Arizona: Police Lieutenant Gets Special Treatment During DUI Jail Sentence by Mesa, Arizona police lieutenant Rick Van Galder apparently thought he deserved special treatment after his DUI arrest – and he got it. Van Galder was stopped by rookie officer Gonzalo Dominguez on February 12, 2016 after a concerned citizen …
Rascon v. Brookins, AZ, Motion to Disqualify Counsel, Wrongful Death Due to Police Restraint, 2017 Case 2:14-cv-00749-JJT Document 162 Filed 02/03/17 Page 1 of 13 Devon M. Jacob, Esquire | Pa. Sup. Ct. ID: 89182 Jacob Litigation, P.O. Box 837, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0837 djacob@jacoblitigation.com | (717) 796-7733 IN THE UNITED …
Doe v. Johnson, AZ, Defendent's Response, Archiving Evidence, 2017 Case 4:15-cv-00250-DCB Document 275 Filed 02/03/17 Page 1 of 38 CHAD A. READLER Acting Assistant Attorney General WILLIAM C. PEACHEY Director, Office of Immigration Litigation District Court Section COLIN KISOR Deputy Director MICHAEL A. CELONE Trial Attorney YAMILETH G. DAVILA Senior …
Jacovo v. Lowe, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 1 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") is entered into, on, by and among STEVEN GEORGE JACOVO, Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC") #136755, individually (the "Plaintiff'), RANDALL A. LOWE, …
Office of Inspector General Chides DOJ and Navajo Nation for Wasteful Prison Project by Derek Gilna The Department of Justice (DOJ) plan seemed straightforward: build two badly-needed correction facilities on the Navajo Nation to replace two obsolescent and overcrowded facilities. Over $70.5 million was allotted for this project, elaborate plans …
Dudley v. Vagara, AZ, Settlement, Retaliation, 2016 , SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") 1s made between: (i) The Plaintiff Damian Dudley, ADC #-(hereinafter "Dudley"); and · (ii) the State of Arizona Defendants Edna Vergara and Alvato Roberts (hereinafter "State Defendants"). Plaintiff Dudley and State …
Coker v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") 1s entered into, on, by, and among LESLIE COKER individually (the "Plaintiff'); and the STATE OF ARIZONA ("the State") on behalf of Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC") employee GILDARDO SANTA …
Phoenix Fire Investigators and Insurance Company Implicated in Wrongful Prosecutions by Joe Watson Following a decision by Arizona prosecutors not to criminally charge a pair of Phoenix Fire Department (PFD) investigators who allegedly lied under oath and trained a dog to implicate innocent people, victims have pursued justice through civil …
Mendiola-Martinez v. Arpaio, AZ, Settlement, Shackling Pregnant Prisoners, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and General Release of All Claims (hereinafter "Agreement") is made by Plaintiff Miriam Mendiola-Martinez and Defendants Joseph M. Arpaio, and Maricopa County (hereinafter "Plaintiff," "Defendants," and/or the "Undersigned"). · WHEREAS, …
Thompson v. Fullmore, AZ, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 Page 1 of 5 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS Marshall Thompson, ADC Inmate No. ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor"), hereby enters into this Settlement Agreement and Release of all Claims ("Settlement Agreement") with the State of Arizona and all of its past, …
Arizona Governor's Record on Clemency is Brutal, Unlikely to Change by In Arizona, where most residents throughout the state seldom experience thunderstorms, data shows that it's more likely criminal offenders will be struck by lightning than granted clemency by the governor. And the rarity of commutation is likely to be …
Ruscher v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Agreement'') is made between: (i) Jennie Povilat (fin/a) Jennie Daniels, surviving parent of Joshua Ruscher, Deceased, ("Povilat''); and (ii) Charles Ryan, Berry Larson, the Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADOC") and its …
Ninth Circuit Finds Arizona's Sex Offender Registration Law Not Ex Post Facto Violation by Matthew Clarke On September 2, 2016, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that Arizona's sex offender registration law may be constitutionally applied to persons who committed their offense prior to …
Maricopa County Jail's Prisoner Health Care Still Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke With assistance from American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project (NPP) attorneys, plaintiffs were able to fend off an attempt to terminate a 37-year-old class-action civil-rights lawsuit challenging the provision of medical and mental health services to pretrial detainees …
Federal Court Rejects Prison Doctor's "Expert" Testimony by Lonnie Burton A U.S. District Court judge in Arizona has rejected nearly all of the proffered testimony of a doctor that prison officials had claimed was an "expert" on the issues of "the unique challenges of providing health care" in a correctional …
Arizona Private Prison Profits Disappear As Immigration Arrests Decline by Matthew Clarke The San Luis Regional Detention and Support Center opened with a capacity of 548 beds in 2007. Initially, it housed male and female immigration detainees. In 2009, Emerald Correctional Management took over operation of the center, located in …
Ekman v. AZ, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT TIDS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT ("this Agreement") is intended by the parties as a release of all claims, known and unknown, past and present, and …
Labarbera v. State of AZ, AZ, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL MUTUAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Mutual Release {"Agreement") is made and entered into this_ day of October 2016, between BRANDEIS L. LABARBERA, a single woman {"LaBarbera") and THE STATE OF ARIZONA, a government entity …
CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners by Coccidioidomycosis is the medical term for valley fever, an airborne fungal disease that led to more than 5,600 reported infections in Arizona in 2014; the disease is also prevalent in some areas of California. PLN has previously reported on …
