MA Prisoners v. GTL MA DTC, MA, Motion Relief from Unreasonable Rates, telephone rates, 2013 Before the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE Petition of Recipients of Collect Calls from Prisoners at Correctional Institutions in Massachusetts Seeking Relief from the Unjust and Unreasonable Cost of such Calls ) …
Petitioner's Appeal and Cover Letter PRISONERS' LEGAL SERVICES* 10 Winthrop Square, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02110 617-482-2773; WATS 800-882-1413 FAX 617-451-6383 State Prisoner Speed Dial *9004# County Col ect Cats 617-482-4124 www.mcla.net October 16, 2013 Via electronic service and surface mail Catrice C. Williams, Secretary Department of Telecommunications and Cable …
Massachusetts: Overcrowding Forces Changes in Correctional Facilities by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prisons and jails in Massachusetts have a problem: Almost every correctional facility in the state is operating above its capacity. Budget cuts have compounded the overcrowding problem because there is no money for new construction or …
Second Affidavit of Douglas Dawson Petition, MA, Recepient of Collect Calls from Prisoners, Mass Dept of Telecommunications, 2013 Before the COMMONWEALTH OF MASACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE No. D.T.C 11-16 PETITION OF REIPIENTS OF COLLECT CALLS FROM PRISONERS AT CORRECTIOANL INSTITUTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE UNUST AND …
Bagett v. Ashe, Plaintiff Opposition, Motion to Amend, 2013 Case 3:11-cv-30223-MAP Document 107 Filed 09/13/13 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS __________________________________________ ) DEBRA BAGGETT, et al. ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 11-30223-MAP ) MICHAEL J. ASHE, JR., et al., and …
Weymouth v. Cousins et al, MA, Plf Opp to Def Mot for PO, guard brutality retaliation, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) ) ) ) v. ) ) FRANK COUSINS, MICHAEL MARKS, MARK ) DUBIEL, MICHAEL SHULTZ, GERALD ) NASTARI, SEAN PRINDLE, BRET GRAHAM, ) JAMES WOODFIN, …
Weymouth v. Cousins, MA, Defendant's Motion for Protective Order, Guard Brutality Retaliation, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-12076-WGY Document 41 Filed 08/19/13 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS CA No. 12-12076 FREEDOM WEYMOUTH, Plaintiff, v. FRANK G. COUSINS, MICHAEL MARKS, MARK DUBIEL, MICHAEL SHULTZ, GERALD NASTARI, SEAN PRINDLE, …
Massachusetts Incarcerated Felon Disenfranchisement Constitutional; Voting Rights Act Claim Survives by A federal court in Massachusetts held that retroactive state constitutional and statutory amendments disenfranchising incarcerated felons do not violate the federal ex post facto or equal protection clauses. It found, however, that Plaintiffs stated a viable Voting Rights Act …
Massachusetts Jail Subject to Department of Public Health Inspections and Regulations by Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court has held that the Department of Public Health has authority to implement regulations on isolation unit conditions, and the Attorney General can file a civil action to require a sheriff to comply with those …
Closure Proper Remedy if Court’s Order Balked by Officials by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court has the authority to order a jail or prison closed if its order to correct constitutional violations is not complied with. This civil rights action was brought by …
Earnest v. Glodis, MA, Judgment, Jail Malpractice Dangerous Medication Combinations, 2013 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-0478 SUFFOLK, ss. CHRISTOPHER EARNEST vs. GUY GLODIS l & others /UJPu- 2 cS (}0-j- MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT C6 .d{.13 fr INTRODUCTION WF …
Hernandez v. Montanez, MA, Amended Complaint, Visitation Strip Search, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-11062-FDS Document 47-1 Filed 06/04/13 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS __________________________________________ ) ZENAIDA HERNANDEZ, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MARIA E. MONTANEZ, MARK A. VERDINI, ) Civil Action No. 12-11062-FDS …
U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Parole Board by The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in upholding the Massachusetts Parole Board’s denial of parole for Appellant Rolando Jimenez for the 1982 second-degree …
City of Boston Settles in Excessive Use of Force Claim by In the United States District Court of the District of Massachusetts, the City of Boston on behalf of its employees agreed in March 2012 to settle a lawsuit alleging excessive use of force upon the plaintiff Michael P. O’Brien …
Massachusetts Supreme Court Affirms Lower Court Order to Suppress Drug Evidence by In an interlocutory appeal filed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts affirmed in May 2012 the order of the Superior Court of Suffolk County suppressing evidence obtained in an unreasonably conducted strip search …
1st Circuit Affirms Federal Tort Claims Judgment Against FBI in Bulger Cases by Derek Gilna The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has affirmed the judgments entered against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), under the Federal Tort Claims Act, (FTCA). In the most recent chapter of the …
Dismissal of Massachusetts Prisoner's ADA/RA Claims Reversed by The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed the dismissal of a prisoner's claim that prison officials failed to provide reasonable accommodation for his disability. Massachusetts prisoner Paul Shedlock suffers "a constellation of medical problems, including sciatica, degenerative joint disease, and left leg atrophy." …
Massachusetts Court Releases Mental Health Detainee After State Blows Deadline by Derek Gilna The Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts dismissed the case of David Gangi, confined pursuant to G.L. c 123A, Section 13(a) to determine whether or not "probable cause exists to believe that the person …
Massachusetts Prisoners Receive Refunds for Illegal Fees Imposed by Sheriff by A class of prisoners at the Bristol County House of Correction in Massachusetts has received settlement checks from a lawsuit challenging an illegal $5-a-day fee imposed by the sheriff for room-and-board. The checks were mailed out on May 3, …
