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Article • May 15, 2008
No Cause of Action Under International Law for Medical Experiments by Plaintiffs complaining about being subjected to medical experiments in a mental hospital "have not established a cause of action for civil responsibility for crimes against humanity." (42) Although international law "is an inseparable part of American jurisprudence and as …
Article • May 15, 2008
NJ Prisoner’s Tuberculosis Suit Dismissed by NJ Prisoner's Tuberculosis Suit Dismissed The plaintiff tested positive for tuberculosis while incarcerated; he was given INH, which caused some liver problems. The defendants were not deliberately indifferent in not doing TB testing every six months rather than yearly and in giving him INH. …
Article • May 15, 2008
Delaware Prisoner’s Conditions Suit States Claim by Delaware Prisoner's Conditions Suit States Claim The plaintiff alleges that while a detainee he had to sleep on the floor for a week in Booking and Receiving; when he was assigned to housing, he had to sleep on the floor for three weeks …
Court Terminates 1975 Minnesota Disciplinary Hearing Consent Decree by The court terminates 1975 consent judgment concerning disciplinary due process At 1007: A "Federal right" does not include rights established by consent decrees There is no evidence of current or ongoing violations Plaintiffs suggested that further investigation might uncover some, but …
Brief • May 2, 2008
Sikelianos v. Citv ofNew York. ef al., NY, Letter to Judge to compel Associated Press to produce photographs, May 2, 2008 Jeffrey A. Rothman Attorney at Law 315 Broadway, Suite 200 New York, NY 10007 Tel.: (212) 227-2980; Cell: (516) 455-6873 Fax: (212) 591-6343 rothman.jefiey@gmail.com May 2,2008 Bv Hand The …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Pennsylvania Lifers' Commutation-Law Ex Post Facto Suit Remanded to Determine Standing by John Dannenberg by John D. Dannenberg In 1997, an amalgam of Pennsylvania prisoners, taxpayers and public interest groups sued the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons (Board) and top state officials in U.S. District Court, challenging restrictive 1997 amendments to …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
New Los Angeles County Policy: Keep Lawsuit Settlements Confidential by Lawyers for Los Angeles (L.A.) County have ceased making public their internal memos recommending settlements on major lawsuits against the county because they fear that this information is only encouraging attorneys in other lawsuits to arbitrarily increase their settlement demands. …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
California DOC and Joint-Venture Contractor Owe Over $1.8 Million in Attorney Fees for Protracted Suit Granting Prison Workers Prevailing Wage by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, 4th District, has upheld the San Diego Superior Court’s award of $1,257,258.60 in attorney fees incurred during drawn-out …
Georgia’s Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David Reutter Georgia's Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David M. Reutter With an increase in Georgia's prison population, the cost to provide medical care to prisoners has soared. Due to legislative budgetary …
Philadelphia City Jails Under Federal Supervision, Again, Temporarily by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court has held that the conditions of confinement in the intake units at Philadelphia?s local police districts, the Police Administration Building (PAB), the Philadelphia Prison System (PPS) and the Curran Fromhold …
Federal Court Grants Class Certification to Disabled Washington Prisoners by On August 10, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted class certification to a group of disabled prisoners who were not allowed to participate in work release programs due to their disabilities. Plaintiff Rickey Peralez …
PLN Obtains Injunction Against Fulton County Jail in Censorship Suit by Alex Friedmann On February 4, 2008 the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division) granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News over censorship at the Fulton County Jail. PLN brought …
Brief • March 10, 2008
Hartley v. Brady, FL, Pltff Proposed Voir Dire Questions (2008) Case 3:05-cv-00515-VMC-MCR Document 95 Filed 03/10/2008 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION ERIC C. HARTLEY, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 3:05-cv-515-VMC-MCR BRADFORD BRADY and DAVID LOVE, Defendants. / PLAINTIFF'S PROPOSED VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS …
Brief • March 4, 2008
Centinela v. Bacardi & Co, DDC, Order, Fees for Motion to Compel Discovery Request, 2008 Case 1:05-cv-10220-PBS Document 1-1 Filed 02/03/2005 , FILED 1 t, CLfRKS OFFICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSET TS RICHARD CASTELLINI tp t. !,...,. r""_ .....,.;._; . ; illll:i FEB -3 p …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
PLN Sues CDCR Over Failure to Produce Public Records by On December 17, 2007, Prison Legal News filed suit against the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after the department failed to respond to PLN?s public records request seeking the CDCR?s payouts in prison-related settlements, claims, verdicts and judgments. …
Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care by by David M. Reutter Joshua W. Martin III, the Independent Monitor who is overseeing an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC), has issued his first semi-annual report. The agreement with the …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Federal Suit Over Wisconsin Suicide Attempt Settles for Millions by Michael Rigby On February 22, 2007, a lawsuit against employees of the Monroe County Jail in Wisconsin settled for between $6,100,000 and $13,100,000. The suit alleged deliberate indifference in a suicide attempt that left a prisoner permanently disabled In 2002, …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled by On March 19, 2007, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, award $4,250 to a state prisoner who fell and injured his knee while walking to a transport van in leg shackles. State prisoner Earl Martin, 54, fell …
Missouri Ordered to Pay Prisoner's $250,000 Judgment Plus Fees and Costs for Sexual Assaults by Work Supervisor by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 29, 2007, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that the state must pay a $250,000 judgment awarded in federal district court to a prisoner …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
BOP Must Provide Prisoner's FOIA Request in Electronic Format by The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has held that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) must provide a prisoner with information requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the format requested by the prisoner, which includes …
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