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Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
California: Gilmore Injunction Over Prison Libraries Terminated After 38 Years by Four months after adopting regulations setting forth a statewide mandate that “[a]ll inmates, regardless of their classification or housing status, shall be entitled to physical law library access that is sufficient to provide meaningful access to the courts” (Cal. …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Counterclaim Def Mot SJ, prison riot, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. Defendants: …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Mot PSJ - Negligence, prison riot, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. …
Pennsylvania Prisoner Awarded $185,000 in Civil Rights Claim; Harassment Continues by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania federal jury has awarded $185,000 to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging conspiracy, retaliation, obstruction of access to the courts and defamation of character. Pennsylvania state prisoner Andre Jacobs …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Ninth Circuit Says Qualified Immunity Warranted for Comb-Binding Denial by Mark Wilson On December 2, 2009, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a prison librarian was entitled to qualified immunity for denying a prisoner’s request to comb-bind his legal papers. Oregon prisoner Frank Phillips intended to file a …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Couch v. Jabe, VA, Judgment, Censorship Prisoner Library, 2010 Case 7:09-cv-00434-jct-mfu Document 43 Filed 09/01/10 Page 1 of 21 'CLERK'S OFFlee U,S, DI8T. coURT AT ROANOKE, VA FILED SEP 0 1 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION WILLIAM R. COUCH, Plaintiff, …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Demand Letter, public records indigents right to review depositions, 2010 lS~H JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, ~L. C. 290t NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE DANIEL P. STRUCK SUITE 800 TELEPHONE: 16021263·7323 PHOENIX. ARIZONA 85012 FAX: 1602l20D·7Bl1 PHONE: 1602126'·1700 E·MAIL: DSTRUCK@JSHFIRM.CDM FAX: 16021651·7599 W_Y"W_,~J_;-"fIRM:~!!M. RACHEL LOVE TELEPHONE: 16D21263-1726 FAX: (602l2lJO-7857 …
Brief • June 16, 2010
Ali v. Obama et al, DC, Order, judge recusal, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-00745-RJL Document 1418 Filed 06/16/10 Page 1 of 1
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
$5,000 Award in New York Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit by Following a bench trial, a New York federal district court awarded a prisoner $5,000 in a lawsuit alleging that a guard retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights. The civil rights action was filed by state prisoner Karl Ahlers, …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Closed Door Justice: Court Seeks Disbarment of Attorney in Secret by Brandon Sample The story of Herbert Moncier, a prominent attorney in Knoxville, Tennessee, seems foreign, as if it were from another time and place. In fact, it is almost Gestapo-like. Moncier’s problems began on November 17, 2006 during a …
Article • May 15, 2010
Tenth Circuit Upholds Use of Stun Belt on Defendant by On September 22, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a man accused of retaliating against a federal witness. In upholding the conviction and sentence, the court rejected a challenge to …
Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010
Georgia Prisoners Must Use Court Promulgated Form to Initiate a Court Action by The Georgia Supreme Court has held that a trial court should have dismissed a mandamus petition filed by a prisoner against prison officials because the prisoner failed to use a form promulgated by the Administrative Office of …
Article • January 15, 2010
Washington Prisoners Have The Right To Seek Divorce by A prisoner’s due process right of access the courts includes the right to bring actions for dissolution of marriage and related matters, the Supreme Court of Washington decided March 26, 1987. The court’s decision comes in response to an appeal by …
Electronic Court Records Permissible in Florida, but Restricting Disclosure is Not by Florida’s Supreme Court has implemented rules related to court reporting services and the use of electronic recordings of court proceedings. The rules were promulgated as amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration and the Florida Rules of …
Article • December 15, 2009
Paralegal Barred from Illinois Prison by On August 22, 1983, the Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to deny relief to Illinois prisoner Preness Crusoe. Crusoe filed a complaint against the warden of Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, Richard DeRobertis, for his decision to deny visitation privileges to …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Wisconsin Courts Sealing Cases by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A basic principle of the American court system is that the public has a right to know what happens in the nation’s courtrooms. In Wisconsin, however, that principle has been compromised to protect certain parties in court proceedings, including …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Ohio County Jail Agrees to Pay $75,000 For Locking Up Poor by On April 30, 2009, Hamilton County, Ohio agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of over 600 individuals who were jailed for non-payment of a fine without first being afforded an attorney or hearing to …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Working in Legal Field Not Prohibited While on Federal Supervised Release by Federal probation officers cannot restrict persons on supervised release from working as legal assistants, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held on April 8, 2009. Yraida L. Guanipa, convicted of attempted possession with intent to …
Notice Required for Rejected Packages BOP Warden Denied Qualified Immunity by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the denial of qualified immunity for a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) warden accused of denying a prisoner procedural due process in connection with the rejection of …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Res to Def Res to Mot to Strike injuries, prison riot, 2009 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: …
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