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$180,000 Settlement Reached in a False Imprisonment Suit against Private Security Contractor by A $180,000 settlement was reached in a suit against U.S. Protect, a private security corporation under federal contract to oversee security at the border crossing in San Ysidro, California. On November 3, 2006, Maria Quinones, who is …
Article • February 15, 2012
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Negligence Suit over California Youth Prison Suicide by A $350,000 settlement was reached in a federal lawsuit related to the death of a prisoner at a youth prison in California. On August 31, 2005, Joseph Daniel Maldonado, a prisoner at N.A. Chanderjian Youth Correctional Facility, was …
$375,000 Settlement Reached in Racial Discrimination Suit against California DOC by A $375,000 settlement was reached in a racial discrimination suit against the California Department of Corrections (CDOC). Kevin Robinson began working for CDOC on January 1, 1999, at Pleasant Valley State Prison. In April 2006, Robinson’s supervisor, Sgt. Steve …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: Guard Union Members Not Entitled to Back Pay for Furloughed Days by The California Court of Appeal has reversed an order by the Superior Court of Alameda County that would have resulted in back pay for approximately 30,000-35,000 state civil service employees working at correctional facilities operated by the …
California: Failure to Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Parolee Leads To $100,000 Settlement by In November 2009, Joseph Genova, a hearing-impaired ex-prisoner, signed a Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims, accepting $10,000 from the State of California, $68,000 from Walden House, Inc., and $22,000 from Behavioral Systems Southwest, Inc. (BSS) in exchange …
Article • February 15, 2012
California Federal Jury Awards $217,784 to Diabetic Bodybuilder Beaten by Police by A San Francisco federal jury awarded $217,784 to a bodybuilder who police beat while he was in life-threatening insulin shock. Doug Burns, who suffers from Type I (juvenile-onset) diabetes, won the Natural Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition in 2006. …
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
$1,836 Settlement in Mistaken Identity Arrest by California’s County of Sacramento paid $1,836 to settle the claim of Victor M. Ramirez, who was pulled over after making an illegal turn. The officer issued him a citation, said there was an outstanding warrant for “Victor Gonzalez,” and arrested Ramirez. As a …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $3,500 Settlement to Woman Hit by Door Opened by Police Officer by California’s County of Sacramento paid $3,500 to settle the claim of Nancy R. Wesley for injuries she incurred on November 24, 2002. As she was standing in line to put money on her daughter’s books at the …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $125,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Case; Police Shot Victim by In February 2010, the city of Huntington Beach, California agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Kenneth MacDonald and Lisa Marie Guy, the parents of Ashley MacDonald, 18, who was shot by two of …
Article • February 15, 2012
CA City Agrees to Pay $750,000 to Former Cop Tasered During Unlawful Arrest by The City of Antioch, California agreed to pay $750,000 to a former San Francisco police inspector who was unlawfully arrested. On June 7, 2007, police came to Marvetia Lynn Richardson’s home in response to a 911 …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
California Governor Cozies up to Prison Guards and Crime Victim Advocates by In April 2011, in apparent repayment of a political debt for helping him get elected, California Governor Jerry Brown approved a 200-page labor contract that gives the 31,000-strong California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) a number of benefits …
Brief • February 14, 2012
Filed under: Bankruptcy, Police, Property
Novey Bankruptcy Filing, CA, CCPOA opposition, 2012 Case 11-32246 Doc 114 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES Case Title: Donald Louis Novey and Carol Lee Novey Case No: 11-32246 - B - 13J Date: Time: Matter: [87] - Motion/Application to Confirm Chapter …
Katz v. County of Contra Costa, CA, Amended Complaint, Unlawful Arrest and Entrapment, 2012 . Case4:11-<'-"15771-LB Document7 Filed02/141'-i,) Pagel of 50 ,. GEARINGER LAW GROUP 1 825 VAN NESS AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94109-7847 Tel. (415) 440-3102 2 3 4 BRIAN GEARIN GER (State Bar# 146125) R. STEPHEN …
Publication • February 11, 2012
Use of Force - Taser, Barstow CA, 2000
Brief • February 8, 2012
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Sviridov v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement, Negligence Responding, 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 Acting County Counsel …
Brief • January 25, 2012
Hall v Mims, CA, Amended Complaint, dangerous conditions, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-02047-LJO-BAM Document 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Filed 01/25/12 Page 1 of 39 DONALD SPECTER (SBN 83925) KELLY KNAPP (SBN 252013) PRISON LAW OFFICE 1917 Fifth Street Berkeley, California 94710 Telephone: (510) 280-2704 Fax: (510) 280-2704 MAUREEN …
Brief • January 17, 2012
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Gutierrez v Solano, CA, Order, Investigator Romantic Involvement With Victim, 2012 Case 2:10-cv-04428-DDP -CW Document 72 Filed 01/17/12 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #:620 1 2 O 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ALBERTO GUTIERREZ, 12 Plaintiff, 13 …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
California Prison Industry Authority Offers to Replace Offensive Grave Markers by Over fifty years ago, during the construction of Folsom Dam, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needed to relocate graves from a California grave site known as Negro Hill Cemetery. The Corps moved the graves in 1954. It even …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
California Criminalizes Cell Phone Smuggling, Seeks Technology to Block Cell Phone Calls from Prisons by In April 2011, Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), announced that he intended to enlist the aid of companies that bid for the state’s lucrative prison phone service contract …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Audit Finds California Prison Employees Routinely Work Less Than 40 Hours a Week by In an April 2011 audit, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that over a three-month period ending in August 2010, mental health and education employees at Mule Creek State Prison routinely worked less …
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