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Article • March 15, 2011
D.C. Settlement Nets Former Warden $62,000 for Legal Expenditures by On July 11, 2005, the District of Columbia paid $62,000 to settle with David Roach—a former warden at the Maximum Security Facility in Lorton, Virginia—who sued the District seeking reimbursement for legal fees. In 1995, while Roach was warden at …
Brief • March 9, 2011
ACLU AL v. Ingle, AL, Complaint, Due Process Prisoner Attorney Visitation, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA JASPER DIVISION AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA and ALLISON NEAL, Plaintiffs v. RODNEY INGLE, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Fayette County, Alabama, …
Caputo v. Kluntz, CT, Ruling on Plaintiff's Motion, Attorney Fees, 2011 Case 3:09-cv-00002-DJS Document 70 Filed 02/15/11 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT CORY CAPUTO, Plaintiff v. TIMOTHY KLUNTZ, ET AL., Defendants : : : : : : : : : No. 3:09CV00002(DJS) RULING ON …
Brief • February 1, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Jochimsen v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Application to file Amicus Brief, attorney fees, 2011
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Texas Capital Defendants with Hired Attorneys Rarely Receive Death Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2010, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) published an issue brief on the relationship between hired defense counsel and the death penalty. The brief concluded that defendants charged with …
Brief • January 12, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Rezaq v. Nalley, CO, Order No Defendant Attny Fees, Solitary Confinement, 2011 Case 1:07-cv-02483-LTB -KLM Document 172 Filed 01/12/11 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Case No. 07-cv-02483-LTB-KLM OMAR REZAQ, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL NALLEY, RON WILEY, MICHAEL MUKASEY, …
Third Circuit Reverses $642,398.57 Attorney Fee Award for RFRA Claim by Immigration Prisoner by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an immigration detainee’s $642,398.57 attorney fee award, finding that “the District Court’s degree of success inquiry under § 1988 was based on an impermissible reconstruction of the jury verdict.” …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Successful Appellate Ruling Invalidating Statute Creates Prevailing Party for Attorney Fee Award by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Washington State Supreme Court has held that a litigant who successfully gets an appellate court to vacate a prison disciplinary infraction and declare a statute unconstitutional is a prevailing party …
Brandon v. Smith, IL, Pltff Response to Petition for Attorney Fees (2010) 1:06-cv-01316-JAG # 217 Page 1 of 10 E-FILED Monday, 27 September, 2010 04:49:33 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION LAZINNIAL BRANDON, Administrator ) of …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Alabama’s Indigent Defense System “Perfect Storm” for Ineffective Assistance by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Alabama’s right-to-counsel system has the ‘perfect storm’ of characteristics that virtually guarantee ineffective assistance of counsel to the poor,” observed David Carroll, research director for the National Legal Aid & Defender Association. Carroll was …
New York City Jail Prisoner Awarded $1.3 Million in Deliberate Indifference to Assault Claim by A New York federal jury awarded $1 million to Steve Tatum for severe injuries he sustained as a pre-trial detainee when he was assaulted by other prisoners at the Rikers Island jail. The district court …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Government May Offset Attorney Fees to Collect Litigant’s Debt by On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that “fees and other expenses” awarded to a prevailing party are “payable to the litigant and ... therefore subject to a Government offset to satisfy a pre-existing …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, MoL Support Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants PLAINTIFFS STEPHEN DOHERTY’S MOTION TO ESTABLISH ENTITELMENT TO …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Reply re Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF STEPHEN …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court: Counsel Must Advise Immigrant Defendants of Deportation Risks by An immigrant charged with a criminal offense must be advised of the deportation consequences associated with pleading guilty, the U.S. Supreme Court held on March 31, 2010. Jose Padilla was charged with drug trafficking after he was caught …
Controversy Over Texas Attorneys Charging Questionable Fees in Wrongful Conviction Cases by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 17, 2009, Steven Charles Phillips, a former Texas prisoner who spent 24 years in prison on a rape charge before being exonerated in 2008, filed suit in Dallas County district court …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Maricopa County Detention Officer Held in Contempt for Taking Document from Defense Counsel’s File by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2009, an Arizona state judge held Maricopa County Detention Officer Adam Stoddard in contempt of court and ordered him to hold a press conference and publicly apologize to …
Louisiana Judge, Attorneys Plead Guilty to Bribery Charges by Michael Brodheim In October 2009, following plea negotiations with federal prosecutors, a Louisiana judge and two lawyers pleaded guilty for their roles in a bail bond-rigging conspiracy that allowed about 100 prisoners over a five-year period to get out of jail …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Convictions Upheld in Appeal of Lynne Stewart, Attorney to Blind Sheikh, but Case Remanded for Resentencing by Justin Miller On December 23, 2009, a federal appeals court upheld the convictions of disbarred defense attorney Lynne Stewart and criticized what it called a “strikingly low sentence” for her offenses, which were …
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