$40,000 To Settle Excessive Force Claim At Los Angeles County Jail by In September, 2004, the Los Angeles County Claims Board (Board) agreed to pay $40,000 to settle an excessive force claim brought by a prisoner injured at the L.A. County Main Jail. On March 17, 2002, prisoner Joseph Amezola …

CCA Pays House Majority Leader’s Personal Charity $100,000 by By Matthew T. Clarke In August, 2004, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) gave House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, (R) Sugar Land, Texas, a check for $100,000 for his DeLay Foundation for Kids during a Lexington, Kentucky, political fund raiser for DeLay’s …

Texas State Equipment and Employees Used for Private Prison Labor Lobbying by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Republican State Representative Ray Allen of Grand Prairie, Texas, Chairman of the Texas House Corrections Committee, has been using his state employees and state equipment to operate a private firm that specializes …

Rhode Island Prisoner Awarded $3,900 for False Imprisonment by A Rhode Island jury awarded a prisoner $3,900 for false imprisonment on April 21, 2004. In August 1994, William Ross was incarcerated and held by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) on a minor larceny charge. During his incarceration, the …

Georgia Prison Official Immune, Prison Nurse Not, in Prisoner's Suicide by by Robert H. Woodman The Court of Appeals of Georgia, Second Division, affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the Gwinnett Superior Court in a case brought against a prison official, a prison nurse, and other …

Race-Based California Prison Job Lockout May Violate Equal Protection by by John E. Dannenberg A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that during a California prison partial lockdown limited to two ethnic populations, prison officials' exclusion from early return-to-work of pre-screened critical" prisoner workers solely …

Illinois Appeals Court Reinstates Prisoner's Disciplinary Mandamus Petition by The Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, held that prisoner in the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) had adequately stated causes of action for mandamus relief pertaining to disciplinary sanctions imposed against him. On September 11, 2002, William Cannon, Jr., a …

New Jersey DOC Liable for Prisoner Death Caused by CMS by Robert Woodman by Robert H. Woodman The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, partly affirming a New Jersey prisoner's estate's suit, held that the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) could be held liable for the negligence of …

No Miranda Error During FBI Office Interrogation Where Parolee Knew He Was Free To Leave by by John E. Dannenberg An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that no Miranda violation occurred in failing to suppress an interrogee's statement taken in the office of …

Fifth Circuit Allows Sexual-Orientation Discrimination in Texas Prisoner Rape Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals held that a homosexual prisoner who prison officials allegedly allowed to be repeatedly sexually assaulted and made a sex slave may sue the prison officials for both …

Woodrum v Hutchings State Jail Tdcj Tx Settlement 2005 u.s. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Dallas District Office 207 S. Houston Street, 31'1 Floor Dallas, TX 75202-4726 (214) 253-2700 TIY (214) 253-2710 FAX (214) 253·2720 CONCILIATION AGREEMENT In fue Matter of: U. S. EQUAL EMPLUYMENT OPPORTIJNITY COM:MISSION and LADONNA L. WOODRUM …

Sample v Miles Tx Order Contempt for Usatty 2005 • FIL ED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION 2005 AP - 7 PM U. CL B BRANDON CREIGHTON SAMPLE, Plaintiff, -VS-Case j0 •" 12: 23 ir.XAS OFFICE DEPUTY No. A-03-CA-311-SS WARDEN R.D. …

Marquez v. City of New York, 2dhandsmoke Ruling, 2005 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - NEW YORK COUNTY PRESENT: PART Index Number : 123370/2001 .!?- INDEX NO. MARQUEZ, RAYMOND MOTION DATE vs CITY OF NEW YORK MOTION SEQ. NO. Sequence Number : 2 MOTION CAL. NO. - …

Gates vs. Barbour, Hiv Treatment, Order, Ms, 2005 04/04/2005 17:36 PAGE 02 NPP OF THE ACLU 2023934931 FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI GREENVILLE DIVISION MAR 3 1 2005 NAZARETH GATES, ET AL V. CIVIL NO. 4:71CV6-JAD HALEY BARBOUR, ET AL DEFENDANTS CONSOLIDATED …

Plemmons v. Pierce, Wa, Jail Strip Searches, 2006, Discretionary Rev Resp-final TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................1 II. IDENTITY OF RESPONDENT...............................................................................1 III. DECISIONS BELOW ...............................................................................................2 IV. ISSUES........................................................................................................................2 V. STATEMENT OF THE CASE.................................................................................3 A. Facts ....................................................................................................................3 1. The Circumstances Relating to the Search of Respondent Abra Plemmons .......3 2. Pierce County’s Policies, …

Cooke v Tdcj Tx Opinion and Order Racial Discrimination 1999 TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN JUDGMENT RENDERED MAY 20, 2004 NO. 03-03-00699-CV Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Appellant v. Arthur Cooke, Ernest Cortez, Larry Johnson, and Dequinna Moore, Appellees APPEAL FROM 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY …

Muntaqim v Coombe Ny en Banc Amicus Brief Criminologists Voting 2005 01-7260-cv 04-3886-pr IN THE United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit __________________________ JALIL ABDUL MUNTAQIM, A/K/A ANTHONY BOTTOM; JOSEPH HAYDEN; LUMUMBA AKINWOLE-BANDELE; WILSON ANDINO; GINA ARIAS; WANDA BEST-DEVEAUX; CARLOS BRISTOL; AUGUSTINE CARMONA; DAVID GALARZA; KIMALEE GARNER; MARK …

USA vs. Mills, CA, Discovery Order, Snitch Factory, 2005 H. Dean Steward SBN 85317 107 Avenida Miramar 2 Ste. C San Clemente, CA 92672 3 949-481-4900 fax-949-496-6753 4 Mark Fleming SBN 165770 5 433 G. St. #202 San Diego, CA 92101 6 619-652-9970 fax 619-652-9964 1 7 Attorneys for Defendant …

Noren v. Washington State Department of Corrections, Settlement, 2005 ECIMIEn MAR 2g.zoo5 ' RELEASE OFCLAIM CLAM RELEASE OF Claim No : 31053590 DBPTCPTIWePCRI"A1lON MA'AM:01010N parrot RISK PANAMINT OFFICE RI8KMANAGEM&NT OFFIce OLYMPJA WABMINGTQN OLYMPIA WASHINGTON M8-7148 • ;FORAND CONSIDBRATION.ofthe FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of thesumofTBREE sum of THREEmOUSAND THOUSAND AND AND …

Roach v Dc Complaint Warden Breach of Contract 2005 SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CO Civil Division MBIAFIL.aD CiVIL ACTIONS ~N ~MAR2 5 2005 DAVID ROACH . 2651 Englewood Dr. Melbourne, FL 32940, Case No. Plaintiff, 05-0002322 vs. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA serve: Gladys Herring agent for Mayor Anthony Williams …