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Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Strip Search Policy Reasonable, Tasers Okay by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a maximum security prison's strip search policy was reasonable and, in a case of first impression, held that tasers, also known as "stun guns," could be used by prison guards to enforce compliance …
Stun Gunning & Straitjacketing Prisoner Okay by Stun Gunning & Straitjacketing Prisoner Okay The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the use of a stun gun and straight jacket by police on a prisoner did not violate the Eighth Amendment, and jail officials were not …
District Court Partly Upholds Prisoner's Excessive Force, Medical Negligence Claims by A federal district court in the Western District of Virginia has partly upheld a prisoner's civil rights claims against Virginia prison officials. Discovery was ordered in the case. Tyrone Shelton is a Virginia prisoner at Red Onion State Prison …
Article • May 15, 2007
Use of Stun Gun, Four-Point Restraints Not Constitutional Violation by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court in Pennsylvania by holding that a state prisoner's Eighth Amendment rights were not violated by guards' use of a stun gun and four-point restraints, where evidence showed the …
Termination of Prospective Relief Under PLRA Constitutional by The defendants in the 30-year class-action Ruiz prison reform suit moved under the PLRA for termination of prospective relief. The district court held a hearing on the motion and denied it, ruling that the termination provisions of the PLRA unconstitutionally violated the …
Confession Not Linked to Tasering by The plaintiff's allegation that while in jail in Gwinnett county awaiting trial he was held in solitary confinement, shocked with a stun gun, and denied a shower for three months did not render his confession involuntary because he did not show a causal relationship. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Infliction of Fear with Tasers Unconstitutional by Infliction of Fear With Tasers Unconstitutional A federal district court in Nevada held that a prisoner had stated an Eighth amendment claim when he alleged that a guard had threatened to shoot him with a taser gun for no apparent reason. Guards cannot …
Article • May 15, 2007
Stun Belt Allowed in Criminal Trial by A federal district court in the District of Columbia overruled a murder defendant's objection over being forced to wear a stun belt during his trial. The court set forth a series of factors to be weighed in deciding whether the defendant should be …
Brief • December 11, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Plf Motion to Exclude Def Expert Witness - Peters, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 3 Telephone: (626) 449-8300 4 Facsimile: (626) 449-4417 …
Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers by Gary Hunter Eight Spokane County Jail guards were placed on paid administrative leave while investigators probed the death of a prisoner under their care, but they werent suspended for long. All were back at work within two weeks. Benites Salmon Sichiro, 39, …
L.A. County Sheriff Settles Two Jail Excessive Force Suits For $135,000 by Los Angeles (L.A.) County settled two civil rights complaints arising from alleged excessive use of force on prisoners in the L.A. County Jail. In January 2005, Jerry Moreno, a prisoner at the Pitchess Detention Facility (North) was brandishing …
Brief • November 8, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Deposition - Karch, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 karch UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 BETTY LOU HESTON, individually, and ROBERT H. HESTON, individually and as the personal representatives of ROBERT C. HESTON, deceased, 7 …
Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners by John Dannenberg Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners by John E. Dannenberg Extensive medical evidence strongly supports the Taser devices will not cause lasting aftereffects or fatality. Taser International literature Tasers, fifty-thousand volt …
Brief • July 11, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order denying Def MTD, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 36 Filed 07/11/2006 Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 9 10 IN THE UNITED STATES …
Brief • June 7, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Plf Opp to Def Mot to Dismiss Amended Complaint, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 30 Filed 06/07/2006 Page 1 of 10 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, …
New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by Gary Hunter Given the controversy and corruption that currently surrounds virtually every aspect of the New York City penal process, its insightful to reflect on how one former New York top cop …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Police Department Class Action Fraud Suit Filed Against Stun Gun Maker by by John E. Dannenberg A class action lawsuit against Taser International, Inc., the Arizona-based manufacturer of police stun guns, was filed on July 18, 2005 in Chicago U.S. District Court on behalf of the Dolton, Illinois police department …
Brief • December 23, 2005
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Plf Opp to Def MTD, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 JOHN BURTON, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 3 Tel: (626) 449-8300/ Fax: (626) 449-4417 1 PETER M. WILLIAMSON, State Bar …
Brief • December 7, 2005
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Def Notice of MTD, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 Case 5:05-cv-03658-RS Document 8 Filed 12/07/2005 Page 1 of 18 Case 5:05-cv-03658-RS Document 8 Filed 12/07/2005 Page 2 of 18 Case 5:05-cv-03658-RS Document 8 Filed 12/07/2005 Page 3 of 18 Case 5:05-cv-03658-RS Document 8 …
Brief • September 2, 2005
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Complaint, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2005 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 3 jb@johnburtonlaw.com Telephone: (626) 449-8300 4 Facsimile: (626) 449-4417 5 Attorneys for plaintiffs Betty Lou Heston, …
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