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San Francisco Settles Wrongful Incarceration Cases for $7.5 Million by Michael Brodheim Nearly six years after his release from prison, Antoine Goff received a measure of belated justice – a $2.9 million settlement for almost 13 years of wrongful incarceration. Goff and his co-plaintiff, John “J.J.” Tennison, had filed complaints …
Secret Justice: Criminal Informants and America’s Underground Legal System by Alexandra Natapoff I. Introduction Although it is almost invisible to the public, the use of criminal informants is everywhere in the U.S. justice system. From street corners to jails to courthouses to prisons, every year the government negotiates thousands of …
Pennsylvania Judges Involved in Corruption Case Face Liability; 5,000 Convictions Thrown Out by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania U.S. District Court has granted absolute judicial immunity to two former state court judges in a consolidated class-action civil rights suit. That immunity, however, only applied to judicial acts, …
New York’s Catch-All Contraband and Anti-Smuggling Rules Unconstitutionally Vague by In a suit for damages and injunctive relief, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s de-termination that prison prohibitions against “smuggling” and “contraband” were unconstitutionally vague as applied to Mujahid Farid, a New York state prisoner serving …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
No Liberty Interest Under Utah Parole Scheme by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Utah prisoner had failed to state cognizable due process and equal protection challenges to Utah’s parole scheme. In 1993, Robert Straley was convicted of sex crimes against a child and sentenced to two …
Reversal of Summary Judgment on 55-Day New York SHU Placement Claim by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to a prison hearings officer in a lawsuit concerning a prisoner’s improper placement in administrative segregation. On January 3, 2001, New York state prisoner Samuel …
Brief • June 8, 2010
Thomas v. Minnesota, MN, Motion to Vacate Sentence, False Arrest, 2010 CASE 0:10-cv-02303-MJD-JJG Document 1 Filed 06/09/10 Page 1 of 7 AD 241 PETITION UNDER 28 USC § 2254 FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY (Rev. 5/85) District ~nit.e.o ~tat.e13 JBistrid ([OUr! Prisoner No. Name …
Missoula County Settles Medical Treatment Denial Suit for $5,000 by In September 2009, a retired physician settled the part of his lawsuit that alleged denial of medical care while in the Missoula County Detention Facility (MCDF) for $5,000. The remaining claims in the suit were not settled. Dr. Walt Peschel, …
$1.5 Million Settlement in New York City False Arrest Suit by The City of New York paid $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who spent nine months in jail after being falsely accused of selling Ecstasy to an undercover officer. The plaintiff, a taxi driver in …
Article • May 15, 2010
New York State Jury Awards $50,000 for False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution by A New York State jury awarded $50,000 in a lawsuit claiming false arrest and malicious prosecution. Bernard Lewis was arrested for alleged possession of stolen property. He spent approximately 24 hours in jail. Thirteen months later, prosecutors …
Article • May 15, 2010
Miranda Violation Leads to Reversal by In an initially unpublished opinion filed on August 25, 2009, a Washington appellate court reversed a district court ruling allowing into evidence an incriminating response on a medical questionnaire performed by jail personnel during the booking process. The case involved Virginia Lynn Denney, who …
Article • May 15, 2010
No Liberty Interest in Washington Prisoner's Good-Conduct Time Earning Class by No Liberty Interest in Time Earning Class In a decision filed by Washington State's Supreme Court on October 8, 2009, the Personal Restrain Petition (PRP) of prisoner Jay Pullman, Jr., was denied. He filed the petition alleging DOC officials …
Arkansas Prisoner Awarded $1 a Day Plus Costs for Unconstitutional Lockdown by On June 19, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas awarded $182 to a Benton County prisoner who spent 6 months in disciplinary segregation without a hearing or periodic reviews. Plaintiff Phetpinthong Senesackda claimed …
Texas Parolee Challenges His Designation as Sex Offender by On September 3, 2002, Texas parolee Miller Branch, Jr., filed an amended civil rights complaint in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging his designation as a "sex offender" by parole officials and the requirement that he register …
Article • May 15, 2010
Supreme Court of Washington Reverses Case Due to Erroneous Jury Instructions by On September 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Washington State handed down a unanimous en banc decision holding that a defective jury instruction on the law of self defense submitted by the defense attorney requires reversal. Kenneth Kyllo, …
Article • May 15, 2010
7th Circuit Denies Habeas Relief of Illinois Prisoner’s Good-Conduct Revocation by On October 22, 2009, the 7th Circuit affirmed an Illinois district court’s ruling denying habeas corpus relief to state prisoner, Lasard Lucas. During 20 years of incarceration, from 1985 to 2005, Lucas lost more than 12 years of good-conduct …
Civilly Committed Washington State Prisoner's Arson Conviction Upheld by On October 6, 2009, a Washington State court of appeals upheld a prisoner's arson conviction for setting fire to a blanket in his civil commitment room. James Moseley, a resident of the McNeil Island Special Commitment Center (MISCC), used matches to …
Article • May 15, 2010
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules No Privacy Right Exists for Jail Phone Calls by On September 11, 2009, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that jail prisoners had no right to privacy with respect to the recording of the non-legal phone calls they made while in jail, and the …
Judge Recommends Denial of Suppression Motion Related to Recordings Obtained from CCA by U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Larsen has recommended the denial of a motion to suppress phone recordings of a plot to harm a federal witness obtained by the government through a Rule 17 subpoena without a court …
Greene v. City of New York, NY, Memo & Order, False Arrest Wrongful Conviction, 2010 Case 1:08-cv-00243-RJD-CLP Document 104 Filed 05/12/10 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 600 Case 1:08-cv-00243-RJD-CLP Document 104 Filed 05/12/10 Page 2 of 12 PageID #: 601 Case 1:08-cv-00243-RJD-CLP Document 104 Filed 05/12/10 Page 3 of …
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