U.S. v. HireRight Solutions, DC, Complaint, FTC-FCRA violation background checks, 2012 Case 1:12-cv-01313 Document 1 Filed 08/08/12 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ) HIRERIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC. …
General Order re Video Recording D.C. Metro Police 2012 GENERAL ORDER Title Video Recording, Photographing, and Audio Recording of Metropolitan Police Department Members by the Public Topic OPS Series Number 304 19 Effective Date July 19, 2012 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA I. II. III. I. Policy Regulations Cross References Related to: …
PLN Public Records Suit Reveals Litigation Payouts for District of Columbia DOC by Alex Friedmann As the result of a Freedom of Information Act request and subsequent lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News, litigation payouts in cases involving the District of Columbia’s prison system have been publicly disclosed. In January …
DC Prisoner's False Imprisonment Claims Survive Summary Judgment by A federal court in the District of Columbia (DC) refused to dismiss a former prisoner's claims that she was improperly confined 149 days past her sentence expiration date. On December 15, 2005, Eloise Wormley was sentenced to 12 months in prison, …
Army Scientist Paid $5.8 Million to Settle Anthrax Accusations Defamation Suit by In 2002, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft called Army scientist Steven Hatfill a "person of interest" in a deadly 2001 anthrax mailing case. Six years later, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) paid Hatfill $5.8 million to settle …
Tucker v. District of Columbia, D.C., Complaint False Arrest, Photographing Public Meeting , 2012 Case 1:12-cv-00777 Document 1 Filed 05/14/12 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PETER CARLL TUCKER, 3900 Watson Place, NW, Bldg. B, Apt. 4C Washington, DC 20016, ) ) ) …
U.S. Dept of Justice Civil Rights Division-Letter Regarding Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Dept, May 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division JMS:TDM:RJO DJ 207-35-10 Special Litigation Section - PHB 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC 20530 May 14, 2012 Mark H. Grimes Baltimore Police Department Office of Legal …
Rumsfeld, Military Officials Immune from Suit by Foreign Nationals Alleging Torture on Foreign Soil by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On June 21, 2011, a divided D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of a district court that dismissed claims for damages and declaratory relief brought by nine foreign …
Beaty et al v. FDA et al, DC, Opinion, Thipental Import and Misbranding, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DONALD EDWARD BEATY, et al., ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, v. ) Civil Case No. 11-289 (RJL) ) ) FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRA TION, ) ) ) …
Prison Legal News v. DC, DC, Order Granting Plf Mot for Fees and Costs, 2011 SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Division PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2008 CA 004598 …
D.C. Appeals Court Dismisses Prisoners' Privacy Claims in Photograph Retention Suit by Derek Gilna Derek Gilna The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned aside an appeal by Keith Maydak, Ambrose Mitchell, Paul Lee, and Gregory Smith, who were federal prisoners, alleging violations by the Bureau of …
D.C. Circuit Reverses Arbitration Discussion for Guards by On July 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit set-aside an arbitration award obtained by federal prison guards against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). In order to cut down on overtime costs, the BOP in 2004 reconfigured the …
FOIA’s Privacy Exemptions Do Not Apply to Corporations, Supreme Court Holds by Exemption 7(c) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows the withholding of records that “could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b) (7) (c). The third circuit held …
No Immunity in Product Liability Suit Because of FDA Warning by In March 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a Ninth Circuit holding that the makers of Zicam Cold Remedy (Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.) were potentially liable for failing to disclose reports of a possible link between their product and …
State Not Liable for Escaped Juvenile Detainee’s Murder of Store Owner by The federal district court of the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the defendants in a lawsuit seeking damages resulting from a store owner’s murder by an escaped juvenile detainee. The action was brought by the wife …
D.C. District Court Partially Dismisses Lawsuit by BOP CMU Prisoners by A lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners held in Communication Management Units (CMUs) at federal prisons in Terre Haute, Indiana and Marion, Illinois, which alleged violations of their Constitutional rights due to placement in the CMUs, as well as …
Prisoners Must Resort to Habeas First before Settling Relief under the Privacy Act when Attacking a Prison Disciplinary Conviction that Involves the Loss of Good Time by Federal prisoners may not seek monetary damages via the Privacy Act when the requested relief, if granted, would necessarily imply the invalidity of …
Feds Pay Wrongfully Convicted D.C. Men $1.9 Million by The U.S. Department of Justice agreed in April 2011 to pay almost $1.9 million to two former prisoners wrongfully convicted of murder, who spent a combined 49 years in prison for a District of Columbia homicide. Joseph Wayne Eastridge and Joseph …
Britt v. CCA, DC, Protective Order, Confidential Information Discoverable, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00987-ESH Document 16 Filed 08/25/11 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) ANTHONY BRITT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 11-0987 (ESH) ) CORRECTIONS CORPORATION ) OF …
