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Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Why is California Thumbing its Nose at a Federal Court? by Caleb Mason The Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution provides that the government can’t retroactively increase the penalty for criminal conduct. It applies not just to initial sentence length but also to potential “good-time credit” prisoners can earn …
California’s Inspector General Cites Abuses at High Desert State Prison by Derek Gilna A special report by Robert A. Barton, Inspector General of the State of California, released in December 2015, highlighted numerous problems at the High Desert State Prison in Susanville. The California Senate Committee on Rules had requested …
Supreme Court Reverses SORNA Notification Requirement when Sex Offenders Move Overseas by Derek Gilna The federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 42 U.S.C. § 16901, et seq., requires registered sex offenders to advise law enforcement officials within three business days of their change of address or intent to …
CB v. Walnut Grove Correction Authority, MS, Monitor Report Pursuant to Class Action Consent Decree, 2016 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 1 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 2 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 3 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 …
Brief • May 5, 2016
Gaddy v. Corizon Health, et al., FL, complaint, wrongful termination, 2016
Ludy v. Nelson, GA, Settlement Agreement, Religious Discrimination, 2016 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the dismissal of all claims and payment in the amount of $ 200.00 (two hundred dollars) to Mitchell Ludy (referred to herein as "RELEASOR"), and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt …
Robertson v. Contra Costa County, CA, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2016 Case 3:15-cv-d._ A9-WHO Document 20 Filed 04/1( _d Page 1 of 59 1 MICHAEL W. BIEN~ 096891 LISA ELLS - 243657 2 VAN SWEARINGEN - 259809 ROSEN BIEN GALV~ & GRUNFELD LLP 3 50 Fremont Street, 19 Floor San Francisco, …
Doe et al v. Kerry et al, CA, Order Denying Mot for PI, IML international sex offender travel notice, 2016 Case 4:16-cv-00654-PJH Document 41 Filed 04/13/16 Page 1 of 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 United States …
Brief • April 7, 2016
Handwork v. ODRC, OH, Complaint, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-00825 Doc #: 1 Filed: 04/07/16 1 of 8. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JAMES HANDWORK Lake Erie Correctional Institution P.O. Box 8000 Conneaut, Ohio, 44030 COMPLAINT Plaintiff, v. Case No. …
Doe et al v. Piehota et al, VA, Class Action Complaint, terrorist federal watch list, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION BABY DOE, by his next friend, Father Doe; YASEEN KADURA; ANAS ELHADY; OSAMA HUSSEIN AHMED; GULET MOHAMED; AHMAD IBRAHIM AL HALABI; MICHAEL EDMUND COLEMAN; …
Deaf Prisoners Win Important Settlements in Kentucky and Maryland by Derek Gilna Deaf and hard of hearing prisoners have been doubly punished in many prisons and jails, their disability often not only limiting their access to programs, services and communication with the outside world, but also putting them at risk …
Second Circuit Allows Muslim Prisoners’ Bivens Claims to Proceed by Derek Gilna Although Muslim prisoners held at the harsh U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have received more publicity, conditions of confinement for prisoners of Middle-Eastern descent in domestic prisons have also been abusive. So abusive, in fact, that …
Lawsuit Claiming CMUs Lack Due Process on Appeal to D.C. Circuit by Derek Gilna The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) first instituted Communication Management Units (CMUs) in 2006 at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, then added another unit to the supermax in Marion, Illinois in 2008. CMUs were designed …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
California Supreme Court Voids Ex Post Facto Sex Offender Residency Restrictions by Derek Gilna Proposition 83, passed in 2006 by California voters and popularly known as Jessica’s Law, had the stated aim of protecting children from sex offenders. It was later codified at Pen. Code § 3003.5(b), but on March …
Lifetime Registration of Low-level Sex Offenders found Excessive, Unconstitutional in New Hampshire by The New Hampshire Supreme Court held in February 2015 that requiring lifetime registration without review of the risk that low-level sex offenders present to the public is unconstitutional. The Court ordered that such offenders must be provided …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
New Federal Law that Brands Sex Offenders’ Passports Faces Court Challenge by Derek Gilna   First it was the so-called “War on Drugs,” complete with military-themed anti-drug task forces and disproportionately long prison sentences primarily reserved for poor people of color, which had little impact on U.S. drug consumption. Now …
Article • March 31, 2016
New Jersey’s SOMA Violates Ex Post Facto Prohibitions by Mark Wilson The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the retroactive application of the 2007 Sex Offender Monitoring Act (SOMA) violates state and federal ex post facto prohibitions. In 1986, George Riley was convicted of sex offenses against a child and …
Article • March 30, 2016
Filed under: Discrimination, Marriage
Missouri: Law Requiring Prisoners’ Presence for Marriage Licenses Unconstitutional by Joe Watson U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner ruled on February 6, 2014, that a Missouri law that effectively prohibits prisoners from getting married is unconstitutional because it violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. The law – Missouri …
Brief • March 25, 2016
Doe v. Rahinsky, MI, Def Reply Brief, retroactive sex offender registration SORA, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-01140-RJJ-RSK ECF No. 30 filed 03/25/16 Page 1 of 6 PageID.156 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BRYAN COMPAAN, Plaintiff, No. 15-cv-01140 v DAVID RAHINSKY, Chief of Police of the City of …
Dunn et al v. Dunn et al, AL, Settlement Agreement, ADOC disabled prisoners mental, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed 03/15/16 Page 2 of 34 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed 03/15/16 Page 3 of 34 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed 03/15/16 Page 4 of 34 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed …
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