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California State Prisoner Wins $39,011 for Deprivation of Outdoor Exercise During Extended Lockdowns by Marvin Mentor On November 8, 2007, a federal jury awarded a California state prisoner $39,011 for injuries he suffered due to being placed in retaliatory extended lockdowns that prison officials initiated following assaults on staff by …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
$25.5 Million Awarded in California County Jail Strip Search Suit by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The County of San Bernardino, California has agreed to settle a federal class action lawsuit filed against its Sheriff’s Department in 2005 for $25.5 million – one of the largest such payouts on …
Article • June 15, 2008
Florida’s Public Records Law Exempts Attorney Notes by Florida’s Supreme Court has affirmed a trial court’s order finding that certain documents in the State attorney’s file are exempt form disclosure under Florida’s Public Records Act. The trial court reviewed the documents in camera. If found the documents in question, which …
Article • June 15, 2008
Missouri Prisoner Appointed Lawyer in Federal Civil Rights Action by Don Shields, a Missouri state prisoner, filed a civil rights action in federal district court after a St. Louis cop refused to return money and other property seized during Shields' arrest. The district court dismissed for failure to comply with …
Article • June 15, 2008
Montana Newspaper Entitled to Fees Incurred to Obtain Copies of Documents by The Havre Daily News (newspaper), a Montana subchapter of a Washington corporation, sued the city of Havre, Montana in state court under Mont. Const. art. II § 9 to compel disclosure of an unredacted incident report. During litigation …
Publication • 2008
CRS Report for Congress Re Awards for Attny Fees by Fed Courts and Fed Agencies 06 20 2008 Order Code 94-970 Awards of Attorneys’ Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies Updated June 20, 2008 Henry Cohen Legislative Attorney American Law Division Awards of Attorneys’ Fees by Federal Courts and …
Brief • May 27, 2008
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Noah and Davis v. Mercurio and Dean, MO, Order, attorney fee awards, 2008 Case 4:06-cv-00591-CDP Document 146 Filed 05/27/2008 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION LEROY NOAH and CHRISTOPHER DAVIS, Plaintiffs, vs. AUGUST MERCURIO, III and ROBERT DEAN, Defendants. ) ) ) …
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann $2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner's 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann PLN has previously reported on the death of Estelle Richardson, a mentally ill prisoner who died at the CCA-operated Metro-Davidson County Detention …
Washington DOC Pays PLN $541,000 for Illegally Withholding Records by Michael Rigby The Washington Department of Corrections will pay Prison Legal News $541,000 for illegally withholding public records. It is the largest records-related settlement in Washington state history, and it brings the total amount PLN has won against the state …
Article • May 15, 2008
Okay to Open Mail Sent by Attorney General by The plaintiff alleged that defendants opened a piece of mail from the state Attorney General's office in his absence. He has no standing to raise a court access claim absent a showing of prejudice. However, the court construes his complaint as …
Article • May 15, 2008
No Court Access Violation to Deny Law Library Access to Pro Se Defendant by The criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived the right to counsel and represented himself. The fact that he did so contingent on having access to a law library and legal materials, which were not in fact …
Article • May 15, 2008
Public Entities Can Assert Attorney Client Privilege by Public entities (the county Board of Commissioners and Sheriff's office) are entitled to assert the attorney-client privilege. Documents prepared in anticipation of being sued under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act are protected by the work product doctrine in subsequent § …
Meet Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship by Silja JA Talvi This exclusive article was first published on Alternet, at: www.alternet.org/rights/84388 and www.alternet.org/rights/84491 By Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet Posted on May 5, 2008, Printed on May 7, 2008 Editor's Note: In 2004, Estelle Richardson's lifeless and …
Fabian et al v. Dunn et al, TX, Complaint, juvenile immigrant guard brutality denial of counsel, 2008
Dennis the Menace by Arpaio's lawyer can't explain away his fudged résumé Phoenix New Times By Amy Silverman Published: December 27, 2007 On October 19, the day after New Times' owners were arrested, the county attorney very publicly fired special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik. That same day, Bill French very quietly …
Head on a Skewer by Paul Rubin Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself Phoenix New Times By Paul Rubin Published: March 20, 2008 On May 2, 2005, a prosecutor and an investigator …
New Times files a prelude to a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Stephen Lemons County Attorney Andy Thomas and a discredited ex-special prosecutor on behalf of its readers and the Constitution Phoenix New Times By Stephen Lemons Published: February 21, 2008 New Times submitted a formal Notice of Claim …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
California DOC and Joint-Venture Contractor Owe Over $1.8 Million in Attorney Fees for Protracted Suit Granting Prison Workers Prevailing Wage by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, 4th District, has upheld the San Diego Superior Court’s award of $1,257,258.60 in attorney fees incurred during drawn-out …
A Pursuit of Prisoners’ Health and Safety A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project by Todd Matthews A Pursuit of Prisoners' Health and Safety: A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU's National Prison Project by Todd Matthews Thirty-seven years ago, Elizabeth Alexander graduated …
Article • February 15, 2008
Meet Bush's Prison Nominee by Stephanie Mencimer Tennessee's next trial court judge might be a prison company executive who has less courtroom experience than most inmates. Mother Jones article Stephanie Mencimer February 20, 2008 -- In October 2000, Dick Cheney faced off for a debate with Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman. …
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