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California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence by Marvin Mentor A prison guard at the California Institution for Men (CIM) at Chino was stabbed to death in the Sycamore Hall housing unit on January 10, 2005 by an East Coast Crips gang-affiliated prisoner who had just …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
California County Jail Settles Overdue Prisoner Hospital Bills For $1.5 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Settling a long-simmering dispute in billing rates for medical treatment of jail prisoners, San Diego County has agreed to pay $1.5 million to multiple hospitals for bills dating back over three years. …
L.A. County Sheriff Settles Two Jail Excessive Force Suits For $135,000 by Los Angeles (L.A.) County settled two civil rights complaints arising from alleged excessive use of force on prisoners in the L.A. County Jail. In January 2005, Jerry Moreno, a prisoner at the Pitchess Detention Facility (North) was brandishing …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
$6,280,000 Settlement For Illegal California Juvenile Hall Strip Searches by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On July 10, 2006, the County of Sacramento, California agreed to pay $6,280,000 to the class of juvenile hall detainees who were illegally strip-searched between January 1, 1998 and October 1, 2004 at the …
Brief • November 8, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Deposition - Karch, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 karch UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 BETTY LOU HESTON, individually, and ROBERT H. HESTON, individually and as the personal representatives of ROBERT C. HESTON, deceased, 7 …
Brief • October 30, 2006
Cordero v DOC, CA, Order of dismissal, medical care denial ADA, 2005 se 1:05-cv-00268-0WW-DLB Document 37 Filed 10/30/2006 Page 1 of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DANIEL CORDERO, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF …
Brief • October 25, 2006
Goena v Alameida, CA, Judgment, wrongful death medical neglect, 2006 Ca?e 1:04-cv-06546-0WW-SMS Document 70 Filed 10/25/2006 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE FRANCES GOENA, ET AL., CASE NO: 1:04-CV-06546-0WW-SMS v. EDWARD S ALAMEIDA JR, ET AL., xx - Decision …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Habeas Hints by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide habeas hints to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (in pro per). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law …
California Guard Convicted of Abetting Prison Gang by A twenty-year veteran California state prison guard was convicted on February 14, 2006 in Los Angeles U.S. District Court of federal charges of participating in a corrupt organizations conspiracy, violent crimes in the aid of racketeering, and deprivation of rights under color …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Los Angeles County Pays $110,000 for Wrongful Jail Death by Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit for the wrongful death of Julius Gray in the North County Correctional Facility on November 21, 1998. Gray, jailed for corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, died from a ruptured aneurysm, according to …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Audit Reveals California DOC Employees Illegally Received Holiday Pay for Scheduled Days Off by The California State Auditor found that Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) State Prison management permitted exempt health and social services professional employees to accrue holiday credits when a holiday fell on a scheduled day off, notwithstanding that …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
California Parole Board Squelches Life Prisoner Writs on Procedural Grounds by The California Court of Appeal, Sixth District (San Jose), granted the California Board of Prison Terms (BPT) petition for writ of mandate to prohibit a Santa Clara County superior court from appending an order from one unrelated life prisoner's …
L.A. County Pays $300,000 for Wrongful Death of Psychiatric Jail Prisoner by Los Angeles County settled with the estate of a deceased prisoner who died in the County Jail from inadequate care for his known psychiatric needs. Darran Craig, 31, was arrested on January 13, 2004. On January 14, intake …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Supreme Court Holds Administrative Remedies Must Be Properly Exhausted Under the PLRA by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. Supreme Court held that before filing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, a prisoner must first fully, properly and timely exhaust his administrative remedies. Specifically, as here, failure to …
California Third-Level Administrative Appeals May Be Filed with Prison Appeals Coordinator by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Solano County Superior Court ordered that when a California Department of Corrections (CDC) prisoner files a third (Director) level administrative appeal, he need not mail it via U.S. Mail to the …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
California Supreme Court Resolves Conflict From Concurrent Sentences With Different Credit Earning R by John Dannenberg California Supreme Court Resolves Conflict From Concurrent Sentences With Different Credit Earning Rates by John E. Dannenberg The California Supreme Court held that when a prisoner is sentenced to two concurrent prison terms, the …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
California Valdivia Attorneys Awarded $6.5 Million For 12 Years Work by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The attorneys who labored twelve years to overturn the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's unconstitutional practice of snatching parolees off the streets and incarcerating them without due process of law [i.e., …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
$475,000 Settlement In California Suicide Suit by On December 20, 2005, the county of San Mateo, California, agreed to pay $475,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit involving a mentally ill woman who committed suicide in the county jail. Angela Ramirez, 23, was imprisoned at the Women's Correctional Center after …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million by California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million The total California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) guard overtime pay in 2005 of $277 million was twice that of 2004. CDCR's 30,000 prison guards averaged $72,000 for the year, gaining about …
California DOC Drug Program Funds Squandered by Marvin Mentor Five California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees, testifying under subpoena at a February 27, 2006 State Senate Government Oversight Committee hearing, revealed the use-it-or-lose-it practice of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars allotted to prisoner drug treatment programs on …
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