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New Jersey District Court as Gatekeeper in I.N.S. Expert Witness Case by New Jersey District Court as Gatekeeper in I.N.S. Expert Witness Case The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey entered, on June 25, 2007, their decision in a Daubert case involving the admissibility of proposed …
Article • November 17, 2015
Records Pertaining to High Profile Terrorist Exempt Under Federal Freedom of Information Act by Records Pertaining to High Profile Terrorist Exempt Under Federal Freedom of Information Act The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that videos and other recordings of a detained high profile terrorist were …
Article • November 16, 2015
Protestor’s First Amendment Rights Violated by Federal Agency’s Unusual Enforcement of Plaza’s Business Hours by Protestor’s First Amendment Rights Violated by Federal Agency’s Unusual Enforcement of Plaza’s Business Hours The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted summary judgment in favor of the protestors, holding that a federal …
Article • November 13, 2015
Woman Not Prevailing Party; Not Entitled to Award Despite Temporary Restraining Order by Woman Not Prevailing Party; Not Entitled to Award Despite Temporary Restraining Order The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court has reversed a lower court's holding that a plaintiff was entitled to attorneys' fees as …
Garcia v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE IN FULL AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION OF Three Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 dollars ($350,000.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, DENNIS GILBERT GARCIA, DOB SSN (hereinafter "Releasor"), …
Publication • November 12, 2015
HRDC letter to Escambia County, FL re proposed jail on Superfund site - Nov. 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS November 12, 2015 Re: Vote on New Jail Proposed for Former EPA Superfund Site Dear Commissioners, The controversy of a proposal for a new jail in …
Brief • November 12, 2015
Lane v. Tavares et al., PA, BIO MTD - Gomes, inadequate acommodation ADA, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-00991-ARC-SES Document 166 Filed 11/12/15 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CARLTON LANE, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH F. TAVARES, M.D., et al., Defendants. : : : …
Article • November 10, 2015
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
New Hampshire Prison Authorities Enjoined from Denying Kosher Diet to Observant Orthodox Jew by New Hampshire Prison Authorities Enjoined from Denying Kosher Diet to Observant Orthodox Jew In May 2007, a Federal District Court enjoined New Hampshire prison authorities from denying a kosher diet to an observant Orthodox Jew as …
Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case by Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case On March 10, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a Colorado prisoner's civil rights claim against prison guards and officials …
Brief • October 30, 2015
Pierce v. District of Columbia, Memorandum Opinion, Summary Judgment, Deaf Interpretor, 2015 Case 1:13-cv-00134-KBJ Document 90 Filed 09/11/15 Page 1 of 60 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM PIERCE, PLAINTIFF, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DEFENDANT. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • October 29, 2015
Virginia DOC Settles with Prisoner Over Disabilities Act Violations by Virginia DOC Settles with Prisoner Over Disabilities Act Violations At the magistrate’s bench of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, plaintiff Robert Allen Bane, a prisoner with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), settled his §1983 Civil Rights …
Reforms Propel Drop in Juvenile Detention Figures and Juvenile Crime Rates by Derek Gilna Reforms Propel Drop in Juvenile Detention Figures and Juvenile Crime Rates by Derek Gilna Juvenile crime rates and the number of incarcerated juveniles have fallen in a majority of states as states begin to reap the …
Article • October 28, 2015
$12,000 Settlement for California Prisoner in Equal Treatment Suit by $12,000 Settlement for California Prisoner in Equal Treatment Suit In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, prisoner Steven D. Brooks settled, in June 2013, for $12,000 his §1983 civil rights claim alleging violation of his …
First Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Retaliation Claim by First Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Retaliation Claim On February 6, 2013, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment granted to Correctional Medical Services, Inc. ("CMS") for an alleged retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In spring …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons by Laura Cepero Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons by Laura Cepero A Solitary Watch investigation into the sites of the federal government’s two “supermax” facilities – the first open for two decades, the second slated to open soon …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Filed under: Habeas Corpus, AEDPA
Habeas Hints by Kent Russell Habeas Hints by Kent Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), the federal habeas …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit raising a failure to protect claim, …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton Tens of thousands of convicted felons in California will have their voting rights restored after Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced he will not …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Deaf Prisoner Settles Discrimination Suit for $150,000 by Mark Wilson Deaf Prisoner Settles Discrimination Suit for $150,000 by Mark Wilson To settle what some are describing as a landmark disability discrimination case, Oregon prison officials agreed to pay a deaf prisoner $150,000. Merle Baldridge, 42, is deaf and uses American …
Brief • October 25, 2015
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Docket, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-2887 As of: 10/25/2015 08:30 PM MDT 1 of 8 MJ CIV PP U.S. District Court District of Colorado (Denver) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14−cv−02887−JLK Menocal et al v. The GEO Group, …
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