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Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Women Prisoners Lose Equal Protection Suit by In the December, 1993, issue of PLN, we reported on Klinger v. Nebraska Department of Corrections, 824 F. Supp. 1374 (D Neb. 1993) which had resulted in a significant victory for Nebraska's female prisoners who had filed a class action suit claiming they …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Kurdish Prisoners Resist by Kurdish political prisoners at the Diyarbakir maximum security prison in Turkey battled soldiers on October 4, 1994, in an attempt to block the torture and interrogation of another prisoner. Turkish soldiers fired shots into the air and tear gassed the prisoners, who responded by throwing broken …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Court Orders Return of Disks by Charles Oropallo is a New Hampshire state prisoner. Pursuant to prison regulations, in 1991 Oropallo ordered a Smith Corona word processor with disk storage capacity. In 1992, prison rules changed, prohibiting the possession of "computers" with a memory storage capacity. As a result, his …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Obtaining Prisoner Witnesses by This case involves an effort by state government defendants in a civil rights suit to obtain the presence of a witness to testify on their behalf. The case provides a useful discussion of writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum, whereby parties to civil or criminal actions …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by France: A French prison worker's union said it was suing 100 prisoners and detainees as a symbolic protest of under staffing in France's crowded jails. The unions said its members wouldn't be overworked if prisoners had respected the law and stayed out of jail. Jamaica: Three …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Fast Food Style Death Penalty Defense by Harris County, Texas, which encompasses Houston, is the death-penalty capital of the U.S. [See: Houston, Death Penalty Capital of USA on page 15 of this issue]. What better place for a lawyer to develop and market the same techniques that made fast food …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Pro Se Litigants Subject to Rule 11 Sanctions by Lee Warren is a former Washington state prisoner. While confined at the McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) he claims he was assaulted by a staff cook. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in US district court in Seattle in …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Russian Jails in Crisis by For decades the United States government used its propaganda machine to rail about the former Soviet Union's prison system. That the American government is silent about the new Russian prison system is more an indication of the fact that Russia has formally restored capitalism and …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Everyone at PLN would like to extend our thanks to the Peradam Foundation for their generous grant to PLN of $3,900 which will enable us to buy computer equipment necessary for the magazine' s production. …
Brief • December 6, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Juvenile Pepper Spray, 1994 ENTERED ON DOCKET DEC 1 By Deputy 2 qI? 1994 L flt_ Ll 3 DEC - 6 1994 4 5 ' i ' t, "I_,: ,,.___.1 CLERK U.S. DISTRICT COUflT flY WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT …
Langford v. Bullock, MT, Settlement Agreement I, ADA Compliance, 1994 FILED Honorable Leif B. Erickson Federal Magistrate Judge Missoula Division P o Box 7219 Missoula, MT. 59807-7219 lN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA HELENA DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF LITIGATION R.ELATING '!I'O CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMEfTT …
Brief • November 28, 1994
Filed under: Medical
Hallett v. Payne, WA, Settlement, Health Care, 1994 .... ,:" 1 HONORABLE FRANKLIN D. BURGESS MAGISTRATE JUDGE DAVID E. WILSON 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 11 12 SHANNON HALLETT, YVONNE ) WOOD, GAIL RAY, CINDY STEWART,) …
Brief • November 28, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Reply to Memo in Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Juvenile Pepper Spray, 1994 .. THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 2 3 · -mrn ""'""""""'"" WMW ,_,,,,,,_ r:Nrrnrn _,,W•m~... 1m:t1vrn 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 …
Brief • November 22, 1994
Filed under: Food, Class Notice
Kay Many Horses v. Racicot, MT, Consent Decree, Discrimination, Women Prisoners, 1994 •J Stuart H. Adams,- Jr. Marjorio Rifkin ACLU National*. Prison Project 1875 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Suite 410-•*£$ . Washington^ D.C. 20009 202-234-483^ Penelope-S. Strong Attorney- at Law P. 0. Box 804 Livingston, Montana 59047 406-222-3301 8 10 Kyle …
Brief • November 21, 1994
McBride v. State of Washington, WA, Judgment, Probationer Rape, 1994 3 I007c?-L{-7 CERTIFIED copy . . ., '.'- . V 1 ("./ ~...}+... I ~~. ... .,.""" "'- ~.,. 2 ~~~ SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR 3 CO~TY OF KING 4 5 JENNIFER MCBRIDE,. NO. 93-2-29345-3 '. Plaintiff, 6 JUDGMENT …
Brief • November 21, 1994
Whitmer v. WA DOC, WA, Tort Settlement, 1994 Claim #31007878 RELEASE (TORT) FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and 001100 Cents ($4,500.00), David Whitmer, #967234, his heirs, assigns, or other successors in interest, do hereby release and forever discharge the STATE OF WASHINGTON …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
No Immunity for Beating by Thomas Munz was an Iowa state prisoner called to testify in federal court. Munz was taken to the court by federal marshals. En route to the court, while bound hand and foot, Munz became violent and vandalized the interior of the marshal's car. When Munz …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Discovery
Lawyers Deny Inmate Discovery Pending Motion to Dismiss in Federal Court by Allan Parmelee In all the lawsuits brought by federal prisoners against prison staff, the U.S. Attorney who defends them will usually file a Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative for Summary Judgement in favor of the defendants. …
Evidence Must Support Disciplinary Charge by Indiana is unique in that it does not provide any state court remedy for prisoners who lose good time in prison disciplinary hearings. As a result, Indiana state prisoners seeking the restoration of lost good time or expungement of infractions must file directly in …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Shortened Pens States Claim by Two prisoners in the segregation unit of the Waupun Correctional Institution at Waupun, Wisconsin, filed suit challenging the prison's practice of issuing segregation prisoners only the ink tube portion of a ball-point pen with which to write. Prisoners who modify the ink tube in anyway …
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