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$176,000 Awarded in Attorney Fees by A federal district court in Illinois entered an award of $163,276 in attorney fees and $12,398 in costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to prisoner plaintiffs who won $130,000 in damages at a jury trial after being beaten by prison guards. The court …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals
Ninth Circuit Expands Mailbox Rule by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has held that a prisoner's notice of appeal is timely filed as long as it is mailed within the applicable time limit; the court does not require the notice to be mailed by a method that …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Washington Prisoners Have No Right to Earned Time by The state court of appeals for Division III has held that Washington state prisoners have no constitutional or statutory right to be allowed to earn "earned time" credits. Dagoberto Galvez was placed in administrative segregation where he was not allowed to …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
A Matter of Fact by Welcome to this new feature of PLN. Often we run across amazing facts, figures, quotes, or statistics, but don't have the time, energy, or space to develop a full-length article. So, in the same vein as "News in Brief," this column will be consist solely …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by PA: On April 6, 1996, four prisoners in the Adams county prison used tools and a weighted sock to attack two guards and escape from the minimum security prison. Police said the escapees may have been picked up by an accomplice in a car. The prisoners …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Florida Prisoners Type Political Donor Lists by Florida state elections officials are hiring prisoners to type into a computer the names of big-money political donors. Secretary of State Sandra Mortham's office is under orders to make the contributions information available on the internet. Mortham said her office will save tax …
No Due Process in Seg Placement by In the August, 1995, issue of PLN we reported Sandin v. Conner, 115 S.Ct. 2293 (1995) in which the supreme court held that prisoners have no due process rights in disciplinary hearings as long as the length of their sentence is not affected, …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
From the Editor by Dan Pens I welcome you to the 74th consecutive monthly issue of PLN. When we first published in 1990, the state of Washington attempted to deny delivery of PLN to every prisoner in the state. PLN made it clear that we'd challenge the ban in court, …
Brief • June 14, 1996
Goldsmith v. Dean, VT, Settlement Agreement, Failure to Protect, 1996 State of Vermont OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION 103 South Main Street Waterbury, Vermont 05671-0701 Fax: (802) 241-2736 June 14, 1996 Allen F. Breed P.O. Box 698 San Andreas, California 95249 Re: Goldsmith v. Dean Settlement Agreement …
Brief • June 11, 1996
Goldsmith v. Dean, VT, Order, Failure to Protect, 1996 Goldsmith v. Dean PC-VT-001-003 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT -WJ c-. Robert Goldsmith, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No.""> 2:93-CV-383 f v. Howard Dean, et al., Defendants. ORDER AND NOW, this 10th day of June. 1996, upon …
Lucas v. White, CA, Complaint, Abuse of Inmates, 1996 1 2 ROSEN, BIEN & ASARO MICHAEL W. BIEN - 096891 DONNA PETRINE - 154833 M.J. TONY PAIKEDAY - 176051 155 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone (415) 433-6830 3 4 5 LAW OFFICES OF GERI L. GREEN …
Publication • 1996
Filed under: Legal Materials
Recommended Collections for Prisons A.A.L.L. 1996 •.> .... · ... :' ~ -<··,(~ ._...... :. :-·..:.:" . . ;. . .. . A A LL ~ -.. - : - ·,~ .!.~:_, ,;r: : • -. . . '.:: ·;:. - • • • • •.:.. ReCommended Collections, ; FOR …
Publication • 1996
Filed under: Medical, Respiratory
First Aid for Asthma, Allyn & Bacon, 1996 First Aid for Asthma What is an asthma attack? People with asthma have extra-sensitive airways. Triggers like dust, pollens, animals, tobacco smoke and exercise may make their airways swell and narrow, causing wheeze, cough and difficulty breathing. Sit the person comfortably upright. …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Summary Judgment Notice Must Be Given by Court by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has reaffirmed that when a district court considers matters outside the pleadings in ruling on the sufficiency of a complaint it must give the plaintiff notice and allow the plaintiff an opportunity to …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Discovery
Dismissal of Suit for Not Attending Deposition Reversed by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a prisoner appearing at a deposition hearing, but refusing to testify, was not a "failure to appear" within the meaning of Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(d). Robert Estrada, a California state prisoner, had filed …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Jury Power in Action by A single mother in Cleveland, Ohio went on trial for welfare fraud. She was charged with "stealing" $11,000 in cash and food stamps over a two-year period. Between June 1988 to January 1990 she is accused of working at a $6,000-a-year part time job emptying …
Complaint Need Not List Capacity Defendants Sued In by The court of appeals for the fourth circuit has held that plaintiffs suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 need not specifically plead in their complaint that the state officials are being sued in the individual rather than their official capacities. Instead, …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Texas Rent-A-Cells Burn by The February issue of PLN featured "Kidnapping and Extortion Texas Style." Several county jails in Texas are scrambling to pay off the "junk munis" (municipal bonds) they used in the late 1980's to build rent-a-jails. Their clientele of Texas state prisoners dried up after the state …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Litigants Must Be Given Writing Materials by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit has held that prisoners must be provided with writing materials in order to ensure their right of court access. Such claims are not dependent upon a showing that the underlying claim would have succeeded, only …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Dismissal of Women's Suit Affirmed by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action suit by women prisoners in Iowa. Past issues of PLN have reported Pargo v. Elliot, 49 F.3d 1355 (8th Cir. 1995), a class action suit in which women prisoners …
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