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Booth v. Churner-206 F.3d 289 (3rd Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

you report the blow by saying, 'A government official has taken an action having an effect on my life?' No speaker of English would use such a circumlocution." Dissent at 23. Relying on what it concedes ...

Wessel v. Glendening-306 F.3d 203 (4th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

on the narrowest provision on which liability may be based. Here, that provision is Title II. What the Government proposes is not limiting our abrogation analysis to a particular provision, but rather ...

Citizens v. DOC-117 Wn.App. 411, 72 P.3d 206 (2003)

Case • 2003

the offices has been provided.' CP at 72. On appeal, Citizens argue, 'What was requested was a list matching each offender with the facility that the offender currently reported to.' Br. of App. at 44. [86 ...

McQuillion v. Duncan-306 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

to the granting panel was considered by it. See In re Caswell, 92 Cal. App. 4th 1017, 1031 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002). Moreover, at several points in the transcript, the granting panel explicitly stated what it intended ...

Gregory v. Shelby County, Tennessee-220 F.3d 433 (6th Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

the following: [29] Q. Do you remember a fight in March of 1995 between Jackie Stewart*fn1 and an inmate by the name of Jerry Ellis? [30] A. What I remember is that one night Ellis and Stewart got ...

Charles v. Verhagen-220 F.Supp. 2d 937 (W.D. Wis. 2002).

Case • 2002

'] proposed finding of facts and conclusion of law [sic]." Affid., dkt. # 57. However, the exhibits are primarily photocopied passages from unidentified books on Islam and a page from what appears ...

Smith v. City of Hemet-356 F.3d 1138 (9th Cir. 2004).

Case • 2004

conviction as incompatible with an allegation that the arrest was unlawful. "[W]here excessive force is used in making what otherwise is a technically lawful arrest, the arrest becomes unlawful . . ." People v ...

Jogi v. Voges-425 F.3d 367 (7th Cir. 2005)

Case • 2005

relief can be granted? Here, too, there are a number of distinct points we must discuss. First, what exactly does the Vienna Convention have to say about consular notification and for what purpose ...

Fultz v. Whittaker-261 F.Supp.2d 767 (W.D.Ky. 2003)

Case • 2003

, supported by sufficient evidence, to indicate that what the official did was objectively unreasonable in light of clearly established constitutional rights. See Williams v. Mehra, 186 F.3d 685, 689-91 (6th ...

Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors

Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, DOC/BOP misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Criminal Prosecution, Crime, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Wrongful Release, Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Education (Juveniles), State Legislation

. When the scandal finally came to light in mid-February 2007, Hernandez was working as head of a charter school in Midland, Texas. Who Knew, and When? What is most unsettling about the TYC sex scandal ...

Sherbert v. Verner-374 U.S. 398, 83 S.Ct. 1790, 10 L. Ed. 2d 965 (196

Case • 1963

a churchgoer is given a second-class citizenship, resulting in harm though perhaps not in measurable damages. [37] This case is resolvable not in terms of what an individual can demand of government ...

State of West Virginia ex rel., Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority v. County Commission of Cabell County-657 S.E.2d 176 (W. Va. 2007)

Case • 2007

of interpretation. See supra n.9. Another area in which guidance would be useful is the issue of what types of costs qualify as those intended to be viewed as "indirect." Under the language of West Virginia Code § 31 ...

Wallace v. Kato-549 U.S. 384, 127 S. Ct. 1091, 166 L. Ed. 2d 973 (2007)

Case • 2007

impugn. What petitioner seeks is the adoption of a principle going well beyond Heck: that an action which would impugn an anticipated future conviction cannot be brought until that conviction occurs ...

Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths

Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corizon, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, DOC/BOP misconduct, Whistleblowing, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Burning, Failure to Train/Supervise, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Failure to Protect (Staff), Staff Training

of what really occurs within facilities operated by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) or its private contractors. The FDOC has historically strived to preserve this lack of transparency ...

Fleetwood v Werholtz Ks Complaint Guard Sexual Assault 2011

Brief • January 11, 2011

penis and told her he wanted her to do oral sex on him. At that time and place, plaintiff felt that she could have severe problems if she did not do what defendant VanDyke wanted done. Plaintiff ...

Aris v Campbell Al Plf Memo in Support of Mot for Order Prohibiting Obstruction of Access to Counsel 2005

Brief • May 3, 2005

it clear that counsel for a putative class has a right to speak to potential class members about the existence of the lawsuit and to advise them with regard to what course of action to take. The Court ...

Hartley v State of New York Ny Court Order Medical Neglect Wrongful Death 2010

Brief • December 22, 2010

statement as to what transpired * * * from Point A to Point B" (T:47). Correction Officer Gregory Ebron has been employed by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) as a correction ...

Padilla-v-rumsfeld-sc-conditions-suit-complaint-2007

Brief • May 7, 2007

”) positions for prolonged periods during interrogations; b. Mr. Padilla, upon information and belief, was administered what he believed to be psychotropic drugs against his will during and prior ...

Williams v Hyatt Corporation Ca Plf Opp Motion for Summary Judgment Hotel Eviction 2007.pdf

Brief • November 19, 2007

of action for which subjective racial animus is an element, plaintiffs have presented abundant evidence that what happened to him was due to defendants’ reactions to his race. First, the incident began ...

Parsons v. Ryan, AZ, Expert 2nd Supplemental Report of Shulman, Systemic Medical Neglect Class Action, 2014

Brief • August 29, 2014

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care

what qualifies as urgent care. The result is a situation where ADC has no insight into actual urgent care wait times.1 1 The MGAR asks whether “911s” are seen within 24 hours. Based on emails and some ...