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Brief • November 8, 2011
Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Proposed Joint Stipulation, Discriminatory Curfews, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Olu K. Orange, Esq. , SBN: 213653 ORANGE LAW OFFICES 3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2900 Los Angeles, California 90010 Tel: (213) 736-9900 / Fax: (213) 417-8800 Email: …
Brief • October 24, 2011
Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Declaration of Plf's Counsel, Discriminatory Curfews, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Olu K. Orange, Esq. , SBN: 213653 ORANGE LAW OFFICES 3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2900 Los Angeles, California 90010 Tel: (213) 736-9900 / Fax: (213) 417-8800 …
Brief • September 20, 2011
Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Response to Req for Disc, Discriminatory Curfews, 2011 26 September 2011, Rena M. Shahandeh, Esq. Los Angeles City Attorney's Office 200 North Main Street, 6th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-978-8785 (fax) rena.shahandeh@lacity.org VIA FAX & US MAIL: (213) 978-8785 RE: Christian Rodriguez, …
Terminated South Carolina Wardens Awarded a Total of $882,000 by Mark Wilson On December 22, 2010, the South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a $372,000 verdict in favor of a prison warden who was wrongfully terminated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). In 2002, SCDC Investigator Karen Hair …
Jackson v. Jesus Tellado et al, NY, police racial bias, Complaint, 2011 rtL.cu Case 1:11-cv-03028-PKC-SMG Document 1 Filed 06/24/11 IN CLERK'S OFFICE Page US 1 of 43 PageID 1 DISTRICT COURT #: E.D.N.Y. * UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JUN 2 4 2011 BRO~-wua~~~·. : ~~.·~' …
D.C. Settles Gender- and Race-Based Work Discrimination Suit for $140,000 by On February 7, 2007, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $140,000 to a former Department of Corrections (DOC) employee who alleged that she was discriminated against because of her sex. Brenda Makins was terminated from her job at …
Article • May 15, 2011
Washington Prison Guard Paid $10,000 for Racially Derogatory Statement by On September 13th, 2004, the State of Washington agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Janice Shepherd against her direct supervisor, Stanley Badger, and the Washington Department of Corrections. Shepherd alleged in the suit that Badger directed racially derogatory comments …
Felon Disenfranchisement Statute Does Not Violate Voting Rights Act by Brandon Sample The good news for Washington state prisoners wanting to restore their voting rights? The state’s felon disenfranchisement statute violates the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held on …
Sixth Circuit OK’s Federal Judge’s Membership in Racist and Sexist Country Club by On April 8, 2011, on a vote of 10 to 8, the Judicial Council of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals adopted the recommendation of the Council’s Standing Investigating Committee and dismissed a complaint filed against a …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
California: Continued Resistance Among Prisoners and Prison Officials Alike Slows Attempts to End Housing Segregation by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court held in Johnson v. California, 543 U.S. 499 (2005) [PLN, July 2005, p.22; April 2004, p.40] that California’s policy of housing prisoners …
Florida Department of Corrections and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $35,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) paid $35,000 to settle a discrimination and retaliatory practices lawsuit. In his civil complaint, ex-FDOC senior psychologist Majid A. Shams, who is of Iranian descent, …
Article • March 15, 2011
$100,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Racial Discrimination Suit by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $100,000 to settle an unlawful discrimination suit filed by DC Department of Corrections (DOC) employee Oliver Amaechi. Amaechi, a Nigerian immigrant, alleged the DOC had a policy of discriminating against African or Caribbean born employees. …
Article • March 15, 2011
$7,500 Settlement in Discrimination, Harassment and Wrongful Termination Suit of D.C. Instructor by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $7,500 to settle an employment racial discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination suit filed by Susan C. Law. Law, a white female, worked as a Training Instructor at D.C.’s Lorton Training Academy …
Illinois Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed; Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a Black Illinois guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that …
Illinois Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners; Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an Illinois African-American guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that guards …
D.C. Employee Fired for Delivering Unopened Letter Settles for $30,000 by On March 26, 2004, The District of Columbia paid $30,000 to settle with a Department of Corrections employee who was fired for attempting to have an unopened letter delivered to a prisoner. The suit, filed in the U.S. District …
Study Finds Discriminatory Jury Selection in Southern States by Derek Gilna A study by the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit legal organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, has found widespread discrimination in jury selection in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. The discriminatory practices …
Seventh Circuit Holds That A Prisoner’s Verbal Complaints About Racist Guards May Be Protected Speech by Retaliation for verbally complaining about a prison guard who hung a noose where prisoners could see it, the Seventh Circuit has held, may constitute an infringement of a prisoner’s First Amendment free speech rights. …
Brief • January 13, 2011
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Private Prison Companies Behind the Scenes of Arizona’s Immigration Law by Beau Hodai “Beside my brothers and my sisters, I’ll proudly take a stand. When liberty’s in jeopardy, I’ll always do what’s right. I’m out here on the frontline, sleep in peace tonight. American soldier, I’m an American soldier...” So …
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