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Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 in Shooting Death of Suspect by The County of Los Angeles agreed to settle for $850,000 a lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force in killing a man after a pursuit. The County denies that police acted improperly, but entered into the settlement to avoid …
Article • April 15, 2009
Court Orders California Prison Officials to produce Document In Response To Discovery Request by U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Hollows has ordered prison officials in a suit alleging inadequate medical care to turn over various documents not provided in response to requests for discovery. Victor Carrasquillo, a California state prisoner, filed …
$1.35 Million Settlement in Fatal California Police Shooting by California’s Alameda County has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit that claimed police were liable for killing a bystander to a confrontation with police for $1.35 million. Officers David Taylor and Tara Russell responded to a Dublin house on August 11, …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
California Class-Action Suit Reinstates $1.5 Million Illegally Siphoned From County Jail Inmate Welfare Fund by John Dannenberg California Class-Action Suit Reinstates $1.5 Million Illegally Siphoned From County Jail Inmate Welfare Fund by John E. Dannenberg Santa Clara County, California (SCC) agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit seeking recovery of funds …
California Juvenile Parolees Entitled to Two-Step Revocation Process; Case Settles by John Dannenberg California Juvenile Parolees Entitled to Two-Step Revocation Process; Case Settles by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has held that the rights of California juvenile parolees were violated by the …
California Female Parole Supervisor Awarded $859,000 for Gender Discrimination by Female Superior by California Female Parole Supervisor Awarded $859,000 for Gender Discrimination by Female Superior A Los Angeles jury has awarded $859,000 in damages to a female state parole supervisor who claimed that her superior, also a woman, discriminated against …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
CA Supreme Court Capitulates, Rewrites "Unworkable" 2005 Dannenberg Lifer Judicial Parole Review Standards by CA Supreme Court Capitulates, Rewrites "Unworkable" 2005 Dannenberg Lifer Judicial Parole Review Standards In a welcome reversal of its own “hotly contested” 4-3 decision in In re Dannenberg, 34 Cal. 4th 1016 (2005), concerning judicial review …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Filed under: Money/Property, Restitution
California: Restitution Fine Unlawful for Accessory to Murder by California: Restitution Fine Unlawful for Accessory to Murder The California Court of Appeal (1st District) reversed a trial court’s imposition of a $12,083 restitution fine in an accessory-to-murder conviction because the criminal act – accessory after the fact – did not …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
$100,000 Settlement In Death of Diabetic California Prisoner by $100,000 Settlement In Death of Diabetic California Prisoner The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled for $100,000 the wrongful death suit brought by the surviving son of a CDCR prisoner who died from undertreated diabetes after a 2½ year …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Cornell Defrauded of $13 Million in Prison Construction Scam by Cornell Defrauded of $13 Million in Prison Construction Scam On August 26, 2008, indictments were filed against three men accused of defrauding private prison operator Cornell Corrections of California, Inc. out of $13 million in a prison construction scam. A …
Article • April 15, 2009
California Unlawful Arrest and Excessive Force Nets $90,000 by The City of Salinas, California paid a Daly City man $90,000 to settle his lawsuit for unlawful arrest, detention and excessive force. Maurice Goodman, an African American staff paralegal for the San Mateo County Superior Court, and coach and team president …
$4,000,000 Award Against LA County Sheriff for Wrongful Death Shooting by On November 20, 2002, Robert Mitchell, a black man recently released from prison, was shot dead by LA County Deputy Rick Manes after being mistakenly identified as a burglar. Although directly contradicted by several eyewitness accounts, Manes asserted the …
$155,751 Award Against California Youthful Offender Parole Board Upheld by A California court of appeals upheld a jury award of $9,046.00 and $146,705.00 in attorney fees to a former California Youthful Offender Parole Board (YOPB) employee. Lisa Steele, a former clerk at the YOPB, filed suit in California superior court …
Article • April 15, 2009
California Appellate Court: First-Degree Murderer Released After 24 Years And Four Governor-Reversals Of Grants Of Parole by The California Court of Appeal, in 2-1 decision, overruled Governor Schwarzenegger’s fourth reversal of a grant of parole for a 60-year-old female first-degree murderer after finding that her release was not supported by …
Article • April 15, 2009
California Supreme Court Holds Records of Illegal Search Exempt from Disclosure Under Public Records Act by In July 1999, Elgin Haynie was pulled over by Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff David Mertens because Haynie's vehicle matched the description of one reported minutes earlier through 911. After searching the van and …
Brief • April 8, 2009
Beecham v. City of West Sacramento, CA, Jury Instructions, officer beating false arrest, 2009
Brief • March 26, 2009
Filed under: Shootings
Miller v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Plf Reply to Def Mot in Limine, Club Shooting, 2009 Case 5:07-cv-00806-VAP-CT Document 102 Filed 03/26/2009 Page 1 of 7 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 jb@johnburtonlaw.com 2 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 414 South Marengo Avenue 3 Pasadena, California 91101 …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter by Todd Matthews In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter by Todd Matthews If any one of the dozen attorneys working at the Prison Law Office ever …
Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John Dannenberg Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John E. Dannenberg In a tentative ruling issued February 9, …
California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million by California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million The surviving family of a deceased detainee at the Santa Cruz, California jail settled their wrongful death suit against Santa Cruz County and its sheriff’s personnel for $3 million …
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