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Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Pay-to-Stay Jail Programs Growing by Due in part to stressed government budgets, “pay-to-stay” fees imposed on prisoners in county jails are becoming more prevalent. Two counties, one in Ohio and the other in California, are now collecting incarceration costs from detainees. After Keller Blackburn became prosecutor for Athens County, Ohio, …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
California: Denial of Kosher Diet to Messianic Jew Violates RLUIPA by The California Court of Appeal, Third District, has held that the denial of a prisoner’s request to participate in the state prison system’s Jewish Kosher Diet Program (JKDP), on the sole ground that he was a Messianic Jew, violated …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption, by Nancy Mullane (Public Affairs Books, 2012). 384 pages, $26.99 (hard-cover) by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg With a gripping meld of investigative journalism and personal involvement, author Nancy Mullane digs into the true meaning of “life with …
Former California Prison Guard Resentenced Following Assault Conviction by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a 51-month sentence imposed on a former California prison guard convicted of assaulting two prisoners, on the ground that during sentencing the district court had relied on unreliable allegations made by a jailhouse …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
FBI Loses Prisoner’s Property but Sovereign Immunity Foils Recovery by Derek Gilna On May 29, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals barred Galo Alejandro Ordonez from compensation after the FBI and the federal government acknowledged that property that had been previously seized from him and ordered returned was “presumed …
Supreme Court: No Bivens Actions for Federal Prisoners in Private Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that federal prisoners housed in privately-managed prisons may not file Bivens-style federal lawsuits against private prison employees alleging lack of medical care in …
Brief • February 8, 2013
Moreno v. City of Concord, CA, Settlement, Unlawful Arrest, 2013 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release (" Agreement 11 ) is made by and between LUIS MORENO ("PLAINTIFF") and the CITY OF CONCORD, POLICE CHIEF GUY SWANGER, OFFICER BLAKELY and OFFICER LIGOURI ("DEFENDANTS") (collectively the …
Brief • January 31, 2013
Gutierrez v. Los Angeles, CA, Motion to Deny Dft's Appeal of SJ Ruling, Denial of Bi-Lingual Services, 2013 Case 2:10-cv-07608-PSG-AJW Document 165-1 Filed 01/31/13 Page 1 of 20 Page ID #:2333 1 LAW OFFICES OF DALE K. GALIPO Dale K. Galipo, Esq. (Bar No. 144074) 2 dalekgalipo@yahoo.com Melanie T. Partow, …
Brief • January 30, 2013
Estrada v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Motion to Exclude Prior Criminal History, False Arrest Excessive Force 2013 1 PETER M. WILLIAMSON, State Bar No. 97309 WILLIAMSON LAW FIRM 2 20750 Ventura Blvd., Suite 345 Woodland Hills, CA 91356 3 Tel: (818) 226-5700 Fax: (818)226-5704 4 Email: pmw@pwilliamsonlaw.com 5 Attorneys …
Brief • January 18, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Coleman v. Brown et al, CA, 25th Monitoring Report - CDCR Compliance, Medical Conditions, 2013 Case 2:90-cv-00520-LKK-JFM Document 4298 Filed 01/18/13 Page 1 of 609 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RALPH COLEMAN, et al., Plaintiffs v. No. CIV S-90-0520 LKK JFM P EDMUND …
9th Circuit: Class-action by Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predators May Proceed on Claims for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief by Following remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit reversed in part its previous published ruling, Hydrick v. Hunter, 500 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2007) [PLN, April 2007, p.34], which …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
California Lawsuit Challenges Voting Prohibition on County-level Offenders by On March 7, 2012, the League of Women Voters, two prisoners’ rights organizations and a female prisoner filed suit against California election officials, alleging that offenders in county jails or on county supervision were being improperly disenfranchised. In an attempt to …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
California and Oregon Prison Guards Fire Shots to Break up Fights by Between September and November 2012, California state prison guards at three high-security facilities used live rounds to quell fights on prison yards. One prisoner was killed by the gunfire; two others were injured. On September 19, over 60 …
California: Del Norte County DA Described as “Idiotic” by Attorney Jon Michael Alexander, 63, has been a meth addict. He’s spent time in jail, he’s been homeless, he’s contemplated suicide, he’s been suspended by the State Bar several times, he’s been investigated by the FBI and is presently awaiting the …
Brief • January 14, 2013
Hiken v. DoD, CA, R&R Reducing Atty Fees, FOIA Case for Journalist Shot by U.S. Troops, 2013 Case4:06-cv-02812-YGR Document139 Filed01/14/13 Page1 of 12 1 2 3 United States District Court Northern District of California 4 5 6 7 MARGUERITE HIKEN, et al., Plaintiffs, 8 v. 9 10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, …
Brief • January 7, 2013
Sabeghi v. Uu, CA, Complaint, Occupy Oakland False Arrest & Police Brutality, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 DENNIS CUNNINGHAM #112910 115-A Bartlett Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415-285-8091; fax 415-285-8092 denniscunninghamlaw@gmail.com RACHEL LEDERMAN #130192 Rachel Lederman & Alexsis C. Beach, Attorneys 558 Capp Street San Francisco, CA 94110 …
Robinson and Harrell v. City of San Diego, CA, Plf MoP Mot SJ, unlawful detention false arrest excessive force, 2012 Case 3:11-cv-00876-AJB-WVG Document 39-1 Filed 12/24/12 Page 1 of 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eugene G. Iredale, SBN: 75292 Julia Yoo, SBN: 231163 IREDALE & YOO, APC 105 …
California: Jail Nurse Receives $703,957 in Retaliation Suit Against County, PHS by On December 15, 2011, following a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco awarded Freddie M. Davis, formerly employed at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, $528,957 in damages stemming from retaliation she experienced after she and other …
M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Second Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death of Inmate, 2012 Case 3:11-cv-02868-JST Document 46 Filed 11/19/12 Page 1 of 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888 BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./ State Bar #222173 LAW …
Brief • November 19, 2012
Collender v City of Brea, CA, DIS Mot SJ - Cope, police shooting, 2012 Case 8:11-cv-00530-AG-MLG Document 47-2 Filed 11/19/12 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #:433 2 3 4 5 ROBERT C. CECCON (Bar No. 115496) rceccongrwalaw.com RAM E'ER PETRUSIS (Bar No. 235144) jpetrusis@rwulaw.com RICHARDS,VATSON & GERSHON A Professional …
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