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Elmajzoub v. Davis, NV, Order, Conditions of Confinement, 2022

Brief • November 23, 2022

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Denial of Religious Services

Elmajzoub v. Davis, NV, Order, Conditions of Confinement, 2022 Case 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Document 99 Filed 11/23/22 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 7 8 9 SAID ELMAJZOUB, v. Case No. 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Plaintiff, ORDER SCOTT DAVIS, et al., Defendants. 10 …

Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions Inc., NV, Order, Debit Cards, 2022

Brief • November 15, 2022

Filed under: Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions Inc., NV, Order, Debit Cards, 2022 Case 3:20-cv-00509-MMD-CSD Document 65 Filed 11/15/22 Page 1 of 17 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 CHRISTOPHER WATKINS, et al., 7 8 9 Plaintiffs, v. 12 13 14 15 16 17 …

Ninth Circuit Strikes Nevada Ban on Muslim Prisoner’s Scented Prayer Oil, Allows Conditions-of-Confinement Claim Also to Proceed

Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Denial of Religious Services

Ninth Circuit Strikes Nevada Ban on Muslim Prisoner’s Scented Prayer Oil, Allows Conditions-of-Confinement Claim Also to Proceed by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 26, 2022, a Muslim Nevada prisoner notched his second victory in as many months against state prison officials at the U.S. Court of Appeals for …

Federal Judge Allows Wiretapping Case to Proceed Against CoreCivic for Recording Attorney-Client Conversations at Nevada Prison

Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Wiretaps/Wiretap Evidence

Federal Judge Allows Wiretapping Case to Proceed Against CoreCivic for Recording Attorney-Client Conversations at Nevada Prison by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 14, 2022, Judge Jennifer Dorsey ruled for the federal court for the District of Nevada that it has jurisdiction over a nationwide potential class …

Elmajzoub v. Davis, NV, Report and Recommendation, Discrimination Based on Religion, 2022

Brief • May 13, 2022

Filed under: Religious Discrimination

Elmajzoub v. Davis, NV, Report and Recommendation, Discrimination Based on Religion, 2022 Case 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Document 72 Filed 05/13/22 Page 1 of 29 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 SAID ELMAJZOUB, 4 Case No.: 3:19-cv-00196-MMD-CSD Report & Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Plaintiff 5 v. Re: …

Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 30, 2021, a federal district court in Nevada denied a motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit alleging that forcing prison release debit cards upon …

$6,500 Paid by Nevada DOC After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Withholding Evidence From Prisoner Accused of Smuggling Meth in Mail

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: War on Drugs, Qualified Immunity, Evidence - Failure to Disclose

$6,500 Paid by Nevada DOC After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Withholding Evidence From Prisoner Accused of Smuggling Meth in Mail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY PLN, OFficials with the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2020 lost a suit filed …

Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 30, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) to task over a four-year delay …

News in Brief

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …

Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Attorney Calls, Electronic Communictions Privacy Act, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused a request to rehear en banc a decision by a three-judge panel of the Court …

$10,000 Awarded by Nevada Federal Court to Prisoner Assaulted by Former State Prison Guard

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$10,000 Awarded by Nevada Federal Court to Prisoner Assaulted by Former State Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 23, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada awarded a former state prisoner $5,000 for physical pain and another $5,000 for mental anguish caused by …

Bliss v. Corecivic, NV, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint, Recording of Confidential Phone Calls, 2022

Brief • January 14, 2022

Filed under: Recorded Calls

Bliss v. Corecivic, NV, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint, Recording of Confidential Phone Calls, 2022 Case 2:18-cv-01280-JAD-EJY Document 162 Filed 01/14/22 Page 1 of 11 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 Kathleen Bliss, on behalf of herself, the 4 Proposed Nationwide Rule 23 …

Prison Visitors Have Fourth Amendment Right to Refuse Strip Search and Option to Leave Prison

Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021

Filed under: Strip Searches, Visitor Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights

Prison Visitors Have Fourth Amendment Right to Refuse Strip Search and Option to Leave Prison by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a strip search of a prison visitor without first giving them the option of the leaving the prison was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The court, …

Mork v. Russel, NV, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2021

Brief • September 23, 2021

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat

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News in Brief

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …

Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2021

Brief • June 18, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2021 Case 2:21-cv-01161 Document 1-2 Filed 06/18/21 Page 2 of 26 Electronically Filed 4/27/2021 3:53 PM Steven D. Grierson CLERK OF THE COURT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PAOLA ARMENI Nevada Bar No. 8537 Email: …

Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2021

Brief • June 18, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides

Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2021 Case 2:21-cv-01161-ART-NJK Document 1-2 Filed 06/18/21 Page 1 of 26 Exhibit A – First Amended Complaint Case 2:21-cv-01161-ART-NJK Document 1-2 Filed 06/18/21 Page 2 of 26 Electronically Filed 4/27/2021 3:53 PM Steven D. Grierson CLERK …

Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Complaint, Suicide, 2021

Brief • June 18, 2021

Filed under: Suicides

Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Complaint, Suicide, 2021 Case 2:21-cv-01161 Document 1-2 Filed 06/18/21 Page 2 of 26 Electronically Filed 4/27/2021 3:53 PM Steven D. Grierson CLERK OF THE COURT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PAOLA ARMENI Nevada Bar No. 8537 Email: parmeni@clarkhill.com JEREMY J. THOMPSON …

Medical Copays for Prisoners Suspended in Several States Due to COVID-19

Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021

Filed under: Medical Expenses, COVID-19

Medical Copays for Prisoners Suspended in Several States Due to COVID-19 by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel E. Rosen In most states, prisoners pay an average of $2 to $8 copays for medical appointments, lab tests, and medication. But as prisons across the country have become COVID hotspots, some departments …

Pardoned Nevada Bank Robber’s Story Creates Hope for Prisoners

Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021

Filed under: Pardons/Clemency, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry

Pardoned Nevada Bank Robber’s Story Creates Hope for Prisoners by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In 2004, former FBI agent Richard Beasley first met Jon D. Ponder when he was arresting Ponder for bank robbery. Beasley recalled that Ponder was “angry, scared, frustrated and anxious about his future.” Ponder …