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No Qualified Immunity on Toothpaste, Inhaler & Ventilation Claims by The Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeals upheld a district courts denial of qualified immunity to jail officials on claims of denial of toothpaste, withholding asthma inhaler and inadequate ventilation. In 1984, two Indiana men disappeared. Neither the men nor their …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Weary California Prison Gang Members Increasingly Opt Out for Solace of Sensitive Needs Yards by Weary California Prison Gang Members Increasingly Opt Out for Solace of Sensitive Needs Yards Imprisoned California gang members are increasingly tiring of doing hard time to satisfy gang leaders demands to enforce dogmatic, self-serving obeisance …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Continued Reliance on Commitment Offense to Deny California Lifers Parole Denies Federal Due Proces by Marvin Mentor Continued Reliance on Commitment Offense to Deny California Lifers Parole Denies Federal Due Process by Marvin Mentor The U.S.D.C. (E.D. Cal.) granted habeas relief to a California lifer whose parole had been repeatedly …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Georgia Legislature Awards Wrongly Convicted Man $1 Million by In its 2005 session, the Georgia Legislature awarded Clarence Harrison $1 million for loss of liberty, personal injury, lost wages, injury to reputation, emotional distress, and other damages as a result of his nearly 18 years of incarceration and expenses and …
Exhaustion Not Required in Pennsylvania Parole Denial Challenges by The Third Circuit Court Of Appeals held that a Pennsylvania state prisoner challenging the denial of parole need not file a petition for a writ of mandamus in order to satisfy the dictates of exhaustion before seeking federal habeas review. Pennsylvania …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Ohio Man Awarded $618,000 for Nearly 16 Years Wrongful Imprisonment by On August 15, 2005, the Ohio Court of Claims awarded $618,683.33 to a man who spent nearly 16 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Donte L. Booker was arrested for a carjacking outside a Beachwood, …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Phoenix, Arizona, Settles Krone Wrongful Imprisonment Suit for $3 Million by The city of Phoenix, Arizona, will pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who spent more than a decade in prison for a murder he did not commit. The settlement, approved by the city council …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
2nd Circuit Reverses Sua Sponte § 1915 Dismissal; Parolee Owed Duty of Habitable Residence by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district courts sua sponte dismissal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(ii), of a New York parolees action, for failure to state a claim. Alonzo Jacobs, a parolee …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
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Any Reliance On AA or NA Participation During Parole Consideration Violates Establishment Clause by John Dannenberg Any Reliance On AA or NA Participation During Parole Consideration Violates Establishment Clause by John E. Dannenberg The United States District Court, E.D. Cal., ruled that requiring a California life prisoner to attend Narcotics …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
California Probationers and Parolees Not Similarly Situated As To Eligibility For Prop. 36 Drug Tr by John Dannenberg California Probationers and Parolees Not Similarly Situated As To Eligibility For Prop. 36 Drug Treatment by John E. Dannenberg The California State Supreme Court held that Equal Protection claims as to parolees …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Dallas Fake Drug Cases Settle For Millions, Jury Awards Damages by by Michael Rigby In 2001, police officers in Dallas, Texas, made 33 arrests in what has since become known as the fake drug scandal." The victims were all charged with possessing cocaine, based on supposedly positive field tests of …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
New York City Pays $75,000 for 28.5 Days False Imprisonment by On September 8, 2005, the City of New York, New York, settled for $75,000 a prisoner's lawsuit alleging 28.5 days false imprisonment. Plaintiff William Perocier, Jr., a 31 year old tow truck driver, was sentenced to six months in …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Florida Awards $2 Million to Wrongfully Convicted Man by At its special session in December 2005, the Florida Legislature passed a bill to pay 44-year-old Wilton Dedge $2 million as compensation for a rape he did not commit. Dedge spent 22 years in Florida prisons for the sexual assault and …
Wrongfully Imprisoned D.C. Disabled Man Settles Suit For $1.74 Million by by Michael Rigby The District of Columbia and a private medical provider have agreed to pay $1.74 million to Joseph Heard, a deaf, mute, and mentally disabled man who was wrongfully imprisoned in the D.C. jail for nearly two …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
$3.6 Million Awarded in Rape and Murder by Erroneously Released NY Prisoner by The New York Court of Claims awarded $3,621,632 to the estate of a woman who was raped and murdered by a prisoner who was mistakenly released early. The court also awarded $1,950,000 to another woman who was …
Washington State Forensic Scientist Helps Convict the Innocent, FBI Assists by by Matthew T. Clarke Washington State Patrol crime lab forensic scientist Charles Vaughan had no problem finding new employment after he helped convict two innocent Oregon State men of murder when he worked as a state forensic scientist in …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Appointment Of Counsel Ordered To Determine California Prisoner's Request For Post-Appeal DNA Testin by Appointment Of Counsel Ordered To Determine California Prisoner's Request For Post-Appeal DNA Testing In a case of first impression, the California Court of Appeal strictly construed Penal Code § 1405 to require that the Superior Court …
BOP Enjoined from Terminating Boot Camp Program by A Massachusetts federal district court has entered a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), enjoining it from terminating its boot camp" incarceration program, pending compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), and requiring good faith consideration of the plaintiff for …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Sixth Circuit Upholds Michigan Ban On Prisoner Appeals of Discretionary Denials of Parole by The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Michigan's lately revised statute that forecloses state prisoners from challenging discretionary denials of parole. Because the former availability of such a challenge had led to thousands of mostly …
Fourth Circuit Reverses $35,934.66 Habeas Fee Award; Habeas Corpus Not Civil Action Under EAJA by Fourth Circuit Reverses $35,934.66 Habeas Fee Award; Habeas Corpus Not Civil Action Under EAJA The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district courts award of $35,934.66 in attorneys fees, costs, and expenses under the …
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