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Szczpaniak v. Burlington County, NJ, Complaint, Jail Strip Search, 2012

Brief • November 28, 2012

Filed under: Strip Searches, Jail Specific

Szczpaniak v. Burlington County, NJ, Complaint, Jail Strip Search, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS Document 77 Filed 11/28/12 Page 1 of 19 PageID: 577 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CONRAD SZCZPANIAK, and TAMMY MARIE HAAS, Individually and on behalf of a Class of Similarly Situated Individuals, Plaintiffs, …

Milutin and Healey v. NJ DOC, NJ, Jury Verdict, employee racial discrimination retaliation, 2012

Brief • September 5, 2012

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Retaliation, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliation against Staff, Employee Litigation

Milutin and Healey v. NJ DOC, NJ, Jury Verdict, employee racial discrimination retaliation, 2012

New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Attorneys for Female Prisoners Temporarily Transferred to All-Male Facility May be Entitled to Fees

Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012

Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Injunctions, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Costs

New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Attorneys for Female Prisoners Temporarily Transferred to All-Male Facility May be Entitled to Fees by The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has held that the attorneys who represented a class of female prisoners temporarily transferred to the all-male New Jersey State …

Kostman and Najjar v. City of New Brunswick, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Excessive Force Wrong Apt, 2012

Brief • July 19, 2012

Filed under: Arrestee Searches, Restraints, False Arrest

Kostman and Najjar v. City of New Brunswick, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Excessive Force Wrong Apt, 2012 SETTLEMENT AGREEJ\lliNT AN]) RELEASE THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (hereinafter ''Agn:·cment"} is made between JAKE KOSTM. A.J~ and KAREEM NAJJAR their heirs, represl~ntatives, successors and assigns (herdrmfter referred tc1 as ''Plaintiffs''), CITY Of' NEW …

New Jersey Comptroller Criticizes, Questions Halfway House Contracts

Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012

Filed under: Work Release, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct

New Jersey Comptroller Criticizes, Questions Halfway House Contracts by Derek Gilna In a June 15, 2011 letter and separate audit report, the New Jersey State Comptroller’s office sharply criticized a number of issues related to the Department of Corrections’ (DOC) contracts with private halfway houses. Singled out for special attention …

Kostman and Najjar v. City of New Brunswick, NJ, 2nd Amended Complaint, Excessive Force Wrong Apt, 2012

Brief • May 15, 2012

Filed under: Arrestee Searches, Restraints, False Arrest

Kostman and Najjar v. City of New Brunswick, NJ, 2nd Amended Complaint, Excessive Force Wrong Apt, 2012 Case 3:11-cv-00756-JAP-DEA Document 27 Filed 05/15/12 Page 1of18 PagelD: 264 By: Bryan Konoski, Esq. (BK 7563) TREYVUS & KONOSKI, P.C. 305 Broadway, 14th Floor New York, NY 10007 (212) 897-5832 bkonoski@aol.com UNITED STATES …

Third Circuit Clarifies Federal Civil Procedure Rule 68 Concerning Attorney’s Fees

Article • March 15, 2012

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Civil Procedure, Settlements

Third Circuit Clarifies Federal Civil Procedure Rule 68 Concerning Attorney’s Fees by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a New Jersey federal district court’s ruling that a judgment/settlement included attorney’s fees under Rule 68 of the federal rules of civil procedure. The case arose when a photographer, working for …

Offenders Cannot Sue Over Violations of Interstate Probation Transfer Compact

Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012

Filed under: Parole, Probation, Parole Conditions, Interstate Corrections Compact, News, Federal Legislation

Offenders Cannot Sue Over Violations of Interstate Probation Transfer Compact by The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (“the Compact”) does not create a private right of action, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held on April 11, 2011. Plaintiff M.F. and his domestic partner sued New …

$125,000 Settlement in New Jersey Jail Delayed MRSA Treatment Case

Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012

Filed under: Medical

$125,000 Settlement in New Jersey Jail Delayed MRSA Treatment Case by New Jersey’s Cumberland County Board of Freeholders voted on July 26, 2011 to pay $125,000 to settle a prisoner’s claim related to denial of medical care. While confined at the Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) in September 2007, James E. …

Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Complaint, Judicial Misconduct, 2012

Brief • March 13, 2012

Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Public Defenders, Indigent Defense, Overdetention

Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Complaint, Judicial Misconduct, 2012 03/13/2012 08:47 AM 5C8EB 97697 Min t D4c166 e riEtied B26.21802228Piltje agel 8 difatje gt6B947 12aw021X246- Michael P. Rubas, Esq. (MPR8484) DI MAGGIO & RUBAS, LLC 100 Morris Avenue, Suite 103 Springfield, New Jersey 07081 (973) 258-9100 M ichael@Dimaggio-Ruhas.corn Attorneys for Plaintiffs …

Federal Court Holds New Jersey Prisoner's PLN Denial Claim is Valid

Article • February 15, 2012

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Mail, Publications/Books, Legal Mail, Censorship

Federal Court Holds New Jersey Prisoner's PLN Denial Claim is Valid by On February 23, 2011, a federal court held that a New Jersey state prisoner's suit complaining of, among other issues, prison officials denying him access to Prison Legal News, stated a valid claim. Raheem Taylor, a New Jersey …

Troy D. v. Mickens, NJ, 2nd Amended Complaint, Juvenile Solitary Confinement, 2011

Brief • December 14, 2011

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Prisons

Troy D. v. Mickens, NJ, 2nd Amended Complaint, Juvenile Solitary Confinement, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY _____________________________________________ : : : Plaintiffs : : v. : : Mickens, et al., : : : Defendants : _____________________________________________ : Troy D. and O’Neill S., Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-02902-JEI-AMD Honorable …

Open Public Records Act Plaintiff Entitled to Attorney’s Fees, New Jersey Appellate Court Holds

Article • November 15, 2011

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Disclosure of Records, News, State Legislation

Open Public Records Act Plaintiff Entitled to Attorney’s Fees, New Jersey Appellate Court Holds by The Appellate Division for the Superior Court of New Jersey has reversed in part a lower court’s refusal to award attorney’s fees to a plaintiff in an New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA) suit. …

Federal Courts Lack Authority to Expunge Valid Convictions

Article • September 15, 2011

Filed under: Sentencing

Federal Courts Lack Authority to Expunge Valid Convictions by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that it lacked jurisdiction to expunge criminal convictions, pursuant to its inherent power to order equitable relief, or pursuant to the All Writs Act. David Rowlands, a New Jersey public …

Community Education Centers Acquires CiviGenics

Article • August 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Civigenics, Community Education Centers

Community Education Centers Acquires CiviGenics by In June, 2007, Roseland, New Jersey-based Community Education Centers, Inc, (CEC), the nation’s largest private provider of re-entry and rehabilitative services combined with Marlborough, Massachusetts-based CiviGenics, Inc., the largest provider of in-prison treatment in the country and the nation’s third-largest operator of private prisons. …

Indefinite Confinement of New Jersey Prisoner for 1990 Assault Overturned

Article • July 15, 2011

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Ad-Seg Hearings

Indefinite Confinement of New Jersey Prisoner for 1990 Assault Overturned by The Appellate division of New Jersey’s Superior Court has held that the New Jersey Department of Corrections ( NJDOC), “does not have the legal authority to continue to keep” a prisoner who has been in confinement for twenty years …

In-Prison Filmmaker Prepares Next Release

Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011

Filed under: Organizing, Prisoner Media, TV/Movies

In-Prison Filmmaker Prepares Next Release by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Compact video cameras smuggled into prison have allowed New Jersey prisoner Omar Broadway to become an amateur documentarian of life behind bars. His first video, taken inside a New Jersey state facility in 2004, has been turned into …

Third Circuit Holds Blanket Policy of Strip Searching Arrestees, Absent Reasonable Suspicion, is Constitutional; Cert Granted

Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches

Third Circuit Holds Blanket Policy of Strip Searching Arrestees, Absent Reasonable Suspicion, is Constitutional; Cert Granted by Michael Brodheim In a class-action suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a federal district court in New Jersey held that a blanket policy of strip searching arrestees charged with non-indictable offenses, absent …

Six New Jersey Jail Guards Arrested for Assaulting Prisoners

Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Six New Jersey Jail Guards Arrested for Assaulting Prisoners by On December 21, 2010, prosecutors charged six guards at New Jersey’s Essex County Correctional Facility with assaulting prisoners. The charges involve unprovoked attacks on three different prisoners in separate incidents. Four of the guards were also charged with falsifying records. …

Ex-BOP Pharmacist Sentenced for Stealing Drugs

Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution

Ex-BOP Pharmacist Sentenced for Stealing Drugs by The former chief pharmacist at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fairton, New Jersey has admitted to stealing more than $7,000 worth of drugs, needles and other supplies from the prison’s pharmacy. Brian Walters, 47, pleaded guilty on August 17, 2010 to charges …