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Soft Porn, Bribery and Jailed Millionaire Make for a Dangerous Mix by Brandon Sample In April 2007, Joe Francis, 36, the multi-millionaire founder of the popular soft porn Girls Gone Wild videos – which consist of young women exposing themselves at parties, clubs and spring break – was charged with …
Former High-Ranking CIA Official Imprisoned for Corruption by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When the CIA wanted to build secret prisons outside the United States where terrorism suspects could be tortured with impunity, it turned to Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, who ran the agency’s main European supply base in Frankfurt, Germany. …
$2.4 Million Settlement in Children’s Death Caused by California Jail Guard’s Driving by A $2.4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving three children being killed in an automobile accident caused by a California jail guard on the way to work. As Tulare County guard Joseph D. Armstrong …
Indeterminate Civil Commitment Provisions Do Not Apply Retroactively by The Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, has reversed and remanded with instructions to dismiss a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) certification. Joseph Johnson, Jr., was convicted of rape and sentenced to 33 years in prison in 1980. In 2000, …
Los Angeles County Jail Agrees To Pay $900,000 to Settle Lawsuit over Inadequate Medical Care by Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $900,000 to a prisoner who lost his foot after staff at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in California delayed processing a culture test that later …
Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010
$1.31 Million Awarded to California Man Wrongly Jailed on Murder Charge by On February 25, 2009, a California federal jury awarded $1,310,000 to a man who spent eight months in jail facing a murder charge that was eventually dismissed. Shortly after Christopher Shahnazari was shot in Glendale, California on November …
Article • January 15, 2010
Late Amendment of Pleading Properly Quashed by A California Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court’s decision to quash an amended complaint naming several “Doe” defendants. The action, filed by A.N., alleged that A.N. was harmed while at juvenile hall in Los Angeles County. A.N. sought damages for negligence …
Article • January 15, 2010
Prisoners’ Right to Receive Subscription Mail Clearly Established in Ninth Circuit in 2001 by Eric K. Dannenberg, a California state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in federal district court alleging that, while he was incarcerated in the transient section at the Wasco …
Article • January 15, 2010
Sacramento County Settles Excessive Force/False Arrest Suit for $1,000 by On January 16, 2004, the County of Sacramento, California settled for $1,000 a suit brought by a former Sacramento County Jail prisoner whose arm had allegedly been broken by a deputy and who had been arrested without an outstanding warrant. …
Article • January 15, 2010
Sacramento County Settles Jail Beating Claim for $1,500 by On April 10, 2006, the County of Sacramento, California settled a claim against it for the 2004 beating of a prisoner in the Sacramento County Jail by three Sheriff's Deputies. Joseph Munyer filed a claim against Sacramento County alleging that, on …
Article • January 15, 2010
Sacramento County Settles Jail Medical Neglect Claim for $1,000 by On December 13, 2005, the County of Sacramento, California settled a claim against it for the medical neglect a prisoner in the Sacramento County Jail suffered in 2004. Jose Del Toro, filed a claim against the Sacramento County alleging that, …
Article • January 15, 2010
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Trial Court Exceeded Its Authority In Restricting Parole Board’s Discretion by The Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, has reversed an order by the Superior Court of Santa Clara County ordering the Board of Parole Hearings to conduct a new hearing to “explain what instances of [Portee’s] commitment …
Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010
$1.31 Million Award to Wrongfully Jailed California Man by A California federal jury awarded $1.31 million to a man who spent eight months in jail for being unlawfully arrested on a home invasion murder he did not commit. Within eight hours of the November 1, 2005 crime, Edmond Ovasapyan was …
California DOC’s Former Healthcare Receiver Overpaid Staff Benefits by $218,790 by Marvin Mentor A February 2008 “disbursement review” report by California’s Inspector General (IG) revealed that the state’s former federal court-appointed prison healthcare Receiver, Robert Sillen, had expended hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable expenses for travel, in-lieu employee …
Brief • January 6, 2010
Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger, CA, Plf Reply Appeal Brief, ADA Jail Programming, 2010 Case: 09-17144 01/06/2010 Page: 1 of 65 DktEntry: 7185593 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 09-17144 JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., Defendants-Appellants. On Appeal from the United States District …
Brief • December 23, 2009
Filed under: Publications/Books
Bretches v. Kirkland, CA, Complaint, Banned Prisoner Author Book Aggressive Dogs, 2009 Case3:06-cv-05277-JSW Document80 Filed12/23/09 Page1 of 46 1 2 3 4 HERMAN FRANCK (SBN 123476) ELIZABETH VOGEL (SBN 245772) FRANCK & ASSOCIATES 1801 7TH Street, Suite 150 Sacramento, California 95811 Tel. (916)-447-8400 Fax (916) 447-0720 5 6 Attorney for …
Brief • December 23, 2009
Prison Legal News v. Tilton, CA, CDCR Public Records Order, 2009 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO GORDON D SCHABER COURTHOUSE MINUTE ORDER [X] Amended on 12/23/2009 Date: 12/23/2009 Time: 09:00:00 AM Judicial Officer Presiding: Shelleyanne W L Chang Clerk: J. Hart Reporter/ERM: T. Goleno CSR# 10127 Bailiff/Court Attendant: …
Bruce Lisker v. City of Los Angeles et al, CA Complaint, wrongful conviction, 2009 Case 2:09-cv-09374-ODW-AJW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 Page 1 of 28 Page ID #:1 Case 2:09-cv-09374-ODW-AJW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 Page 2 of 28 Page ID #:2 Case 2:09-cv-09374-ODW-AJW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 Page 3 of 28 …
Federal Court Holds Enemy Combatant Detainee May Sue Government Officials by On June 12, 2009, a federal district court in California ruled that a U.S. citizen detained in the U.S. as an enemy combatant could sue a high-ranking federal official who promulgated legal opinions on policies that led to the …
The Crisis of Juvenile Prison Rape: A New Report by by David Kaiser and Lovisa Stannow When Troy Erik Isaac was first imprisoned in California, his cellmate made the introductions for both of them. “He said to me, ‘Your name is gonna be Baby Romeo, and I’m Big Romeo.’ He …
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