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Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed by Michael Rigby Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee In Botched Raid; Prisoner also Killed By Michael Rigby One day after he used a fake gun to escape from a courthouse in Tacoma, Washington, a "three-strikes" prisoner was killed by …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
$600,000 Settlement in California Prisoner Shooting Death by Marvin Mentor $600,000 Settlement In California Prisoner Shooting Death by Marvin Mentor California Department of Corrections (CDC) officials settled a wrongful death complaint for $600,000 brought by the survivors of Octavio Orozco, a prisoner at Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) in Coalinga, …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Four Prisoners Injured in Shooting at Washington D.C. Jail by Four prisoners were injured in a shooting in the maximum security section of the Washington D.C. jail just after 2 p.m. on December 20, 2003. The shooting appeared to be a prisoner-on-prisoner assault, said Corrections Department spokesman Darryl J. Madden. …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Prisoner Shot Dead by Guard in California Prison Riot by One prisoner was shot dead and four others received wounds requiring outside hospitalization, in a 20 minute riot an October 12, 2003 at Facility "B" of Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP), a 5,000 man prison in Coalinga, California. The evening …
County May Be Liable for Private Prison's Customs and Policies by Bob Williams County May Be Liable For Private Prison's Customs And Policies by Bob Williams The New Mexico federal district court has held that a county could potentially be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the customs and …
Brief • April 7, 2004
McDonough v. County of Ventura, CA, Complaint, Police Shoot and Kill Teenager, 2004 PETER M. WILLIAMSON, State Bar No. 97309 WILLIAMSON & ASSOCIATES 2 13915 Panay Way, Suite One Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6102 3 Tel: (310) 822-3377/ Fax: (310) 821-7027 1 BRIAN R. MAGA¼A, State Bar No. 57680 MAGA¼A, …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Justification for California Prisoner Shooting Death Disputed by Fresno County, California sheriff's investigators and California Department of Corrections' (CDC) officials disputed whether the shooting death of a Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) prisoner on October 12, 2003 during a prison yard disturbance was justified based upon CDC's use-of-lethal-force protocol. Alejandro …
Brief • December 15, 2003
Hudson v. McNesby, FL, Appellant Brief - Reverse MSJ, Police Shooting, 2003 Case No. 03-15565C IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT DONALD HUDSON, Administrator of the Estate of MARVIN JUAN HUDSON, Deceased as Administrator and on behalf of SHONDRANIQUE J.M. HUDSON, an Infant, and ERNEST …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings
Washington Guards Shoot Now, Ask Questions Later by Roger Smith There had not been a prisoner shot to death by a guard at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) in Walla Walla, Washington for more than thirty years. That changed last year. During 2002, under the "capable" leadership of Richard Morgan, …
Ninth Circuit Reexamines Standards for Qualified Immunity at Summary Judgment Stage in California Shooting Case by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Amending its earlier decision at 240 F.3d 845 [PLN, June `01], the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit clarified the evaluation of qualified immunity claims …
Qualified Immunity Granted at Summary Judgment Stage in Prison Shooting Suit by John E Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that California prison guards who shot one prisoner in the neck during a yard riot, while allegedly aiming at another prisoner, were entitled to qualified immunity from …
Guards Use Shotguns to Control Riot by Guards Use Shotguns To Control Riot Guards used shotguns loaded with rubber pellets to break up a riot at Wallens Ridge Prison in Virginia. On Sunday December 3rd, in a deliberate violation of prison procedure, prisoners returning from lunch left the sidewalk and …
Attorney Fees Awarded in Challenge to Nevada Shooting Policy by A federal district court in Nevada warded prisoners attorneys' fees and costs totaling $374,370.17 in an action challenging prison practices concerning the use of force and mental health services. Following the decisions, the Nevada Attorney General's office negotiated the award …
Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals by Dan Pens Corcoran Show Trial Ends With Acquittals The saga of Corcoran's infamous SHU shootings ended June 8, 2000 when a jury acquitted eight California prison guards of federal charges that they entertained themselves by staging gladiator-style fights among prisoners from rival gangs. …
Pelican Bay's Bloody Wednesday by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely On Wednesday, February 23, 2000, one of the bloodiest riots in California prison history broke out among some 200 Black and Latino prisoners. The violence erupted at the state's infamous Pelican Bay prison. Guards sprayed rioting prisoners on the B …
Publication • October 4, 2000
Firearms Policy Manual, Department of Interior, 2000 Department of the Interior Departmental Manual Effective Date: 10/4/00 Series: Law Enforcement and Security Part 446: Law Enforcement Chapter 10: Firearms and Other Defensive Equipment Originating Office: Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety 446DM10 10.1 Purpose. This chapter establishes uniform policy concerning …
Contradictory Disciplinary Hearing Evidence Not Precluded From Use of Excessive Force Suit by Ronald Young By Ronald Young The U.S. district court for the East- ern District of California held that a prisoner was not precluded from introducing evidence contradicting factual findings of disciplinary proceeding instituted against prisoner as a …
Heck Does Not Bar Evidence in Shooting Case by Ronald Young The U.S. district court for the East ern District of California held that a prisoner was not precluded from introducing evidence contradicting factual findings of disciplinary proceeding instituted against prisoner as a result of incident. Vincent Marquez, a California …
Turkish Political Prisoners Massacred by On September 26, 1999, eleven political prisoners in a Turkish prison were massacred by police. The victims were imprisoned members of the People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Party (DHKP-C) and the Communist Party of Turkey-Marxist-Leninist (TKP-ML). Both organizations are currently waging people's wars to overthrow the …
Abuse of Force at Virginia's Supermax by Dan Pens Shoot 'Em if They Step Out of Line by Dan Pens Shortly after publication of the July PLN, cover article: "Strip Mining Human Rights in Virginia's Supermax Dungeons", PLN received a letter from a prisoner at Red Onion, one of Virginia's …
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