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Brief • October 8, 2013
Matkin v. Barrett, GA, Petitioner Brief, Jail Strip Search, 2013 NO. 13-108 In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________ KRISTOPHER ALAN MATKIN, DAVID EVANS, ALLEN MIDDLETON, HARRY WITHERSPOON, ANTIONNE WOLF, Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, v. SHERIFF JACQUELINE BARRETT, FORMER SHERIFF OF FULTON …
Brief • October 4, 2013
Cantley v. WV Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority, Judgment, Jail Strip Search Policy, 2013 Elmer Robert Keach LAW OFFICES OF ELMER ROBERT KEACH, III P. O. Box 70 Amsterdam NY 12010 3:09cv00758 TERESA L. DEPPNEH. CLERK Blackburn v. Snow, 111 Cantley v. W. Va. Reg IJail & Corr. Fac. …
Brief • September 30, 2013
Williams v. City of Cleveland, OH, SJ Order for Dfts, Blanket Strip Search and Delousing Policy, 2013 Case: 1:09-cv-02991-BYP Doc #: 79 Filed: 09/30/13 1 of 13. PageID #: 700 2D 13 $EP 30 Pi: :.: '=-,:~ PEARSON,J. !~ .;" [lrr',.·F" . . ·• . . :-:-,,:,>. ;:\1 i:~,1 CuUt'I'r …
Brief • September 25, 2013
Filed under: Police Searches
Daniel v. City of Antioch, CA, Order re MTD, Warrentless Search, 2013 Case3:13-cv-01084-MMC Document29 Filed09/25/13 Page1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 …
Brief • September 16, 2013
J.O. (Oates) v. Dorsey, NM, Prelim. Settlement Agreement, Forced to Strip at Gunpoint Group Punishment, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00254-MCA-GBW Document 139 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO J.O. and ROBERT SALAZAR on behalf of themselves and a Class of …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
High-Tech, High-Risk Forensics by Osagie K. Obasogie by Prof. Osagie K. Obasogie When the police arrived last November at the ransacked mansion of the millionaire investor Raveesh Kumra, outside of San Jose, California, they found Mr. Kumra had been blindfolded, tied and gagged. The robbers took cash, rare coins and …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Oklahoma’s DNA Law Means Post-Conviction Testing Available in All 50 States by Christopher Zoukis On May 24, 2013, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law a comprehensive post-conviction DNA review process for defendants in cases involving violent felonies or resulting in sentences of 25 years or more. Oklahoma thus became …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Seventh Circuit Retires “De Minimis” Standard for Use of Physical Force by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s application of a “de minimis harm” standard in dismissing a Wisconsin detainee’s claim that he was sexually groped. In April 2008, James Washington, Jr. was a pretrial …
Brief • September 13, 2013
Fields v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Exhibit - Police Citation, video on duty police, 2013
Article • August 15, 2013
Filed under: Searches, Drug Testing
Federal Rehabilitation Act Provides No Cause of Action Against Federal Government When Acting in Regulatory Capacity by Joseph Kinneary was the captain of a municipal tanker for the New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection. Kinneary didn’t provide a urine sample for drug testing as required by federal regulations, claiming …
Article • August 15, 2013
Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Strip Search by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to a deputy who conducted an improper strip search of a woman confined due to mistaken identity. On April 18, 2005, Lakewood, Colorado police responded to an altercation between …
Article • August 15, 2013
Filed under: Searches, Drug Testing
Airline Mechanic’s Termination for Failure to Provide Urine for Drug Testing Affirmed by William King, a mechanic for Northwest Airlines, was directed to provide a urine specimen for drug testing. The tester reported to his supervisor that King failed to provide the specimen within 3 hours, which King initially didn’t …
Article • August 15, 2013
Kansas Supreme Court Clarifies Procedures to be followed in Addressing Requests for DNA Testing by In October 2012, the Supreme Court of Kansas reversed a trial court’s denial of a petition for DNA testing by convicted murderer Robert Lackey II. In so doing, the Court clarified the procedures to be …
Article • August 15, 2013
Maryland Court of Appeals Upholds Breathalyzer DNA Seizure by The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a criminal defendant's motion to suppress DNA evidence used to convict him of manslaughter. In December 1995, Jacqueline Tilghman was raped and murdered. Semen found on vaginal and anal swabs was turned …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Denial of RFRA DNA Challenge by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court erroneously held that an offender’s belief that he can’t give blood was not a religious belief. After pleading guilty to federal charges in California, Gregory Zimmerman was compelled to provide …
NY Prisoner’s Sanction for Not Providing Urine Sample for Drug Screening Affirmed by Camilo Infante, a New York state prisoner, failed to provide a urine sample within three hours of a guard’s order to do so for purposes of drug screening. He claimed at his disciplinary hearing that a groin …
Article • August 15, 2013
City of Los Angeles Settles Suit with ACLU over Policing Practices on Skid Row by A lawsuit over policing practices in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles was dismissed in February 2009 when the City defendants and the ACLU stipulated to the terms of a Settlement Agreement under …
Article • August 15, 2013
Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches
$800,000 Settlement in Illegal Strip Search Claim Against Kentucky Jail by The parties to a class action lawsuit that alleged persons arrested for non-violent, non-drug-related misdemeanor offenses were strip searched illegally at Kentucky’s Bullitt County Detention Center (the Jail) have reached a settlement agreement. Under its terms, the Jail will …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Supreme Court Upholds DNA Collection as Part of Jail Booking Procedures by J.R. Bloom The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for DNA collection and analysis to become as routine a part of the jail booking process as fingerprinting and mug shots. In 2009, Maryland police arrested Alonzo King …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Genetic and DNA Evidence: The Emperor Has No Clothes by Ernest P. Chiodo by Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.B.A., C.I.H. Genetic evidence in the form of DNA profiles has proven to be a powerful tool in the advance of justice by proving the innocence of accused persons. …
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