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Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
$255 Awarded For Destruction of Prisoner’s Property by $255 Awarded For Destruction of Prisoner's Property The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOC) appealed an order awarding state prisoner Carlos Escamilla $255 for property that turned up missing. Escamilla petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to receive reimbursement. The …
Brief • February 8, 2007
Filed under: Dental Care
Perez v Tilton, CA, Order Appointing Court Experts, dental, 2007 Case 3:05-cv-05241-JSW Document 96 Filed 02/08/2007 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CARLOS PEREZ, et al. 10 Plaintiffs, 11 For the Northern …
Armstrong v Schwarzenegger, CA, Injunction, deaf disabled prisoner ad seg, 2007
Violence from Racial Tension and Overcrowding Pervades California Jails, Spreads to Prisons by Marvin Mentor by Marvin Mentor Los Angeles (L.A.) County jail prisoners have been locked in interracial gang-controlled violence for the past year, and the unrest has spread to other jails and into California state prisons as prisoners …
California’s “High-Risk” Sex Offender Parolees Ostracized; Parole Official Fired by John Dannenberg California's "High-Risk" Sex Offender Parolees Ostracized; Parole Official Fired by John E. Dannenberg California's 2,000 "high-risk" sex offenders (HRSOs) currently on parole are increasingly being ostracized following relentless publicity as to their whereabouts, forcing parole officials to continuously …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
California Lifer Hearing Backlog Increases Despite Court Order To Catch Up by Marvin Mentor The Marin County Superior Court, which had directed the California Board of Parole Hearings (Board) to take the necessary steps to cut its lifer hearing backlog in 2001 when it was 2,058 hearings behind (and would …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Ninth Circuit: Total Exhaustion-Dismissal Rule Not Required Under PLRA by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a prisoners 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against prison officials should not be summarily dismissed under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) 42 U.S.C. § …
How to Exit Californias Sexual Predator Prison: Refuse Treatment by John Dannenberg How to Exit California's Sexual Predator Prison: Refuse Treatment by John E. Dannenberg California, with 538 sexually violent predators (SVP) civilly committed at its Department of Mental Healths Atascadero State Hospital (ASH), has an efficacious five-step psychological treatment …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Staffing
Robotic Medicine Dispensers Pillage Jails Cost Savings by John Dannenberg Robotic Medicine Dispensers Pillage Jail's Cost Savings by John E. Dannenberg ROBOT, a $1 million automatic pill dispensing system installed at the Contra Costa County (California) jails in February 2005 and advertised to save the county $240,000, has so far …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: Prison Industries, Medical, Food
Bacterial Contamination In Prison-Made Milk Fells 1,344 Prisoners and 14 Staff in 11 California Pris by John Dannenberg Bacterial Contamination In Prison-Made Milk Fells 1,344 Prisoners and 14 Staff in 11 California Prisons by John E. Dannenberg Between May 16 and May 23, 2006, a milk-borne illness caused by the …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement Distinguished in Two California by John Dannenberg Excessive-Force Suits by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals consolidated two interlocutory appeals from U.S. District Courts in California that distinguished under what circumstances administrative exhaustion is deemed satisfied if the grievance process has been …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
San Francisco Jails Strip Search Policy Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Court by John Dannenberg San Francisco Jails Strip Search Policy Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Court by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) ruled on motions for summary judgment that the City and County of San Franciscos blanket …
California Sheriffs Authority to Fire Rogue Guard is Validated by Marvin Mentor California Sheriff's Authority to Fire Rogue Guard is Validated by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal held that the San Diego County Civil Service Commission abused its discretion when it overturned the Sheriff's firing of a deputy …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: Classification
Ten Months Later: 66 Maximum Security Prisoners Still Improperly Housed In CDCR Reception Centers by Following up on the August 2005 statewide directive to tighten up on procedures for properly segregating known dangerous new commitments at the reception center prisons, the California Inspector General (IG) conducted an audit on October …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Federal Court Orders California DOC to Pay $58 Million In Overdue Medical Bills by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On March 30, 2006, the U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., ordered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to pay its backlog of overdue medical subcontractors bills within 60 …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
New California SVP Facility Struggles to Attract Staff by The new $338 million Coalinga State Hospital (CSH), which opened in October 2005, houses only the best-behaved 170 Of Atascadero State Hospitals (ASH) 550 sexually violent predators (SVP), as of March 2006. Although the physical plant is in place, the staff …
Brief • December 11, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Plf Motion to Exclude Def Expert Witness - Peters, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 3 Telephone: (626) 449-8300 4 Facsimile: (626) 449-4417 …
Brief • December 1, 2006
Long v Finn, CA, Order re disposition after notification of settlement, medical neglect, 2006 C se 2:04-cv-00881-DFL-EFB Filed 12/01/2006 Document 85 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Plaintiff, 12 …
Brief • November 28, 2006
Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger, Settlement, California DOC Censorship, 2006 Settlement Agreement This Settlement Agreement is made between Prison Legal News (PLN) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) by and through the Secretary of CDCR, in his official and individual capacity. This Settlement Agreement sets forth the …
L.A. County Settles With Abused Quadriplegic Prisoner For $46,000 by In February 2004, prisoner Joseph Burriss became exasperated waiting to make a phone call from the Los Angeles County Jail. Burriss, a partial quadriplegic, maneuvered his wheelchair towards a deputy and made a disparaging racial remark. The deputy responded by …
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