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Qualified Immunity Granted for Pre-1996 ADA Violation by The court of appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that it was not clearly established before 1996 that the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA), and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (Rehabilitation Act), apply to state prisoners. As such, the court concluded that prison …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Marilyn Buck Thinking About Dying and Living at the End of the 2nd Western World Millennium by Marilyn Buck Because I'm a Federal prisoner in California, I hear more about what goes on in California state prisons than in other states. Fortunately there exists a …
$4.1 Million Award In Suit Over Sexual Assault of Prisoners by Official by $4.1 Million Award In Suit Over Sexual Assault of Prisoners By Official by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in Texas has awarded two female prisoners who were the victims of sexual assault by a prison …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
No Immunity for Media Defendants in Ridealong Suit by In the October, 1999, issue of PLN we reported Hanlon v. Berger, 119 S.Ct. 1706 (1999) where the court held that it violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. constitution for police to bring media reporters and photographers with them when …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Error in Electronic Docket Tolls Appeal Deadline by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit held that a lawyer's reliance on a district court's electronic docketing system to monitor a case's progress would toll the 30 day time limit in which to file a notice of appeal. As state …
ADA Applies to Parole Claims by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to claims that prisoners are denied parole primarily due to past histories of substance abuse. The court held that habeas corpus is not the sole remedy for …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Class Action Prisoners Must Show Actual Injury to Maintain Access to Courts Relief by by Matthew T. Clarke The Sixth Circuit has held that prisoner plaintiffs in a class action access to courts lawsuit must show widespread actual injury to maintain an injunction previously ordered by the federal district court. …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
$105,000 Awarded in Michigan Wrongful Imprisonment Suit by On April 14, 1999, a Wayne county jury in Michigan awarded Willie Thomas Jr., Larry Reid and Edward Grant $35,000 in damages each. The three men had been Michigan state prisoners who were released after serving their entire sentences. Several months later, …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Long Term Segregation of Security Threat Group Okay by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the long-term segregation of a purported religious sect as a Security Threat Group (STG) violates neither the Free Exercise nor the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. It further …
Seventh Circuit Prisoners Must Exhaust Futile Grievance Remedies by In two separate rulings, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that prisoners must exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit, regardless of the relief sought and no matter how ineffectual the prison grievance system may be. Eduardo Perez, a Wisconsin …
California PIA Chief, Folsom Mayor, Arrested by On January 27, 2000, Reggie "party meister" Drew, 57, was arrested in a room at the B-7-B Motel in a seedy industrial area of North Sacramento. Drew was charged with five felony and misdemeanor counts for soliciting an undercover policewoman for unspecified sex …
Brief • April 13, 2000
Filed under: Telephones
Vermont Public Service Board, Order, Prison Phone Rates, 2000 ..... . STATEOFVERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD ME ----------~~ • Exhibit 2 5 Docket No. 6373 Investigation into the rates charged by Sprint Communications 'l Company, L.P. for provision oftelephone services to the i ,Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton, Vermont III …
Brief • April 13, 2000
Vermont Utility Commission, Prison Phone Rates, 2000 • STATE OF VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD Aim rommosumisimmendakask m Exhibit 5 Docket No. 6373 ./0 Investigation into the rates charged by Sprint Communications ) Company, L.P. for provision of telephone services to the ) Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton, Vermont ) …
Brief • April 7, 2000
Settlement Terms Limiting a Lawyer’s Use of Information, ABA Formal Opinions, 2000 ABA Formal Opinions The following formal opinions are issued by the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. They appear here in full text and are copyrighted by the ABA. Formal Opinion 00-417 April 7, 2000 Settlement …
AA v. Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, LA, Class Action Complaint, Juveniles Abusive Condition, 2000 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA A.A., A.S. B.J., B.W. and D.S., minor juveniles by and through their Guardian ad Litem, ERNESTINE WILLIAMS; C.B., by and through his Tutor, JANICE SANFORD; and C.C., a major …
Brief • March 27, 2000
Filed under: Money/Property
Millender v. US, IL, Complaint, Negligent Property Loss Stolen, 2000
Brief • March 24, 2000
Morrison v. District of Columbia, DC, Release, Prisoner Stabbing, 2000 • -. t JUN RELEASE 20tiu KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Helbert J. Morrison, SSN: 111111111111 DOB: 01-10-64, residing at Maximum Security Facility, for consideration of the sum of Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500.00), lawful money …
Brief • March 21, 2000
Filed under: Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Haley, AL, Stipulation, Censorship, 2000 IN 11IE UNITED 5.-a.~18 COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALA BAMA 6IMSf!r lIlIl~ PRISON I.EGAL NEWS, INC., and AYEN H . COTION , MAR 21 P b= 3b ) C~BR'" t'. :iA~ !\!:TT. HWDl[ OlS I Plaintiffs, CUI U.S. OISTIl …
Brief • March 21, 2000
Almodovar v. Snyder, IL, Complaint, Ad Seg Hearings Gang Renunciation, 2000 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS JOHNNY ALMODOVAR, HERNANDEZ BAILEY-EL, PABLO BARRARA, ISIAH BELL, ARYULES BIVENS, NED BROOKS, CORNELIUS BURNS, ROOSEVELT BURRELL, GARY CLARK, SHAWN COATES, MAURICE COLEMAN, KENNARD COMBS, RICHARD FLOOD, LARRY …
Brief • March 21, 2000
Jackson v. DC, Opinion for Defendants, Religious Practice, 2000 89 F.Supp.2d 48 (2000) Louis JACKSON, Isadore Gartrell, Carl Wolfe & Roddy McDowell, Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Odie Washington, & The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defendants. No. Civ.A. 99-03276 (HHK). United States District Court, District of Columbia. March 21, 2000. …
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