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Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Prisoner Defendants Entitled to Notice of Summary Judgment Requirements by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that pro se prisoner litigants who are being sued are entitled to notice from the court on the requirements of summary judgment to ensure the prisoner adequately responds to the moving …
Eight Prisoner Deaths in California Women's Prison by Silja JA Talvi Eight Prisoner Deaths In California Women's Prison Revive Concerns About Medical Care, Availibility Of Compassionate Release by Silja J.A. Talvi The deaths of eight female prisoners within a seven-week period at a California women's prison have sparked a new …
Brief • May 1, 2001
Morales v. Ventura County, CA, Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial, Police Shooting, 2001 1 2 3 PETER M. WILLIAMSON, Bar No. 97309 WILLIAMSON & ASSOCIATES 13915 Panay Way, Suite One Marina del Rey, California 90292 Tel: (310) 822-3377 Fax: (310) 821-7027 4 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff ANTHONY MORALES 6 …
California Legislative Committee Hearing Meets Behind Prison Walls To Hear Testimony From Female Prisoners by Silja JA Talvi by Silja J.A. Talvi It was anything but an ordinary California legislative hearing. On Wednesday, October 11,2000, behind the barbedwire grounds and multiple security checkpoints of Chowchilla's Valley State Prison for Women …
Brief • April 13, 2001
Lifton v. City of Fairfield, CA, Deposition of Don Cameron, 2001 DEPOSITION OF DON CAMERON UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA -000- REBECCA LlfTO~, individually and as successor In Interest to DORON LIFTON Deceased JONATHAN LIFTON~ RON LIFT6N, and DAPHNA WAKEFlt:LD, Plaintiffs, ,." BE IT REMEMBERED that, pursuant …
Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps by Christian Parenti The short, stout eighth grader Gina Score, was never much of an athlete. But that didn't matter to the staff at South Dakota's Plankinton boot camp for girls, where militarystyle discipline and calisthenics were the modus operandi and, as staff …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
"The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death" by Anne-Marie Cusac "The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death" Prisoners with HIV deprived of proper care By Anne-Marie Cusac In prisons and jails across the country, prisoners with HIV or AIDS are denied proper …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act does not apply to people civilly committed as "sexually violent predators." Sammy Page is civilly committed under California's Sexually Violent Predators Act. Page filed suit in Federal court …
$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit by $1.18 Million In Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit Female prisoners were awarded a total of $1,180,000 in damages and attorney's fees in the settlement of a suit filed against the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Supervisors and Department …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
CA Medical Lab Faked Prison Tests by Marvin Mentor A scandal has unfolded wherein a contract medical laboratory faked critical test results of at least 4000 state prisoners in 11 California prisons between 1995 and 1996. Moreover, a search of prisoners' medical records uncovered at least 650 cases, where, as …
Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons by John E Dannenberg The state of Louisiana agreed to a settlement in federal court September 7, 2000 designed to radically alter the way it operates its juvenile prisons. The agreement was intended to settle several lawsuits against the state, including one by the U.S. …
Ninth Circuit Requires Evidentiary Review Before Terminating Old Consent Decree Under PLRA by by John E. Dannenberg The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's termination of prospective relief under two long-standing consent decrees at San Quentin State Prison and remanded with directions to hold …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
$49,999 Settlement in CA Sex Extortion Suit by On February 1, 2000, San Bernadino County, California settled a lawsuit with Jeffrey Darr for $49,999. Darr filed suit claiming that county sheriff deputy James Wiebeld (now promoted to detective) had framed him on methamphetamine manufacturing charges, for which he spent three …
Leave to Amend Complaint Improperly Denied by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a district court erred in refusing to allow a pro se prisoner to amend his complaint. Fred Bennett, a California state prisoner, filed suit against various prison officials. The district court dismissed the …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Hepatitis C, A 'Silent Epidemic' Strikes U.S. Prisons by Silja JA Talvi It's been called the nation's most insidious virus. A "silent epidemic" that has swept the nation, hepatitis C is now the most common, chronic, bloodborne infection in the U.S. Because the virus often causes no noticeable symptoms for …
Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: CA Prisoners Denied Medical Care by Linda Evans By Linda Evans Once again the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and federal courts have prevailed in their determination to suppress prisoners' human rights. Despite startling new evidence of records tampering, falsified medical test results, and medical neglect, …
Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
CA Court Overrules Parole Denial by John E Dannenberg By John E. Dannenberg The CA Court of Appeals affirmed the Los Angeles superior court's ruling that there was "no evidence" to support the Board of Prison Terms' (BPT) parole unsuitability finding for a 2nd degree murderer and ordered the BPT …
Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals by Dan Pens Corcoran Show Trial Ends With Acquittals The saga of Corcoran's infamous SHU shootings ended June 8, 2000 when a jury acquitted eight California prison guards of federal charges that they entertained themselves by staging gladiator-style fights among prisoners from rival gangs. …
Pelican Bay's Bloody Wednesday by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely On Wednesday, February 23, 2000, one of the bloodiest riots in California prison history broke out among some 200 Black and Latino prisoners. The violence erupted at the state's infamous Pelican Bay prison. Guards sprayed rioting prisoners on the B …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Withholding Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause by A federal district court in California held that prison officials did not violate the Takings Clause by failing to pay interest on funds deposited by prisoners into non-interest bearing "Inmate Trust Accounts" (ITAs). The court also held that: applying interest earned on …
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