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Article • September 15, 2002 • from PLN September, 2002
Review: The Criminal Law Handbook, 3rd Edition by by Paul Bergman and Sara J. Berman-Barrett. Nolo, 606 pages, paperback, $29.95 A sure-fire method to eliminate future overcrowding of our nation's prisons would be to compel each aspiring scofflaw to read the third edition of The Criminal Law Handbook before his …
Brief • September 12, 2002
Pennington v. City of Youngstown, Complaint, Oh, Wrongful Death-excessive Force, 2002 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION DENISE PENNINGTON, Stepdaughter and Administrator of the Estate of BOOKER T. MITCHELL 1465 Townsend Avenue, Apt. 22 Youngstown, OH 44505 ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • September 4, 2002
Ashburn v. Mapes, Ia, Deliberate Indifference, 2002 Case 4:02-cv-90447-RP-TJS Document 1 Filed 09/04/2002 Page 1 of 35 Case 4:02-cv-90447-RP-TJS Document 1 Filed 09/04/2002 Page 2 of 35 Case 4:02-cv-90447-RP-TJS Document 1 Filed 09/04/2002 Page 3 of 35 Case 4:02-cv-90447-RP-TJS Document 1 Filed 09/04/2002 Page 4 of 35 Case 4:02-cv-90447-RP-TJS Document …
Brief • September 3, 2002
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Sheptin v. US, IL, Attorney Fees, BOP Hepatitis C Medical Suit, 2000
Brief • August 27, 2002
Wirtz v Washington State Doc Wa Complaint Inmate Worker Slip and Fall 2002 , .~ " I STANDARD TO~ CLAIM FORM General L1ablllty CJaim Form #SF 210 STATE OFFiCE OF RISK ~Jv\NAGEMENT Pursuant to RCW' 4.92, this fomi Is provided for your convenience when filIng a tort claim against the …
Brief • August 22, 2002
Cooper v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Unlawful Detention After Time Served, 2002 3/DS4-50l 1 NOTJ:CB _OF CLAIH FOR DAMAGBS 2 AGAINST WASHINGTON STATE 3 -ro: TORT CLAIMS ADM:tNJ:STRA~OR STATE OFFiCE OF RISK MANAGEMENT lID? AUG 22 AM 9: 43 B'OR THE OFFICE OF RISK HMJAGEMEN'll' 4 01' THE STATE OF …
Brief • August 22, 2002
Filed under: Exposure to Heat
Duvall v. Glendening, MD, Consent Order, Excessive Heat, 2002 08 122 102 .. 15:55 FA.X J10 J66 7838 A C L t: ~016 ., IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ) JEROME DUVALL, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) ) Civil Action No. JFM-94-2541 …
Ill Treatment on Our Shores by Anne-Marie Cusac ( On October 24, 2001, Muhammed Butt died of a heart attack at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, New Jersey. Butt, a Pakistani national, was detained on September 19 by the FBI as a suspect connected with the September 11 …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
New Jersey Goes Online with Sex Offender Website by A federal district court in New Jersey has denied sex offender plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunction Relief seeking to prevent implementation of New Jersey's (NJ) Internet sex offender registry, but barred the listing of the offenders' home addresses. On November 7, …
Florida Guards Murder Another Prisoner, Get Another Acquittal by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A state jury has acquitted three Florida prison guards in the murder of death row inmate Frank Valdes. The guards, Captain Timothy Thornton, Sgt. Jason P. Griffis, and Sgt. Charles A. Brown, were exonerated of …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole
No 85% on New Jersey Murder Conviction by The Supreme Court of New Jersey has affirmed an Appellate Division's holding that the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2, does not apply to murder. The justices evenly split on this case of statutory construction. Murder is the only crime for …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
The Parents' Project by Denise Johnston by Denise Johnston and Michael Carlin According to the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 25% of the nation's adult population lives with a criminal record for a substantial portion of their lives. The majority of these adults are parents. The Center for Children …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Prisoner's Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in The United States and Canada , 2 nd Ed. by Hans Sherrer by Jon Marc Taylor, Biddle Publishing Co., 2002, pb. 341 pages Review by Hans Sherrer All across the country DOC educational programs available to prisoners are being reduced or eliminated. That …
Courts Retain Power To Grant TROs Under PLRA by The District of Columbia (DC) Court of Appeals has vacated a district court ruling on the merits of a prisoner lawsuit where the district court also found that the prisoner plaintiffs failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit. Louis …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Officials Netted in Kansas Jail Bribery by A private company, MgtGP Inc., was awarded a $1.5 Million contract in 1997, and a four-year renewal in January 1997 worth $615,000 for that year alone, to run Kansas's Reno County Jail Annex. In May 2001, Reno's Sheriff, Larry Leslie, pled innocent to …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Kansas Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Standards Refined by U.S. Supreme Court by The U.S. Supreme Court refined its earlier ruling that a sexually violent predator could constitutionally be civilly committed after his criminal sentence had been served by distinguishing sexual misbehavioral impairment classifications into those caused by an uncontrollable mental …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Washington PDA May Be Used for Pre-Trial Discovery by The Washington State Supreme Court held that the Washington Public Disclosure Act (PDA) at RCW § 42.17 et seq, may be used as a pretrial discovery tool to obtain caserelated documents from agencies against whom parties are litigating civil cases. The …
$54,750 Damages Awarded Asthmatic Prisoner in Michigan ETS Suit by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (E.D..) awarded an asthmatic Michigan state prisoner $36,500 in compensatory damages and $18,250 in punitive damages after a bench trial determination that Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) wardens had …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
States Capitulate on Reading Legal Mail by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The disturbing trend of several states to inspect legal mail outside the presence of the prisoner [see PLN Mar. 2002 "State Prisons Abrogate Attorney Client Privilege"] has begun to crumble under court challenges. Begun under the …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA)
Court Criticizes PLRA Attorney Fee Cap by David Reutter by David M. Reutter ( A federal district court for the Eastern District of Michigan (EDM) has held the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) caps attorney fees in prisoner civil rights cases, but criticized that holding. Michigan prisoner Blaine Sallier was …
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