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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 16, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated excessive force claims raised by a Texas prisoner in a federal civil rights suit.  Michael Bourne was being held in a segregation cell when he …
Article • July 3, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Texas Prisoner Sues Former Guards for Planting Screwdrivers in His Cell by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2019, Texas state prisoner Neil Giese filed a lawsuit against four former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) guards – including a major, a lieutenant and a sergeant – who allegedly …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Texas Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Reaction to Prison Blankets Moves Forward by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A lawsuit filed by a Texas prisoner with a wool allergy, who has spent a decade trying to get a blanket that will not cause an adverse reaction, has survived the state’s attempt to …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Texas Bans All Clergy from Death Chamber after Supreme Court Stays Execution by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Texas prisoner Patrick H. Murphy on March 28, 2019, based upon his challenge to a prison policy that effectively allowed only Christian …
Mentally Ill Texas Woman “Ignored to Death” After Five Months in Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Janice Dotson-Stephens, 61, died of natural causes at the Bexar County jail in San Antonio, Texas on December 14, 2018. The circumstances of her death were anything but “natural,” though. She spent …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Fifth Circuit Holds Transgender Prisoner Not Entitled to Sex Reassignment Surgery by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In a 23-page opinion issued on March 29, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) did not violate the Eighth Amendment by refusing to provide …
Native American Prisoners Win Lawsuit Over Right to Wear Long Hair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On January 24, 2019, a Texas federal district court held that three Native American prisoners had the right to wear long hair as required by their religious beliefs. Teddy Norris Grey Hawk Davis, …
Klick v. Cenikor Foundation, TX, Class Action Complaint, Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-01583 Document 20 Filed on 06/27/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION TIMOTHY KLICK, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Texas Lawmakers Consider State Jails a “Complete Failure” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In 2019, the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a report that called the state jail system “a complete failure.” Created in 1993, the category of crime known as a state jail felony was intended …
Supreme Court Again Prevents Texas from Executing Intellectually Disabled Prisoner by In an unusual case where prosecutors sided with the defense and the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court crossed sides, convicted Texas murderer Bobby James Moore has again been ruled intellectually disabled and therefore not a candidate for …
Texas: Prosecutorial Misconduct May Stymie Death Sentence by On October 26, 2006, Paul David Storey, then 21, and his accomplice, Mark Devayne Porter, robbed Putt Putt Golf & Games, a miniature golf course in Fort Worth, Texas. During the course of the robbery they shot and killed assistant manager James …
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Banned Book Lists
Texas Disapproved Publications List (January - June 2019) TEXAS DEt:·ARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASSl~"iCATION AND RECORDS DIVISION DIHECTOR'S REVIEW COMMITtt:E ATTN: File Copy DATE: January 2, 2019- December 31, 2019 FROM: Director's Review Committee SUBJ: DRC Decisions For the months beginning January 2, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019 matter …
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
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Honoring Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Switching the Default Rule From Pretrial Detention to Pretrial Release in Texas's Bail System, Texas A&M Law Review, 2019 Texas A&M Law Review Volume 6 Issue 1 2-2019 Honoring Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Switching the Default Rule from Pretrial Detention to Pretrial Release in Texas's …
Article • May 28, 2019
Fifth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment Dismissal in Jail Suicide Case by On April 26, 2019, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals upheld a district court’s summary judgment dismissing a lawsuit over a Texas jail prisoner’s suicide. Early in the morning of February 19, 2016, Jose Luis Garza’s mother called 911 …
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Texas Challenge to Forced Prison Labor by On May 1, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of claims by a Texas state prisoner related to his “religiously-motivated decision not to participate in an unpaid prison work program.” The court …
Williams v. Cenikor Foundation, Class Action Complaint, Withholding Wages, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-02828 Document 1 Filed on 05/22/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BEAUMONT DIVISION SHELBY LEE WILLIAMS and RANDY EDWARD POUNCY, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, …
Federal Circuit Upholds BOP Guard’s Termination Despite 1,265-Day Delay by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the termination of a federal prison guard, finding that he waived any claim of prejudice from a 1,265-day delay between commencement of the investigation …
Salim v. JPay, TX, Preliminary Approval of Settlement, Video Visitation Cutoff, 2019 Case 4:18-cv-00730-ALM-KPJ Document 16 Filed 04/16/19 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 142 United States District Court EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION OUMER SALIM, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated v. JPAY, INC. § § …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Conflict of Interest in Texas Rangers’ Investigation of Deaths at LaSalle-Operated Jails? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In January 2019, the Dallas Morning News reported that Louisiana-based private prison company LaSalle Corrections, which operates eight jails in Texas, employs a former Texas Ranger whose son oversees that law enforcement …
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