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Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
California Pays $2.5 Million After Girl Attempts Suicide at Juvenile Facility by California officials have agreed to pay $2.5 million to the family of a teenage girl who was left severely brain damaged after trying to hang herself in the mental health unit of the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF). …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Prisoners Win Three Jury Trials in Eastern District of California by On September 29, 2011, a Sacramento jury found that a prison doctor had violated state prisoner Christopher Kyle Prater’s civil rights, and awarded $10,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. Prater alleged that Dr. Paramvir Sahota, Chief …
Federal Suit Targets Dangerous, Unconstitutional Conditions in Fresno County, California Jail System by Fresh off their recent victory in Plata v. Brown, where the U.S. Supreme Court held that overcrowding is the primary cause of constitutionally inadequate medical and mental health care in California’s prison system [See: PLN, July 2011, …
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 …
Brief • June 20, 2012
Sameth v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement, False Arrest and Excessive Force, 2012 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL 648 KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION 500 WEST TEMPLE STREET LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012-2713 TELEPHONE (213) 974-1861 FACSIMILE JOHN F. KRATTLI County Counsel June 20,2012 (213) 229-9924 …
Venegas v. County of Contra Costa, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2012 ( FULL AND FINAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Full and Final Release and Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of the date it is fully executed by the parties hereto, as defined below, and is made by …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
California Lifers: Deaths Exceed Parole Releases by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Between 2000 and 2010, 775 California lifers died in prison while 674 were granted parole. Those statistics, released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) pursuant to a public records request, reflect the grim reality …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds No Due Process Right Created by California’s Parole Scheme by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decisively dismissed any lingering hopes that the federal courts might continue to review denials of parole to California prisoners, in order to determine whether such denials were supported by “some …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
California Study Finds State Prison Overcrowding Driven by County Policy Decisions, Not Violent Crime Rates by A June 2011 study by Santa Clara University criminal law professor W. David Ball examines the extent to which overcrowding in California’s prisons is a function of decisions made at the county level about …
Brief • June 13, 2012
Castro v. Los Angeles, CA, Jury Instructions, Failure to Protect Prisoner Beaten in Detox Cell, 2012 1 2 flleO CleRK u.s. OISIRICi caUR 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 JONATHAN MICHAEL CASTRO, 13 14 15 17 18 Defendants. 19 …
Brief • June 12, 2012
Brummet and Sisson v. County fo San Diego, CA, Complaint, wrongful death asphyxia asthma jail, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-01428-LAB-BGS Document 1 Filed 06/12/12 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 Michael J. Aguirre, Esq., SBN 060402 Christopher S. Morris, Esq., SBN 163188 Maria C. Severson, Esq., SBN 173967 AGUIRRE, MORRIS …
Gupta v. Cate, CA, Complaint, Race-Based Lockdown, 2012 l 2 3 4 RAJ CHRISTOPHER GUPTA AE9278 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA North Fork Correctional Facility Building GA, Cell 120 1605 East Main Sayre, Oklahoma 73662 PLAINTIFF, In Propria Persona 5 UNITED STATES DISTRIC' 6 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 (Sacramento Division) …
Brief • June 7, 2012
Filed under: Sanctions
Rodriguez v. County of LA, CA, Order re Pltff Mot, Monetary Sanctions, 2012 Case 2:10-cv-06342-CBM-AJW Document 155 Filed 06/07/12 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:1876 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION CIVIL MINUTES--GENERAL Case Nos. CV 10-6342 CBM (AJWx) Date: June 7, 2012 Title: HERIBERTO …
Publication • 2012
County of Los Angeles-Report of the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence, Sept. 2012 Report of the Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence September 2012 http://ccjv.lacounty.gov September 28, 2012 The Honorable Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles 383 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 …
Brief • May 30, 2012
Plata v. Brown, CA, Order Receivership Transition Unconstitutional Medical Care, 2012 Case3:01-cv-01351-TEH Document2443 Filed05/30/12 Page1 of 4 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 MARCIANO PLATA, et al., 6 Plaintiffs, 7 v. 8 EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al., 9 …
Publication • May 30, 2012
Critical Law Enforcement Legal Issues Report for Benicia CA Police Dep't 2012 \ MANNING&KAss ELLROD, RAMIREZ, TRESTER LLP CRITICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT LEGAL ISSUES: USE OF FORCE, ECDS AND ICDS- FORMULATING A PLAN Prepared for: BENICIA POLICE DEPARTMENT BENICIA, CALIFORNIA May 30,2012 Prepared by: Mildred K. O'Linn Attorney at Law mko@manningllp.com …
Cordoba v. Pulido, CA, Order of Dismissal, 2012 Case 4:11-cv-04062-SBA Document 7 Filed 05/23/12 Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 …
Brief • May 18, 2012
Tomblin v. Los Angeles, CA, Appellant's Opening Brief, Reasonable Suspicion for Arrest, 2012 No. 11-56157 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DAVID L. TOMBLIN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, THOMAS LUU and DANILO R. CASTANEDA Defendants and Appellees. …
Ford v. Contra Costa County, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2012 I• 1 KurtFord Judy Mena 2 8 Serene Place Danville, CA 94526 3 Telephone: (707)33~-3514 . 4 In Pro Per 5 6 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA …
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