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Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Los Angeles County Pays $40,000 Damages to Assaulted Prisoner Informant Witness by The County of Los Angeles, California paid $40,000 to a prisoner who was badly beaten in the county jail upon returning from court, by friends of the defendant he had just testified against in a murder trial. In …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis, Damages
Illinois Prisoners Win $8 Million for Failure to Treat Hep C by A federal jury has awarded four Illinois prisoners over $2 million apiece in a civil rights action filed against state prison officials for denying treatment for Hepatitis C (Hep C). In 2005, Edward J. Roe, Anthony P. Stasiak, …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Over $6 Million Awarded in Oakland, California Parolee’s False Arrest Suit by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A federal jury awarded $6,058,000 in damages to a parolee and his girlfriend for outrageous conduct by Oakland, California city police (OPD) when they broke into his residence, told him they had …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Floor-Sleeping at Los Angeles County Jail Ruled Unconstitutional by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On September 21, 2007, a California U.S. District Court granted summary judgment in favor of a class of prisoners who had been required to sleep on the floor of the Los Angeles County Jail (“Jail”) …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Three Suicide Suits At Sacramento, California Jail Settled For $1,000,000 by For a total of $1,000,000, California officials settled the wrongful death lawsuits stemming from three prisoner suicides in the Sacramento County jail. Sacramento County Sheriff John McGuiness averred that the agreement to settle should not be construed as evidence …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Authorities Listen in on Attorney-Client Calls at Jails in FL, CA and TX by David Reutter by David Reutter & Matt Clarke In December 2007, it was reported that an investigator at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail was caught listening to telephone conversations between a prisoner and his attorney. As a …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Court Clerk Fired for Relationship with Prisoner; Bar Complaint Against Federal Prosecutor Exposed Relationship by In August 2007, a deputy clerk at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was fired after an investigation revealed she had a personal relationship with a prisoner who flooded the courts with …
Article • August 15, 2008
Ban on EFUs and Artificial Insemination for CA Lifers Upheld by California denies conjugal visits to persons sentenced to life without parole or to life without a parole date established by the parole board. The plaintiff is serving so much time that no parole date appears likely. The court declines …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Sex Offender Parolee’s Computer Restrictions Valid Where Computer Use was Related to Past Crimes by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal has held that a “no-computers” condition of parole for a parolee convicted of lewd conduct with a minor was appropriate where the parolee had had …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Indian Prisoners Ordered To Practice Religion At Own Expense by California federal Indian prisoners brought a class action suit against the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Lompoc in 1977 for the inability to access a sweat lodge the lodge was ordered built at the plaintiffs' expense. Terry Bear Ribs, …
Production Denial Of California Investigative Jailhouse Informant Misuse Documents Ordered Reviewed by Ex California State prisoner Thomas Goldstein sought review of an order denying him grand jury investigative evidentiary materials for use in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for wrongful conviction. The materials had a direct relationship to his …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Public Interest In Peace Officers' Identity And Activities, Outweigh Statutory Exemption by The Los Angeles Times (Times) sought review of an appellate denial for the release of peace officer information under the California Public Records Act (Act). The disclosure was ordered pending a specificity determination by the Superior Court. …
Article • August 15, 2008
Federal Employees Cannot Be Subpoenaed for Private Litigation by The district court did not abuse its discretion in quashing a deposition subpoena for a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, consistently with the FWS's policy of not letting its biologists testify in private litigation, since they were already overworked and the …
City Liable for Retaliation Against Cop Whistleblower and Code of Silence by The plaintiff police officer reported misconduct by other officers that resulted in their suspension. At 943: "Blair had the right under the First Amendment to inform his superiors of misconduct in the police department." He was then subjected …
Article • August 15, 2008
San Leandro (California) Police Taser, Choke Man To Death; $395K Settlement by A San Leandro (California) family (plaintiffs) brought suit against the city and it's police after the tasing and choking of Jose Perez, Jr., in 2005 resulting in his death. The suit settled on May 24, 2007 without admission …
Article • August 15, 2008
Salinas (California) Police Harassment, False Arrest Suit Settles For $90,000 by San Mateo County (California) Superior Court staff Paralegal and youth football coach, Maurice Goodman, brought a § 1983 action for civil rights violations against the City of Salinas and police for being falsely arrested in 2005. The suit settled …
Article • August 15, 2008
San Diego Sheriff’s Employee Terminated for Marrying A Felon by San Diego (California) ex sheriff's department employee Arleshia Graham appealed mandamus denial by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) challenging her 2005 termination for marrying a felon. Her termination was affirmed. A long time employee and recently promoted processing supervisor, Graham …
Article • August 15, 2008
No Constitutional Right To Watch T.V. In California Jail by California State pro se prisoner Andrew Andersen appealed the dismissal of his § 1983 and state violation action. He alleged television access violations, subjection to a single religion and misuse of prisoner funds while detained in the Orange County Jail. …
Police Chief Subject to Discovery in Killing by Cop by The court cites law acknowledging the "need for controlling the use of subpoenas against high government officials," which usually requires a showing of "compelling need and extraordinary circumstances." The court questions whether a police chief is a "high government official," …
Okay for Prosecutor to Ask Defendant’s Daughter to Elicit Confession by The assistant district attorney arranged for a criminal defendant's daughter to visit his cell in the absence of his counsel and urge him to confess. The ADA could reasonably have believed that his conduct was not illegal, since prior …
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