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California Fair Employment and Housing Act Claim Analyzed by California's First District Court of Appeals has reversed a finding of workplace retaliation and expanded upon the elements of a claim under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). This action was initiated by Dr. Margie McRae, who alleged discrimination …
Article • December 15, 2007
CA DOC Must Arbitrate Grievances with Guards by The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (the Union) represents prison guards in conditions-of-employment negotiations with the state Department of Personnel Association (the Department). Even though Government Code section 3529 provides that guards themselves can't attend such negotiations, the Department agreed to allow …
Article • December 15, 2007
California Prisoner Who Broke Already Damaged Jail Cell Door is Not Liable for Full Cost of Replacement by The California Court of Appeal, District 5, reversed a Kings County, California felony conviction of a county jail prisoner for intentionally damaging jail property worth more than $400 (Penal Code § 4600), …
Article • December 15, 2007
California Prisoner IFP State Civil Filing Fee Statutes Interpreted by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In an important ruling for all California in forma pauperis (IFP) prisoner state civil complaint plaintiffs, the California Court of Appeal interpreted the application of the mandatory prisoner civil filing fee statutes, Government Code …
California Prison Chaplain’s Sexual Harassment of Female Employee Yields $439,000 Jury Verdict by California Prison Chaplain's Sexual Harassment of Female Employee Yields $439,000 Jury Verdict A California prison employee who was sexually harassed by a Muslim chaplain was awarded $439,000. Sallie Mae Bradley was a temporary social worker at Corcoran …
Prison Drinking Water and Wastewater Pollution Threaten Environmental Safety Nationwide by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Aging infrastructure concerns are not limited to America's highways, bridges and dams. Today, crumbling, overcrowded prisons and jails nationwide are bursting at the seams -- literally -- leaking environmentally dangerous effluents not just …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
California’s Prison Drug Procurements Separate from Other State Agencies by California's Prison Drug Procurements Separate from Other State Agencies California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle issued a June 2007 report to follow-up on her past recommendation to implement bulk procurement cost-savings in the state's contracts for pharmaceuticals. Since 70% of …
California DOC Federal Healthcare Receiver Issues Master Remedial Plan by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg "Good care is less costly than bad care." This maxim, from prison healthcare Receiver Robert Sillen, set the tone when he announced his master plan on May 10, 2007 to constitutionally repair the California …
California Inspector General: $1 Billion In DOC Drug Treatment Program “A Complete Waste Of Money” by Marvin Mentor California Inspector General: $1 Billion In DOC Drug Treatment Program "A Complete Waste Of Money" by Marvin Mentor California's Inspector General Matthew Cate issued a scathing 52-page report in February 2007 which …
Inadequate Medical Care Alleged at Alameda County, CA Jail – Four Prisoners Dead by Inadequate Medical Care Alleged at Alameda County, CA Jail - Four Prisoners Dead Family members of prisoners who became sick or died at the Santa Rita jail in Alameda County, California have alleged inadequate health care …
Corruption in Awarding California DOC Medical Contract Exposed by Marvin Mentor More details have surfaced in a conflict-of-interest scandal involving two California gubernatorial appointees involved in a $26 million no-bid contract awarded by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for medical scheduling services. PLN previously reported that the …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
State Auditor Flunks California DOC For Failure To Make Prison Population Projections by Marvin Mentor In a March 2007 Letter Report to California's Governor and Legislature, State Auditor Elaine Howell reported that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) had failed to make meaningful progress in devising accurate prisoner …
California DOC Guards Win Injunction to Stop Prisoner Transfers Out-Of-State; Transfers Continue While State Appeals by The Superior Court of Sacramento County has granted a writ of mandate prohibiting the transfer of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisoners to out-of-state facilities to alleviate the prison system's chronic overcrowding …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
California DOC Pays PLN’s Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement by John Dannenberg California DOC Pays PLN's Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement by John E. Dannenberg In June, 2007, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and Prison Legal News (PLN) stipulated …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
California DOC Contract Registry Pharmacist Accused of Diverting 93% of Referrals to His Own Corporation by California's State Auditor has found that a pharmacist, who was contracted by three state prisons to select other pharmacists from a state-approved registry to perform services at the facilities, directed 93% of such referrals …
Brief • November 2, 2007
Hopkins v. Flores, CA, Settlement, jail inmate welfare fund recovery, 2008 CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Class Aetion Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement") i'; entered into by a elass of inmates of the Santa Clara County jails ("Inmate Class"), through Class Counsel, and Santa Clara County ("County") nle foregoing are refolwd …
Serra v. Lappin, CA, Amended Complaint, Bivens Action - Renumeration for Prison Work, 2007 Case3:07-cv-01589-MJJ Document21 Filed10/29/07 Page1 of 13 JOHN lV1l.JRCKO, SB#47008 2831 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, California 94608 Telephone: (510) 465-2241 STEPHEN PERELSON, SB#43032 285 Miller Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415) 383-1070 \VILLIAM M. SIMPICH, SB# 106672 1736 …
Coleman v. Schwarzenegger, CA, Joint Statement Re Discovery Dispute, Medical Class Action, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PRISON LAW OFFICE DONALD SPECTER Bar No.: 83925 STEVEN FAMA Bar No.: 99641 E. IVAN TRUJILLO Bar No.: 228790 General Delivery San Quentin, California 94964 Telephone: (415) 457-9144 BINGHAM, …
San Mateo County, California, Settles Strip-Search Suit for $1.9 Million by On February 5, 2007, San Mateo County, California, agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that an estimated 1,200 women were illegally strip-searched at the county jail between February 3, 2002, and December 2, …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Los Angeles County Pays $475,000 In Jail Healthcare Wrongful Death by Los Angeles (LA) County settled out a wrongful death claim brought by the widow of a 71-year old prisoner who died allegedly for want of proper medical care in the county jail. On top of the $475,000 settlement payment, …
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