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Brief • August 24, 2001
Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat
Reynolds El v. Williams, DC, Release, Medical Neglect 2001 24 AUG 2001 Memorandum • Government of the District of Columbia ,RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Keith Reynolds El, residing at the Central Detention Facility 1901 D Street. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20001, with the DCDC Number 186-728, …
Brief • August 17, 2001
Filed under: Discrimination
US v. Lee, NM, Reply to Plaintiff Response to Motion to Intervene, Chinese Affirmative Action, 2001 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO Case No. CR 99-1417 JP United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Wen Ho Lee, Defendant. REPLY TO GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO MOTION TO …
No Due Process for Washington Sex Offender Registration by No Due Process For Washington Sex Offender Registration The Washington Supreme Court held that sex offenders are not entitled to notice or a hearing prior to being assigned a registration level. In 1990, the Washington State Legislature enacted the Community Protection …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Bolivia: On June 4, 2001, prisoners at the Palmasola jail became fed up with a gang of prisoners who called themselves the "smurfs" who beat, assaulted and extorted other prisoners and their visitors at the jail. Taking matters into their own hands, a mob of prisoners …
DC Prisoner Wins $175,000 in Conditions Case by David C Fathi by David C. Fathi On January 25, 2001, a federal jury in Washington, D.C. awarded nearly $175,000 to D.C. prisoner Lawrence Caldwell in his challenge to conditions at the District of Columbia's Maximum Security Facility (MSF) in Lorton, Virginia. …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Washington Sex Offenders Settle Suit for $150,000 by Washington Sex Offenders Settle Suit For $150,000 On January 22, 2001, Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC) officials settled two consolidated civil actions involving seven civilly committed Washington sex offenders. The sex offenders complained that they were not provided treatment for the psychological …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Unjust Rape Conviction Nets New York Man $530,000 by In May, 2000, the New York Court Claims in White Plains awarded Victor Ortiz, 41, $530,658 in damages after he spent 12 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. In January 1984, Ortiz, then 25, was convicted of …
New York Nazi Guard Charged with Sodomy by New York Nazi Guard Charged With Sodomy In the January, 2001, issue of PLN we reported the New York Court of Appeals' ruling that upheld an arbitrator's decision to continue the employment of Edward Kuhnel, a prison guard at the Eastern Correctional …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Habeas Hints: Apprendi by Kent Russell by Atty. Kent Russell [This column is intended to provide "Habeas Hints" for prisoners who are handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys. The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law which now governs …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Two Escape from Oklahoma Control Unit by Two Escape From Oklahoma Control Unit Two maximum security prisoners escaped on January 15, 2001, from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary's notorious Hunit, an underground control unit, only to be recaptured two days later. The escaped prisoners were identified by ODOC spokesman Jerry Massie …
U.S. Supreme Court Requires Futile Administrative Exhaustion by On May 29, 2001, a unanimous United States Supreme Court held that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires the complete exhaustion of prison administrative remedies, regardless of how futile those remedies may be and regardless of …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Washington Civil Commitment Injunction Upheld by The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the District Court's denial of a motion to dissolve an injunction requiring the Special Commitment Center (SCC) in Washington to bring its sexual deviancy treatment program within constitutional requirements. In 1994, Richard Turay, a …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Arizona Supreme Court Rules on 1993 Earned Release Statute by Arizona Supreme Court Rules On 1993 Earned Release Statute The Arizona Supreme Court has held that 1993 amendments to statutes governing earned release credits for Arizona prisoners do not apply to persons convicted of felonies committed prior to the amendment's …
$80,000 Settlement in CDC Transsexual Suit by In August 2000, the State of California settled a claim from a transsexual former prisoner that her need for hormone therapy was ignored while incarcerated by agreeing to pay her $80,000. Torey Tuesday South, 40, began her trek through the California penal system …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Court Awards $146,000 in Arizona Medical Indifference Case by Lonnie Burton An Arizona prisoner was awarded over $146,000 in damages in January 2000 after he filed suit claiming that an Arizona prison nurse's care amounted to deliberate indifference. Manuel Covarrubias, 46, was a prisoner at the state prison at Douglas, …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Pre-Sentence Detention Earns Good Time Credits in Montana Prison by The Montana Supreme Court granted habeas corpus relief to William MacPheat, a Montana state prisoner, who sought goodtime credits for presentence jail time and an earlier release from prison based upon award of those credits. In 1995, MacPheat was charged …
Kansas Disciplinary Restitution Orders Authorized by The Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed a district court judgment, reducing the amount of restitution assessed against two prisoners for disciplinary rule violations, from $1,956.75 to $1,104.68 per prisoner. In doing so, the court concluded that the Department of Corrections has the authority to …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Analyzed by The Temple Law Review recently published an article useful to any litigants challenging the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) cap on attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d). The Price of Civil Rights: The PLRA's Attorney's Fee Cap Provision as a Violation of Equal …
Dismissal of Washington Persistent Prison Misbehavior Charge Upheld by The Washington Supreme Court has affirmed the dismissal of a persistent prison misbehavior charge because the Department of Corrections (DOC) failed to properly promulgate its list of serious infractions, one of which formed the basis of the charge. In doing so, …
Kansas 2-Year Visiting Restriction Unauthorized by The Kansas Court of Appeals held that a 2 year suspension of a prisoner's visiting privileges was not authorized by the visiting rules. Derrick Davis, a prisoner at Lansing Correctional Facility received two disciplinary reports alleging that he engaged in lewd conduct with his …
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