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Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Sixth Circuit: Claims Against Parole Procedures Cognizable Under § 1983 by Sixth Circuit: Claims Against Parole Procedures Cognizable Under § 1983; U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review Bringing itself into line with its sister circuits, the en banc U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Ohio prisoners may challenge parole …
Disarray in Colorado: Prisoners Hurt by Host of Problems by Bob Williams Society is dynamic, in a state of con-stant flux where change is the only constant, but recent changes in Colorado are turning up the pressure in Colorado's prison system. Prisoner pay has been nearly eliminated while hygiene items …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Eighteen Indicted for Drug Smuggling and Weapons Possession Inside Puerto Rican Prisons by Lonnie Burton Eighteen Indicted for Drug Smuggling and Weapons Possession Inside Puerto Rican Prisons by Lonnie Burton On May 8, 2003, a 21-page indictment was handed down by a federal grand jury sitting in San Juan, Puerto …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
$475,000 Settlement for Wrongly Convicted Indiana Ex-Con by $475,000 Settlement for Wrongly Convicted Indiana Ex-Con On March 5, 2003, Jerry Watkins settled his wrongful conviction lawsuit against the Hancock County sheriff's department inIndianapolis and the Indianapolis police department. Watkins was convicted of murdering his 11 year old sister in law …
Brooklyn MDC Guard Pleads Guilty to Raping Prisoner by by Matthew T. Clarke On October 17, 2002, Randy Denjen, a guard lieutenant at the Brooklyn, New York Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) pleaded guilty to charges of causing a prisoner to engage in sexual contact by threatening and placing her in …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America, From Slave Passes to the War on Terror by Scott Christianson The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America, From Slave Passes to the War on Terror by Christian Parenti, (Basic Books, 2003) 273 pp., $24.95 cloth Review by Scott Christianson Big Brother is watching. He …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
New York Prisoner Awarded $435,000 in Tire Accident by New York Prisoner Awarded $435,000 in Tire Accident On June 10, 2003, the Court of Claims in Rochester, New York, awarded $435,000 for pain and suffering to a New York prisoner who was injured when a forklift tire exploded in his …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Jail Rape Results in Reduced Sentence by An Alabama federal district court has reduced a female prisoner's sentence by a three-level downward departure based on her rape by a jail guard. Deborah Rodriguez pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 382 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride. After being raped by …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
A Culture of Prosecutorial Misconduct by Peter Schmidt Review by Peter Schmidt The Center for Public Integrity (CPI), a non-profit, investigative journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., has recently published a major study on prosecutorial misconduct in America. The lengthy, empirical study, entitled Harmful Error: Investigating America's Local Prosecutors, which …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Court Questions Federal Assault Conviction on Private Prison Guard by Court Questions Federal Assault Conviction on Private Prison Guard In a case applicable to all federal pris-oners incarcerated in private and state prisons the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a federal prisoner who assaults a private person employed at …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Blind Prisoner Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies by Blind Prisoner Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a blind prisoner is not excused from the administrative exhaustion requirement of the PLRA, and that a state court finding the prison systems grievance procedure violates Louisiana's State Constitution …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
California Presentencing Credits Upheld For Jail Time in Another County by John E Dannenberg California Presentencing Credits Upheld For Jail Time in Another County by John E. Dannenberg The California Supreme Court ruled that while a prisoner was on pre-trial bail from one county, but had been arrested for an …
Impeding Grievance Exhaustion May Violate Access to Courts by A U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin held that a prisoner's access to court was impeded because jail officials interfered with his ability to exhaust his administrative remedies with respect to several non-frivolous claims, which were dismissed for …
§ 1983 Disciplinary Challenge Available to Parolee Because Habeas Would Be Moot by John E Dannenberg § 1983 Disciplinary Challenge Available To Parolee Because Habeas Would Be Moot by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a prisoner suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for …
Mentally Incapacitated Oregon Pretrial Detainees Denied Due Process by Mentally Incapacitated Oregon Pretrial Detainees Denied Due Process The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that under Oregon law, state mental hospitals have a duty to accept mentally incapacitated criminal defendants for evaluation and treatment, once certified as mentally incapacitated by …
Virginia Drug Treatment Program Still Violates Establishment Clause by Virginia Drug Treatment Program Still Violates Establishment Clause A federal district court in Virginia held that the Therapeutic Community Program (TCP) of the Virginia Department of Corrections violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The court also held, however, that …
$108,352 Attorney Fee Award Approved in California Prisoner ADA/RA Suit by John E Dannenberg $108,352 Attorney Fee Award Approved in California Prisoner ADA/RA Suit by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals approved attorney fees/costs totaling $108,352 for litigation efforts in gaining injunctive relief under the Americans …
Brief • April 12, 2004
Brown v Porras Wa Settlment Willful Indifference to Post-surgery Medical Needs 2004 . MAGISTRATBJUDGEJ. KELLEY ARNOLD 1 2 aECDml . APR 13 Z004 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COtJR'r WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT TACOMA 9 NO. C02-5414FDB CHOHNOR BROWN, LO mULATED JUDGMENT' AND Plaintiff, ORDER OF …
Brief • April 12, 2004
Benton v Snohomish Co Wa Complaint Dangerous Working Conditions 2004 .. . • e .• . - 1 r l' FILED 1 2 04 APR 12 AM 9: 50 3 PAH L. Df,NIElS COUNTY CLERK SNOHOMISH CO. WASH. 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF …
Brief • April 12, 2004
Burris v Steilacoom and Pierce County Wa Claim for Damages Wrongful Incarceration 2004 FORWARDED APii 1 2 2004 TO PROSECUTING ATTY. r Cynthia Macklin, Attorney at Law Macklin and Wahl, LLC 15 North Broadway, Suite A Tacoma, WA 98403 "& SHER!FF" April 12, 2004 253-566-0808 HAND DEL"ERED APR 1 2 …
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