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Washington Cop Retaliation Nets $1.65 Million by On September 4, 2008, Vancouver, Washington officials agreed to pay a nationally decorated police officer $1,650,000 to settle racial discrimination and retaliation claims. In 2000, Officer Navin Sharma of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment …
Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond the New Jim Crow by James Forman, Jr. by James Forman, Jr.* In the last decade, a number of scholars have called the American criminal justice system a new form of Jim Crow. These writers have effectively drawn attention to the injustices created by …
Background Checks that Bar Employment of Ex-offenders May Violate Civil Rights by A report by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) released in March 2011 concluded that the growth in background checks by employers, combined with a lack of enforcement of civil rights and consumer protections for an estimated 65 …
Gupta v. Cate, CA, Complaint, Race-Based Lockdown, 2012 l 2 3 4 RAJ CHRISTOPHER GUPTA AE9278 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA North Fork Correctional Facility Building GA, Cell 120 1605 East Main Sayre, Oklahoma 73662 PLAINTIFF, In Propria Persona 5 UNITED STATES DISTRIC' 6 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 (Sacramento Division) …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Dramatic Increase in Number of Hispanics Sentenced to Federal Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Tougher immigration enforcement efforts coupled with fast-track procedures in immigration cases have combined to dramatically increase the number of Hispanics entering the federal prison system. Statistics released in June 2011 indicate that Hispanics, who …
Maricopa County Settles Illegal Immigration Detention Suit for $200,000 by On February 11, 2009, Julian Mora, 68, a legal permanent U.S. resident, and his son Julio, 28, a U.S. citizen, were stopped on a public street in Phoenix, AZ, pulled from their truck, handcuffed with zip-ties and taken to an …
California Settles Prison Nurse's Employment Discrimination Suit for $15,000 by Jadesloa O. Atomre was a Registered Nurse working at Folsom Prison when the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation took adverse employment action against her. Atomre, a 51-year-old black female naturalized citizen from Nigeria, filed suit in state court alleging …
Article • May 15, 2012
Prison Guard's Racial Demotion Nets $18,000; Court Approves $82,000 Attorney Fee Award by A federal jury found that an African-American Wisconsin prison guard was demoted on the basis of race. The parties stipulated to damages of $18,000 and the court awarded attorney's fees of $82,000. In 1997, Mr. Davis was …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Fourth Circuit Remands Prisoner’s Equal Protection Claim by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On March 17, 2011, in an unpublished per curiam decision, the Fourth Circuit remanded a prisoner’s equal protection claim that alleged black prisoners were routinely ordered to perform more degrading tasks than their white counterparts, and that …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System, by Michael Berryhill (University of Texas Press, 2011). 244 pages, $29.95 by Mel Motel Book review by Mel Motel The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System opens with a …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California’s Race-Based Prison Lockdowns Targeted in Class-Action Lawsuit by The Prison Law Office (PLO) has teamed up with the San Francisco-based law firm of Bingham McCutchen, LLP to challenge the official policy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to impose blanket race-based lockdowns in response to potential …
Brief • March 8, 2012
Diaz-Wassmer v. Ferriter, MT, Settlement, English-Only Mail Policy, 2012 Case 6:10-cv-00060-RKS Document 41 Filed 03/08/12 Page 1 of 5 Jennifer A. Giuttari Montana Legal Justice, PLLC 415 N. Higgins Ave., Suite 1 Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 356–6546 jeng@montanalegaljustice.com Attorney for Plaintiff Colleen E. Ambrose Ira Eakin Montana Department of Corrections …
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 …
CDCR Pays $25,000 to Settle Employee Harassment Claim by In December 2008, Sergeant Curtis Scott signed a Settlement Agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), agreeing to settle the lawsuit he had initiated in April 2007. In that lawsuit, Scott alleged that, while employed at High Desert …
$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 …
Brief • January 11, 2012
Muthana v. Hofbauer, MI, R&R, Destruction of Mail Written in Arabic, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-00132-GJQ-TPG Doc #41 Filed 01/11/12 Page 1 of 13 Page ID#635 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION ALI MUSAID MUTHANA, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:11-cv-132 Honorable Gordon J. Quist GERALD HOFBAUER …
Brief • November 29, 2011
Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Notice of Mot to Compel Responses, Discriminatory Curfews, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Olu K. Orange, Esq. , SBN: 213653 ORANGE LAW OFFICES 3435 Wilshire Blvd., …
Brief • November 29, 2011
Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Order re Notice of Mot Compel, Discriminatory Curfews, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ, ALBERTO CAZAREZ, individually …
Article • November 15, 2011
Former Oregon Prison Guard Loses Wrongful Termination Suit by On March 10, 2011, a state court jury returned a verdict against a state hospital worker, formerly a prison guard, who alleged his termination was improperly based on race, not because he had been caught having sex in a cemetery while …
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