Court’s Gag Order in Michigan Jail Corruption Case Reversed by In March 2015, the Michigan Supreme Court concluded that a gag order entered in criminal proceedings against Wayne County officials charged with corruption in a jail building project must be reviewed. Following an audit into the jail project that cost …
Pepper-spraying Sleeping Prisoner Unconstitutional, but Case Loses at Trial by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “using a chemical agent in an attempt to wake a sleeping prisoner, without apparent necessity and in the absence of mitigating circumstances, violates clearly established law.” The ruling came in …
Sixth Circuit Allows Revival of Untimely Habeas Appeal Using Rule 60(b) by Matthew Clarke The Sixth Circuit allowed a prisoner to revive the appeal of her federal habeas corpus action in the interests of justice after she won a civil rights lawsuit against prison guards who prevented her from filing …
$2.5 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Former Michigan Prisoner by An exonerated Michigan man will receive $2.5 million for his almost 26 years of wrongful incarceration. He was released from prison after it was discovered that Detroit police had tainted the victim’s identification and withheld exculpatory evidence. Walter Swift was …
ACLU Michigan v. Livingston County et al, MI, Order, Livingston Co Jail post-card only mail policy, 2016 2:14-cv-11213-DPH-RSW Doc # 82 Filed 03/31/16 Pg 1 of 20 Pg ID 1206 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Civil Action No. …
Palmer v. City of Ecorse, MI, Protection Order, Defendant's Hard Drive, 2016 2:14-cv-12247-GAD-DRG Doc # 68 Filed 03/29/16 Pg 1 of 3 Pg ID 466 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION EMANUEL PALMER, Plaintiff, Case No. 2:14-cv-12247 -vs- Hon. Gershwin A. Drain Magistrate David R. Grand …
Doe v. Rahinsky, MI, Def Reply Brief, retroactive sex offender registration SORA, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-01140-RJJ-RSK ECF No. 30 filed 03/25/16 Page 1 of 6 PageID.156 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BRYAN COMPAAN, Plaintiff, No. 15-cv-01140 v DAVID RAHINSKY, Chief of Police of the City of …
Long & Hodges v. Pickell, MI, Complaint, 14th Am 8th Am toxic water, 2016 4:16-cv-10842-AC-SDD Doc # 1 Filed 03/08/16 Pg 1 of 11 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION DOUGLAS LONG and RENEE HODGES, individually, and on behalf of all …
Long and Hodges v. Pickell, MI, Complaint, jail toxic water, 2016 4:16-cv-10842-AC-SDD Doc # 1 Filed 03/08/16 Pg 1 of 11 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION DOUGLAS LONG and RENEE HODGES, individually, and on behalf of all other similarly situated …
$1,001 Default Judgment in Michigan - Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit by In March 2015, a Michigan prisoner was awarded $1,001 in a First Amendment retaliation claim following entry of a default judgment. Prisoner Deontae J. Gordon’s problems began when he asked “Defendant Little,” a librarian’s assistant at the Oaks Correctional Facility, …
New Michigan Law Requires Sex Offenders to Pay $50 Annual Fee; Court Challenge Fails by Derek Gilna A recently-enacted statute, Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725a(6), requires registered sex offenders to pay a $50 annual fee to help defray the cost of the state’s online sex offender registry. Offenders are required …
Prison Ecology and the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan by Panagioti Tsolkas “Here’s your water filtration system. By the way, you have a warrant for your arrest.” Jody Cramer, a former prisoner recently released from Michigan’s Genesee County Jail, said that was the story he heard from multiple other people …
Tolerating Failure - State of Health Care and Mental Health Care Delivery in MI DOC, AFSC PLSM, 2008 Tolerating Failure: The State of Health Care and Mental Health Care Delivery in the Michigan Department of Corrections Primary Authors: Angela Tripp, Natalie Holbrook, Raymond Charles Walen, and Robert R. Walsh, Ph.D. …
Palmer v. City of Ecorse, MI, Protection Order, Jail Media, 2016 2:14-cv-12247-GAD-DRG Doc # 61 Filed 02/22/16 Pg 1 of 3 Pg ID 418 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION EMANUEL PALMER, Plaintiff, Case No. 2:14-cv-12247 -vs- Hon. Gershwin A. Drain Magistrate David R. Grand CITY …
MI Senate Bill 632 Expanding Prison Industries Enacted, MI State, 2007 Act No. 102 Public Acts of 2007 Approved by the Governor October 1, 2007 Filed with the Secretary of State October 1, 2007 EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2007 STATE OF MICHIGAN 94TH LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 2007 Introduced by …
Order fining JPay in MI, DLRA, 2012 STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE REGULATION ,, tvuv 13 . . RioGe Before the Commissioner of the Office of Financial and Insnrance Regut�fJ In the matter of: JPay Inc. MT-0017843 Enforcement Case No. 12-11449 …
Isabella Jail, ACLU settle lawsuit, Morning Sun (Field), October 3, 2013 http://www.themorningsun.com/general-news/20131003/isabella-jail-aclu-settle-lawsuit Isabella jail, ACLU settle lawsuit Michigan Sheriff Logo By SUSAN FIELD, The Morning Sun Posted: 10/03/13, 2:53 PM EDT | Updated: 1 min ago Inmates at the Isabella County Jail will get recreation time out of their cells …
