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Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Probation Officers Only Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Charlene Gelatt is a New York state probationer. After being convicted of grand larceny she was placed on probation and ordered to pay restitution. She had her probation supervision transferred to Florida. Richard Wahila is a New York state probation officer. He …
Money Damages Available for Consent Decree Violations by Two prisoners at the Georgia State Prison (GSP) filed suit under § 1983 concerning the confiscation of personal property and the procedures at prison disciplinary hearings. In the mid-70's these issues had been litigated as part of a class action suit by …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Increasing Parole Review Time is Ex Post Facto by South Carolina's legislature passed a statutory amendment decreasing the frequency of parole reconsideration hearings from every year to every two years. A prisoner filed a civil rights complaint, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming the amendment was an unconstitutional ex …
Ad Seg Right to Eyeglasses and Toilet Paper by Vernon Williams is a California state prisoner in administrative segregation (ad seg) at San Quentin. He filed suit challenging numerous conditions of his confinement. The court granted Williams leave to proceed In Forma Pauperis. This is not a ruling on the …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Overcrowding Emergency Measures Get Old by In Worthington v. Fauver, 440 A2d 1128 (1982), the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld an order by the governor, under the state's Civil Defense and Disaster Control Act, transferring state prisoners from overcrowded state prisons to county institutions. After more than a decade of …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
The Federal SRA: A Social Experiment Gone Astray by Lee Alphonso Moore In 1984 Congress confronted the rise in drug and firearm related crimes by instituting a social experiment. The social experiment became known as the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) of 1984. Congress assumed longer federal prison sentences--without parole--would serve …
US Marshals Liable for Beating by Fred Sandoval is a federal prisoner. While being transported to a court hearing the Marshals Service placed him in a private jail run by the Wackenhut corporation, contracted to the US government. A Wackenhut guard antagonized another prisoner who, thinking Sandoval was the culprit, …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Court Reporters Entitled to Only Qualified Immunity by Jeffrey Antoine was convicted of bank robbery in the US district court in Tacoma, WA. He appealed his conviction and ordered a copy of the trial transcript from the court reporter, May Ruggenberg. After two years of delays, filing deadlines passing, time …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
California Prisons Grow by Since 1973 the U.S. prison population has tripled. According to a recent study by the Sentencing Project, a record 1.1 million Americans are now behind bars at a cost of $20.3 billion a year. We now have the highest rate of incarceration in the world, far …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
No Waiver of Witness Fees for IFP Litigants by Bobby Dixon is a California state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that he was denied adequate medical treatment by prison officials. The case went to trial before a magistrate judge who granted the defendants' motion for a directed …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Periodical Reviews by Journal of Prisoners in Prisons is a biannual publication from Canada. Each issue is about 140 pages in length in a bound soft cover book type format. The latest issue (Vol. 4, No. 2) has several excellent articles regarding control units including lengthy, detailed pieces on Marion …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Rules for Appointment of Counsel Clarified by Dee Farmer is a male to female transsexual federal prisoner. She filed suit against BOP officials claiming they were deliberately indifferent to her serious medical needs, in violation of the eighth amendment, by not providing her with medical and psychiatric treatment for her …
Choice Between Exercise and Access Struck Down by The message in this case is that both the right of access to the courts and the right to outdoor exercise are important ones. "To sanction the policy of forcing a prisoner to choose between two important, indeed fundamental, rights," the court …
Disobeying State Court Order Basis for Section 1983 Liability by Ernest Walters is an Iowa state prisoner. He was infracted for allegedly lying to a guard. He was found guilty at a disciplinary hearing and punished. Walters filed a post conviction action in state court and won a default judgement …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Shackling Plainitff Violates Right to Fair Trial by Edward Lemons is an Illinois state prisoner. He claimed that while in segregation he was attacked and severely beaten by prison guards. When his case went to trial the judge went along with the defendant's request that Lemons be handcuffed and manacled …
Brief • July 21, 1993
Filed under: Interpreters
Lopez v. Riveland, WA, Complaint, Spanish Interpreter, 1993 Salvador Lopez #998452 Washington State Reformatory P.O. Box 777 Monroe, Washington 98272-0777 Appearing pro se UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE SALVADOR LOPEZ 998452, CORTEZ ) SANCHEZ 991415, GUILLERMO ) MONDRAGON 702922, FRANCISCO ) MORALES 700908, JOSE CARRANZA …
Brief • July 21, 1993
Lopez v. Riveland, WA, Affidavit of Arturo Hernandez, 1993 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OP WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE Salvador Lopez, et al., Vs. Plaintiffs, Chase Riveland, et al., Defendants, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASP: NQ. Affidavit of Arturo HernandezC'Jo1Iez ------------) STATE OP WASHINGTON …
Brief • July 21, 1993
Lopez v. Riveland, WA, Affidavit of Miguel, 1993 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE Salvador Lopez, et al., Vs. Plaintiffs, Chase Riveland, et al., Defendants, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. Af~idavi~ o~ Miguel Espinoza ------------) STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF …
Brief • July 21, 1993
Lopez v. Riveland, WA, Affidavit of Guillermo Mondragon, 1993 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE Salvador Lopez, et al., Vs. Plaintiffs, Chase Riveland, et al., Defendants, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. ~~ldavlt of Qalilermo MOndragon -----------) STATE OP WASHINGTON COUNTY …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Men in Prison: A Review by Paul Wright Generally, whenever we review publications in PLN we give you a brief synopsis of their highlights and ordering information. That is because as a newsletter we lack the space to do much more than this. Occasionally a publication will come along that …
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