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Louisiana Prison Writer Free After 44 Years by Michael Rigby Award-winning prison journalist and civil rights figure Wilbert Rideau, once described as “the most rehabilitated prisoner in America,” is free after spending more than four decades behind bars. Ironically, Rideau’s freedom came not from being exonerated, but from being found …
$1 Million L.A. County Jail Rape Award Overturned by by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal, in an unpublished opinion, reversed a Los Angeles (L.A.) County jury verdict that had awarded $1 million in damages to a jail detainee who was brutally beaten and raped in his L. A. …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Los Angeles County Settles Parolee's Overdetention Suit For $80,000 by Los Angeles County paid $80,000 to settle a California parolee's overdetention suit that alleged failure to process release information for one week. On June 4, 2001, William Green was arrested by his parole agent on a violation for failing to …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Ohio Awards $1,402.92 Award For 11 Days False Imprisonment by by Michael Rigby An Ohio prisoner should be awarded $1,402.92 for 11 days of false imprisonment, a magistrate recommended to the Ohio Court of Claims on October 21, 2004. On September 14, 1999, plaintiff Glen Wilson was sentenced to two …
Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet on Sex Offender Release Plans by Hank Balson Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet on Sex Offender Release Plans by Hank Balson The Washington Court of Appeals ruled in May that the state's Department of Corrections (DOC) has …
Brief • April 20, 2005
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
Corley v Davis, CA, Complaint, wrongful imprisonment, 2005 Case 2:03-cv-01447-LKK-DAD Document 51 Filed 04/20/2005 Page 1 of 19 ERIC GRANT (Bar No. 151064) Attorney at Law 2 800 I Folsom Boulevard, Suite 100 Sacramento, California 95826 3 Telephone: (916) 388-0833 Facsimile: (916) 691-3261 4 E-Mail: grant@eric-grant.com 5 Attorney for Plaintiff …
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds $7,820 Award for 70 Days Unlawful Incarceration by By Robert H. Woodman The Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld a $7,820 damages award by the Ohio Court of Claims to Alton M. Stroud, a prisoner of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC). …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
Heck Doesn't Apply to Parole Revocation Incarceration Without Attorney or Hearing by The Tenth Circuit court of appeals has held that a prisoner who claims he was denied an attorney or court hearing for 73 days while awaiting extradition for parole revocation need not show that the revocation had been …
Rhode Island Prisoner Awarded $3,900 for False Imprisonment by A Rhode Island jury awarded a prisoner $3,900 for false imprisonment on April 21, 2004. In August 1994, William Ross was incarcerated and held by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) on a minor larceny charge. During his incarceration, the …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Summary Judgment Reversed In Los Angeles Jail Over-Detention Suit by In a suit for damages against Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca for over detention of jail prisoners court-ordered for release, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that summary judgment for Baca was not available where the facts …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Misidentification Requires Washington Jail Officials Take Reasonable Steps to Confirm Identity by The Washington State Supreme Court has held jail personnel have a duty to take steps to promptly release a detainee once they know or should know, based on information provided to them that the person they are holding …
FTCA Claims for Sentence Miscalculation Accrues Upon Reversal; Statute of Limitations Tolled by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a civil action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FICA) for negligently calculating a federal prisoner's release date, or otherwise wrongfully imprisoning the prisoner, does not accrue until …
No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witnesses, and Other Tyrannies of Our Times by Robert Woodman by Dorothy Rabinowitz. 2003. Free Press, ISBN: 0-7432-2834-0 Review by Robert Woodman "There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice." These words, …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
PLRA Physical Injury Rule Applied to Non-Prison Case by PLRA Physical Injury Rule Applied to Non-Prison Case The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applies to lawsuits that claim injuries suffered during custodial episodes, even if such custody occurred outside prison walls. …
$13,500 Damages Paid to Two Illegally Detained Washington DOC Prisoners by The Washington state Division of Risk Management (DRM) paid claims totaling $13,000 to two state prisoners who were illegally arrested and incarcerated by the Washington Department of Corrections. Michael Buffington had been sentenced in King County Superior Court to …
§ 1983 Disciplinary Challenge Available to Parolee Because Habeas Would Be Moot by John E Dannenberg § 1983 Disciplinary Challenge Available To Parolee Because Habeas Would Be Moot by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a prisoner suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for …
County Liable for Sheriff's Failure to Remove Invalid Warrant From Computer by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that Georgia Sheriffs are a county policymaker regarding their duties in the maintenence and recall of criminal warrants thus making the county liable in a § 1983 action for the Sheriff's …
Florida Juveniles Get Lost among Transfer Shuffle, Extending Stays in Wasting Money by Florida Juveniles Get Lost among Transfer Shuffle, Extending Stays in Wasting Money By David M. Reutter Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) regularly transfers its wards among several programs, resulting in extended terms of incarceration, which has …
Article • December 15, 2003
Japanese Man Awarded $500,000 For Being Held In Bahamas Prison For 8 Years Without A Court Hearing by Japanese Man Awarded $500,000 For Being Held In Bahamas Prison For 8 Years Without A Court Hearing In August 1992, Atain Takitota traveled from his home in Osaka, Japan to Paradise Island, …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
Mediation Costs Not Taxable in §1983 Suit by Mediation Costs Not Taxable in §1983 Suit The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that state officials named as defendants in a prisoner's civil rights suit could not be taxed costs for mediation. The decision reverses the U.S. District Court for …
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