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Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Native American Entitled to Prayer Feather by An Arkansas federal district court has held that a Native American prisoner has a constitutional right to possess or use a prayer feather for religious purposes. This action was brought by Billy Joe Wolf, complaining about acts while he was imprisoned at Arkansas? …
New Hampshire Prisoner’s ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment by New Hampshire Prisoner's ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment The First Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a New Hampshire federal district court's summary judgment order concluding that a prisoner failed to demonstrate that prison officials violated his rights under Title II …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Alabama: On August 21, 2006, Baldwin county jail guard Jorge Quezada, 20, was fired for failing to monitor jail prisoner Ross Paul Yates who died after being handcuffed to a wall for several hours. Arkansas: On October 12, 2006, Michael Bolton, 25, a prisoner at the …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Mississippi DOC Guts TB Program by For many years the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) has led the nation in controlling tuberculosis (TB) in its prison system. This was accomplished by giving chest x-rays to all incoming prisoners to determine whether they had the disease. Unfortunately this practice has been …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Filed under: Voting, Sentencing, Parole
Colorado Parolee’s Disenfranchisement Upheld by Colorado Parolee's Disenfranchisement Upheld The Colorado Supreme Court has held that a person on parole does not have a right to vote. That ruling came in an appeal filed by Pastor Michael Danielson after the District Court for the city and County of Denver dismissed …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
PLN Awarded $48,709 In Attorney Fees After Successful FOIA Suit Against BOP by In June, 2006, Prison Legal News won the right to gain media investigative access to federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) records regarding lawsuits by prisoners, employees, contractors and visitors without payment of search and copying fees, pursuant …
Family of Texas Prisoner Murdered in Geo-Operated Prison Awarded $47.5 Million by Michael Rigby On September 15, 2006, a jury in Willacy County, Texas awarded $47.5 million to the family of a prisoner who was murdered at a private prison operated by the Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections). The Florida-based …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
$255 Awarded For Destruction of Prisoner’s Property by $255 Awarded For Destruction of Prisoner's Property The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOC) appealed an order awarding state prisoner Carlos Escamilla $255 for property that turned up missing. Escamilla petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to receive reimbursement. The …
9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a “Prison Condition” by 9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a "Prison Condition" The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an Idaho prisoner's suit for non-exhaustion, concluding that the …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Filed under: Media, Access to Media
New Jersey Prison Commissioner’s Complete Ban On Media Lifted by Gary Hunter New Jersey Prison Commissioner's Complete Ban On Media Lifted by Gary Hunter Immediately upon taking office, in January 2005, New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner George Hayman imposed a total ban on media interviews with prisoners. DOC …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Michigan Jail Prisoners Pay For Incarceration by Gary Hunter Under a law passed by Michigan legislators prisoners can now be required to pay up to $60 per day for the cost of their incarceration in city jails. Proposed by State Sen. Laura M. Toy, R-Livonia the law was signed into …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Sixth Circuit Extends Abela Ruling to Parole Denial Habeas Petitions by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the 90-day period to apply for certiorari review to the U.S. Supreme Court tolls the one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions challenging parole denial. In so holding, the …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Garnishment of Ohio Prisoner’s Account Permitted to Pay Court Costs by Garnishment of Ohio Prisoner's Account Permitted to Pay Court Costs The Ohio Supreme Court has held that the state may collect court costs from an indigent criminal defendant, including collection from a prisoner's account. Before the Court was the …
Brief • February 12, 2007
Miller v Wa Doc Claim Police Search Warrant Property Damage 2007 =::::::-----'---- '~;:;:::::::;::::::;;;::-=:,:;:. _:__:.~~..!'! ..'!I' ... . l -.... For Official Use Only STANDARD TORT CLAIM FORM G,eneral Liability Claim Form #SF 210 RECEIVED Pursuant to Chapter 4. 92 RCW, this form is .for ffling a tort claim against the …
Brief • February 9, 2007
Samadov v Ogan Pa Petition Wrongfully Imprisoned 2007 WITOLD J. WALCZAK PA ID No. 62976 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA 313 Atwood Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel.: (412) 681-7864 Fax: (412) 681-8707 Email: vwalczak@aclupgh.org MARY CATHERINE ROPER PA ID No. 71107 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA P.O. Box …
Brief • February 8, 2007
Ellis v Us Co Bop Severed Finger Accident Complaint 2007 Case 1:07-cv-00277-MSK Document 1 Filed 02/08/2007 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. ________________________ LAWRENCE ELLIS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. COMPLAINT Plaintiff Lawrence Ellis, by and …
Brief • February 8, 2007
Samadov v Hogan Pa Affidavit of Petitioner 2007 Immigrant Removal
Brief • February 8, 2007
Filed under: Dental Care
Perez v Tilton, CA, Order Appointing Court Experts, dental, 2007 Case 3:05-cv-05241-JSW Document 96 Filed 02/08/2007 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CARLOS PEREZ, et al. 10 Plaintiffs, 11 For the Northern …
Brief • February 7, 2007
Carter v United States Ny Second Amended Complaint Atf Raid Wrongful Search 2007 Case 1:04-cv-04880-FB -JMA Document 42 Filed 02/07/07 Page 1 of 15 Case 1:04-cv-04880-FB -JMA Document 42 Filed 02/07/07 Page 2 of 15 Case 1:04-cv-04880-FB -JMA Document 42 Filed 02/07/07 Page 3 of 15 Case 1:04-cv-04880-FB -JMA Document …
Brief • February 6, 2007
Makins v Dc Release Racial and Sex Discrimination 2007 R£LF;ASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, Tnat I, BRENDA E. MAKINs, residing at "f b~ . E 0\/. .' -:.''', C #~J~\.Jfiljn consideration of the !fum of One Hundred Forty Thousand dollars $ 140.olt8~O), lawful money of the United States, …
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