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Pro Se Tips and Tactics

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA)

Pro Se Tips and Tactics by Daniel Manville by Daniel E. Manville Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Introduction1 If you are confined and are suing in federal court prison or jail staff for an incident that occurred while locked up, you are required to exhaust the administrative grievance system that exists. …

Summary Judgment Reversed in Louisiana Jail Conditions Case

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Toilets, Sewage, Sanitation, Physical Injury Rule, Civil Procedure, Damages, Administrative Exhaustion

Summary Judgment Reversed in Louisiana Jail Conditions Case by by Robert H. Woodman The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, reversed summary judgment granted by the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court of Ascension Parish (Louisiana) to the Ascension Parish sheriff in a case involving conditions of confinement at the Ascension …

Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Searches, DNA Testing/Samples, Crime

Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere by Michael Rigby More than two years after the closure of its DNA division, the Houston Police Department (HPD) crime lab remains a lesson in how not to run a forensics unit. Recent developments include the discovery of 280 boxes of misplaced evidence …

Three California Prisons Ration Water Due To Contaminated Wells

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Sewage, Water

Three California Prisons Ration Water Due To Contaminated Wells by by John E. Dannenberg When wells at the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC), Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) and Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) state prisons became contaminated, water was severely rationed until repairs could be made. In June, 2004, when maximum-security …

Two Pennsylvania Prisoners Win $1.2 Million For MRSA Skin Infections Contracted County Jail

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Medical

Two Pennsylvania Prisoners Win $1.2 Million For MRSA Skin Infections Contracted County Jail by by John E. Dannenberg An uncontrolled and untreated chronic infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a highly contagious, stubborn, disfiguring and sometime fatal bacterial disease, has permeated the Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), unabated, for …

California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Computers, Sentencing, Parole, Internet

California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable by The California Court of Appeals granted habeas corpus relief sought by a paroled child molester who complained that the condition of parole forbidding him from either using a computer or getting on the Internet was unreasonable. Ramon Stevens was …

Alabama Prisoner Awarded $90,000 For Work-Related Eye Injury

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury

Alabama Prisoner Awarded $90,000 For Work-Related Eye Injury by by Michael Rigby On February 5, 2004, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to pay $90,000 to a prisoner who was refused safety glasses and later suffered an eye injury while working at a prison recycling center. Plaintiff Brian Dodd, …

Lake v. County of Schoharie, Ny, Jail, Medical Neglect Verdict, July, 2005

Brief • July 15, 2005

Lake v. County of Schoharie, Ny, Jail, Medical Neglect Verdict, July, 2005 ================================================================================ * * * * * UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT * * * * * NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JUDGM ENT IN A CIVIL CASE DOCKET NO. 9:01cv1284 (DEW/DEP) BYRON LAKE, Plaintiff(s), THE COUNTY OF SCHOHARIE, THE …

Epa Settlement With Pa Prison 2005

Brief • July 15, 2005

Epa Settlement With Pa Prison 2005 ~ .. BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Region III 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 In the Matter of: StateCorrectioDal Institution at Laurel Highlands 5706 Glades Pike P.o. Box 631 ~~.!J1~J:~~!'_~~J"~50}_=Q63! EPA DOCKET NO. CAA-3-2005-0152 . Commonwealth of PenDsylvania Department of Correctjons …

Pettit v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., Decision, inmate work injury, 2005

Brief • July 12, 2005

Filed under: Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety

Pettit v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., Decision, inmate work injury, 2005 [Cite as Pettit v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2005-Ohio-3958.] IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO www.cco.state.oh.us DAVID PETTIT, et al. : Plaintiffs : v. : CASE NO. 2003-11798 Judge Fred J. Shoemaker DECISION DEPARTMENT …

Meisberger v. Donahue, Complaint, In, Sexually Explicit Materials, 2006

Brief • July 11, 2005

Meisberger v. Donahue, Complaint, In, Sexually Explicit Materials, 2006

Roach v Dc Release Warden Breach of Contract 2005

Brief • July 11, 2005

Roach v Dc Release Warden Breach of Contract 2005 , RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, That I, David D. Roach, residing at 265'1> Englewood Drive, iri the City of Melbourne, Florida 32940 with Social Security Nun.lher , for consideration of the sum of Sixty Two Thousand andno/IOOths ($62,OOO,OO) …

