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Lifton v. City of Vacaville, CA, Trial Transcript, Police Deadly Force, 2001 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 ~. .•.... ~ FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 2 -"i~ ,·t,l.;'~: 3 ---000--- BEFORE THE HONORABLE DAVID F. LEVI, JUDGE 4 5 ---000--- 6 7 REBECCA LIFTON, et al. Plaintiffs, …
Brief • June 20, 2001
Barham v. Pierce County, WA, Claim, ADA Discrimination Firing, 2001 Ulj/l\J/.':J1 . TUr; lJ:Jkt ~::>J·/}JOt.U1J to"Ju'. ' ~vv"- . -' RECEIVED ~.O·-"IM . ol1"o~ K, CLAIM FOR DAMAGES r~ R'&wAnut: ~ ~ 'PIERC~1G.0UNTY RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT Jl.lfJ 2 \l '}ilO' ~ JUN 202001 955 Tacoma Avenue SOuth, Suite 303 Tacoma, …
Women Behind Bars by Silja JA Talvi It's the kind of statistic that deserves repeated mention: America's prisons and jails now hold just under two million persons, or 1 in every 142 U.S. residents. To put America's incarceration rates into perspective, it's worth bearing in mind from 1990 to 2000, …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Right now we are still focused on getting our publishing schedule back on track so that readers receive their issue around the beginning of the issue's calender date. We expect to be back on schedule by July. As …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Custodial Rape of Female Prisoners Widespread in U.S. by Roger Smith Custodial Rape Of Female Prisoners Widespread In U.S. by Roger Smith American jail and prison officials sexually molest hundreds, and possibly thousands of women prisoners each year. According to a March 2001 report by Amnesty International USA, over 1,000 …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Man Receives $250,000 Award by On January 11, 2001, a Columbus, Ohio man who spent nearly six years in prison for three rapes he did not commit was awarded almost $250,000 in damages by the Ohio Court of Claims. Walter D. Smith, 43, was released from the …
Federal Court Partially Terminates New York Jail Consent Decree Relief by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in New York has terminated consent decree relief for New York City Jail prisoners with respect to restrictive housing due process, prisoner correspondence, and law libraries, while leaving intact the consent …
ADA Settlement at Washington Special Commitment Center by Hank Balson By Hank Balson In December 2000, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) settled a lawsuit brought by seven disabled residents of the Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC), the state's civil …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Texas Prisoners Have Thirty Days to Sue Following Resolution of Grievance by An appeals court in Texas has held that Texas prisoners have only 30 days to file a lawsuit after resolution of their administrative grievance. Failure to do so results in dismissal of the suit. Richard James Randle, a …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Prisoners of the Census by Tracy Huling Record numbers of urban people of color are now in prisons in rural areas _ where the census counts them as residents. Result? The prisoners' `share' of federal funds pegged to population counts will go to their keepers' hometowns. Since April Fool's Day, …
Leave to Amend Complaint Wrongly Denied by In a brief ruling, the court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a district court erred in dismissing a prisoner's lawsuit without giving him leave to add a retaliation claim to the complaint. Jeffrey Williams, an Iowa state prisoner, was transferred …
$3 Million Award Not Excessive in Prisoner Beating Death by The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a $778,000 verdict and $2.2 million punitive damage award against Shelby County, Tenn. deputy sheriff Rhett Shearin and life prisoner Jerry Ellis in a county jail beating death where Shearin …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Suspicionless Maine Jail Strip Searches Set for Trial; Settles for $455,000 by The court of appeals for the First circuit held that disputed fact issues required a trial to determine if a Maine jail's practice of strip-searching all arrestees was unconstitutional. Carmen Miller was arrested on a restricted warrant and …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
PLRA-Based Garnishment Used to Collect Court Costs for Defendant by The court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that the method for garnishing a prisoner's trust fund set forth in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(f)(2)(A), (B) and (b)(2), may be …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Indiana Jail Settles Strip Search Case for $300,000 by Indiana Jail Settles Strip Search Case For $300,000 On June 6, 2000 Harrison County, Indiana, Jail officials agreed to settle a class action lawsuit involving nearly 200 people who sued in an Indiana federal district court after they were illegally strip …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by AL: In December 2000, Montgomery jail guard Eileen Mayfield was accused of coercing five male prisoners into giving her sexual favors in exchange for candy, snacks and cigarettes. Brazil: On April 12, 2001, 368 prisoners at the Carumbe prison in Cuiaba took 150 visiting family members …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Ten Percent Prison Commissary Surcharge in New Jersey Upheld by The Superior Court of Appeals of New Jersey has held that the 10% surcharge on purchases from prison commissaries in New Jersey is constitutional. Paul Auge, a New Jersey state prisoner, filed suit in state court challenging the imposition by …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Harsh Hitching Post Treatment States Claim by An Alabama federal district Court ruled state prisoner Toby Fountain stated a cruel and unusual punishment claim under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for being tied to a hitching post for 9 hours. Alabama DOC authorizes the use of a "restraining bar," that is better …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Statutory Authority Not Required to Levy Housing Costs by Statutory Authority Not Required To Levy Housing Costs The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials can levy housing cost liens without statutory authority. Prisoner Leonard G. Tillman filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action challenging the Lebanon County Correctional …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Continuing California's Prison Interview Ban by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely For the second year in a row, California Governor Gray Davis vetoed a bill aimed to restore news media access to prisoners. On Monday, October 2, 2000, Davis vetoed the bill, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists, which …
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