Bacote v. FBOP, CO, Complaint - Treatment Inmates With Mental Illness With Exhibits (2012) Case 1:12-cv-01570 Document 1 Filed 06/18/12 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 108 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. MICHAEL BACOTE, HAROLD CUNNINGHAM, JOHN W. NARDUCCI, JR., JEREMY PINSON, …
Colorado Court Rejects Prisoner Claim of BOP Mistreatment by A Colorado prisoner's Fifth and Eighth Amendment claims against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), have been dismissed by Judge Philip A. Brimmer of U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Prisoner Thomas Silverstein was sentenced in 1978 and started serving …
Colorado District Court Examines Responsibility in Issuing Search Warrants Following $425,000 Settlement for Illegal Computer Search by A $425,000 settlement was reached in December, 2011 in a federal civil rights action against a prosecutor who approved an application for an illegal search. It may be the first ruling of its …
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Vega v. Davis, CO, Complaint, Inmate Suicide, 2012 Case 1:12-cv-01144-RPM Document 1 Filed 05/01/12 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. RAYMOND VEGA, on behalf of Jose Martin Vega, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. BLAKE R. DAVIS and certain …
Challenge to BOP’s Ban on Sexually Explicit Publications Dismissed by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) implementation of the Ensign Amendment, a law that prohibits the expenditure of federal funds “to distribute or make available to …
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How Victim Rights Shaped Spending, Laws and the Future of Punishment in Colorado by Alan Prendergast Newly elected as a Colorado state representative, Pete Lee hit the Capitol in January 2011 fired up with big ideas. The biggest of them all was the restorative justice bill he introduced shortly after …
United States District Court Grants Summary Judgment in Internet Libel Case by The United States District Court granted a Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, claiming violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. This action arose out of Thomas Mink’s publication of an internet based …
Exec with GEO Group, which Operates Immigration Detention Facilities, Intimidates Immigrant In-Law by Thomas M. Wierdsma is the Senior Vice President for Project Development at The GEO Group, Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida-based company that, according to its 2010 annual report, operates “a broad range of correctional and detention facilities …
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of § 1983 Complaint Which Fails to Specifically Connect Defendants to Alleged Violations by Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of § 1983 Complaint Which Fails to Specifically Connect Defendants to Alleged Violations In an unpublished decision, the Tenth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal without prejudice of a …
Colorado Prison Murder Prosecutions Include Coerced Witnesses, Withholding of Evidence by In January 2011, a Powers County, Colorado jury acquitted a prisoner who was charged in the stabbing death of another prisoner. Prior to trial, prison officials were accused of using coercion to persuade prisoners to testify for the prosecution, …
Federal Appeals Court Denies Colorado Prisoner’s “Mail Box Rule” Appeal by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Colorado district court’s order to alter the judgment in a suit won by a Colorado prisoner. Michael N. Milligan filed suit against Brian Matthews, a prison official at the prison in …
Colorado CCA Prison Uprising: New Details of Unheeded Warnings Emerge in Epic Lawsuit by Alan Prendergast Seven years ago prisoners at a private prison in southeastern Colorado went on an all-night rampage, chasing the shorthanded staff from the premises, attacking suspected snitches, setting fires and causing millions of dollars in …
Mother Questions Her Son’s “Natural” Death in Colorado CCA Prison by Alan Prendergast On October 28, 2010, a 26-year-old prisoner named Terrell Griswold was found slumped over and unresponsive in his cell at the Bent County Correctional Facility, a private prison in southeastern Colorado. The official cause of death was …
Prison Sexual Abuse Survivor Speaks Out by Alan Prendergast In January 2010, Scott Howard, a 39-year-old federal prisoner, made his way briskly into a hearing room in the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building in Washington, D.C. He was neatly dressed in blazer, slacks and tie, and quite nervous about what …
Denver Prisoner’s Death Ruled a Homicide; Family Files Suit by Brandon Sample The Denver area coroner’s office has ruled the death of a prisoner at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Facility (VCSDF) a homicide. Marvin L. Booker, 56, a homeless preacher, died on July 9, 2010 after a struggle with guards …
PLN Wins Partial Victory, Attorneys Fees in FOIA Video Tape Suit Against U.S. Attorneys’ Office by Brandon Sample by Brandon Sample and Derek Gilna In a lawsuit brought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Prison Legal News was awarded attorneys fees by a U.S. District Court in Colorado after …
Colorado Prison Culinary Program Caters to Local Community by Prisoners at Colorado’s Sterling Correctional Facility (SCF) are catering local events as part of a culinary training program at the prison. Their cuisine has such a fine reputation that in March 2011 students at one high school asked SCF to cater …