Thompson v Dc Dismissal Severed Finger 2005

Brief • July 7, 2005

Thompson v Dc Dismissal Severed Finger 2005 , ' ~....•.. \ ~. , ~ SUPERIOR COURT OF THE D~STRICT OF COLUMBIA ~~fl D~vlsion ERIC THOMPSON ' . ~/-'~-- ~\L~~~l\'\\- , . ~r·.rtJ) ". ., ' ;:, ~ \\ \t~C):' j\J\. \' Plaintiff i . -: \ Cl)~:t,"ii \ S.\~..~:; 0\ …

Luckey v. Essex County, Complaint, Nj, Wrongful Death-medical, 2005

Brief • July 6, 2005

Luckey v. Essex County, Complaint, Nj, Wrongful Death-medical, 2005 Thomas S. Howard, Esq. (TH 0601) KIRSCH, GARTENBERG & HOWARD Two University Plaza Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 488-4644 Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ALETHA LUCKEY, as the administratrix and the administratrix ad …

Nihipali v County of Los Angeles Ca Motion in Limine Wrongful Incarceration Prior Felonies 2005

Brief • July 5, 2005

Nihipali v County of Los Angeles Ca Motion in Limine Wrongful Incarceration Prior Felonies 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PETER M. WILLIAMSON, Bar No. 97309 WILLIAMSON & ASSOCIATES 13915 Panay Way, Suite One Marina del Rey, CA 90292 (310) 822-3377 JOHN M. INFERRERA, Bar No. 66276 BAKER, …

Lewis v. State of Ohio, Oh, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2005, Complaint

Brief • July 1, 2005

Lewis v. State of Ohio, Oh, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2005, Complaint

Thomas v. City of Gulfport, Ms, Indigent Jail Fees, Complaint, 2005

Brief • July 1, 2005

Thomas v. City of Gulfport, Ms, Indigent Jail Fees, Complaint, 2005 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION ___________________________________ ) VIRGINIA THOMAS, ERIKA BROCK, ) STEVEN RILEY, TIMOTHY MASON, ) JACQUELINE LINDSEY, CLARENCE ) ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER ) JAMIESON, HUBERT LINDSEY, ) KENNETH FOXWORTH, …

Venny v County of Albany Ny Complaint Failure to Treat Pregnancy 2005

Brief • June 30, 2005

Venny v County of Albany Ny Complaint Failure to Treat Pregnancy 2005 Case 1:04-cv-01043-GLS-DRH Document 22 Filed 06/30/05 Page 1 of 31 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AJADYAN VENNY, individually and as parent and guardian of infant SCOTT L. VENNY MAYO, JR., deceased, and BARBARA THERESA …

Abolafya v Lehman Wa Complaint Unlawful Imprisonment Unclear Requirements for Release Address 2005

Brief • June 30, 2005

Abolafya v Lehman Wa Complaint Unlawful Imprisonment Unclear Requirements for Release Address 2005 RECEIVED JUN 28 Z005 2 OepartmelllolCollMtiOOS ~cooeplllysecn>ta1Y's0ftiC8 3 ., to')V",L)" 4 UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT WESTERN DISTRJCT OF WASIUNGTON 5 6 7 No.05-0 o "a-TS:c BENJAMIN ABOLAFYA, Plaintiff, 8 9 v. 10 JOSEPH LEHMAN, in his personal …

Diaz v Romita - Mi - Brutality - Complaint 2006

Brief • June 30, 2005

Diaz v Romita - Mi - Brutality - Complaint 2006 Case 2:05-cv-70928-VAR-DAS Document 9 Filed 06/30/2005 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN -SOUTHERN DIVISION - William Diaz, Plaintiff, Case No. 05-70928 Hon. Victoria A. Roberts Mag. Judge Scheer -v- Anthony Romita, Brian Sywak, …