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Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Ventura County, California Settles Wrongful Arrest Class-action Suit for $350,000 by In September 2011, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) agreed to settle a class-action civil rights lawsuit alleging that innocent people had been jailed when VCSO officials failed and/or refused to use readily available technological means (such as fingerprint …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
California Pays $295,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Sikh Barred from Employment as Prison Guard by California Pays $295,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Sikh Barred from Employment as Prison Guard In August 2011, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a religious discrimination suit filed …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
California Supreme Court Restricts Lifer Parole Challenges by In its second review in three years of a state prisoner’s habeas corpus petition seeking review of an adverse parole decision, on December 29, 2011 the California Supreme Court again reversed the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Div. 1, which had ordered …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
CA Court of Appeal: Documents Identifying Suppliers of Execution Drug are Public Records by On December 20, 2011, a California Court of Appeal held that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) may not withhold the names of pharmaceutical companies and other sources from which it sought to acquire …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Sacramento County, California Jail by On July 17, 2012, Prison Legal News settled a lawsuit against Sacramento County, California and Sheriff Scott R. Jones for $300,000 plus policy changes in the county’s jail system. The suit was filed in federal court in April 2011 after …
California: ADA Protections Again Extended to Disabled State Prisoners Held in County Jails by On January 13, 2012, sixteen months following remand from the Ninth Circuit in the case of Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger, U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken issued an order that again extended the protections of the Americans …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Ninth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to California Prison Officials for Denial of Outdoor Exercise During Lengthy Lock-down by On March 17, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted qualified immunity to California prison officials who had denied a prisoner outdoor exercise during a 15-month lockdown precipitated by a “particularly …
Aksu v. County of Contra Costa, CA, Complaint, Unlawful Arrest and Entrapment, 2012 .J GEARINGER LAW GROUP 1 825 VAN NESS AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR 'SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94109-7847 Tel. (415) 440-3102 2 4 BRIAN GEARINGER (State Bar #146125) R. STEPHEN M. LAROE (State Bar #245269) 5 LAW OFFICES OF CASPER, …
Filing • August 6, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Sacramento Co - Jones, CA, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-00907-JAM-DAD Document 61 Filed 08/06/12 Page 1 of 11 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 62566 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 KENNETH M. WALCZAK – 247389 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD, LLP 3 315 Montgomery Street, Tenth …
Brief • August 1, 2012
Gozalez v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement - Death of Civil Detainee (2012) COUNTY COUNTY OF OF LOS LOS ANGELES ANGELES OFFICE OFFICE OF OF THE THE COUNTY COUNTY COUNSEL COUNSEL KENNETH HAHN HAHN HALL HALL OF OF ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION 648 KENNETH 500 500 WEST WEST TEMPLE TEMPLE STREET …
Williams v. City of Lafayette, CA, Settlement, Racial Profiling, 2012
Brief • July 26, 2012
Robles v. Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept., CA, Depo of Chapman, Lack of Care for Heart Attack, 2012 A6075A7 CLARENCE R. CHAPMAN JULY 26, 2012 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - JADIRA ROBLES, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, …
Bauldry v. Contra Costa County, CA, Complaint, Unlawful Arrest and Entrapment, 2012 I l t• Case4:12-cv-03943-DMR Documentl Filed07/26/12 Pagel of 15 1 Matthew D. Haley, Esq. State Bar No.104493 3 THE HALEY LAW OFFICES, P.C. 1633 San Pablo Avenue 4 Oakland, California 94612-1505 Telephone: (510) 444-1881 5 Facsimile: (510) 444-5108 …
Brief • July 26, 2012
Robles et al v. LASD, CA, Deposition - Chapman, police CPR procedures, 2012 A6075A7 CLARENCE R. CHAPMAN JULY 26, 2012 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - JADIRA ROBLES, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) …
Brief • July 18, 2012
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In re Garcia, CA, Application to file Amicus Brief - State Bar, Policy of Inclusion immigrants, 2012
Brief • July 16, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Jones, Consent Decree Jail Censorship, Sacramento, CA , 2012 Case 2:11-cv-00907-JAM-DAD Document 60 Filed 07/16/12 Page 1 of 6 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 62566 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 KENNETH M. WALCZAK – 247389 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & 3 GRUNFELD LLP 315 Montgomery Street, Tenth …
California U.S. District Court Holds that Prop. 9 Does Not Supersede Previously-Issued Injunction Regarding Parole Revocation Procedures by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Senior U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence K. Karlton has upheld a 2004 injunction that conflicts with the parole revocation provisions of California’s so-called Victims’ Bill of …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Former California Assistant Sheriff Awarded $183,688 in Backpay Despite State and Federal Convictions by The California Court of Appeal has held that former Orange County Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo is entitled to backpay of $183,688.66 from the time he was improperly fired from the sheriff’s department in March 2004 until …
California Plans to End Out-of-State Prisoner Transfers by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 8, 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) issued a press release announcing that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) intended to award a new contract to the company, “to manage up to …
California Prisoners Seek End to Long-Term Segregation, Oppressive SHU Conditions by There are many forms of political and social protest. They can be purely for the sake of being disruptive or they can aim for resolution of a particular issue. Of course, even when they seek the latter they invariably …
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