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Sample v. Lappin, DC, RFRA Complaint, Passover Wine, 2005 Case 1:05-cv-00596-PLF Document 1 Filed 03/22/2005 o Page 1 of 7 FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NANCY MAYER WHiTTiNGTON CLERK U.S. DISTRICT COUIlT' BRANDON S. A~LE"""., § . \<...53q'4;~v·' v •. ~~: ~~ ~-= …
California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional&quot; - Redemption Doubtful by California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional" - Redemption Doubtful by Marvin Mentor Culminating a multi-year crescendo of criticism leveled at California's Corrections system from frustrated legislative, judicial and executive leaders, the Corrections Independent Review Panel (CIRP) recently tasked by Governor …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Probation
Five Florida Cases Remanded for Award of Jail or Prison Credits by Florida's Second and Fifth District Courts of Appeals have remanded five separate cases for the award of jail or prison credit. Each case was filed under Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) alleging illegal sentences were imposed for …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup by South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup by Michael Rigby Officials at South Carolina's Lieber Correctional Institution (LCI) were supposed to be supplying free prison labor to a charity that builds portable housing for the elderly. Instead, they were stealing …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Promising Favor from Judge for Money by Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Promising Favor from Judge for Money by Robert H. Woodman Overruling a more lenient recommendation from the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, the Ohio Supreme Court indefinitely suspended Dayton attorney Daniel L. O'Brien …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
Washington Guards Settle Lawsuits For $7,270,000 And $810,000, Lose Third by by Michael Rigby When most people hear prison lawsuit," they think of prisoners as the initiators. But the truth is, guards and other disgruntled prison workers are prolific litigators as well. In 2004, for instance, Washington's Pierce County Superior …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright On February 1, 2005, the Ninth Circuit US court of appeals upheld the injunctions in Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 272 F. Supp.2d 1151 (WD WA 2003) which require that the Washington Department of Corrections deliver PLN's subscription renewal letters, book and subscription …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Harsher Oregon Parole Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively by by John E. Dannenberg A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Oregon's Revised Statute § 144.125(3)(a) (1993) was an ex post facto law as applied to denying parole to an Oregon prisoner whose crime predated …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Problems Plague Illinois Jails And Prisons, Employees Watch Television for Pay by Michael Rigby Problems Plague Illinois Jails And Prisons, Employees Watch Television for Pay by Michael Rigby While Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was using Department of Corrections (DOC) resources to monitor his image on television, sex, drugs, and violence …
Connecticut Woman Gang-Raped In Sheriff's Van Settles Suit For $480,000 by by Michael Rigby The State of Connecticut has paid $480,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a female prisoner who was gang-raped by male prisoners in the back of a sheriff's van. On August 18, 1999, S.C. was a …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Prison Population Still Rising in Mid-Year 2003 by by Robert H. Woodman In May, 2004, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that as of June 30, 2003, the total State prison and jail population rose 2.6% from the same date in the previous year, while the Federal prison population …
Wrongfully-Convicted Missouri Woman Receives $7.5 Million After 16 Years in Prison by Wrongfully-Convicted Missouri Woman Receives $7.5 Million After 16 Years in Prison by Matthew T. Clarke On September 14, 2004, the St. Louis suburb of Dellwood settled a suit by a woman wrongfully convicted of murder for $7.5 million. …
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedy Requirement May be Excused by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the failure to exhaust administrative remedies may be excused in limited circumstances and should be excused in this case. This civil rights action arose from events that occurred while Ivan Rodriguez was …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Judges Of Death by Mumia Abu-Jamal As the nation pondered the fate of a young California man being sentenced to death, the case of another man, one lesser-known, one without wealth or whiteness, comes back before the nation's highest court, after having been shunted through a series of killing courts …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Filed under: Sentencing
U.S. v. Booker: The Left Wing Gives and the Right Wing Takes Away by David Zuckerman U.S. v. Booker: The Left Wing Gives and the Right Wing Takes Away by David Zuckerman As federal prisoners are well aware, the facts found by a jury often bear little relation to the …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Fulton County Jail under Federal Control by by David M. Reutter For the second time since 1999, Georgia Federal District Judge Marvin H. Shoob has taken over supervision of the Fulton County Jail. Fulton County Jail Sheriff, Jacquelyn H. Barrett, told the court to go ahead, telling the court that …
Delaware Prisoner's $100,000 Damage Award For Retaliation Upheld by by Michael Rigby A disabled Delaware prisoner's $100,000 damage award for retaliation will stand, a federal district court in Delaware has held. On August 20, 1999, Roger Atkinson, a blind prisoner with a host of medical problems, sued Delaware prison officials …
NO FTCA or IIED Claims Stated in Oregon Testicular Radiation Case by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner who voluntarily participated in testicular radiation experiments while in prison did not establish a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) violation. The court also held that the prisoner did …
Uprising by Vermont Prisoners Damages CCA Prison in Kentucky by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On September 14, 2004, a prisoner uprising rocked the 816-bed, 88-acre Lee Adjustment Center (LAC), a private prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in Lee County, Kentucky. The Prison LAC …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
9th Circuit Explains Habeas Jurisdiction Under 28 U.S.C. &#167; 2254, Upholds Washington Transfer to Priv by 9th Circuit Explains Habeas Jurisdiction Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Upholds Washington Transfer to Private Prison The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that a state prisoner serving time on …
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