoner at Clallam Bay, asked for various records under the state public …
Article • July 15, 2010
Injuries Sustained From Glass in Food Net D.C. Prisoner $2,000 by On April 28, 2003, Davont Pindle settled his negligence claim against Aramark Corporation and the District of Columbia for $2,000. Pindle claimed that on June 5, 2000, while eating in the dining hall at the Lorton Maximum Security Prison, …
Article • July 15, 2010
Topless Protesters Get $150,000 Settlement by On October 29, 2008, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) agreed to settle a false arrest suit for $150,000. The suit, filed by Sheba Love and Sherry Glaser, members of Breasts Not Bombs, alleged that Love and Glaser were unlawfully arrested for protesting topless in …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Suffered Allergic Reaction by On February 15, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who was knowingly exposed to a substance he was allergic to during a dental exam. On April 20, 2005, Douglas …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Was Forced to Cut His Hair by On May 9, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who was forced to cut his hair. Sebastian Lubers had been growing his hair for five years …
Brief • June 25, 2010
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Order, BOP public records, 2010 Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 68 Filed 02/25/10 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) ) HARLEY G. …
Brief • June 23, 2010
Fields v. Smith, 7th Cir, Plf Brief, WI transgender hormone medical class certification, 2010 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., Defendant-Appellants, Cross Appellees. ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • June 16, 2010
Ali v. Obama et al, DC, Order, judge recusal, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-00745-RJL Document 1418 Filed 06/16/10 Page 1 of 1
Secret Justice: Criminal Informants and America’s Underground Legal System by Alexandra Natapoff I. Introduction Although it is almost invisible to the public, the use of criminal informants is everywhere in the U.S. justice system. From street corners to jails to courthouses to prisons, every year the government negotiates thousands of …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Habeas Hints: Certificate of Appealability by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus peti-tions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under AEDPA, the 1996 …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
$315,000 Settlement in Illegal Arizona Police Strip Search by The City of Scottsdale, Arizona paid $315,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming that a police officer illegally strip searched a citizen after responding to a 911 call. When Heather Tonarelli, 19, and her friend Chris Smith heard loud knocks on Tonarelli’s …
$2,750 Settlement in California Prisoner’s Denial of Exercise Claim by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) paid $2,750 to settle a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claim for denial of exercise. The May 7, 2008 settlement came in a lawsuit filed by prisoner Terrell Curry. In his third amended complaint, …
PLN Prevails in Public Records Suit Against GEO Group by Alex Friedmann In May 2010, Prison Legal News announced that it had prevailed in a public records lawsuit filed against Florida-based GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections), the nation’s second-largest private prison company. PLN filed the suit in 2005 under Florida’s …
Georgia Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit, Pays $149,759.21 in Damages, Attorney Fees by On April 22, 2010, Prison Legal News announced that it had settled a First Amendment censorship suit against Fulton County, Georgia and former Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman. The lawsuit, filed by PLN in October 2007, claimed …
BOP Agrees to Pay $30,000 to Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by On July 14, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a prisoner who was beaten by guards. On or about April 11, 2006, while being escorted to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) …
New Jersey: Class-Action Status Granted in Suit Challenging Conditions of Confinement at Passaic County Jail by Michael Brodheim On May 28, 2009, a U.S. District Court granted class-action status to prisoners seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Passaic County Jail (PCJ) in Paterson, New …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
U.S. Attorney Nominees Involved in Hiding Court Records by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Two of the three nominees to be South Florida’s next U.S. Attorney have violated a basic tenet of court administration by acting to hide court records from the public. In 2002, U.S. Attorney nominee Daryl …
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