D.C. District Court Reaffirms Access to Counsel for Guantanamo Detainees by Derek Gilna In a September 6, 2012 memorandum opinion, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia once again asserted an “obligation to assure that those seeking to challenge their Executive detention by petitioning for habeas relief have …
Cause of Action v. FTC, DC, Summary Judgment Order and Opinion, FOIA Fees, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-00850-EGS Document 19 Filed 08/19/13 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ________________________________ ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civ. Action No. 1:12-cv-00850-EGS ) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, …
FOIA: Administrative Appeal Remedies Deemed Exhausted when Agency Fails to Timely Determine Scope of its Intended Response by In April, 2013, the D.C. Circuit clarified the circumstances under which an agency response to a request for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is (in)sufficient to trigger the requirement …
D.C. Guards Fired for Failing to Recognize Female Prisoner in Male Unit by The District of Columbia Jail has fired three guards that failed to realize a woman was being held in the male detention center, even after she had been strip searched and forced to shower with male prisoners. …
HRDC Invited to Speak at Unprecedented FCC Workshop on Prison Phone Rates by David Ganim It has been over 10 years since Martha Wright, a grandmother who filed a lawsuit challenging the high cost of prison phone calls, began trying to reform the prison telecom industry. Now, with more support …
DC Circuit: Qualified Immunity for Retroactive U.S. Parole Commission Regulations by The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit has affirmed a district court's grant of qualified immunity to U.S. Parole Commission officials related to the retroactive application of parole regulations. In 1993, Melvin Taylor was convicted …
PLN v. FBOP, DC, Memorandum Opinion, FOIA Request, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) ) ) CHARLES E. SAMUELS, JR., 1 Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, ) ) Defendant. …
Jenkins v. District of Columbia, DC, Opposition to Summary Judgment, Police False Arrest and Excessive Force, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) SHAUN JENKINS, PLAINTIFF vs. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., DEFENDANTS Civil Action No. …
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, Upholds NSA Disclosure Exemption by The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed in May 2012 the U.S. District Court’s D.C. District judgment for the National Security Administration (NSA) after the NSA issued a Glomar response stating that under …
US Court of Appeals Upholds CIA Glomar Response by The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed in December 2011 the grant of summary judgment by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in favor of the Central Intelligence Agency in a Glomar …
DC District Court Denies Motion to Compel Production Request on Fees by Derek Gilna On December 18, 2007 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has refused a request by the District of Columbia and others, in a consolidated civil action brought before it, to compel production …
EEOC finds BOP Workplace Retaliation Widespread by Derek Gilna A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Office of Federal Operations (OFO) has issued a report that finds that a culture of "widespread retaliation" exists against employees who file EEOC complaints. The November 2010 report, which was compiled over a three-year …
DC Court Disbars Former Federal Prosecutor for Misconduct by Derek Gilna On March 8, 2012, for the first time in over ten years, a former federal prosecutor was disbarred for “egregious” misconduct during the prosecution of several high-profile murder cases in the 1990s. According to a 2010 investigation by USA …
DC Circuit Affirms Order Denying FOIA FBI Disclosure to Kentucky Prisoner by Derek Gilna The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has affirmed the district court denial of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of prisoner Benny Lee Hodge, who had sought document disclosure from the FBI …
Fox v. District of Columbia, DC, Memorandum Opinion Re Order on Motion for Judgment, Unlawful Arrest, 2013 Case 1:10-cv-02118-ABJ Document 67 Filed 02/20/13 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) BARBARA FOX, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) …
Pierce v. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Denial of Accomodations for Deaf Inmate, 2013 Case 1:13-cv-00134 Document 1 Filed 02/01/13 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM PIERCE 1313 R Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Plaintiff, No. ________________ v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Office …
Gray v. Sobin, DC, Amicus Brief - ACLU, Respondent Stalking Petitioner in Charge of DC Sex Registry, 2013 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Family Division Domestic Violence Unit STEPHANIE GRAY, Petitioner, v. No. 2013 CPO 3690 Judge Todd E. Edleman Next Event: Hearing, January 24,2014 DENNIS SOBIN, Respondent. …
$2.3 Million Jury Award in Washington, D.C. Wrongful Parole Revocation Suit by A District of Columbia (D.C.) federal jury has awarded $2.3 million to a former prisoner who spent ten years in prison after his parole was wrongfully revoked based on unreliable hearsay evidence. Charles Singletary was convicted of robbery, …
