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Abdul Wadood v. Nathan-91 F.3d 1023 (7th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

after the third frivolous suit. [33] The conclusion that sec. 1915(g) applies poses the question what happens to Abdul-Wadood's appeals. Having declared No. 96-1074 frivolous, should we dismiss ...

Froehlich v. State of Wisconsin DOC-196 F.3d 800 (7th Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

millions of people of liberty and would have quite a hard time showing that it was doing so without denying them due process of law. But of course that is not what Wisconsin is doing. It is not even, so far ...

OR Newspaper Publishers v. Dept. of Corr.-988 P.2d 359 (OR 1999)

Case • 1999

. Petitioners argue that the nondisclosure rules exceed the statutory authority of DOC, because they place limits that the voters*fn4 did not authorize on the witnesses. They further argue that, by limiting what ...

Warner v. Orange County Dept. of Probation-115 F.3d 1068 (2nd Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

. The Orange County Probation Department recommended probation on the condition that Warner continue what he had purposefully began, attendance at AA meetings. The sentencing Judge independently arrived ...

Coleman v. Wilson-933 F.Supp. 954 (ED CA 1996)

Case • 1996

that a legislature says in a statute what it means and means in a statute what it says"). [37] *fn7 While the court believes that the issue is resolved by virtue of the meaning of the word "relief," viewed ...

Bass v. Department of Corrections-684 So.2d 834 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)

Case • 1996

challenge what are now Florida Administrative Code rules 33-3.005(5) [**2] and 33-3.0084(1)(i)1. They argue that both rules violate the United States Constitution because they deny those who are placed ...

Martinez v. Gomez-137 F.3d 1124 (9th Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

no longer in use in California. See generally People v. Yates, 34 Cal. 3d 644, 649, 669 P.2d 1, 3-4 (1983). We understand the argument and are not unsympathetic to it. But our role is to determine what ...

Poullard v. Turner-298 F.3d 421 (5th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

of intangible items, including mental distress. Damages were not itemized, so it is impossible to determine what sum, if any, the jury awarded for mental anguish to permit us to reduce the total award ...

Elliott v. Wackenhut Corrections Corp.-58 Fed.Appx. 704 (9th Cir. 2003).

Case • 2003

find that Elliott's letters included content protected under Cal. Lab. Code § 1102.5, we reverse and remand. 1. As an initial matter, we must determine what claims are before us. In his complaint ...

Thompson v. Owens-889 F.2d 500 (3rd Cir. 1989)

Case • 1989

standards, the requirement of a chain of custody in cases of this type need not be met, but I hope that prison administrators will consider what is fair and not merely what avoids constitutional infraction ...

Thomas v. Estelle-603 F.2d 488 (5th Cir. 1979)

Case • 1979

are closed off from the rest of society and thus unable to seek out what legal help does exist. [15] Guajardo v. Luna, 432 F.2d 1324, 1325 (5th Cir. 1970). This case, although involving prisoners ...

Doe v. Department of Corrections-240 Mich.App. 199 (2000).

Case • 2000

private agency established to provide service to the public. [MCL 37.1301(b); MSA 3.550(301)(b).] The various panels of this Court have struggled to determine what public service means. Does it mean ...

O'Bryan v. Bureau of Prisons-349 F.3d 399 (7th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

to determine how the national government will conduct its own affairs. No one doubts that the Bureau of Prisons itself could choose to accommodate religious practices. By and large, what the Executive Branch may ...

Blair-Bey v. Quick-159 F.3d 591 (DC Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

to establish that Blair-Bey has been deprived of his 'entitlement to have [the Board's] discretion exercised,' " but we were careful to refrain from "decid[ing] now what kind of showing would suffice." Blair-Bey ...

Hazen ex rel Legear v. Reagen-208 F.3d 697 (8th Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

it is not within Congress's power to tell the states what may be enforced as a contract in the states' own courts and what may not be so enforced. Though this assertion might have validity in other contexts, here we ...

In the matter of Personal Restraint of Felton-2001 WL 882101 (Wash.App.Div.1)

Case • 2001

in the past or had anything to gain by providing the information. However, although the affidavit tells us what the hearing officer considered, it does not indicate what led him to conclude that the information ...

Martin v. Marshall-448 F.Supp.2d 1143 (N.D. Cal. 2006)

Case • 2006

the Governor. I have never gotten direction from the Governor."); id. ("We're a different body and we do what we -- what we do based upon the law. So obviously, I'll have to overrule your objection ...

Lopez v. Imperial County Sheriff’s Office-165 Cal. App. 4th 1, 80 Cal. Rptr. 3d 557 (4th Dist. 2008)

Case • 2008

that ?the previous declarations of the nonvoting members and their subsequent protest avail nothing. The test is not what was said before or after, but what was done at the time of the voting.? (Martin v. Ballenger ...

From the Hole to the Street

Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Commentary/Reviews

(TCI), women are being given parole grants in Program Segregation--also known as "the hole" or punitive solitary confinement--the most maximum security environment possible. What this means is that women ...

Prisoner's Death Throws Utah DOC into Turmoil

Article • August 15, 1997 • from PLN August, 1997

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Blood, Excessive Force, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

stepped down, it remains to be seen whether any substantive changes will occur or what, if any, civil or criminal sanctions will be imposed. The real tragedy, it would seem, is that the public and press ...