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Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Gay Prisoners Not Entitled to Double-Occupancy Cell by Gay Prisoners Not Entitled To Double-Occupancy Cell The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that legitimate penological interests supported a prison policy to restrict homosexual male prisoners to single celled housing while at the same facility yet permitting homosexual female prisoners …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Incarceration Not Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights in Nevada by In two separate parental rights cases, the Nevada Supreme Court held that imprisonment alone is not sufficient grounds for termination of parental rights. In 1997, the minor child Q.L.R. was born to Roger R. and his wife, Dina M. …
Unauthenticated Evidence Does Not Support Summary Judgment by by Matthew T. Clarke A Texas state court of appeals held that the trial court's granting of TDCJ's motion for summary judgment was error because photocopies of prison rules attached to the motion were not authenticated. Richard Allen Kleven, II, a Texas …
$112.50 Per Hour Post-Judgment Attorney Fees Upheld Under PLRA by Bob Williams The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that post-judgment attorney fees are compensable under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), though subject to the PLRA's rate cap of $112.50 an hour. In 1991, Robert Webb, …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Damages Award, Discovery Sanctions, Fees in Missouri Pepper Spray Case by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict, damages awards, and discovery sanctions against Missouri Department of Corrections officials at the Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) in a case involving excessive force against PCC …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
America Without the Death Penalty: States Leading the Way by Robert Woodman America Without the Death Penalty: States Leading the Way by John F. Galliher, Larry W. Koch, David Patrick Keys, and Teresa J. Guess. Northeastern Univ. Press, Boston, 2002, 280 pages, hardcover $35.00 Review by Robert H. Woodman Death …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Oklahoma Prisoner/Paupers May Be Required to Pay Partial Filing Fee by Oklahoma Prisoner/Paupers May Be Required to Pay Partial Filing Fees The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a trial court order directing an indigent prisoner to pay partial filing fees from future prison labor earnings. Eugene Smith, an Oklahoma prisoner, petitioned …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Video-Visits Out in New Mexico Prisons by Gary Hunter After two years, the draconian practice of video-only visitation was abolished in New Mexico prisons. "I believe we can achieve the same security goals with non-contact visits," said newly installed Corrections Secretary Joe Williams. "Keeping an inmate's family ties are important," …
Guard Awarded $515,813 Against Private Medical Provider by A Florida Jury awarded a Martin County Jail guard, Ronald Keeler, $515,813 against a private medical provider. Keeler sued Correctional Physician Services (CPS), who provided medical care to jail prisoners, and New Horizons of the Treasure Coast, Inc., who was a subcontractor …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death by Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death On December 11, 2002, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma agreed to settle a medical neglect suit by paying $385,000 to Deborah Smith, 31, a former prisoner in the Oklahoma county jail. While imprisoned in the …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Arizona Surcharge on Fines Upheld by Arizona Surcharge On Fines Upheld The Arizona Supreme Court recently upheld A.R.S. 16-954(C) which imposes a 10% surcharge on civil and criminal fines, with a portion of the proceeds to fund political campaigns. Steven May, an Arizona legislator, received a $27 parking ticket but …
Brief • November 8, 2003
Ingles v. Toro, NY, Fourth Amended Complaint - NY DOC Excessive Force Class Action, 2003 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------------------x ADAM INGLES, SHAWN DAVIS, ED SYKES, MIGUEL ROMAN, AL SMITH, CHARLES PAIGE, JAMAL BUTLER, ANDRE PRATT, ROBERT ALLAWAY, PATRICK WASHINGTON, RANDOLPH JOHNSON, ROGELIO FIGUEROA, PAUL …
Brief • November 3, 2003
Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Evidence
Gosciniak v. Sacramento County, CA, Plaintiff's Reply to Motion for New Trial, 2003 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) HADDAD & SHERWIN 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600 Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 622-7788 Fax: (510) 482-3873 Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT …
Brief • October 22, 2003
Waterman v. McGuire, KS, Complaint, Restriction of Mail Delivery, 2003 CRAIG E. WATERMAN (Name) . JFl1~~lQ) 76829 (Institutional Register No.) 6~~2 2003 1300 N. WAREHOUSE RD. FT. LEAVEN(Current Mailing Address) W RTH NSA [] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS CASE NO. CRAIG E. WATERMAN ' Plaintiff …
The Deadly Health Services of Naphcare in Alabama by Lonnie Burton It is often said that you can tell a lot about a society by checking the condition of its prisons. Based on the way prisoners in Alabama are treated (or, more accurately stated, not treated), citizens of that state …
Temporary Injunction Issued in Alabama Suit by On June 26, 2003, the parties in Baker v. Campbell agreed to the entry of a temporary preliminary injunction which, among other things, provides for "immediate" and "adequate" medical care for Alabama prisoners with serious illnesses. The "Preliminary Injunction Settlement Agreement" stems from …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style by Peter Wagner by Nils Christie, Routledge Press (2000 Rev. Ed.) 244 pages, Paperback Review by Peter Wagner The heavily revised third edition (2000) of Crime Control As Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style is an essential guide to understanding the incarceration boom …
Wackenhut's Legacy of Shame in Austin by by Matthew T. Clarke The price of attending the March 1997 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, came very high for Dallas record producer David Prater. Busted for a minor drug possession, in 1998 Prater was sentenced to 250 days in …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Stun Belt Prejudice Reverses California Conviction by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Supreme Court overturned a three-strikes conviction and remanded the case for a new trial because of the potential for psychological prejudice from a remote-controlled electronic stun belt on a defendant's demeanor during testimony, where …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In April, 2003, St. Clair Correctional Facility guard Cedric Bothwell, 39, was fired after being indicted in federal court on extortion charges. Bothwell is accused of selling crack cocaine to a prisoner in exchange for $4,000 and when the prisoner couldn't pay an additional $3,500 …
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