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Brief • February 16, 2012
Doe v Jindal La Order Sex Offenders Facebook Overbroad 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRI CT OF LOUI SIANA JOHN DOE CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO . 11-554-BAJ-SCR BOBBY JINDAL, ET AL OPINION' Plaintiffs, John Doe and James Doe , filed suit against Defendants, James D. Caldwell , Jr., James …
Brief • February 16, 2012
State of Ohio v. Broom, OH, Judgment, 8th Am death penalty failed execution, 2012 [Cite as State v. Broom, 2012-Ohio-587.] Court of Appeals of Ohio EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION No. 96747 STATE OF OHIO PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE vs. ROMELL BROOM DEFENDANT-APPELLANT JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED Civil Appeal from …
Article • February 15, 2012
Florida U.S. District Court Denies Motion for New Trial in Fourth Amendment Case, Upholds Big Damage Award by A Florida Federal District Court denied a motion for new trial following a jury verdict against Jefferson County deputies, after six days of trial concerning an illegal stop and search made by …
Folsom Prison Officials Settle Prisoner Retaliation Suit for $325 by In May 2009, Folsom Prison officials agreed to a settlement of a federal suit filed by prisoner Norman Gregory, alleging that in 2004 they had engaged in a series of retaliatory actions against Gregory. The suit settled for $325 with …
HUD Regulations Don't Justify Terminating Lifetime Sex Offender Registrant from Federally-Appointed Housing Program by Richard Miller was convicted of a Washington State sex offense in 1996. In 2002, he applied for and was accepted into a Section 8 Housing Voucher Program in Massachusetts. In 2005, he moved to Maine and …
Article • February 15, 2012
Minnesota’s State Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Name Change for Ex-Felon by A Minnesota appeals court affirmed the lower court’s denial of a request for a name change by an ex-felon. William R. Iverson, a pro se litigant, petitioned the district court in Nicollet County to have his name …
Article • February 15, 2012
Motion to Dismiss Prisoner’s Soy Diet Suit Denied by A federal district court in Illinois has issued a case management order concerning the Defendant’s motion to dismiss a suit filed against prison dietary products. The ongoing case concerns the Illinois Department of Corrections’ use of soy products as a main …
Article • February 15, 2012
New York Prison Disciplinary Procedures Violate Due Process, But That’s OK by The U.S. Southern District of New York determined that prisoners’ due process rights were violated, but found in favor of defendants. Abdel-Jabbor Malik, a New York state prisoner, was served with an “Inmate Misbehavior Report” for violating prison …
Article • February 15, 2012
Ninth Circuit: Prevailing Civil Rights Defendant Entitled to Recover Attorney Fees Only with Respect to Work Attributable Exclusively to Frivolous Claims by A divided Ninth Circuit panel has held that, in a civil rights action with multiple claims, only some of which are groundless, a prevailing defendant is entitled to …
Article • February 15, 2012
Sixth Circuit: “Security Threat Group” Designation Does Not Warrant Due Process Protections by In 2005, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's rulings against Michigan prisoner Keith Harbin-Bey, who in 2003 had filed a pro se civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that, …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
FBI Looks into Relationship between GEO Group and Former Florida House Speaker by David Reutter In March 2011, PLN reported on the political machinations that led to the construction of Florida’s Blackwater River Correctional Institution (BRCI), which is operated by GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison firm. BRCI was …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Prison Phone Rates Under Scrutiny by Louisiana Regulatory Agency by The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) is examining the rates for phone calls made by prisoners. To help it in that determination, the PSC has hired outside counsel to analyze rates, review regulations and compare them with other states to …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Federal Probation Officer Sexually Abused Clients, Sentenced to Ten Years by Mark Wilson U.S. probation officer Mark John Walker, 52, supervised federal prisoners on parole, probation and other forms of supervised release in Eugene, Oregon from May 1987 until July 2009. Now, however, it will be Walker who is on …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Agreement Between Florida DOC and DOT Steals 1,000 Freeworld Jobs by David Reutter With an economic malaise still affecting the nation, millions of people are looking for work. Florida is among the states that have seen job losses over the past four years, and ex-cons are especially hard-pressed to find …
New Mexico Continues to Let Understaffed Private Prisons Slide on Most Contract Violations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2010, the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee calculated that over a four-year period, former Governor Bill Richardson (D) failed to collect $18.6 million in penalties from private prison companies …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Washington Prisoner Killed During Prison Industries Escape Attempt by A Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) prisoner was shot and killed at the Clallam Bay Corrections Facility during a June 29, 2011 escape attempt. At approximately 10:00 a.m., state prisoner Dominick Maldonado, 25, used a pair of scissors to take a …
Colorado Prison Murder Prosecutions Include Coerced Witnesses, Withholding of Evidence by In January 2011, a Powers County, Colorado jury acquitted a prisoner who was charged in the stabbing death of another prisoner. Prior to trial, prison officials were accused of using coercion to persuade prisoners to testify for the prosecution, …
Oregon’s Attorney General Accused of Botched, Abusive Prosecutions by Mark Wilson As previously reported in PLN, the Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) recently turned its prosecutorial power against a hotshot small-town district attorney. [See: PLN, Oct. 2011, p.39]. By the time it was over the DA had resigned, but the …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
California Pays $10,000 to Settle Sex Abuse Suit Brought by Transgender Prisoner by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has entered into a settlement agreement with former state prisoner Alexis Giraldo, paying her $10,000 in exchange for a voluntary dismissal of a lawsuit she filed in San Francisco …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Credits Sentence with Time on Appeal Bond by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a man who erroneously remained free on an appeal bond for 21 years was entitled to full credit toward his sentence. Claus Detref Thiles was sentenced to 16 years …
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