Skip navigation

Search

71795 results
Page 1388 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1390 1391 1392 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »

Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Alabama: On March 2, 2012, the maximum-security Limestone Correctional Facility was hit by a tornado and suffered damage to several buildings, including the roofs of cell blocks C and D and the canteen. A week later, around 200 prisoners were transferred to other facilities. No injuries …
Article • July 15, 2012
Ninth Circuit Acknowledges Prisoner’s Right to Extended Voir Dire in Suit Alleging Abuse by Idaho Jail Officials by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court abused its discretion in refusing a prisoner's voir dire inquiry into potential juror bias for law enforcement. Floyd Darbin was a …
Article • July 15, 2012
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages
Ninth Circuit Rejects AOL Class Action Settlement Based on Objections by Class Member by In November 2011, the Ninth Circuit rejected a nationwide class action settlement freely negotiated between the parties to the suit, on the basis of objections to the settlement raised by one of the class members. In …
Article • July 15, 2012
California Courts Have No Inherent Authority to Disclose Grand Jury Evidence by The California Supreme Court held that California courts do not have inherent authority to order disclosure of grand jury materials to private litigants. In 1979, Thomas Lee Goldstein, an engineering student and Marine Corps veteran, became a murder …
Article • July 15, 2012
Ohio Motorist Shot in Face by Police Receives $450,000 Settlement by In August 2011, the Village of Middleport, Ohio agreed to settle a civil rights case filed by a West Virginia resident, James Gray IV, who claimed that he was shot in the face by a Middleport Police Department police …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Arrested For Sexual Corruption of Minor by Two months after being arrested for the sexual corruption and luring of a minor, a 22-year veteran Oregon police officer resigned on May 22, 2012. Scott E. Elliott, 50, worked as a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Officer for 22 years, most …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Sexually Abuses Relative; Gets 75 Months by A former Oregon sheriff’s deputy who sexually assaulted a family member for years pleaded guilty on March 6, 2012 and was sentenced to 75 months in prison, according to court documents. In 2006, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department, in St. Helens, …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Court Reverses Civil Commitment without Prehearing Notice by The Oregon Court of Appeals, sitting En Banc, reversed an involuntary civil commitment order, finding that the trial court violated Oregon law by failing to provide prehearing notice. An Oregon woman, identified only by her initials, SJF, was involuntarily hospitalized on …
Article • July 15, 2012
Filed under: Sentencing
Oregon Courts Authorized to Correct Judgment's Factual Errors by The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's entry of an amended judgment increasing a prisoner's sentence. ORS 138.083 authorizes Oregon courts to modify judgments and sentences "to correct any arithmetic or clerical errors or to delete or modify any …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Guard/Police Unions Sue over Healthcare Surcharges by "It's basically financial extortion," declared Oregon Department of Corrections Sergeant Michael Van Patten, of a new surcharge of up to $420 a year for state employees who do not participate in Oregon's new health program. In January 2012, Oregon implemented its Health …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Jail Guard Canned for Repeated Gross Negligence by Luck ran out for Oregon jail guard Judith Lucke, on January 2012, when the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld her termination for "gross negligence." Lucke's six year career as a jail guard for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office was a comedy …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon "Magistrate Mental Illness Hold" Invalid; Judge, Prosecutor & Defense Attorney Face Ethics Complaints by Oregon "Magistrate Mental Illness Hold" Invalid; Judge, Prosecutor & Defense Attorney Face Ethics Complaints An Oregon judge issued a permanent "magistrate mental illness hold," indefinitely committing a man, without authority to do so. Now a …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Prisoner's Legal Mail Claims Dismissed by The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a prisoner's action, challenging the opening his legal mail outside his presence. After Oregon prisoner Jacob Barrett was transferred to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OKSP), Oregon attorney Charles Simmons continued to represent …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon RLUIPA Claim Mooted By Release; Damages Not Available Under RLUIPA by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the sovereign immunity and mootness dismissal of an Oregon prisoner's religious freedom suit. In 2004, Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) prisoner Blackie Alvarez, sued several ODOC officials in their official capacity. …
Article • July 15, 2012
Pennsylvania Jail Detainee's Complaint over Tight Ankle Monitor Survives Motion for Summary Judgment by In April 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that "so many genuine disputes of material fact" existed with respect to a jail detainee's complaint alleging violations of his First and …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Harsher Sentences after Successful Appeals by The en banc Oregon Supreme Court has overturned its 43-year-old prohibition on increased punishment in criminal cases when a defendant is successful on appeal and is resentenced. Oregon law now adheres to U.S. Supreme Court precedent. In 1967 …
Article • July 15, 2012
Second Circuit Examines New York Prisoner’s Jail Mail Restrictions by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s suit challenging mail restrictions on mootness grounds because a rule change abandoned the objectionable regulation. While awaiting trial at the Monroe County Jail, Rochester, New York appellant Gregory …
Article • July 15, 2012
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Seventh Circuit Affirms Against Illinois Arbitrary Gain-Time Allegation by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Illinois federal district court’s decision that granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a case involving aggravated driving while license revoked. Petitioner Peter Peretz was taken into custody February 17, 2007, and …
Brief • July 13, 2012
Castro v County of Los Angeles Ca Verdict Form Deliberate Indifference to Injury 2012 " Case 2:1 -cv-05425-DSF-JEM Document 143 Filed 06/13/12 Page 1 of6 Page ID #:1838 1 ---- 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 JONATHAN MICHAEL …
In-the-News Article • July 13, 2012
Profile of PLN editor Paul Wright July 13, 2012 Articles about PLN Seattle Weekly From Murderer to Editor: Paul Wright's Story By Rick Anderson Fri., Jul 13 2012 at 12:00AM Back in the 1980s, Paul Wright was being written up in police reports and newspaper crime columns. Today, he's featured in …
Page 1388 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1390 1391 1392 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »