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Jackson v. City of San Bernardino, CA, Deposition of Robert Fonzi, Use of Deadly Force, 2011 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 7 8 - - SHERYL JACKSON, et al., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, …
Brief • March 25, 2011
Spinks v. County of Los Angeles, CA, 2nd Amended Complaint, False Arrest & Excessive Force, 2011 1 Thomas E. Beck, Esq. (SBN 81557) THE BECK LAW FIRM 2 10377 Los Alamitos Boulevard Los Alamitos, California 90720 3 Telephone: (562) 795-5835 Facsimile: (562) 795-5821 4 Email: becklaw@earthlink.net 5 Attorney for Plaintiff …
Hernandez- Rojas v. USA, CA, Order App of Guardian ad Litem, detainee death Homeland Security, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00522-L -NLS Document 7 Filed 03/24/11 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • March 22, 2011
Hernandez- Rojas v. USA, CA, Petition App of Guardian ad Litem, detainee death Homeland Security, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00522-L -NLS Document 4 Filed 03/22/11 Page 1 of 3 Case 3:11-cv-00522-L -NLS Document 4 Filed 03/22/11 Page 2 of 3 Case 3:11-cv-00522-L -NLS Document 4 Filed 03/22/11 Page 3 of 3
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Probation May Not Be Conditioned On Overly Broad Court Access Restrictions by A California Court of Appeal has concluded that a probation condition prohibiting a defendant from being within 500 feet of any courthouse is unconstitutionally overbroad. Alejandro Perez pleaded guilty to second degree robbery after forcibly taking a $29 …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Former Orange County Jail Detainee Paid $750,000 to Settle Guard Tasering Suit by In March 2010, Orange County, California paid $750,000 to settle a civil rights suit filed by Matthew Fleuret, a former jail prisoner who alleged he was subjected to excessive force following his arrest in March 2006 on …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Safety Concerns of a Prisoner Rights Lawyer by by Jane Kahn As part of the small talk that happens during holiday gatherings and at other events during the year, people ask me what I do. My work involves representing California prisoners with severe mental illness. I am frequently asked whether …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
California Prison System Lays Off Teachers, Vocational Instructors by Michael Brodheim Due to a $60 billion budget deficit in fiscal year 2009-2010, California prison officials decided to slash funding for rehabilitative programs for prisoners. And while state employees affected by the resulting layoffs cried foul (and fraud), prison officials claimed …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court: No Federal Habeas Relief for California Lifer Parole Denials by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In a unanimous per curiam opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court (USSC) summarily reversed rulings by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in two California parole cases in which the Ninth Circuit …
California Prison Officials Pay $10,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Retaliation, Conditions Suit by In April 2010, California state prisoner Charles Chatman accepted an offer of judgment from the defendant prison officials he had sued in federal court for allegedly retaliating against him in violation of the First Amendment because he filed …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Short-Lived Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Global Tel*Link in California, Then Secretly Settled by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Sick and tired of being gouged by high prison phone rates, Nadia Alvarez and Rachel Fishenfeld, two California residents, filed a consumer class action suit against Global Tel*Link (GTL) in August …
Article • March 15, 2011
$150 Jury Award in Prisoner’s Destroyed Property Claim by The California Department of Corrections paid $150.00 to settle a prisoner’s due process violation claim. In his complaint, Prisoner Gregory L. Rhoades claimed staff at the Corcoran Correctional Institute destroyed personal property, which consisted of family photos, his mother’s wedding ring, …
MVRA Does Not Permit Victims to Intervene in Another Suit in Order to Collect Restitution by The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) does not allow a victim to intervene into another suit in order to pursue the collection of restitution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided …
Article • March 15, 2011
Settlement of 1997 Suit Kills 2001 Suit Says Ninth Circuit by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s holding that a 2002 Settlement Agreement regarding a 1997 complaint also covered claims in a 2001 complaint. Todd Ashker was confined in California’s Secured Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican …
Brief • March 11, 2011
Cate v. Pirtle, US, Reply to Briefs in Opposition, Parole Conditions, 2011 03/15/2011 09:18 5099490119 GROSSMAN LAW OFFICES PAGE 01/00 No. 10-868 Jit the i_tpreine Timid nit the thittril tubas MATTHEW CATE, ET AL, Petitioners, V, JOHN PIRTLE, ET AL., Respondents. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY MAIL 1, Jennifer A. Neill, …
California: State May Be Liable for Delaying Medical Care to Prisoner’s Infant Child by The California Court of Appeal has held that the State may be vicariously liable for the acts or omissions of its employees in failing to provide needed medical care for an infant living with its mother …
California Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Settled for $7.95 Million by A long-running lawsuit against the City of Long Beach, California for Thomas Goldstein’s wrongful murder conviction was settled in June 2010 for $7.95 million. After serving 24 years in prison following his 1980 conviction, Goldstein was finally released based on new …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
New Epidemic: Contraband Cell Phones in Prison Cells by Mark Wilson For decades, prison officials across the U.S. have lined their pockets with multi-million dollar kickbacks from telephone companies that are awarded lucrative prisoner phone service contracts. In doing so, they unwittingly created an “epidemic” that they are now desperately …
Ninth Circuit Holds Private Prison Companies Can Be Sued Under Bivens for Violating Federal Prisoner’s Rights by Derek Gilna On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Richard Lee Pollard, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
9th Circuit: Prisoner Need Not Succumb to Threats in Order to Prevail on First Amendment Retaliation Claim by Michael Brodheim The Ninth Circuit has ruled that a prisoner threatened with retaliation for filing grievances may prevail on a claim of First Amendment retaliation even when the threat is non-specific and …
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