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Corrections Corporation of America Held in Contempt of Court for Falsifying Records at Idaho Prison by Lonnie Burton On May 23, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed an Idaho federal district court ruling that found Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) -- a private prison …
Article • March 14, 2017
Contempt Case Against Indiana Sheriff Reinstated in Discrimination Suit by On December 8, 2016, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a case to the superior court in a contempt lawsuit filed against the Marion County Sheriff. The plaintiff, identified only as N.M. claimed that the sheriff had wrongfully …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Michigan Prison Officials Held in Contempt for Violating Ramadan Order by David Reutter A Michigan federal district court twice found state prison officials in contempt for failing to comply with its orders regarding the provision of “adequate nutrition during the Islamic Month of Ramadan.” As a result, they were ordered …
Brief • February 22, 2017
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Mot for Order Req Show Cause Contempt, Inmate Fund Misappropriation, 2017 FILED Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 133 Filed 02/22/17 Page 1 of 14 2017 Feb-22 AM 11:32 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN …
Prominent Texas Capital Defense Attorney Suspended for a Year by David Dow has near-legendary status among death penalty attorneys in Texas. He works pro bono for clients whose lives literally depend on him; he takes their cases after they arrive on death row, often seeking to right the wrongs committed …
Solitary Confinement Emboldens Recalcitrant Witnesses, Breaks Court's Resolve by A Washington federal court ordered the release of two recalcitrant federal grand jury witnesses, after five months of confinement. In September 2012, Katherine Olejnik and Matthew Duran refused to testify before a Federal Grand Jury. As a result, a Washington federal …
Article • August 3, 2016
Florida Sheriff Faces Contempt Proceedings for Furlough Program by David Reutter The State Attorney for Florida’s Gadsden County has petitioned a state court to hold the sheriff in contempt for allowing prisoners an eight hour furlough without court approval.  “The inmates involved were supposed to have been held on bond …
Trueblood v. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Order, Failure to Provide Timely Mental Health Services, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-01178-MJP Document 289 Filed 07/07/16 Page 1 of 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 CASSIE …
Brief • May 24, 2016
Mackenzie v. Stanford, NY, Order granting contempt motion, parole denial, 2015
Article • January 11, 2016
Georgia Debtor Prison Challenged by Cellphone video of a judge threatening to jail indigent defendants in Bowdon, Georgia, for failure to pay fines and fees prompted a policy change.  Yet, so called “debtors prisons” are still a problem in the state. While in court to contest citations, including one for …
Article • June 10, 2015
Contempt Adjudication is Not Conviction of Offense for Purposes of Oregon Criminal Record Law by Contempt Adjudication is Not Conviction of Offense for Purposes of Oregon Criminal Record Law On October 9, 2013, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that contempt of court adjudication is not the conviction of an …
Brief • May 4, 2015
Heard et al. v. Finco, MI, Memo Order holding in contempt, religious diet, 2015 Case 1:13-cv-00373-GJQ-HWB Doc #191 Filed 05/04/15 Page 1 of 12 Page ID#1720 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION __________________________ LAMONT HEARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 1:13-CV-373 TOM FINCO, …
Brief • April 7, 2015
Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Judgment, failure to comply with settlement, 2015 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 44 Filed 04/07/15 Page 1 of 4 2015 Apr-07 PM 02:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., …
Brief • April 18, 2014
Hesterberg v. United States, CA, Order Granting Def Mot PSJ, False Arrest Excessive Force for Leash Law Violation, 2014 Hesterberg v. United States Of America et al Doc. 88 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GARY HESTERBERG, 7 Case No. 13-cv-01265-JSC Plaintiff, …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Debtors' Prisons Returning to America by David Reutter As the United States was becoming an independent nation with its own values and form of government, it discarded an archaic English system that drove the poor into greater poverty. When the U.S. ended the practice of debtors’ prisons in 1833, it …
Idaho: Federal Court Unseals Pleadings, Holds CCA in Contempt for Violating Settlement Agreement by On August 16, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, sitting by designation, unsealed a number of court documents related to a contempt motion seeking sanctions against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest …
Filing • June 28, 2013
Prison Legal News v. Sheriff Cox (NV DOC), Motion for an Order to Show Cause Why Defendants Should Not Be Held in Contempt 2013 Case 3:00-cv-00373-HDM-WGC Document 51 Filed 06/28/13 Page 1 of 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 …
Idaho DOC Settles 30-year-old Class-action Lawsuit by Idaho officials first tried to suppress what they called an “inflammatory” and “libelous” report filed by a court-appointed expert in a longstanding suit involving the state’s prison system. They then finally agreed to settle the 30-year-old litigation based upon the report’s findings. In …
Article • June 15, 2012
Ninth Circuit agrees with Defendant and Reverses Contempt Conviction by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna Although agreeing with the government that the defendant, James Kimsey was "no saint," the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Kimsey that he could not be held in contempt for failure to obey a …
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Defies Court Order, Refuses to Allow Attorney to Take Photographs of Injured Prisoner by Claiming there was “nothing to hide,” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Steve Whitmore nevertheless defended the decision of the Sheriff’s Department not to comply with a court order authorizing an …
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