Burdette et al v. Town of Harpersville, Al, Order, JCS private parole deptors prison, 2010 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 7/11/2012 3:26 PM CV-2010-900183.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA MARY HARRIS, CLERK
Alabama Uses Federal Stimulus Money to Prop up Prison System by Alabama allocated 11% of its federal education stimulus funds to its prison system. Of the $1.1 billion the state received from the U.S. Department of Education from 2009 to 2010, the state gave more than $118 million to the …
Alabama Condemned Prisoner Commits Suicide with Unknown Object by An Alabama prisoner on death row killed himself with an unknown object. In 2005, Jason Jones, 29, was convicted of the 2004 beating and stabbing deaths of his parents, Nancy and Dr. Tim Jones, in their Monroeville, Alabama residence. "I am …
Settlement in Alabama Prison Overcrowding and Violence Suit by David Reutter A class-action lawsuit that alleged conditions at Alabama’s Donaldson Correctional Facility (DCF) placed prisoners “at a substantial risk of injury due to violence, lack of security, understaffing, corruption, and severe overcrowding” has concluded with a settlement agreement designed to …
Alabama Sheriff Capitulates to ACLU in Challenge to Denial of Attorney Visits by The ACLU of Alabama has reached a settlement that allows its staff members to have consultation visits with prisoners at the Fayette County Jail (FCJ). The settlement was reached within six weeks after the ACLU sued the …
Mason v. Hale, AL, Amended Complaint, Jail Overcrowding, 2011 FILED Case 2:11-cv-03155-TMP Document 21 Filed 11/08/11 Page 1 of 40 2011 Nov-08 AM 10:16 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION John Mason IV, ) Ishmael Khalid …
$450,000 Settlement in Alabama Jail Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The estate of a prisoner who died at Alabama’s Washington County Jail has agreed to accept $450,000 to settle a wrongful death suit. Shawn Desmond Woodard, 33, was being held at the Washington County Jail on …
Alabama Sheriff Jailed For Starving Prisoners: States Cut Prisoner Meals by Gary Hunter By Gary Hunter Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett was arrested by federal authorities on January 8, 2009, after he admitted to pocketing $200,000 designated for prisoners' meals in the Alabama jail. Johnny Maynor and Anthony Murphree, prisoners …
Alabama Court Bans Felon Disenfranchisement Until Legislature Defines Moral Turpitude Crimes by Alabama’s Jefferson County Circuit Court has held that Alabama’s Constitution permissibly disenfranchises felons convicted of crimes of moral turpitude, but the absence of legislation defining moral turpitude prevents any felon from being disenfranchised. Before the court was a …
11th Circuit: Nominal Damages Resulting From Unconstitutional Arrest Of 9-Year-Old On School Grounds Not Sufficiently Exceptional To Justify Award Of Attorney’s Fees by Michael Brodheim By Michael Brodheim The Eleventh Circuit has vacated the award of attorney’s fees where the prevailing party, a nine-year-old Alabama child who in 2003 was …
Sex Offense against Minor Requires Registration by The Eleventh Circuit Court Appeals affirmed a sentence that required a defendant convicted of five misdemeanor counts of willfully depriving individuals of their right to be free from unreasonable searches by one acting under color of law to register as a sex offender …
SORNA's Registration Requirements Do Not Apply to Convictions Involving the Transfer of Obscene Materials to a Minor by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided that the registration requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) …
Mistaken Release Still Escape If You Do Not Turn Yourself In by The federal escape statute applies to prisoners who fail to turn themselves in after being mistakenly released, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided December 27, 2010. Lonzell Gowdy was mistakenly released by Alabama prison …
LCS Granted Writ of Mandamus on the Basis of Res Judicata by The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled on December 19, 2008 that res judicata was established in a prisoner’s First Amendment case that was previously adjudicated by a Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction. On October 3, 2006, Carl Braxton …
State Law Registration Requirements Trigger SORNA by On December 15, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a sex offender’s conviction under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). David Griffey was convicted of a sex offense in Illinois, but later moved to Alabama after …
Limbaugh v. Thompson, AL, Amicus Brief - Rluipa, Native American Long Hair Beard Growth, 2011 Case 2:93-cv-01404-WHA -CSC Document 523 Filed 04/08/11 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION James Morning Raven Limbaugh, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil No. 2:93-cv1404-WHA Leslie …
Limbaugh v. Thompson, AL, Statement of Interest, Native American Long Hair, 2011 Case 2:93-cv-01404-WHA -CSC Document 523 Filed 04/08/11 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION James Morning Raven Limbaugh, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil No. 2:93-cv1404-WHA Leslie Thompson, et al. …
Henderson v. Bentley, AL, Complaint, HIV Prisoner Discrimination, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION LOUIS HENDERSON, DANA HARLEY, DARRELL ROBINSON, DWIGHT SMITH, ALBERT KNOX, ROOSEVELT JAMES, JOHN mCKS, APRIL STAGNER, ASHLEY DOTSON, and MELINDA WASHINGTON, on behalf of themselves and of …
Alabama DOC Settles Wicca Suit by On August 20, 2004, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to settle a suit seeking recognition and accommodation of Wiccan religious practices. In 1995, Timothy Hornsby sued the ADOC arguing that its refusal to recognize Wicca as a religion violated his constitutional and …
ACLU AL v. Ingle, AL, Complaint, Due Process Prisoner Attorney Visitation, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA JASPER DIVISION AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA and ALLISON NEAL, Plaintiffs v. RODNEY INGLE, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Fayette County, Alabama, …
