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Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Federal Public Defenders Govt. Employees for FTCA by Joseph Sullivan is a federal prisoner who filed suit against the two federal public defenders who represented him in a parole revocation proceeding. Sullivan initially filed suit in federal court under the court's diversity jurisdiction. In a previous decision the seventh circuit …
Retaliation Case Dismissal Reversed by Muriel Black is an Illinois state prisoner. In 1984 he filed suit under § 1983 claiming that prison officials had violated his constitutional rights by filing false disciplinary charges against him, harassing him, etc., after he complained of racial discrimination at the prison. In 1985 …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Pepper Spray Hazardous by The July 2, 1994, issue of the Seattle Times reported that troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will no longer be sprayed with pepper spray as part of their training. The change in policy came after patrol Lt. Harold Frear filed a complaint with the …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
New York Police Falsify Evidence by Dale Gardner Like any organized criminal enterprise, the New York State Police relied on the code of silence to protect them from exposure. The silence was broken in 1991 when a former state trooper, David Harding, applied for a job with the CIA. Harding …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Florida Prisoners Have Right to Attend Forfeiture Trial by A Florida state prisoner whose property was the subject of a forfeiture proceeding while he was imprisoned had a right under the due process clause of the Florida Constitution to be present at the trial, the Florida Court of Appeals for …
Prisoners Have Right to Prompt Sentence Computation by David Plumb is an Oregon state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that his right to due process under the fourteenth amendment and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment were violated by …
$153,400 Awarded to Estate for Stabbing Death by $153,400 Awarded To Estate for Stabbing Death An Ohio state prisoner was stabbed to death in a prison kitchen by another prisoner. The victim's estate sued the Ohio DOC claiming that because of inadequate security procedures with regards to kitchen knives and …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
No Immunity for Delay of Medical Care by Willie Harris was a pretrial detainee in the Coweta County, Georgia, jail. When he was arrested his hand was injured by tight handcuffs. Upon arrival at the jail, on September 6, 1990, he requested treatment for the injury. He was seen by …
Correct Jury Instructions Needed for Beating Trial by Keith Howard is a Missouri state prisoner. Upon returning to the prison after an outside medical visit, Howard was ordered to strip for a search. He refused and was thrown to the floor by several guards, hand-cuffed, forcibly stripped and taken to …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Bias in Military Death Penalty by The Vol. 5, No. 6, issue of PLN reported on studies showing the new federal death penalty was racially biased. A recent report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center notes that of the six men (three soldiers, two marines and an airman) awaiting …
MO Court's HIV Disclosure Rule Struck Down by Judges in Cole County, Missouri enacted a local court rule requiring that jail officials inform them, in camera, whether a prisoner scheduled for a court appearance had an infectious disease or carried the HIV virus believed to cause AIDS. The purported reason …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
$1 Million for Boiling Prisoner by Vaughn Dortch is a California prisoner held at the Pelican Bay prison control unit. After suffering mental deterioration Dortch covered himself in fecal matter. The administration ordered guards to wash it off and the guards took Dortch to the prison infirmary where they placed …
Seg Prisoner Entitled to Competent Hearing Help by Kenney Nix is a South Carolina prisoner. He was charged with violations of prison rules, placed in administrative segregation and found guilty of the charges at a disciplinary hearing. Prior to the hearing, Nix was assigned a staff member to assist him …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by AntiShyster is a bi-monthly 48 page magazine "dedicated to raising hell for lawyers." It presents a critical examination of the American legal system, both civil and criminal. Recent articles have included non-lawyers running for judicial offices, tax laws, listing of public corruption cases by the office holder convicted, …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by WA: In May, 1994, three former prisoners and two staff members of the Snohomish county jail filed suit in US District Court in Seattle claiming that they contracted tuberculosis at the jail due to its lax testing and screening policies. The plaintiffs' attorney, Ted Spearman, stated …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
From The Editor by Dan Pens From the Editor by Dan Pens Greetings to PLN readers from the new co-editor. I have worked with Ed and Paul since nearly the very beginning, helping to type articles, writing, editing, and proof reading (an odious chore). I originally came on board when …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Court Returns Fines by In 1976, prisoners of the Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania filed suit against their keepers over unconstitutional jail conditions. Over the next 18 years of litigation, the court imposed $2,729,300 in fines against county officials who refused to abide by court orders to alleviate overcrowding and …
New Trial Required for Improper Testimony by Michael Kemp is a Missouri state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that a prison guard, Antonio Balboa, had confiscated his epilepsy medication and flushed it down the toilet. This resulted in Kemp having epileptic seizures during which he injured himself. …
Publication • October 1, 1994
Filed under: Prison Life Magazine
Prison Life magazine, October 1994 I .� FORMER TOP NARC , .MIKE LEVINE: ! · -FIGHTING THE 1 'PHONY' WAR l ON DRUGS / BANNING· / BARBELLS I BEHIND BAR · --�...... ! I 1· INSIDE� I ..MEil��!I PR 1IS·OISI l YOU'RE I - SPANISH FRENCH GERMAN ITALIAN JAPANESE 30 …
Washington v. Reno, Sixth Circuit, Order, Telephone Access in Prison, 1994 35 F.3d 1093 (1994) Conchita WASHINGTON; Sunday Torres; Gloria Batton Robinson; Antoinette M. Frink; Nita Young; Patricia M. Darks; Norma Fay Cook; Angela Sanchez-Martinez; Martha Marie Preston; Titilola I. Odusanya; Alberta Anderson; Loven L. Lewis; Lori Saunders; and Reshawn …
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