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Brief • August 10, 2018
Filed under: Employee Litigation
Lopez v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Request for Dismissal, Breach of Contract, 2018 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY /Name, Sta!e Bar number, and ,address): Aleiis Galindci (SBN 136643) Curd, Galindo & Smith, LLP, 301 E. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 1700 Long Beach, CA 90802 TELEPHONENO.: (562) 624-1177 FAXNO.(Optional): (562) 624-1178 …
Brief • August 9, 2018
Filed under: Medical, Wrongful Death
Austin v. Correct Care Solutions, VA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 2:17-cv-00291-RJK Document 131 Filed 08/09/18 Page 1 of 9 PageID# 2085 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Norfolk Division JOE AUSTIN AND MICHELLE WILSON. CO-ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY CLAY STEWART, Deceased, Plaintiffs, Civil …
Brief • August 9, 2018
Carruthers v. Israel, FL, Settlement Agreement, Mental Health Claims, 2018 Case 0:76-cv-06086-DMM Document 1043-4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/09/2018 Page 1 of 31 Case 0:76-cv-06086-DMM Document 1043-4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/09/2018 Page 2 of 31 Case 0:76-cv-06086-DMM Document 1043-4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/09/2018 Page 3 of 31 Case …
Brief • August 9, 2018
Villery v. Sanders, CA, Complaint, Retaliation-Grievance, 2018 Scanned at CDCR. and !-Malled on rs>-1 - IP by ~ (date) 1 2 3 4 Jared M. Villery V-88097 Cl-01-04 Valley state P_rison P.O. BOX 96 Chowchilla, CA 93610 ___ .-tial_s_) {itft_,,· Number ofpages scanned: J,.3 Plaintiff in Prose 5 6 7 …
Brief • August 9, 2018
Reed v. ADOC, AZ, Settlement, Reckless Driving, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Settlement Agreement") 1s made and entered into by and among: "Plaintiffs": Daniel J. Reed and - "Defendant": State of Arizona. "The Parties": Plaintiffs and Defendant, collectively. RECITALS Plaintiffs filed a Complaint against …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Civil Procedure
FRCP Rule 25 Allows for Extension of Time to Substitute Party Upon Death by David Reutter by David Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Florida federal district court’s order denying a motion to reopen a case and substitute parties due to the death of the original plaintiff. …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Michigan Prisoner Publishes Book, State Sues for His Proceeds by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Curtis Dawkins is serving life without parole in Michigan. He has been imprisoned since 2005, after a crack-fueled series of crimes committed on Halloween night the year before left Tom Bowman dead. Dawkins is also …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Inadequate Health Services for Native American Prisoners by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon, Jr. Members of various Native Americans tribes live in reservations across the United States, where they police themselves and maintain tribal jails for detention. Federal funds are used to operate those facilities and a multitude of …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Indiana DOC Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit for $80,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In August 2017, the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) agreed to settle a prisoner’s conditions of confinement lawsuit after he alleged DOC officials had retaliated against him for filing the complaint. Robert L. Holleman, an Indiana …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Education
Temple University Marks 20 Years of Transformative Inside-Out Prison Program by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In 1997, Temple University professor Lori Pompa instituted a ground-breaking program at a Philadelphia county jail known as the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, which brings university students and prisoners together in a correctional setting …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Escapes, Security Systems
Previous NY Escapee Fails to Negotiate Privileges in Exchange for Revealing Security Flaws by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New York state prisoner David Sweat became famous – or rather infamous – when he and fellow prisoner Richard W. Matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Federal Compassionateless Release by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell For thousands of federal prisoners who have filed for compassionate release after the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) expanded eligibility criteria in 2013, the response has been a familiar and consistent refrain: “Denied.” Over the following four years, just six percent of …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Criticism of Commission-based Phone Contract at Pennsylvania County Prison by R. Bailey by R. Bailey Prisoners and their families in York County, Pennsylvania are outraged that Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the nation’s largest prison and jail telephone service providers, has contracted with the York County Prison under a “commission” …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Massachusetts County Faces Lawsuit Over Phone Fee Kickbacks by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 2, 2018, attorneys with Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), the Legal Services Center at Harvard Law School and the law firm of Bailey & Glasser LLP filed a …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Prison Reform
Trump Calls Prison Reform “Very Important” as First Step Act Passes in the House by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Does “tough on crime” President Donald J. Trump support prison reform? If his comments at a January 2018 listening session can be believed, the answer is a qualified “yes” – …
Federal Class-action Accuses CoreCivic of Exploiting Immigrant Detainee Labor by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action suit filed on April 17, 2018 in the Middle District of Georgia accuses private prison behemoth CoreCivic – formerly Corrections Corporation of America – of exploiting immigrant detainees who perform work in …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Wrongfully-convicted California Prisoner Exonerated, Receives $15 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna How do you calculate the cost of years of your life – lost forever – when you are behind bars for a crime you didn’t commit, while knowing that those who put you there perverted the criminal …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Donald Who? Reform Goes Forward Despite His Idiocy by Joseph Margulies by Joseph Margulies, Justia.com Recently, the president called for the execution of drug dealers. This is idiotic, of course, both as a matter of law and policy. But no one who has been following these things should have been …
Growing Number of Local Jurisdictions Reject Correctional Privatization by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 8, 2018, the City Council in Tucson, Arizona passed a historic resolution by unanimous vote that prohibits “contracting with private, for-profit prison companies like GEO Group or CoreCivic (formerly CCA) for jail operations.” City …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Louisiana Judge’s Views May Warrant Recusal in All Death Penalty Cases by David R. Bailey by David R. Bailey Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Scott Crichton’s self-recusal from hearing “Angola 5” David Brown’s death penalty appeal ensured that Brown’s due process rights would not be compromised. Brown feared he could not …
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