Fourth Circuit Finds PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Constitutional by David Reutter Fourth Circuit Finds PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Constitutional by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on November 1, 2013 that the attorney fee provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) is constitutional. The ruling …
BOP Criticized for Failing to Oversee Healthcare Administrator at FCC Butner by Derek Gilna BOP Criticized for Failing to Oversee Healthcare Administrator at FCC Butner by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is facing criticism for its apparent failure to adequately oversee a Florida-based company responsible for coordinating …
North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Law by North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Law In June 2013, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation repealing the state’s Racial Justice Act of 2009 (the Act), a controversial law that supporters said was an effort to address racism in death penalty cases. Opponents, …
North Carolina: Hundreds of Federal Prisoners Legally Innocent, Some Still Incarcerated by Derek Gilna North Carolina: Hundreds of Federal Prisoners Legally Innocent, Some Still Incarcerated by Derek Gilna Following a 2011 federal appellate court ruling, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initially tried to delay the release of federal prisoners …
Pay Tel Receives Waiver of Prison Phone Rate Caps by Pay Tel Receives Waiver of Prison Phone Rate Caps On January 8, 2014, Pay Tel Communications, a North Carolina company that provides phone services at correctional facilities in 13 states, filed a petition requesting a waiver of the rate …
Corbett v. Branker, NC, Order, Video Surveillance, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:13-CT-3201-BO STANLEY EARL CORBETT, et al., Plaintiffs, V. G.J. BRANKER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ORDER This suit involves allegations arising while plaintiffs, as collective …
Corbett v. Branker, NC, Report on Eldon Vail, Video Surveillance, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:13-CT-3201-BO STANLEY CORBETT, et al., Plaintiffs, V. G.J. BRANKER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) REPORT OF SPECIAL MASTER …
Smith v. Pope, NC, Verdict, Sexual Assault & Retaliation by Prison Superintendent, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA S. SHANE SMITH, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. EDITH T. POPE and GEORGE POPE, Defendants. 1:08-CV-00166 VERDICT We, …
"Mere Possession" of a Prison Shank Constitutes a "Crime of Violence" by Derek Gilna "Mere Possession" of a Prison Shank Constitutes a "Crime of Violence" by Derek Gilna In 2010, federal prisoner Jermaine Mobley was sentenced to 37 months by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North …
Miles v. Guice, NC, Complaint, Religious Diet, 2013 FILED AUG 1 4 2013 REVISED DATE: 09/200 l FORM TO BE USED BY A STA TE PRISONER IN FILING A COMPLAINT UNDE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 1983 OR BY A FEDERAL PRISONER IN FILING A BIVENS CLAIM. UNITED …
Wilcoxson v. Buncombe Co, NC, Complaint, wrongful conviction, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE DIVISION CASE NO.____________ ROBERT WILCOXSON, Plaintiff vs. BUNCOMBE COUNTY, BOBBY MEDFORD, in his individual and official capacities, SAM CONSTANCE, in his individual capacity, GEORGE SPRINKLE, in his …
Baker v. United States, NC, Order Denying SJ, Med. Mal. Resulting in Amputated Penis, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:11-CT-3070-D GREGORY EARL BAKER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
North Carolina - 2013 North Carolina Department of Public Safety Disapproved Publications Report Report Date: 11/12/2013 530 matches found. The selection criteria for this report was: Review Date: Min Review of 01/01/2013 and Max Review of 11/01/2013 Publication Name Publication ID A DANCE WITH DRAGONS Publication Type RAN0004-0009 BOOK Item/Issue …
North Carolina County Conned into Building $100 Million Jail by For evidence that the art of the slick-talking conman is very much alive, witness Guilford County, North Carolina. The county’s new $100 million, 1,032-bed lockup in downtown Greensboro was built based on spurious claims that the jail population would increase …
North Carolina Court Dismisses Petition for Judicial Review and Upholds Execution Protocol by North Carolina Department of Corrections' death row prisoners petitioned the Superior Court of North Carolina for judicial review of the Council of State's approval of an execution protocol order under G.S. 15-188 that would be carried out …
Corbett v. Branker, NC, Ptf's Motion for Preliminary Injunciton, Pattern of Malicious Assaults by Guards, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:10-CT-3135-BO STANLEY EARL CORBETT, CHARDAN WHITEHEAD, TIJUAN WILSON, SAMUEL MCCRAE, BILLY RIDDLE, JOHN DAVIS, HASEEM EVERETT, JEROME PETERS, Plaintiffs, v. G.J. BRANKER, …
Corbett v. Branker, NC, Complaint, Pattern of Malicious Assaults by Guards, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION NO. 5:10-CT-3135-BO STANLEY EARL CORBETT, CHARDAN WHITEHEAD, TIJUAN WILSON, SAMUEL MCCRAE, BILLY RIDDLE, JOHN DAVIS , HASEEM EVERETT, JEROME PETERS, Plaintiffs, v. WARDEN …
Two Companies Acknowledge Exporting U.S. Prisoner-Made Goods to Canada by David Reutter by David M. Reutter South Carolina-based Anderson Hardwood Floors formally announced in January 2012 that it had been violating Canadian law by exporting products partly manufactured by prisoners into Canada for the past 15 years. The announcement implicitly …
TASER Liability Verdict Upheld, but Remittitur Granted by A North Carolina U.S. District Court has held, in ruling on a post-trial motion, that a jury’s liability verdict against TASER International related to the death of a juvenile shocked by one of the company’s TASER devices was reasonable, but granted remittitur …
