USA v. Brown, WA, Opinion, Conviction for Drug Conspiracy, 2018 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 16-30218 v. D.C. No. 3:15-cr-05521-BHS-1 MICHAEL N. BROWN, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington …
Report Slams Takeover of Washington DOC Food Services by Correctional Industries by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In October 2016 report by Prison Voice Washington detailed the adverse effects of a takeover of food services in Washington state prisons by Correctional Industries (CI). The report, titled “Correcting Food Policy in …
Investigation: Washington State Correctional Industries a "Broken Program" by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Washington State Correctional Industries (CI) ranks as the fourth largest prison labor program in the United States, with revenues north of $70 million in fiscal year 2014. However, the program, which employs about 1,600 state prisoners, …
Chen v. Geo Group, Initial Disclosures, Geo Countersuit, 2017 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 CHAO CHEN, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, 10 11 Plaintiff, 12 13 Case …
Washington Supreme Court: Jail Not Responsible for Crimes Committed by Ex-Prisoner by On September 22, 2016, a split Washington Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals ruling and affirmed the trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the families and victims of a shooting instigated by a former jail …
WA: Court Affirms Dismissal of DOC Worker's Malpractice Suit Against Attorney for Allowing Statute of Limitations to Expire by On March 10, 2016, Division III of the Washington Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed a state department of corrections (DOC) worker who had sued an attorney …
WA: Jail Phone Conversations Not Private, May Be Used By Prosecutors by On July 25, 2016, the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One, held that neither a prisoner or the person on the other end of the phone have an expectation of privacy in a jail phone call and …
Choquette v. DuVall, WA, Report-Recommendation, Medication Revoked, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-05838-BHS-JRC Document 108 Filed 12/12/17 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 ETIENNE L. CHOQUETTE, Plaintiff, 11 12 13 14 CASE NO. 3:15-cv-05838-BHS-JRC REPORT …
$750 to Washington State Prisoner in Mailroom/Public Records Suit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On September 25, 2016, the state of Washington finalized a settlement agreement with a prisoner who had sued for public records act violations and for improper prison mail rejections. The parties agreed to a $750 …
HRDC Sues Kitsap County, Washington over Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed on October 20, 2017 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Washington, complaining of excessive and predatory fees imposed on prisoners who receive debit cards containing funds from their …
Bango v Pierce County, WA, Complaint, Psych Treatment Withheld, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-06002 Document 1 Filed 12/04/17 Page 1 of 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 DONALD BANGO and SCOTT BAILEY, individually and on behalf …
State of Washington v. Wences, WA, Opinion, Change of Law-Change of Sentencing, 2017 This opinion was filed for record FTTE at B/CO QilU onl4^ > IN CLERKt OFFICE •UPRBE(XHjm;am OFwuHMeroN OATS'KOV 3 0 201? nAA lAUAk^, SUSAN L CARLSON GmsFjusncE SUPREME COURT CLERK IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE …
State of Washington v. Miller, Find Law Analysis, Unlawful Imprisonment, 2017 3/14/2018 STATE OF WASHINGTON v. RICHARD CARL HOWARD II KING MILLER | FindLaw Not a Legal Professional? Visit our consumer site Register | Login CASES & CODES PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Forms JOBS & CAREERS NEWSLETTERS Lawyer Marketing Corporate Counsel BLOGS …
US v. Brown, WA, Opinion, Attempted Escape, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BUD RAY BROWN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 16-30143 D.C. No. 2:16-cr-00019JLQ OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Justin L. …
State of Washington v. HZ-B, FindLaw Analysis, Seal Juvenile's Record, 2017 3/14/2018 STATE OF WASHINGTON v. H.Z.-B., Respondent. | FindLaw Not a Legal Professional? Visit our consumer site Register | Login CASES & CODES PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Forms FindLaw Caselaw Washington WA Ct. App. JOBS & CAREERS NEWSLETTERS Lawyer Marketing Corporate …
Concern over Use of Prisoners to Clear Homeless Camps in Washington, Oregon by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In November 2016, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Seattle, Washington adopted a resolution calling on the city to stop using state Department of Corrections (DOC) work crews to clean up homeless …
$6.5 Million to Family of Wash. Diabetic Prisoner Who Died by In April 2015, a jury in Spokane, Washington awarded $8 million to the family of a 57-year-old prisoner described as a “brittle diabetic” who was allowed to die when state prison guards, rather than seeking medical attention, restrained him …
Washington Supreme Court Reverses Prisoner’s Parental Termination Order by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In January 26, 2017, a divided Washington Supreme Court held that a trial court could not terminate the parental rights of an incarcerated father without considering the facts of his incarceration as required by legislative amendments …
Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism by Candice Bernd by Candice Bernd, Truthout In April 2017, the Northwest Washington again made headlines after more than 100 immigrant detainees launched a hunger strike to protest the conditions inside the for-profit immigration jail. The demands reflected many …
