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Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Brutality Protested by On October 10, 1994, more than 25 protesters marched on the Oak Park Heights state prison in Minnesota The demonstrators entered the prison lobby and demanded to meet with warden Erik Skon, who declined. The march was organized by the Love & Rage Anarchist Federation of Minneapolis …
Rikers Island Detainees in Struggle by Rikers Island is the largest penal colony in the world, holding more than 19,000 prisoners on a 410 acre island. Most of them are New York City pretrial detainees not convicted of any crime. The number of detainees is expected to increase to as …
No Interlocutory Appeal From Judgement by In the July, 1994, issue of PLN we reported Littlewind v. Rayl, 839 F.Supp. 1369 (ND 1994). The case involved a North Dakota state prisoner who, after assaulting a guard, was put into four point restraints, naked, for seven hours, 23 hours in three …
Tight Handcuffs State Claim by Ronald Davidson is a New York state prisoner. While being transported to the segregation unit of another prison he was handcuffed and shackled. The devices were so tight that they cut into Davidson s flesh and reduced circulation into his hands and feet, causing swelling. …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Prisoner Shot Dead by On September 30, 1994, death row prisoner Timothy Pride was shot dead by San Quentin, California, prison guards after being involved in a fight with another prisoner. According to witnesses, Pride was backing away from the other prisoner when shot. A prison spokesperson justified the killing …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Award for Prisoners Beaten by OH Guards by In April of 1993, the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) at Lucasville, Ohio, erupted in one of the longest, costliest, and most violent prisoner rebellions in recent history. The rebellion brought Lucasville to national attention, but Ohio prisoners and prisoncrats had long …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Lucasville 1994 "Spilt Milk" by John Perotti By John W. Perotti It's been almost two years since the 11-day siege at the southern Ohio Correctional Facility located in Lucasville, Ohio. The problem? "Spilt milk" is just the beginning. Millions of dollars have been spent on reconstruction of the prison and …
Federal Courts Must Rule on State Law Claims in Beating by Michael McLaurin is an Arkansas state prisoner. A prison guard accused McLaurin of stealing cigarettes from another prisoner despite assurances from both prisoners that McLaurin was only holding the cigarettes as a favor to the owner. The guard struck …
TX Guards Charged in Beating Murder by On October 7, 1994, 15 of about 300 prisoners in the recreation yard of the Terrell Prison Unit in Livingston, TX, attacked prison staff. One guard suffered a broken nose. Prison guards beat several prisoners in retaliation for the attack. On October 9, …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Discriminatory Jury Selection Reversed by In the September, 1994, issue of PLN we reported on the unconstitutionality of racially discriminatory jury discrimination with regards to criminal trials. The right to a jury composed of members of the community also applies to civil rights suits. Frederick Davidson, a black Missouri state …
Brief • January 1, 1995
Moffitt v. Meyers, PA, Plaintiff's Interrogatories to Mercy Health System Northeast,1995 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GARY A. MOFFITT, Plaintiff, - against RICHARD MEYERS, JANUSZ WOLANIN, MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM NORTHEAST REGION, MERCY SPECIAL CARE HOSPITAL, MERCY HOSPITAL, NANTICOKE, and MERCY HEALTH CARE CENTER, Defendants. : : : …
Attorney Fee Awards Analyzed by Larry Jones is an Arkansas state prisoner. He filed suit against various state prison officials claiming deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs, use of excessive force by guards and inadequate staff supervision. The case went to trial and a jury found in favor of …
Brief • December 6, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Juvenile Pepper Spray, 1994 ENTERED ON DOCKET DEC 1 By Deputy 2 qI? 1994 L flt_ Ll 3 DEC - 6 1994 4 5 ' i ' t, "I_,: ,,.___.1 CLERK U.S. DISTRICT COUflT flY WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT …
Brief • November 28, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Reply to Memo in Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Juvenile Pepper Spray, 1994 .. THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 2 3 · -mrn ""'""""""'"" WMW ,_,,,,,,_ r:Nrrnrn _,,W•m~... 1m:t1vrn 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
No Immunity for Beating by Thomas Munz was an Iowa state prisoner called to testify in federal court. Munz was taken to the court by federal marshals. En route to the court, while bound hand and foot, Munz became violent and vandalized the interior of the marshal's car. When Munz …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
4th Circuit Clarifies Eighth Amendment Standard by In the May, 1994 issue of PLN we reported Norman v. Taylor, 9 F.3d 1078 (4th Cir. 1994) in which the appeals court reversed the dismissal of a Virginia jail prisoner's § 1983 suit which alleged that a jail sergeant had hit him …
Sexual Assault by Police States Claim by Susan Huffman was arrested by Pacific Grove Police and taken to the police station to be held pending a recognizance hearing. During the booking procedure a policeman molested and sexually assaulted her as two other policemen ignored her cries for help, looked on …
Brief • October 27, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Memo Supporting Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Juvenile Pepper Spray, 1994 ·: ',:,·" l - ·, ., .•,; THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 1 2 ·-~.•-Hurn ·---- LODGY'.ti 3 * 4 ~"'"'=-~-·~N'ftllEO ---RECEIVED OCT 2 '71994 * ScAf ILi:: CLERK U.S. DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTf11CT OF WASHINGTON …
Horton v. Williams, WA, Declaration of Michael A. Milan, Use of Pepper Spray in Juvenille Detention Facility, 1994 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA JAMES HORTON, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, No. C94-5428 RJB …
Brief • October 24, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Declarations, Youth Pepper Spray, 1994 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 12 JAMES HORTON, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 13 …
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