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Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Eight Corcoran Guards Fired, Five Reinstated by On the morning of May 15, 1995, five prisoners at the Calipatria state prison stormed an A Facility program office and stabbed a sergeant. Other guards rushed to help and a wild brawl ensued. Eight guards were injured in the melee. [See: 'CA …
Gas Chamber Found Unconstitutional by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that held the California gas chamber was an unconstitutional form of execution that violated the eighth amendment. In the November, 1995 issue of PLN we reported Fierro v. Gomez, 790 F. Supp. …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Prison Tragedy Results in Settlement by A 28 year old ex-convicted murderer, Troy Christian, (who was released from prison in March 1993 at 24), received a $1.5 million settlement for being permanently disabled, both mentally and physically, due to California Correctional Facility (CCF) and the California Medical Facilities (CMF) inadequate …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
No Right to Unmonitored Prison Calls by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that pretrial detainees and prisoners retain no statutory or constitutional right to privacy in their outgoing phone calls. From the outset readers should note this is a criminal case, not a civil rights action …
Criminal Prosecutors Get Their Day In Court by In March 1996, U.S. District court judge Sandra Brown Armstrong, in Oakland, California, dismissed "with prejudice,'' the criminal charges against four Dublin, California federal prisoners because of what she termed "serious misconduct" by prosecutors. On February 5, 1996, judge Armstrong issued a …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Pepper Spray Unsafe? by COPWATCH, a citizens' group in Berkeley, CA, has noted an increase of in-custody deaths, and has pointed to pepper spray as possibly causing or contributing to those deaths. According to Berkeley Police Department Captain Doran, however, police officials consider pepper spray a safe alternative to firearms …
Jail Guards File Suit by Five jail guards, disciplined for throwing a blanket over the head of a mentally ill detainee and choking him into a coma, have sued the Santa Clara (Calf.) County Department of Correction and its two highest officials, claiming that they were unjustly scapegoated. The lawsuit, …
Publication • October 1, 1996
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Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996
Filed under: Classification, Transfers
Mass Transfer Madness by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely On April 1, 1996, the California Department of Corrections began the first phase of its "180/270" transfer plan for Level IV prisoners. All prisoners housed in Level IV prisons have been classified for retention in either a "180" or "270" degree …
Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996
Supreme Court Closes Double Jeopardy Door by Jeffrey Steinborn "Counsel, are you trying to show contempt for this court?" "No, your honor, I'm doing my best to conceal it." -- Attributed to Clarence Darrow in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" He had a point. Some days it's tough to conceal it. …
Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996
A Matter of Fact by The racial makeup of California prisoners is: 29% white, 33% black and 34% brown. But in California's supermax, Pelican Bay SHU, 14% are white, 17% are black and an astounding 60% are brown. In California's other SHU for male prisoners at Corcoran, 18% are white, …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Brig Fire Sparks Political Debate by Dan Pens On March 29, 1996, several "illegal aliens" allegedly used electrical wire to ignite toilet paper, sheets and mattresses at a military brig at Miramar Naval Air Station in California. The resulting fire, and especially the smoke, created havoc. Panicked prisoners began to …
Bivens Provides Remedy for Work Injury to BOP Prisoners by A federal district court in California held that prison officials may not retaliate against prisoners who request medical treatment; that the Prison Industries Fund is the sole remedy for federal prisoners who suffer work related injuries but does not bar …
Article • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996
Mysterious New Syndrome Discovered by by Dan Pens The Santa Clara County (Calif.) Board of Supervisors decided to commission a report. They assembled a team of independent corrections specialists to study every aspect of the county jail's operation. The County Supervisors wanted to find out why jail detainees seemed to …
Ninth Circuit Revisits Attorney Fees by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has again held that attorney fee awards under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 should be awarded by district courts based on the relief achieved by the prevailing party. Institutional reform litigation by its nature is a long, …
California EFV Ban Enjoined by Past issues of PLN have reported on legislative efforts to eliminate or restrict prisoners access to Extended Family Visits in California. A series of state court rulings have been issued [See PLN, Feb., Apr., Sep, 1995, for more details] on this topic. Unable to completely …
Lucas v. White, CA, Complaint, Abuse of Inmates, 1996 1 2 ROSEN, BIEN & ASARO MICHAEL W. BIEN - 096891 DONNA PETRINE - 154833 M.J. TONY PAIKEDAY - 176051 155 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone (415) 433-6830 3 4 5 LAW OFFICES OF GERI L. GREEN …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Summary Judgment Notice Must Be Given by Court by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has reaffirmed that when a district court considers matters outside the pleadings in ruling on the sufficiency of a complaint it must give the plaintiff notice and allow the plaintiff an opportunity to …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Discovery
Dismissal of Suit for Not Attending Deposition Reversed by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a prisoner appearing at a deposition hearing, but refusing to testify, was not a "failure to appear" within the meaning of Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(d). Robert Estrada, a California state prisoner, had filed …
CDC Mental Health System Ruled Deficient by California's prison system (CDC) was cited by a federal judge for "gross inadequacies" in the delivery of mental health care services to prisoners. On September 13, 1995, U.S. district judge Lawrence Karlton put the bite on the CDC, issuing an 82 page court …
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