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Texas Supreme Court: Non-Suit Deprives Appeals Court of Jurisdiction by The Supreme Court of Texas held that a plaintiff?s filing non-suit while an appeal was pending deprived the court of appeals of jurisdiction and any authority to enter an order, holding or opinion. Darla Blackmon, a Texas state prisoner, died …
Virginia Guard Hazed By Coworkers Awarded $25,001 by Michael Rigby On March 1, 2006, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia awarded $25,001 to a prison guard who was subjected to a humiliating hazing ritual by his coworkers. Guard Terry Givens was promoted to …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Fourth Circuit Holds FTCA Applies to BOP Property Claims by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Sixth, Seventh and District of Columbia Circuits in holding that Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guards are not ?law enforcement officers? for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2680(c). The Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Damage Award in Psychiatrist’s Strangling Death by Eleventh Circuit Affirms Damage Award in Psychiatrist's Strangling Death The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury's verdict awarding a psychiatrist's widow $1.3 million judgment against Florida's Collier County Sheriff. PLN previously reported this verdict, which was predicated …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Missouri Prison Ordered to Provide Immediate Abortion by A federal court in Missouri granted an injunction to a female prisoner, requiring the Women?s Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WERDCC) to transport her for an immediate abortion. Prisoner Roe was approximately 16-17 weeks pregnant and had been requesting an abortion while confined …
Publication • January 1, 2007
Filed under: Attorneys, Mental Health
Secondary Trauma and Burnout in Attorneys - Effects of Work with Clients Who are Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse, Levin, 2007 Secondary Trauma and Burnout in Attorneys: Effects of Work with Clients Who are Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse Andrew P. Levin, MD Dr. Levin is Assistant Clinical …
Publication • January 1, 2007
Filed under: Medical, Shelter
Supportive Housing, Bazelon Center, 2007 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: The Most Effective and Integrated Housing for People with Mental Disabilities 1 Introduction People with mental disabilities can successfully live in the community like everyone else, as envisioned by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Supportive housing makes this possible. Supportive housing gives them …
Florida's Department of Corruption by David Reutter Florida's Department of Corruption by David M. Reutter An underlying principle of our penal system is to instill respect for the laws and rules that govern our society. As such, those charged with running our nation's jails and prisons have an ethical obligation …
Florida Prison Canteen Operators Offices Raided by David Reutter Florida Prison Canteen Operator's Offices Raided by David M. Reutter Agents from the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement raided the office of American Institutional Services (AIS) on June 7, 2006 and seized the companys business records. AIS ran weekend …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright As the year 2006 closes we have reported a lot of news and major developments, some of it good, some of it not so good. The main thing though is we accomplished a lot as far as getting back on our regular publishing schedule, …
Violent Oregon Prisoner Murders Cellmate; County Points Fingers; Family Sues by By all accounts, 22-year-old Thomas Allen Tommy Gordon is an extremely dangerous man. In 2001 he fatally shot his friend, Dylan Beck, in the back of the head while they were driving in Vancouver, Washington. While awaiting trial Gordon …
Aramark: Prison Food Service with a Bad Aftertaste by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Aramark, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based $10 billion/yr. Fortune 500 company providing diverse institutional food services. Its Illinois-based subsidiary, Aramark Correctional Services, Inc., (ACSI), which bought out Wackenhut's Correctional Foodservice Management division in 2000, contracts with …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Ninth Circuit: Total Exhaustion-Dismissal Rule Not Required Under PLRA by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a prisoners 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against prison officials should not be summarily dismissed under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) 42 U.S.C. § …
Seventh Circuit Rejects Total Exhaustion Rule for § 1983 Complaints by Bob Williams Seventh Circuit Rejects Total Exhaustion Rule for § 1983 Complaints by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated the dismissal of a prisoners amended complaint, finding prior exhaustion putting the state …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of ETS/Retaliation Claims by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(10)(1) dismissal of an environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) claim filed by a Tennessee prisoner, concluding that the plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to state a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim. The appeals court …
Sixth Circuit Upholds $34,000 Retaliation Verdict; New Trial & No Recusal Not Abuse of Discretion by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's order granting a new damages trial on a prisoner's retaliation claim. The appellate court also upheld the district judge's refusal to recuse himself. Ernest …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On July 10, 2006, Kevin Peltier, 30, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for participating in the fatal beating of Mojave county jail prisoner Peter Deakin. Jereme Cosby, the alleged leader of the beating was sentenced to life in prison for the beating. …
Seventh Circuit Discusses Administrative Exhaustion by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoners amended complaint was the functional equivalent of a new complaint, and that new claims that were administratively exhausted after the original complaint was filed satisfied the Prison Litigation Reform Acts (PLRA) exhaustion requirement. …
Article • December 15, 2006
Failure to Treat Rectal Cyst For 30 Months States Claim by The plaintiff had a cyst near his rectum. One doctor refused to examine him despite his complaints of pain. A second doctor said the cyst needed to be "lanced out" but did not do anything except provide medication for …
Private Prison Execs Win Big While Guards and Prisoners Lose Out by Michael Rigby Many of the problems associated with imprisonment in the U.S. high staff turnover, prisoner neglect and abuse, and the introduction of contraband by employees, for example can be attributed to the paltry salaries and few benefits …
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