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Brief • May 18, 2011
Wright v Dshs Wa Judgment Summary Public Records 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR PIERCE COUNTY 7 8 9 AMBER WRIGHT, Plaintiff, 10 11 12 No. 10-2-08114-9 G..,~l'08BBF v. JUDGMENT AGAINST DSHS STATE OF WASHINGTON, DSHS With Findings of Fact & Conclusions …
In-the-News Article • May 16, 2011
PLN cited in article on disciplinary complaint against federal judge May 16, 2011 Articles that mention PLN New York Times Weighing the Place of a Judge in a Club of 600 White Men Sidebar By ADAM LIPTAK MAY 16, 2011 The Belle Meade Country Club in Nashville has about 600 voting members. …
Brief • May 16, 2011
Allen v West Memphis Ar Plfs Motion Dismiss Qualified Immunity Police Car Chase 2011 Case: 11-5266 Document: 006110957879 Filed: 05/16/2011 Page: 1 UNITED STATES COURT OFAPPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _____________________________________________________________ ESTATE OF KELLY A. ALLEN, Deceased; MARIA NICOLE ALLEN, a minor by next friend, Kenneth B. Allen; ALEXIS LANE …
Alfano v. CCA, TX, Complaint, inmate death diabetes, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-01006-P Document 1 Filed 05/16/11 Page 1 of 21 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION LEON ALFANO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PAMELA DARLENE WEATHERBY, NELDA ALFANO, DAREN C. …
Article • May 15, 2011
Requests to BOP by Sentencing Judge not Reviewable on Appeal by Federal criminal defendants may not appeal requests made by district judges to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided October 26, 2009. Jerry Hebert pled guilty to bank robbery. At his …
THE ANATOMY OF A POST-TASERING DEATH by Lynn Wilson By Lynne Wilson The Government of British Columbia’s independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Robert Dziekansi’s death on October 14, 2007 is the most comprehensive and illuminating investigation conducted to date into the dangerousness of Tasers or “conducted energy devices or …
Article • May 15, 2011
Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Harmless Error Test by Florida’s Supreme Court has held that when applying the harmless error analysis, it is not an “overwhelming evidence test.” The focus of the test is “the effect of the error on the trier of fact. The question is whether there is a …
Article • May 15, 2011
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $9,500 to Settle False Arrest/Imprisonment Suit by In 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $9,500 to settle a false arrest/imprisonment suit. Daniel Genzoli was arrested after his fingerprints allegedly matched up with prints taken from a business that was burglarized. It turned out …
Article • May 15, 2011
Second Circuit Rejects Bivens Claim against Judges for Attorney Compensation by On August 28, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by a public defender who alleged that he was undercompensated in violation of his right to due process. David Bliven …
Article • May 15, 2011
Secret Suit over Unlawful Eavesdropping Ends in Big Settlement by The Department of Justice has agreed to settle a 15 year court battle with a former DEA agent who claimed that a former CIA officer and State Department official unlawfully eavesdropped on him while working in Burma. The settlement requires …
Article • May 15, 2011
Seventh Circuit Upholds Rejection of Excessive Force Claim by On August 28, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a jury’s verdict rejecting a prisoner’s claim of excessive force. Oscar Cruz, a prisoner at Pendleton Correctional Facility, alleged that John Safford, a guard at Pendleton, had …
Article • May 15, 2011
Summary Judgment in Handcuffing Case Reversed by On October 19, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated a grant of summary judgment for police in an excessive force case. Robert Fisher accidentally shot himself in the stomach in a failed suicide attempt. Officers from the Las …
Article • May 15, 2011
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged by Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged On October 19, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action brought by a man who …
Article • May 15, 2011
Tenth Circuit Upholds Use of Stunbelt on Defendant by On September 22, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a man accused of retaliating against a federal witness. In upholding the conviction and sentence, the court rejected a challenge to the …
Juvenile Justice Expert Condemns Rhode Island’s Jailing of Students for Minor Offenses by Derek Gilna Attorney John J. Wilson, a Department of Justice lawyer for almost 31 years, and the author of federal regulations for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, has condemned the practices of Rhode …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Mississippi Governor Grants Early Release to Scott Sisters by Derek Gilna In a recent resolution to a celebrated Mississippi civil rights case, in which sisters Gladys and Jamie Scott each served 16 years of a life sentence for their part in a 1993 armed robbery that netted as little as …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners by Mark Wilson A Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC) nurse who fell in love with a civilly committed violent sex offender pleaded guilty to smuggling him drugs and homemade pornographic videos; the offender and two other people were charged with …
CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit by A Louisiana U.S. District Court awarded $3,250 to a prisoner in a civil rights action that involved excessive use of force by a guard. The lawsuit was filed by Winn Correctional Center prisoner Derrick Levon Carter due to events that occurred …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Trivialized Use of Presidential Pardon Power Continues Under Obama by Brandon Sample After almost two years in office, President Obama finally granted his first pardons on December 3, 2010 – all nine of them – barely avoiding George W. Bush’s record for the longest delay by a president in granting …
Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts by In politics, sometimes a little monetary grease goes a long way. No doubt, that’s why Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison operator, based in Nashville, Tennessee, has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawmakers …
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