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Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
$250,000 Award for Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by $250,000 Award For Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke A paraplegic Texas prisoner has been awarded a quarter million dollars for pain and suffering caused by conditions in the Dallas County Jail (the jail). Brent Lawson, a Texas …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Defendants Denied Summary Judgment in Wrongful Incarceration Suit by Defendants Denied Summary Judgment In Wrongful Incarceration Suit An Indiana federal district court has partially denied summary judgment and the qualified immunity defense to defendants at the Allen County (Indiana) Jail in a case involving wrongful imprisonment. Shakidi Johnson was arrested …
Pennsylvania Youths Have No Right to Education by The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that Pennsylvania youths sentenced as adults and sentenced to county detention centers have no right to an education. This was a class action suit filed by school-aged youths against the Pennsylvania Department …
In-the-News Article • April 6, 2002
PLN challenges Kansas DOC censorship April 6, 2002 Articles about PLN Litigation Topeka Capital-Journal PLN challenges Kansas DOC censorship - Topeka Capital-Journal 2002 Suit filed over prison magazine 1:49 a.m. 4/6/2002, Topeka Journal The Associated Press The Kansas Department of Corrections has been sued because it restricts prisoners' access to …
Brief • April 5, 2002
Austin v Wilkinson Oh Stipulation Injunctive Relief 2002 Medical Mental Health Conditions 02 5 p>! ':: 03 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION CASENO.4:01CV071 CHARLES E. AUSTIN, et aL, Plaintiffs, JUDGE GWIN v. REGINALD A. WILKINSON, et aL, Defendants. STIPULATION FOR INJUNCTIVE …
Brief • April 5, 2002
Austin v Wilkinson Oh Settlement Order 2002 Medical Conditions Austin v. Wilkinson • m «• •• • • • m PC-OH-001-004 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION CHARLES E. AUSTIN, et al., ) CASENO.4:01-CV-71 ) Plaintiffs, v. ) Judge James S. Gwin …
Johnson v. Johnson, TX, Complaint, Rape by Prisoner, 2002 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WICHITA FALLS DIVISION RODERICK KEITH JOHNSON (#623028), Michael Unit, Tennessee Colony, Texas, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) GARY JOHNSON, Executive Director, Texas ) Department of …
Brief • March 28, 2002
Barber v Dc Settlement Guard Excessive Force Search 2002 OFF ICE CDPPORAT jOt" COUNSL 2027273625 ,5':) . ' to . '. I . • .Memorandum '~'. Govenunent of the District 01 Columbia BELE~§E ~E~E' I.J, P. ia2/,0]- fy CO~8Ii.alllrb9r, A11e~wood~p~i'mL . KNOW ALL MEN BY PRESENTS, That I, residing at …
Brief • March 20, 2002
Diaz v. County of Wayne, Mi, Failure to Protect, 2002 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 1 of 27 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 2 of 27 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 3 of 27 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 4 of 27 …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Prison Coffee and Games: Starbucks and Nintendo Admit Their Contractor Uses Prison Labor by Erica C Barnett by Erica C .Barnett Most people assume that prisoners, especially those convicted of felonies like rape and murder, spend their days stamping license plates, making furniture for state offices, and digging ditches along …
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials Who Upheld Grievance by In a scathing opinion written in the first person, Elaine Bucklo, a federal judge in Illinois, handed down a potentially far-reaching ruling which favored a prisoner complaining of inadequate medical care, denied qualified immunity to prison medical workers, and found …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Recent Significant Decisions by Reaves, Jr, Walter M by Walter M .Reaves, Jr. The following is a summary of some of the more significant recent decisions on issues important to prisoners. Search and Seizure InUnited States v. Osage, 235 F. 3d 518 (10th Cir. 2000), the Court addressed the scope …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Qualified Immunity Upheld for Probation Officer in HIV Privacy Action by The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has found that there is a right to privacy in non-disclosure of HIV status by government employees but granted qualified immunity to a probation officer since the law was not clearly …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
State Prisons Abrogate Attorney-Client Mail Privilege by Just as the federal government has seized on the events of September 11, 2001, to push for a long list of previously desired powers and restrictions on civil liberties, state prison systems have done the same. Several states, including Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey, …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Pennsylvania's Released Felons Granted Right to Register to Vote by An intermediate court of appeals in Pennsylvania struck down a voter registration law that prohibited convicted felons from voting for 5 years after their release from prison. Lorenzo Mixon and five present and former prisoners filed a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Equitable Tolling May Apply to Administrative Exhaustion by The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's grant of summary judgment against a prisoner for failure to file a tort claim notice with the Attorney General's office within 180 days of his injury as required by ARS § 12821.01(A). On …
The Cost of Medical Neglect in Washington Prisons by Sam Rutherford By Sam Rutherford The case, Corner v. State of Washington , [see page 6] is only one of many medical neglect suits that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) has settled. In fact, below is a comprehensive list of …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Washington DOC Virtually Uninsurable by In the May, 2001, issue of PLN we reported the soaring cost of negligent parole supervision cases against the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) in the past year, totaling over $50 million in verdicts and settlements at that time .One result of that steady stream …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals
Pro Se Appellants Must Cite Authority by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that pro se prisoner litigants must cite supporting authority when they appeal adverse judgments. The ruling is especially important for pro se litigants in states that have inadequate, or nonexistent, prison law libraries. Illinois …
Idaho's Prison Labor Scandal by Silja JA Talvi by Silja J.A. Talvi Over the past decade, Idaho's state prison system has been rocked by a steady stream of scandals ranging from the sexual abuse of prisoners to the violation of prisoners' First Amendment rights. But nothing has shaken the Idaho …
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