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Brief • November 18, 2011
Duenez v. City of Manteca, CA, First Amended Complaint, Police Shooting, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-01820-LKK -KJN Document 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 Filed 11/18/11 Page 1 of 19 JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888 BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./ State Bar #222173 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS Airport Corporate …
Filing • November 17, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Mayo, Florida DOC Censorship Complaint, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-24145-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/17/2011 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No: ______________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit, Washington charitable corporation, …
Brief • November 17, 2011
Brown v. Haddock, FL, New Trial Motion, Police Excessive Force, 2011 Case 5:10-cv-00130-RS-GRJ Document 83 Filed 11/17/11 Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION RALPH WALTER BROWN, et al., Case No.: 5:10-cv-130-RS Plaintiffs, v. HON. BOBBY HADDOCK, et …
Brief • November 17, 2011
Prison Legal News v Mayo Fl Complaint Inmate Mail Censorship 2011 Case 1:11-cv-24145-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/17/2011 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No: ______________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit, Washington charitable …
Filing • November 17, 2011
Filed under: Complaints
Countess Clemons v. Corrections Corporation of America, Complaint 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERN DIVISION COUNTESS CLEMONS, Plaintiff, v. Case No.______________ JURY DEMANDED CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.; HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESEE; PAUL JENNINGS; DANIEL GARCIA; JUANITA MONTGOMERY; TERESA SMITH; and (FIRST NAME …
Burke v. Glanz, OK, Complaint, Broken Neck Wrongful Death, 2011 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 2 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 11/17/11 Page 1 of 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA FILE-D ) ) (1) ELIA PATRICIA LARA-WILLIAMS, as the surviving spouse of Elliott Williams, …
Brief • November 17, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Everglades CI - Mayo, FL, Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-24145-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/17/2011 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No: ______________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit, Washington …
Clemons v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Complaint, CCA medical neglect pregnant inmate infant death, 2011 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0384 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0385 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0386 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0387 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0388 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0389 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0390 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0391 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …
New York’s Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Proves Expensive, Problematic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At an annual cost of $175,000 per civilly-committed sex offender, New York’s civil commitment program is the second most expensive in the country (Washington state is first at a cost of $177,000 per prisoner). …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
From the Editor by Paul Wright In April 1990, the month before PLN published its first issue, Washington state enacted the nation’s first civil commitment law targeting sex offenders for indefinite imprisonment once they had completed their criminal sentences. Our results-oriented judiciary has upheld civil commitment against assorted legal challenges, …
Article • November 15, 2011
Traffic Tickets Lead to Kansas Jail Reform by The U.S. District Court of Kansas determined that the totality of conditions at the Sedgwick County Jail violated detainee’s Constitutional rights. Sedgwick County Jail was built in the early 1950s, and was designed to hold a maximum of 135 prisoners. The number …
Article • November 15, 2011
$200,000 Jury Award in Illinois False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution Suit by An Illinois state jury awarded $200,000 in a malicious prosecution suit brought by Rodolfo Rivera. While he was at a social gathering around midnight on June 24, 2006, other people arrived in the area looking for trouble. Someone called …
Article • November 15, 2011
Vermont Sex Offenders May Not Challenge DOC Programming Decisions by Vermont prisoners may not challenge sex offender programming requirements, the Vermont Supreme Court decided on July 1, 2011. Allen Rheaume, a sex offender serving a life sentence, sought review of the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) decision to classify him …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Pennsylvania Councilman Takes Private Prison Company’s Donation, then Opposes Detention Center by A $3,000 campaign contribution from private prison firm GEO Group has put a spotlight on a county councilman in Pennsylvania. The contribution was made only days after Ron Angle, president of the Northampton County Council, urged his colleagues …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
“Public Concern” Test Does Not Apply to Prisoner Retaliation Claims; Speech Must be Consistent with Status as a Prisoner by Brandon Sample The “public concern” test does not apply to prisoner claims of retaliation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on March 31, 2010. Nonetheless, to …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Prospect of Prison Rape Used to Deter DUIs in South Africa by Brandon Sample A South African ad campaign intended to prevent drinking and driving has garnered the ire of human rights groups. The ads – the idea of Brandhouse Beverages – show a group of men talking about the …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Washington Community Custody Violators Entitled to Time Served by The Washington State Court of Appeals has held that prisoners are entitled to credit for all time spent in custody on alleged community custody violations. On June 30, 2003, Anthony Bakari Louis Bovan was sentenced to 73.5 months in prison and …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Second Circuit Holds BOP Correct in Not Granting Good Conduct Credits for Time Spent in State Custody by Brandon Sample On March 26, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Holwell granted a habeas corpus petition filed by a federal prisoner challenging the refusal of the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Incarceration Alone Insufficient to Terminate Parental Rights in Michigan by In addition to finding that a lower court committed legal errors in terminating a prisoner’s parental rights, the Michigan Supreme Court held that incarceration alone is not a sufficient reason for termination of parental rights. While serving a prison sentence …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Does Less Punishment Mean Less Crime? by The fiscal crisis facing virtually all state governments has brought to the forefront of public debate the following question: When do longer prison sentences and harsher punishment become counter-productive? Has the clock finally run out after four decades during which politicians at all …
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