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Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
No Discipline for Oregon Prosecutor and Defense Counsel for Illegal Confinement of Mentally Ill Defendant by Although the Oregon State Bar initially decided to pursue disciplinary charges against the district attorney for Washington County and a criminal defense attorney who represented a mentally ill defendant, for causing the defendant’s illegal …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Court Awards $802,176 in Fees, Costs in PLN Censorship Suit Against Oregon County by In March 2014, a U.S. District Court ordered Columbia County, Oregon to pay $763,803.45 in attorney’s fees and $38,373.01 in costs in a lawsuit raising claims of illegal censorship at the Columbia County Jail. Prison Legal …
Brief • April 15, 2014
Scott v. Clarke, VA, Atty Fees for Discovery Compulsion, Systemic Medical Neglect, 2014 Case 3:12-cv-00036-NKM Document 109 Filed 04/15/14 Page 1 of 11 Pageid#: 1240 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE DIVISION CYNTHIA B. SCOTT , ET AL., CIVIL ACTION NO . 3:12-CV …
Brief • April 15, 2014
Berrian v. City of New York, NY, Memo in Opposition to Motion for Attorneys' Fees, Use of Excessive Force, 2014 Case 1:13-cv-01719-DLC-DCF Document 37 Filed 04/15/14 Page 1 of 26 IndexNo. 13 CIV 1719 LC LINITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK STAFFORD BERzuAN, Plaintiff, -against- CITY OF …
Berrian v. New York, NY, Legal Aid Memo in Support of Attorney's Fees and Costs (2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK STAFFORD BERRIAN, 13 CIV. 1719 (DLC) (DLF) Plaintiff, – against – CITY OF NEW YORK; Commissioner DORA B. SCHRIRO; Chief of Department MICHAEL HOURIHANE; Deputy …
Filing • March 24, 2014
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Prison Legal News v. Columbia County, Order on Fees and Expenses 2014 Case 3:12-cv-00071-SI Document 277 Filed 03/24/14 Page 1 of 22 Page ID#: 5812 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, Case No. …
Publication • March 1, 2014
NACDL - Gideon at 50, Indigent Defense Report, 2014 Gideon at 50: A Three-Part Examination of Indigent Defense in America Part 2 — Redefining Indigence: Financial Eligibility Guidelines for Assigned Counsel SIXTH AMENDMENT: IN ALL CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS, THE ACCUSED SHALL ENJOY THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL, BY …
California: Sexually Violent Predator Entitled to Jury Trial on Petition Seeking Conditional Release by The California Court of Appeal has reversed the denial of a petition for conditional release filed by a sexually violent predator (SVP) who had received a psychological evaluation indicating that conditional release would be in his …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Hidden Agenda Fuels Challenge to Pivotal Death Penalty Case by David Protess Anthony Porter, the exonerated death row prisoner whose jubilant release from prison in February 1999 was the catalyst for abolishing the death penalty in Illinois, is back in the news after living in relative obscurity for years. A …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Oregon: Jury Trials Required When Prosecutors Treat Misdemeanors as Violations by The Oregon Court of Appeals held on September 26, 2012 that criminal defendants are entitled to jury trials and reasonable doubt determinations when misdemeanors are reduced to violations – a ruling that was subsequently affirmed by the state Supreme …
Brief • January 7, 2014
N.P. v. State of Georgia, GA, Complaint, Inadequate PD Office Class Action, 2014 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA FILED IN OFFICE It" ) JAN 07 2014 ~ N.P. by his next friend, ) DEPUTY CLERK SUPERIOR COURT SHANEKA DARDEN, ) FULTON COUNTY GA S.C., by …
Brief • January 7, 2014
Parsons v. Ryan, AZ, TRO Mtn. re Interference w/ Class Members' Legal Mail, Medical Neglect Class Action, 2014 Case 2:12-cv-00601-NVW Document 736 Filed 01/07/14 Page 1 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daniel Pochoda (Bar No. 021979) Kelly J. Flood (Bar No. 019772) James Duff …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Kansas Supreme Court Vacates Attorney Fee Reimbursement Order by The Kansas Supreme Court vacated a sentencing court’s order requiring a criminal defendant to reimburse Board of Indigents’ Defense Services (BIDS) attorney fees, for failing to make appropriate findings on the record. Morgan Wade was convicted of killing his former girlfriend …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Filed under: Attorneys
New York City’s Revised Indigent Defense Services Plan Upheld by The New York Court of Appeals – the state’s highest court – held last year that changes to New York City’s system of indigent defense, which permit the assignment of conflict cases to institutional providers without the involvement of county …
Publication • December 6, 2013
Filed under: Appointment of Counsel
Appointment of Counsel Plans for Civil Cases in the Dist. Cts. Table 2013 Pro Bono in the District Courts Cir 1 Dist ME PR 2 ED NY WD NY {07085630;1} Description of Program or Procedures for Appointment of Counsel in Civil Cases No plan or program, referrals to Yellow Pages, …
Brief • December 3, 2013
Thankachan v. Peekskill Housing Authority, NY, Plf Reply Brief in Res to HUD Opp to Plf Mot for Supp Atty Fees, attorney fees, 2013
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
U.S. Department of Justice Reports Statistics on State Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice has released the most recent in a series of statistical reports on state prosecutors. The report covers 2,330 prosecutors’ offices serving judicial districts …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Best Criminal Defense Pleading Ever! by Alex Friedmann PLN primarily reports on civil litigation involving prisons and jails rather than criminal cases. There are other resources that address criminal law; for example, Punch & Jurists (www.fedcrimlaw.com), which covers issues related to federal criminal cases. However, when we ran across a …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Attorney Fees Not Exempt from Disclosure Under California Public Records Act by The California Court of Appeal held on November 16, 2012 that billing and payment records reflecting the amount of money a government agency paid in attorney fees to defend against a pending civil rights action were not exempt …
Federal Justice Grants Favor Prosecution, Law Enforcement Over Indigent Defense by A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed what many criminal defendants too poor to afford an attorney have long suspected: While hundreds of millions in federal tax dollars go to support prosecutors, law enforcement and prisons …
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