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Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Retaliation Claim by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of an Illinois prisoner's retaliation claim. On January 17, 2003, Illinois prisoner Robert Hoskins worked in the Dixon Correctional Center (Dixon) cafeteria when Food Services Supervisor Connie Lenear called him a …
Seventh Circuit Upholds $56.5 Million Jail Murder Verdict by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $56.5 million jury verdict against former jail guards who murdered a pretrial detainee. This is the largest verdict for abuses against a single victim in an American jail/prison case that we are aware …
Dismissal of §1983 Complaint Against Ohio CCA Prison Reversed by by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner complaint against the CCA facility at Youngstown, Ohio, finding the complaint did state a claim of …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
California Youth Prison Superintendent by California Youth Prison Superintendent Removed For Using Unreasonable Force The Superintendent of a California youth prison was permanently removed from his position for using unreasonable force against a ward, and then not reporting it. Steve Kruse, Superintendent at the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in …
Florida Awards Contracts Putting Sex Offenders on GPS Supervision; Other States to Follow by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has awarded three contracts for Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite monitoring of sex offenders. The contracts come on the heels on legislation that allocated $3.9 million over a three-year period …
Controversial Ex-Prison Official Lane McCotter Appointed Utah J.P. by Lane McCotter, once the director of the Utah Department of Corrections, has been appointed to a justice of the peace bench in Utah. The McCotter era remains a high-point of prison violence in Utah's history cumulating in the death of a …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Politics Keeps Arizona Clemency Approvals Rare by by John E. Dannenberg Only seven Arizona prisoners were granted clemency in 2004, four of whom were on their death beds. This gaunt statistic is the natural progression resulting from Arizona's abolishing parole a decade ago, replacing justice with politics in the form …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Wrongfully Convicted Kentucky Man Wins $590,000 Judgment Against Defense Attorney by On June 3, 2004, a Louisville, Kentucky, jury awarded $590,000 to a wrongfully convicted man who spent two years in prison because his defense counsel was negligent. Plaintiff Gary Puckett and his mother Peggy Puckett were at their home …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
85 Year-Old California Prison Doctor Wins $20 Million For Age Discrimination by The chief physician and surgeon at California State Prison, Lancaster, still practicing medicine at age 85, successfully sued the California Department of Corrections (CDC) for age discrimination when CDC forced him to retire. On July 18, 2005, a …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Fourth Circuit Holds Claims Value Relevant to Frivolous Determination by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court may consider the value of the prisoner's claim when determining whether to dismiss it as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), the in forma pauperis statute. Federal prisoner Paul …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
2006 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar by The 2006 Certain Days calendar features 12 full color imagesincluding collages, murals, paintings and moreand over a dozen pages of writing created by and about former and current American political prisoners and prisoners of war. This wall calendar is the fifth …
Florida Violates Sex Offenders for Possessing Common Men's Magazines by Florida Violates Sex Offenders for Possessing Common Men's Magazines The State of Florida, in a crackdown on sex offenders, is sending probationers to jail for probation violations because they possessed racy magazines or sex manuals. The crackdown comes from increased …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
"Actual Innocence" Rule Inapplicable to Breach of Contract by Lawyer by "Actual Innocence" Rule Inapplicable to Breach of Contract by Lawyer The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of a diversity suit, holding that the actual innocence" rule does not bar claims of breach of contract/fiduciary …
Brief • December 14, 2005
Summers v Sacramento County Ca Jail Suicides Sj Ruling 2007 Case 2:02-cv-02488-FCD-JFM Document 143 Filed 12/14/2005 Page 1 of 58 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ----oo0oo---10 11 24 Estate of MOHAMMAD REZA ABDOLLAHI, deceased, by and through SINA …
Brief • December 14, 2005
Carlson v Wadoc Tort Claim Medical Mistreatment 2005 "r " rEcEIVED l~Wi STANDARD TORT CLAIM FORM General Liability Claim Form #SF 210 \}U: \ 1.\ A If 38' l( £lIS Pursuant to RCW 4.92. this form is provided for your convenience when filing a tort claim against the state of …
Brief • December 14, 2005
Arreola v. Choudry, Il, Medical Neglect, 2005 Case 1:03-cv-02854 Document 84 Filed 12/14/2005 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GILBERT ARREOLA, On Behalf Of Himself And All Others Similarly Situated Plaintiff, vs. MUHAMMED CHOUDRY, M.D.; ERNESTO VELASCO, Director of Cook …
Brief • December 13, 2005
Balla v Idaho Boc Id Judgment Overcrowding Conditions of Confinement 2005 r Filed 12/13/2005 Page 1 of2 p.lS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT "FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO WALTBRD. ~ALLA, et. al., Plaintiffs, ) .) ) "Case No. CV81-1165-S-ElL ) VS. ) JUDGMENT ) IDAHO BOARD OF CORRECTION. etaL, …
Brief • December 13, 2005
Del Toro v County of Sacramento Ca Release and Check Medical Neglect of Foot 2004 · --... .., '-" Claim No. L0401593 ~ RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the Undersigned, being oflawful age, for sale consideration of One Thousand and No/lOO---Dollars (Sl,OOO.OO*) to be …
Brief • December 13, 2005
Abdollahi v. County of Sacramento, Ca, Jail Suicide, Order, 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ----oo0oo---10 11 24 Estate of MOHAMMAD REZA ABDOLLAHI, deceased, by and through SINA ABDOLLAHI (a minor through his mother and guardian ad litem …
Brief • December 9, 2005
Debrito v Hernandez Ca Complaint Wrongful Inprisonment Past Release Date 2005 Case 3:05-cv-02249-WQH-CAB Document 1 1 2 3 4 5 Filed 12/09/05 Page 2 of 11 DWIGHT F. RITTER, ESQ. (STATE BAR #127030) LAW OFFICES OF DWIGHT F. RITTER -. - ,. '-" 170 LAUREL STREET _. I • • …
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