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Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Utah Evaluates Drug Program Pilot; Recommends Further Evaluation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by Utah’s legislative Auditor General into the performance of the Drug Offender Reform Act (DORA) says that more time is needed to evaluate the program, and it makes several recommendations to assist in …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
$100,000 Settlement in Illegal Imprisonment Caused by Massachusetts’ Failure to Implement Court Order by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A former Massachusetts prisoner has received $100,000 to settle a claim of wrongful and illegal confinement. PLN previously reported on this incident, which stems from the failure of the Massachusetts …
Vermont Supreme Court: “Nutraloaf” Diet Is Punishment that Requires Hearing by On March 13, 2009, the Vermont Supreme Court held that placing a prisoner on a “Nutraloaf” and water diet constitutes punishment that requires a hearing before the punitive diet is imposed. William Borden, Richard Pahl and Brian Pelletier, Vermont …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Ohio Parole Authority Ordered to Grant Hearings that Provide Meaningful Parole Consideration by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Court of Common Pleas in Franklin County, Ohio has entered summary judgment finding the Ohio Adult Parole Authority (APA) denies “meaningful parole consideration when they assign an inmate to a …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Vendor Crushed by Seattle Jail Door Receives $43,525 for Injuries by Washington State’s King County Jail in Seattle has paid $43,525 to settle a claim brought by a man delivering frozen food to the Jail. While making his delivery on November 7, 2002, David Huntington was crushed by a heavy …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
$250,000 Award in Mississippi False Imprisonment Suit by Last January, a Mississippi federal jury awarded a former prisoner $250,000 for being falsely incarcerated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The facts of the case exhibit an unbelievable abuse of power by MDOC officials. After pleading guilty to burglary of …
Judge Not: Judges Benched for Personal Misconduct by by Gary Hunter & Alex Friedmann They decide hot-button topics ranging from abortion and racial discrimination to religious freedoms and contested elections. They can put you in prison or vindicate your civil rights. They can even sentence you to death. Who am …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright The cover story and a number of other articles in this issue of PLN focus on misconduct by judges. As this article goes to press the anointment hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court are taking place in the US senate. …
FedCURE Entitled to Fee Waiver for FOIA Request by Brandon Sample On March 19, 2009, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton granted a motion for summary judgment filed by FedCURE, a non-profit organization that advocates for federal prisoners and their families, in a suit filed under the Freedom of Information Act …
Violence on the Rise in BOP Facilities by Brandon Sample Killings, assaults and other acts of violence are becoming more widespread in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), as the prison population increases and staff-to-prisoner ratios decline. Fifteen prisoner-on-prisoner BOP homicides occurred in 2008 compared with 12 in 2007. Serious …
Judge Sonia Sotomayor Denied My Appeal and I Spent 16 Years in Prison for a Crime I Didn’t Commit by Jeffrey Deskovic My name is Jeffrey Deskovic. At age 17, I was wrongfully convicted of murder and rape, a conviction that was based upon a coerced false confession, the fabrication …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client
A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School by Todd Matthews Thirty years ago, Brett Dignam would not have believed she would spend her career as an attorney advocating for prisoners’ rights. Dignam’s …
Rodriguez v. City of Houston, TX, Motion for Atty Fees, Wrongful Rape Conviction, 2009 Case 4:06-cv-02650 Document 335 Filed in TXSD on 08/14/2009 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION GEORGE RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, et al., …
Fabian et al v. Dunn et al, TX, Order, juvenile immigrant detainees guard brutality denial of counsel, 2009 Fabian et al v. Dunn et al Doc. 189 In the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Emerson Gaitan Fabian v. Maureen Dunn, et. al. § § § …
Brief • August 12, 2009
Montgomery v Johnson Va Plf Memo in Reply Pld Mot for 2nd Am Compl Guard Restraint Use Excessive Force 2009 Case 7:05-cv-00131-jpj-pms Document 285 Filed 08/12/2009 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION MICHAEL EUGENE MONTGOMERY, Plaintiff, v. SIA …
Brief • August 12, 2009
Houle v Sampson Mi Plf Brief in Supp Plf Mot for Pi Parole Condition Restrictions 2009 Case 2:09-cv-10504-MOB-DAS Document 46 Filed 08/12/2009 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN _________________________________________ KEVIN HOULE, et al., Plaintiffs, File No. 2:09-cv-10504 v. Hon. Marianne O. Battani BARBARA SAMPSON, …
Brief • August 12, 2009
Shaheed v Usa Il First Stip for Settlement Muslim Mistreatmenet 2009 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HAKEEM SHAHEED, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et aI., ) ) Defendants. ) Case No. 07-cv-679-MJR ) STIPULATION FOR COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT …
Brief • August 12, 2009
Kentucky Aoc v Codell Construction Company Ky Settlement Agreement Bonding Requirements 2009 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE ("Agreement") is th made this 12 day of August, 2009, by and between Commonwealth of Kentucky, Administrative Office ofthe Courts ("AOC") and Codell …
Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-00786-LH-DJS Document 1 Filed 08/12/2009 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HEATHER SPURLOCK, & SOPHIA CARRASCO, Plaintiff, v. No. 1:09-cv-00786 ANTHONY TOWNES & BARBARA WAGNER in their individual capacities, & CORRECTIONS …
Brief • August 11, 2009
Filed under: False Arrest
Vodak v. City of Chicago, IL, Plf Objection to Def Costs and Mot for Stay of Execution, Unreasonable Seizure, 2009 Case 1:03-cv-02463 Document 596 Filed 08/11/2009 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KEVIN VODAK, et aI, individually and on behalf …
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