Syring v. Oneida County, WI, Brief in Support of Preliminary Injunction, Zoning Regulations, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN MARK SYRING, DARLINGS GIFTS HZL, INC., and MLS INVESTMENTS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 05 C 0061 C ONEIDA COUNTY and TOWN OF HAZELHURST, Defendants. BRIEF IN SUPPORT …
Syring v. Oneida County, WI, Declaration of Mark Syring, Zoning Regulations, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN Mark Syring, Darlings Gifts HZL, Inc., and MLS Investments, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 05 C 0061 C ONEIDA COUNTY and TOWN OF HAZELHURST, Defendants. DECLARATION OF MARK SYRING IN …
BOP Good-Time Statute Upheld By Three Circuits by by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. District Court ruling that had accorded BOP prisoners 54 days good-time credit per year, holding instead that the maximum credit available is only 47 days per year. In …
Wisconsin Enacts Law, Prison Reforms Regarding Sex Assaults by by Michael Rigby On August 31, 2004, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) announced it would immediately implement sweeping policy changes in the way it views and handles staff-on-prisoner sexual assaults. The reforms come a year after legislation was enacted criminalizing …
Wisconsin County Pays $6.95 Million To Settle Strip-Search Suit by by Michael Rigby St. Croix County, Wisconsin, and its insurer has paid $6.95 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the county jail's blanket strip-search policy, according to the terms of a February 27, 2004, settlement …
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 …
Wisconsin District Court Reversed; PLRA Fee Limits Constitutional, Says Seventh Circuit by In a 6-5 decision marked by a plurality opinion and a strongly-worded dissent, the en banc Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, and held that provisions of the Prison …
"Therapeutic Seclusion" of Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Contrary to Professional Judgment by David Reutter "Therapeutic Seclusion" of Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Contrary to Professional Judgment by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that civilly committed sex offenders are entitled, as a matter of due process, …
Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim for $1.2 Million by Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim For $1.2 Million On July 24, 2003, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a claim arising from a man's death in the county jail. The deceased, former president of the …
Seventh Circuit Invalidates Wisconsin News Clippings Ban by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison ban on clippings and photocopies of clippings from newspapers and magazines violates the First Amendment right of prisoners to receive and exchange information. The court also held, however, that the district court's …
Wisconsin PLRA Fee-Limit Does Not Violate Equal Protection by The Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that the Wisconsin Prison Litigation Reform Act's (WPLRA) prohibition against the recovery of costs and fees by prevailing prisoners does not violate equal protection. Daniel Harr, a prisoner of Wisconsin's "Supermax prison successfully pursued a …
BOP Good Time Credits Must Be Calculated Against Sentence, Not Pro-Rated to Time Served by John E Dannenberg BOP Good Time Credits Must Be Calculated Against Sentence, Not Pro-Rated To Time Served by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (W.D. Wisc.) held that good time credits available to federal …
Two Courts Interpret Provisions of Federal Appellate Rule 4; Prisoner Appeals Dismissed as Untimely by Two different federal circuit appeals courts have interpreted provisions of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4, which relates to the filing of notices of appeal. Both courts held the prisoners failed to comply with the …
Wisconsin Contract for Faith-Based Program Does Not Violate First Amendment by Bob Williams Wisconsin Contract for Faith-Based Program Does Not Violate First Amendment by Bob Williams A Wisconsin federal district court has found that a state Department of Corrections (WDOC) contract with a faith-based addiction recovery program does not violate …
Applicability of FTCA to BOP Causes Circuit Split by David Reutter Applicability of FTCA to BOP Causes Circuit Split by David M. Reutter Three recent federal circuit court rul-ings exhibit a dispute between the circuits as to whether the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) applies to property claims against the …
Another Death in a Wisconsin Prison by Gary Hunter "Unremarkable." That's what prison nurse Jolinda Waterman called Donnie Powe's condition when she relegated him to an observation cell. Guards perfunctorily recorded his declining health right up until he died, face down on the floor of his 6 by 8 foot …
Wisconsin Pro Se Co-Plaintiffs Must Maintain Separate § 1983 Actions by Wisconsin Pro Se Co-Plaintiffs Must Maintain Separate § 1983 Actions Federal district court Chief Judge Bar-bara B. Crabb, of the Northern District of Wisconsin, has decided that all pro se prisoner plaintiffs filing in this district must file and …
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 …
CCA Closes Oklahoma Prison, Settles Tax Lawsuit Over Ohio Prison by Michael Rigby The turbulent economy of the past decade has led many communities across America to foolishly seek prisons as a recession proof industry and rural welfare program for poor whites. But prisons can be a double edged sword, …
Wisconsin Prisoners' Riot Charges Expunged From Records by The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court's order overturning and expunging seven prisoners' disciplinary infractions for participating in a riot, barring future disciplinary action premised upon the riot, but allowing proceedings for future administrative confinement for involvement in the …
