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Segall Mass Incarceration Ex-felon Discrimination and Black Labor Market Disadvantage
Publication
Filed under: Sentencing, Collateral consequences of prison
 These included the labeling effects of criminal  stigma,45 the disruption of social and family ties,46 injury to preexisting social networks,47 human  capital loss,48 and legal barriers to employment.49 ...
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Complaint, PLN Censorship, 2015
Filing • November 6, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Constitution through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and have caused and will continue to cause damages and irreparable injury to Plaintiff. 95. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as nominal ...
Kuperman Memo Review of Case Law Applying Twombly and Iqbal 2009
Publication
Filed under: Court Access
Kuperman Memo Review of Case Law Applying Twombly and Iqbal 2009 MEMORANDUM DATE: December 30, 2009 TO: Civil Rules Committee Standing Rules Committee FROM: Andrea Kuperman1 SUBJECT: Review of Case Law Applying Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal PREPARED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON …
Hudson v. Palmer-468 U.S. 522, 104 S.Ct. 3194, 92 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984
Case • 1984
were Gerald L. Baliles, Attorney General, Donald C. J. Gehring, Deputy Attorney General, and Peter H. Rudy, Assistant Attorney General. [8] Deborah C. Wyatt argued the cause for respondent ...
Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing from Consumer Law to Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses, Neil Sobol, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2017
Publication • May 19, 2017
Filed under: Criminal justice system reform, Indigent Defendants - Fees and Expenses, Fines, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
, and, even in situations where they are raised, it is typically by a non-profit group filing a lawsuit that is limited to a particular municipality. 34 A piecemeal municipality-by-municipality approach ...
JPAY LLC v. Houston, TX. Motion to Dismiss Complaint, Electronic Transfer Fees, 2023
Brief • February 28, 2023
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property
)............................................................................... 18 MC Asset Recovery, LLC v. Castex Energy, Inc., 2009 WL 900745 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 3, 2009) .............................................................................. 18 Mitchell v. Ocwen Loan ...
Carceral Deference-Courts and Their Pro-Prison Propensities, March 2023
Publication • 2023
Filed under: First Amendment, rights, Prisons
officials’ superior expertise in operating carceral spaces, most often arises via those civil lawsuits and at the unusual nexus of civil and criminal law that prison law inhabits. 5 Turner v. Safely, 482 U.S ...
Torres v. Milusnic, CA, Complaint, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Brief • May 16, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
damaging tissues in a cytokine release 4 syndrome that can result in widespread damage to other organs, including 5 permanent injury to the kidneys and neurologic injury. These complications can 6 manifest ...
An Effective System for Investigating Complaints Against Police, Victoria Law Foundation, 2009
Publication • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct
and effectively collect and preserve the evidence at a scene of a police involved death, near death or serious injury. The reporting by police of these incidents to the civilian body must be mandated. Civilian ...
Civil Rules and Standing Rules Committee, Andrea Kuperman, Memorandum, Twombly and Iqbal Cases, 2011
Brief • March 29, 2011
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Standing
product)] that Matrixx had received additional reports of anosmia. (In addition, during the class period, nine plaintiffs commenced four product liability lawsuits against Matrixx alleging a causal link ...
Captive Labor-Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers, 2022
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
. . ................................................................. 61 Dangerous Work Conditions and Preventable Injuries.. ............................................... 62 Failure to Train ...
Maryland Atty General Report on Electronic Weapons 2009
Publication
Filed under: Excessive Force, Laser Weapons
the risks of serious injury and even death inherent in ECW use. Only after both the risks and benefits of ECWs are understood can reasonable judgments be made about whether to adopt these devices, how ...
Md Ag Task Force on Electronic Weapons Report 2009
Publication
Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers
the risks of serious injury and even death inherent in ECW use. Only after both the risks and benefits of ECWs are understood can reasonable judgments be made about whether to adopt these devices, how ...
Maryland Attorney General Task Force on Electronic Weapons Report Dec 2009
Publication
Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers
on the street recognize the risks of serious injury and even death inherent in ECW use. Only after both the risks and benefits of ECWs are understood can reasonable judgments be made about whether to adopt ...
Garcia v City of Fullerton Ca Callanan Deposition Police Excessive Force 1999
Brief • 1999
. It was a case in Orange County Federal 10 Court last week, and it had to do with the city of 11 Ontario. It was an officer-involved shooting with a 12 fatality -- I'm sorry -- with an injury. 13Q. When did you ...
Unequal Liberty and a Right to Education, 2020
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Education
are justiciable,58 and that they provide the basis for ordering states and localities to improve public schooling for the plaintiffchildren.59 These lawsuits illustrate that even in the teeth of federal court ...
Recommendations for Reform - Chicago Police, Police Accountability Task Force, 2016
Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
Harbison, Lisa Reijula, Yen-Li Thompson and Asheley Van Ness. Communications and public engagement support was provided by Grisko LLC, Adorn Mitchell, Wynona Redmond, Jeff Riley, Delores Robinson ...
USCCR Targeted Fines and Fees Against Communities of Color, 2017
Publication • 2017
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Civil Procedure, Sentencing, Bail, 1964 Civil Rights Act
USCCR Targeted Fines and Fees Against Communities of Color, 2017 TAR G E T E D FINE S AND FE E S AGAINS T CO MMUNIT IE S O F COLOR CIVIL RIGHT S & CON ST IT UT IONAL IMP LICAT IONS U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS SEPT 2017 …
The Execution of Mentally Ill Offenders, Amnesty International, 2003
Publication • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
The Execution of Mentally Ill Offenders, Amnesty International, 2003 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The execution of mentally ill offenders I cannot believe that capital punishment is a solution – to abolish murder by murdering, an endless chain of murdering. When I heard that my daughter’s murderer was not to be …
RICO-Rethinking Interpretations of Criminal Organizations, 2021
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering (VCAR)
RICO-Rethinking Interpretations of Criminal Organizations, 2021 RICO: Rethinking Interpretations of Criminal Organizations Lucy Litt* Prosecutions under the federal criminal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968, hereinafter referred to as “RICO”) and the related Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering Activity Act (18 U.S.C. § 1959, hereinafter …
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