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Brief • May 9, 2023
Brewster v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Order Granting Denying in Part MSJ, Impoundment of Vehicle, 2023 Case 5:14-cv-02257-JGB-SP Document 314 Filed 05/09/23 Page 1 of 144 Page ID #:6861 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL Case No. EDCV 14-2257 JGB (SPx) Date May 9, 2023 …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Credits
California Appellate Court: State Prisoners Held in Jail and Those Held in Prisons Not Alike for Sentence Credits by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of California declined to hear an appeal to a lower court’s decision that shrugged off differences in program credits …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
L.A. County Jails: Leading in All the Wrong Ways by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Calling conditions in Los Angeles County jails “abhorrent,” attorneys representing a group of incarcerated plaintiffs appeared before a federal judge on April 19, 2023, asking him to hold the county in contempt of a recently …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
“Slap On the Wrist” for California Bail Agents Who Hired Bounty Hunter Who Killed Their Client by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As of December 1, 2022, the CaliforniaDepartment of Insurance (DOI) had decided to let two bail agents keep their licenses, even though they hired a bounty hunter who …
Brief • April 27, 2023
Filed under: Discrimination
Asian Prisoner Support Committee v. CDCR, CA, Complaint, Discrimination-ICE, 2023 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 1 SANA A. SINGH (State Bar No. 342614) ssingh@aclunc.org 2 SEAN C. RIORDAN (State Bar No. 255752) sriordan@aclunc.org 3 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 4 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA 94111 5 Telephone: (415) …
Brief • April 10, 2023
Filed under: Bail/Pretrial Release
Urquidi v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Pretrial Release, 2023 E-Served: Apr 10 2023 2:12PM PDT Via Case Anywhere 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 BRAD D. BRIAN (SBN 79001) brad.brian@mto.com ROHIT K. SINGLA (SBN 213057) rohit.singla@mto.com VICTORIA A. …
Brief • April 4, 2023
Filed under: Global Tel*Link Corp
Johnson v. County of Los Angelese, CA, Complaint, GTL-Illegal Fees, 2023 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BARRETT S. LITT, SBN 45527 blitt@mbllegal.com McLANE, BEDNARSKI & LITT, LLP 975 E. Green Street Pasadena, California 91106 Telephone: (626) 844-7660 Facsimile: (626) 844-7670 SCOTT …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WBAM in Birmingham reported that a guard at the Blount County Jail was taken into custody and fired on January 31, 2023. Joseph Snow, 43, was charged with second-degree assault for injuring a detainee during an incident captured on surveillance video. Sheriff Mike Moon called …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
En Banc Ninth Circuit Voids Portion of California Law Banning Private Federal Prisons in the State by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 26, 2022, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sitting en banc vacated a district court’s order denying a preliminary injunction to the …
Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Poised for Much-Needed Cleanup by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss California’s Monterey County Sheriff’s Department (MCSD) was under the spotlight in October 2022, when two “Jane Doe” lawsuits were filed accusing now-retired Undersheriff John Mineau of sexually harassing a pair of co-workers. But the agency …
California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population by David Reutter by David M. Reutter California’s Superior Court for Sacramento County issued a Writ of Mandate on September 30, 2022, ordering the state Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to “immediately cease” transferring prisoners under a controversial new …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$1.9 Million Paid by L.A. County for Detainee’s Suicide by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On August 12, 2022, the federal courtfor the Central District of California approved a settlement for the minor children of a jail detainee who committed suicide less than nine hours after he was arrested for …
Santa Clara County Sheriff Accused of Coverup After $10 Million Payout to Mentally Ill Detainee Who Severely Injured Himself During Jail Transport by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart An October 2022 report by the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement (OCLE) in California’s Santa Clara County faults the county Sheriff’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On October 11, 2022, the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of California prisoner’s suit alleging he was assaulted because a guard …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Health care
California Extends Medi-Cal Health Benefits to Prisoners Nearing Release by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On January 26, 2023, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted California approval of a plan to extend Medi-Cal, the state’s equivalent to Medicaid, which provides health insurance to low-income …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention
$2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 16, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of California entered final approval of a settlement agreement in a class-action suit alleging Santa Clara County continued to hold detainees …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On September 29, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed S.B. 1008 into law, barring government agencies in the state from collecting any part of the revenue …
Brief • March 28, 2023
Villery v. Sanders, CA, Settlement, Retaliation-Grievance, 2023
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00540 Document 1 Filed 03/27/23 Page 1 of 36 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Danielle R. Pena, Esq., SBN 286002 dpena@PHGLawGroup.com PHG Law Group 501 West Broadway, …
“Nothing Has Changed”: Four Dead in Six Weeks at California County’s “Deadliest Jail” by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On February 28, 2022, Candice “Cody” Vanburen became the fourth person to die in just six weeks at the Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) in California’s Alameda County. Now prisoner rights …
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