Colon v. City of Lawrence, MA, Judgment Agreement, def to honor payment to plf, 2011 Case 1:08-cv-11960-NMG Document 69-1 Filed 01/26/11 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS MANUEL COLON, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF LAWRENCE and CARL FARRINGTON Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action …
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Amicus Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011 Case: 10-1764 Document: 00116161442 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/23/2011 Entry ID: 5520809 10-1764 IN THE United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit SIMON GLIK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN CUNNIFFE, in his individual capacity; PETER J. …
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Plf Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011 Case: 10-1764 Document: 00116159256 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/18/2011 Entry ID: 5519386 No. 10-1764 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT _________________________________ SIMON GLIK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN CUNNIFFE, in his individual capacity; PETER SAVALIS, …
Political Patronage Scandal Rocks Massachusetts Probation Department by Derek Gilna A May 2010 investigative report in the Boston Globe took the Massachusetts Probation Department to task for bypassing qualified candidates for available job positions, instead employing at least 250 friends, relatives and financial backers of politicians and top court officials. …
Massachusetts: Court Lifts Stay of Discovery in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Disability Law Center, Inc. (DLC) has obtained an order lifting a stay of discovery in its suit against the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC). As previously reported in …
Massachusetts DOC Injunction Requiring Broadcast of Jum’ah Services via Closed-Circuit Television Upheld by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld an injunction requiring the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) to broadcast Friday Jum’ah services via closed circuit television to Muslim prisoners in segregation. The injunction comes in …
The Graying of America’s Prisons by James Ridgeway Frank Soffen, now 70 years old, has lived more than half his life in prison, and will likely die there. Sentenced to life for second-degree murder, Soffen has suffered four heart attacks and is confined to a wheelchair. He has lately been …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Suffolk County Jail Class Action Toilet Suit by A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 4,000 former prisoners of Building 4 of Massachusetts’ Suffolk County House of Correction. The complaint alleged Eighth Amendment violations for cruel and …
Massachusetts Clerk Magistrates and Assistants Pocket Millions in After-Hours Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2009, 191 of 210 clerk magistrates and assistants in Massachusetts padded their incomes by pocketing over $2.5 million in after-hours bail fees. Clerk magistrates and assistants are paid salaries ranging from $84,000 to …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, MoL Support Plf Mot for Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF STEPHEN …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, MoL Support Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants PLAINTIFFS STEPHEN DOHERTY’S MOTION TO ESTABLISH ENTITELMENT TO …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Reply re Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF STEPHEN …
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Sheriff May Not Charge Jail Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 5, 2010, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that the Sheriff of Bristol County could not charge fees for certain jail services. In 2002, prisoners at the Bristol County House of …
Doherty v. Marshall, MA, Plaintiff's Appellate Brief, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2010 Issue Presented Did the superior court abuse its discretion by awarding attorney fees to Plaintiff-Appellee Doherty after the jury found that the DefendantAppellants had caused him and ten other prisoners to live under conditions of extreme squalor and filth …
In Re Woodman, MA, Settlement, Wrongful Death Police Excessive Force, 2010 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement ("Agreement") is made this _ day of June, 2010 by and between the City of Boston on behalf of its employees, agents, and officials, including without limitation Mayor Thomas …
Judge Finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Massachusetts Jail, 11 Years After Suit is Filed by Brandon Sample On September 24, 2009, Suffolk Superior Court Judge John C. Cratsley held in a class-action lawsuit that Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson in Bristol County, Massachusetts was housing prisoners under cruel and unusual conditions. Originally …
Massachusetts DOC Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle ADA Suit by On October 24, 2005, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a suit brought by a prisoner under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for $15,000. Paul Shedlock sued the DOC after staff at MCI Norfolk refused …
Massachusetts’ Prison Ban on Sexually Explicit Material Upheld by A Massachusetts federal district court has held a legitimate penological interest exists for a Massachusetts Department of Corrections policy that bans sexually explicit publications. Before the Court was a lawsuit brought by 11 prisoners, alleging violation of their First Amendment rights. …
Massachusetts Transsexual Case Proceeds to Discovery by A Massachusetts federal district has held that a prisoner who seeks a taxpayer-funded sex change has failed to prove “serious harm” by the denial of additional hair-removal treatments. The plaintiff is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Cheryl, in …
