Guards Suspended, Fired in Prostitution Probe at CCA-Run D.C. Jail by In June 2009, a District of Columbia jail sergeant and two lieutenants were placed on paid leave during an investigation into allegations that the sergeant paid a pimp to have sex with a jailed prostitute. One of the lieutenants …
Aref v. Holder, DC, Complaint - BOP Correctional Management Units (2010) Case 1:10-cv-00539-RMU Document 5 Filed 04/01/10 Page 1 of 77 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Y ASSIN MUHIDDIN AREF USP Marion, CMU 4500 Prison Road Marion, IL 62959 and AVON TWITTY (aka Abdul Ali) FCI …
Mattan v. Obama, DC, Reply to Motion for Recusal, Guantanamo Bay, 2010 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MOHAMMED ABDULLAH TAHA MATTAN (ABDAL RAZAK ALI) Petitioners, No: 09- 745 (RCL) vs. BARACK OBAMA, et al, Respondents. PETITIONER ABDAL RAZAK ALI’S REPLY TO MOTION FOR RECUSAL Now comes the Petitioner, …
Freedom Forum CEO Charles Overby’s Dark History with Corrections Corporation of America by Beau Hodai Charles L. Overby is a man who leads dual lives; a man who has each foot planted firmly in two very different worlds. In one world he is a champion of the free press. In …
Mattan v. Obama,. DC, Plf Mot for Recusal, Guantanamo Bay prisoner habeus, 2010 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MOHAMMED ABDULLAH TAHA MATTAN (ABDAL RAZAK ALI) Petitioners, No: 09- 745 (RCL) vs. BARACK OBAMA, et al, Respondents. PETITIONER ABDAL RAZAK ALI’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 455(a) …
U.S. Senator John Ensign, Author of Ensign Amendment, Falls From Grace by Brandon Sample There is nothing like a good sex scandal to get things stirred up in Washington, and it’s even better when the scandal involves the likes of U.S. Senator John Ensign, a conservative Republican and member of …
Glomar Response to Prisoner’s FOIA Request Insufficient by On February 28, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer denied a summary judgment motion filed by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit challenging the BOP’s refusal to confirm or deny the existence of …
FedCURE Entitled to Fee Waiver for FOIA Request by Brandon Sample On March 19, 2009, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton granted a motion for summary judgment filed by FedCURE, a non-profit organization that advocates for federal prisoners and their families, in a suit filed under the Freedom of Information Act …
$4.6 Million Settlements in Death of Quadriplegic D.C. Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When 27-year-old Jonathan Magbie entered the District of Columbia Jail to serve a 10-day sentence, he was a quadriplegic confined to a mouth-operated wheelchair. Four days later he was dead. D.C. Superior Court Judge …
District Court Permits Trial In Case Challenging Denial of Wine During Religious Services by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has order discovery and trial in a case changing the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy denying prisoners access to wine during religious services. Federal prisoner Brandon …
D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deliberate Indifference Gallstone Claim by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging inadequate medical care. Herbert Brown, a prisoner in the District of Columbia (District), was incarcerated at the notorious Lorton Correctional Facility …
BOP Settles Suit Over Telephone Access, Electronic FOIA Claims by The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has agreed to settle another lawsuit brought by PLN contributing writer, Brandon Sample.The settlement resolves several disputes between Sample and the BOP. Sample had complained, for instance, that the call prompt announced over the prisoner …
PLN Awarded Summary Judgment In FOIA Case Again by Brandon Sample On March 26, 2009, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton entered summary judgment for PLN in an ongoing battle between Prison Legal News and the BOP over the release of certain records. In 2003, PLN submitted a Freedom of Information …
Motion To Amend Untimely In Washington DC Civil Case by A U.S. district court in Washington, D.C. held the Plaintiffs in a civil case against U.S. Marshals may not amend the complaint to insert named Marshals in their individual capacities. On September 27, 2002, Paul Bame, Gregory Keltner and Ivan …
D.C. Circuit Rejects Government’s Narrow Interpretation of FOIA Request by On February 7, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requester’s request for “all documents pertaining to” his or herself followed by a request for certain enumerated records must …
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Memo Opinion, BOP public records, 2009. Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 61 Filed 03/26/2009 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) ) HARLEY …
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Order, BOP public records, 2009 Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 60 Filed 03/26/2009 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) ) HARLEY G. …
District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams Re-Direct, Inc., a company that provides services for juveniles for the District of Columbia, appealed the denial of …
$1,375 Settlement For 11 Days Excessive Federal Imprisonment by Ex federal prisoner and Washington, D.C., resident Isaac McKelvin filed an administrative tort claim with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), for being incarcerated 11 days past his mandatory release date. He was paid $1,375 …
Sovereign Immunity Bars RFRA Damages in DC Circuit by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that sovereign immunity bars damage claims under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The court found that RFRA does not provide a clear and …
