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Walker v. Horn-286 F.3d 705 (3rd Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

Walker v. Horn - 286 F.3d 705 (3rd Cir. 2002) - 2002 Walker v. Horn, 286 F.3d 705 (3d Cir. 04/16/2002) [1] U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit [2] No. 01-1905 and 01-1957 [3 ...

Woodson v. Green-191 F.Supp.2d 1231 (D.Kan. 2002)

Case • 2002

Woodson v. Green - 191 F.Supp.2d 1231 (D.Kan. 2002) - 2002 WOODSON v. GREEN, 191 F.Supp.2d 1231 (D.Kan. 02/26/2002) [1] United States District Court, District of Kansas [2] Case ...

Youngbear v. Thackler-174 F.Supp. 2d 902 (N.D., Iowa 2001).

Case • 2001

American religion at the prison. The District Court, Bennett, Chief Judge, held that: (1) the year-long delay violated the Native American inmates' First Amendment free exercise of religion rights; (2 ...

Forts v. Ward-566 F.2d 849 (2nd Cir. 1977)

Case • 1977

Forts v. Ward - 566 F.2d 849 (2nd Cir. 1977) - 1977 Forts v. Ward, 566 F.2d 849 (2nd Cir. 11/30/1977) [1] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT [2] Docket Nos. 77-2073 ...

Serna v. Colorado Department of Corrections-108 Fed.Appx. 570 (10th Cir. 2005)

Case • 2005

. Appx. 570; 2004 U.S. App. August 18, 2004, Filed NOTICE: [**1] RULES OF THE TENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS MAY LIMIT CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE RULES OF THE UNITED ...

DeLeon v. Strack-234 F.3d 84 (2d Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

DeLeon v. Strack - 234 F.3d 84 (2d Cir. 2000) - 2000 Deleon v. Strack, 234 F.3d 84, 234 F.3d 84 (2d Cir. 12/06/2000) [1] U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit [2] Docket No. 00-2022 ...

Amaro v. Taylor-170 F.Supp.2d 460 (D.Del. 2001)

Case • 2001

Amaro v. Taylor - 170 F.Supp.2d 460 (D.Del. 2001) - 2001 AMARO v. TAYLOR, 170 F.Supp.2d 460 (D.Del. 10/25/2001) [1] United States District Court, District of Delaware [2] Civil ...

McLean v. Village of Sleepy Hollow-166 F.Supp.2d 898 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)

Case • 2001

DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 166 F. Supp. 2d 898; 2001 U.S. Dist. October 9, 2001, Decided DISPOSITION: [**1] Plaintiff's motion to enforce the settlement agreement was denied ...

Johnson v. Duffy-588 F.2d 740 (9th Cir. 1978)

Case • 1978

Johnson v. Duffy - 588 F.2d 740 (9th Cir. 1978) - 1978 Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740 (9th Cir. 12/27/1978) [1] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, NINTH CIRCUIT [2] No. 76-1562 [3 ...

First Defense Legal Aid v. City of Chicago-319 F.3d 973 (7th Cir. 2003).

Case • 2003

First Defense Legal Aid v. City of Chicago - 319 F.3d 973 (7th Cir. 2003). - 2003 First Defense Legal Aid v. City of Chicago, No. 02-3376 (7th Cir. 02/19/2003) [1] In the United States Court ...

McCray v. Sullivan-509 F.2d 1332 (5th Cir. 1975).

Case • 1975

McCray v. Sullivan - 509 F.2d 1332 (5th Cir. 1975). - 1975 McCray v. Sullivan, 509 F.2d 1332 (5th Cir. 03/19/1975) [1] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT [2] Nos. 73 ...

United States v. Ward-561 F.3d 414 (5th Cir. 2009)

Case • 2009

of the district court de novo. 1 FOOTNOTES 1 U.S. v. Ceniceros, 204 F.3d 581, 584 (5th Cir. 2000). II The question before us is whether Ward, as an escapee, 2 had a right of privacy in his motel room entitling ...

Jenkins v. County of Hennepin-557 F.3d 628 (8th Cir. 2009)

Case • 2009

at the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center (Detention Center) in 2003. The district court 1 granted summary judgment to Pedersen and the County, and Jenkins appeals. We affirm. FOOTNOTES 1 The Honorable Ann D ...

Soto v. Erickson-USDC, E.D. Wis., No. 07-C-75 (2008)

Case • 2008

with respect to him. 1 FOOTNOTES 1 Plaintiff has submitted his own affidavit, in which he states that Officer Brant told him he was believed to have used a shank during the fight in question. (Soto Aff., Ex ...

Hernandez v. Velasquez-522 F.3d 556 (5th Cir. 2008)

Case • 2008

Hernandez v. Velasquez - 522 F.3d 556 (5th Cir. 2008) - 2008 Hernandez v. Velasquez, 522 F.3d 556 (5th Cir. 03/28/2008) [1] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT [2 ...

Widespread Failures at Crime Labs Continue to Plague Criminal Justice System

Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Evidence, DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction, FBI

: PLN, April 2015, p.1]. Yet it took almost twenty years before the FBI, under intense pressure from prisoners’ rights groups, including the Innocence Project, finally acknowledged the errors ...

Reforms at New Orleans Jail Slow to Materialize; Death Reporting Problematic

Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prison Reform, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Settlements, Disclosure of Records, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

profits before medical care. [See, e.g.: PLN, April 2016, p.1; March 2014, p.1]. After reviewing seven bids, Gusman awarded a five-year contract to a company based in Nashville, Tennessee. “We ...

Mass Incarceration Now, Tomorrow, Forever: Gov. Jerry Brown and the Politics of Court Bashing

Article • March 15, 2013

Filed under: Overcrowding, PLRA, Injunctions (PLRA), Suicides

judgment. See, e.g., Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1, 18 (1958), United States v. Barnett, 376 U.S. 681 (1964) This is an extraordinary public slap down of a sitting chief executive. The members of the special ...

News in Brief

Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014

Filed under: News in Brief

sentence. Hawaii: According to an October 1, 2013 news report, 17 Hawaii prisoners were removed from the Halawa Correctional Facility and mainland prisons and transferred to federal custody after ...

The End of Prison Visitation

Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry, Visiting, Video Visitation, Family, Fathers in Prison, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

;that more than 1 in 3 families goes into debt just to cover the costs of keeping in touch with their loved one. Of everyone pouring money into those systems, 87% are women. These fees are the linchpin ...