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Brief • May 9, 2003
Banks v. Beard, Pa, Cu Mail Ban, 2003, Plt. Reply Brief IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 03-1245 RONALD BANKS, et al. Appellants, v. JEFFREY BEARD, Appellee. APPELLANTS’ REPLY BRIEF Appeal from an Order Entered January 10, 2003 by the U.S. District Court for …
Brief • April 30, 2003
Smith v. White, Pa Bop, Marriage Suit, Complaint, 2003
Brief • April 25, 2003
Pindle v Aramark Dc Release Glass in Food 2003 I RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Davont T. Pindle , residing at Schuylkill Federal Correctional Institute, P.O. Box 700, Minersville, Pennsylvania, 17954, Inmate Register Number 09590-007, with Social Security Number ~ , for consideration of the sum …
Brief • April 25, 2003
Howard v Dc Release Prisoner Asasult 2003 RELEASE . I KNOW ALL MEN BY TI:lESE PRESENTS, That I, Rashann G. Howard, residing at 3511 19d1 Street, S.E., Apt 'Z04, Washington, Jj.C~ 20020, with Social Security Number , i for consideration e>f the sum offifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, lawful money ofthe …
Brief • April 17, 2003
Orr v. Co Doc, Settlement, Co, Sexual Harassment, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT NANCY ORR, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, ET AL., Defendants. : : : : : : : : CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:02CV1368(AHN/HBF) ______________________________________________________________ MAUREEN ALLEN, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Vermont DOC Must Comply with APA for Rule Changes in Furlough Program by The Vermont Supreme Court has held that the state's Department of Corrections (DOC) must comply with the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act (APA) before it implements and enforces any rule changes. This was a class-action suit represented by …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
$4.47 Million in Washington Negligent Supervision Settlements and Verdicts by Washington State recently settled or was found liable in three separate law suits alleging that it negligently supervised probationers or parolees. Negligent supervision cases are not new in Washington. Since 2000, the State either settled or was ordered to pay …
Failure to Allege Imminent Threat Precludes Justification Defenses in BOP Weapons Prosecution by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court did not error in excluding evidence or argument regarding affirmative defenses of necessity and duress in trials for prisoners' weapon possession. On May 18, 1999, Terry …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: On May 16, 2002, Barry Parrish, 38, pleaded guilty to walking out of the Lewisville county jail where he was imprisoned and working as a trusty, going to the home of jail guard George Turner on August 23, 2001, killing him with a pair of …
Statutes Affecting Disabled Prisoners by Daniel E. Manville In the past couple of years, there have been a number of changes to federal statutes that provide protections to those confined with disabilities. This article discusses those changes. Additional rights that the disabled may have under federal and state constitutional provisions, …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Florida Jury Awards $390,000 Over Defective Prison-Produced Chair by A Pinellas County (Florida) jury found that an office chair assembled by the Florida DOC's prison industries was defective, and the proximate cause of a state office worker's injuries. The jury awarded the woman $390,000 in damages; however, the recovery was …
Florida PLN Writer Settles Retaliation Suit for $3,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A 42 U. S. C. § 1983 action filed in a Florida State Court alleging retaliatory job changes for the filing of grievances and lawsuits that challenged the general living conditions at Glades Correctional Institution …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Prison Labor Losing Popularity in Oregon by Gary Hunter Since the 19th century prisoners in Oregon have literally labored under a policy that insisted prisoners should work as hard as taxpayers. But the prevailing philosophy is falling prey to fiscal realities. Oregon's evaporating economy has enhanced employment concerns among its …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor by Paul Wright Beginning with this issue of PLN there will be some changes in the law articles. Due to the limited space we have for news and law articles and the ongoing growth in prison and jail related cases being …
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley If you are litigating or planning a case in federal court against state prison officials, it is very important to be clear about what rights you are asserting and what relief you are requesting. Federal courts are not allowed to simply order …
PLN Settles Oregon Censorship Suit for $55,414.31 by On January 29, 2003, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a censorship lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News by paying $39,914.31 in fees and costs and $15,500 in damages and changing its policies concerning the processing and censorship of …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Interest on Washington Restitution Cannot Be Suspended by In a brief ruling, a Washington state appeals court held that trial courts lack the statutory authority to suspend the accrual of interest on court ordered restitution. Dean Claypool pled guilty to second degree assault charges and, in addition to a prison …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Texas Grants Prisoners Right to Forensic DNA Testing by by Matthew T. Clarke The Texas state legislature has enacted what may be the most pro-prisoner post-conviction DNA testing entitlement law in the country. Codified at Chapter 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the law gives any convicted person …
Sole Washington Woman Civil Commitment Taxes System by Lonnie Burton Since 1997, when a court deemed her too dangerous to live in society, Laura McCollum has remained the lone female prisoner at Washington's civil commitment center for sexually-violent predators on the grounds of the state's women's' prison near Purdy. McCollum, …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Wyoming Jail Must Disclose Suicide Prevention Critique by The Wyoming Supreme Court has held that the Wyoming Public Records Act (WPRA) requires that state's jails to disclose to the press reports evaluating jail suicide prevention procedures. In 1998, prisoner suicide attempts increased in the county jail in Laramie, Wyoming. Laramie …
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