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Article • May 15, 2007
Absent Actual Injury Only Nominal Damages for Due Process Violations by The U.S. Supreme Court held that a procedural due process violation warranted only nominal damages in the absence of actual injury. Plaintiffs, Illinois high school students who had been suspended without due process, brought a §1983 action against the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Modifies Education Plan for Rikers Island Youth by By David M. Reutter In continuing its enforcement of an "Education Plan" for the Rikers Island Academies, a New York federal district court has made modifications to the Plan because it is "deficient in many respects." PLN previously reported upon the …
Article • May 15, 2007
$221,000 Settlement For 8 Year Old Jailed In Alleged New Mexico School Misconduct by $221,000 Settlement For 8 Year Old Jailed In Alleged New Mexico School Misconduct On April 17, 2006, Angela Esquibel, the mother of 8 year old Jerry Trujillo, was awarded $221,000 in a Federal civil rights complaint …
Settlement Reached In Indiana Juvenile Conditions Of Confinement Action by On February 8, 2006, the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) reached a settlement agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding conditions of confinement of juvenile prisoners at Logansport Intake/Diagnostic Facility and South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility. The …
Article • May 15, 2007
Michigan 16-Year-Old Properly Jailed and Expelled from School by At age 16, Matthew Daniels was held on murder charges in Michigan's Macomb County Jail. He was housed on a mental ward, away from adult prisoners, without regular exercise or showers. Prior to his arrest Daniels attended an alternative education program, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Class of Homeless Children Seeking Education Certified by The court certifies a class of homeless children who alleged that school enrollment and transportation procedures violate the McKinney Act and deny equal protection. At 324: The Defendants urge that the legal issue can only be decided on an individual basis because …
Pratt v. DC, DC, Order, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2003 I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VERNELL PRATT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 01-1525 (JGP) ECF DISTRlCT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. ORDER ___Upon consideration of plaintiffs Consent Motion for Attorneys' Fees and …
Pratt v. DC, DC,Memo Order of Judgment, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2002 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VERNELL PRATT, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 01-1525 (JGP) ECF MEMORANDUM …
CYA Suit Alleges Abuse of Juveniles by Anne Mania The California Youth Authority (CYA) houses 6,000 juvenile offenders and was once considered a model for juvenile justice in this country. However, after decades of declining funding and worsening conditions, the California Youth Authority has deteriorated to where severely mentally ill …
Pennsylvania Youths Have No Right to Education by The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that Pennsylvania youths sentenced as adults and sentenced to county detention centers have no right to an education. This was a class action suit filed by school-aged youths against the Pennsylvania Department …
Pratt v. DC, DC, Complaint, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2002
IDEA Confers Right to Education Even in SHU by IDEA Confers Right to Education Even In SHU The First Circuit court of appeals has held that a prisoner receiving educational services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1415(e)(4)(B), is entitled to a free and public …
FL DOC Violates Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by Afederal district court in Florida held that § 944.801(4), Fla. Stat. (1997), which permits prisoners under 22 years of age, who qualify for special educational services and programs pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1415, …
Youth in Washington Prisons Challenge Lack of Education by David C Fathi by David C. Fathi Youth incarcerated in the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) are challenging the state's failure to provide them with basic and special education, as required by state and federal law. The lawsuit, Tunstall v. Bergeson …
Horton v. Williams, WA, Amended Complaint, Juvenile Confinement, 1994 '• I 1 2 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT QF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 11 12 13 14 JAMES HORTON, JAMES BARNHART, JEROME PAYTON, J.B., through his next …
Minor Detainees Entitled to Education by Twenty-three school age detainees in the Cook County Jail (Chicago, Illinois) filed suit alleging they were either denied complete access to regular and special educational services during their period of pre-trial detention or received services vastly inferior to those provided non-detainees. The plaintiff prisoners …
Jerry v. District of Columbia, DC, Consent Decree, Juvenile Prisons, 1986 Jerry M. v. District of Columbia SUPERIOR COURT, i OF THE DISTRICT Or iSJJ JERRY H. , et al.. ) Plaintiffs, ) ) V. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., c. C.A. No. 1519-65 (IFP) ) Defendants. ) CONSENT DECREE^ …
Jerry v. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Juvenile Prisons, 1985 SUPERIOR COv-ÄT OP THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION JERRY M · , DAVID 0., ANTHONY W · , OMAR H., MAURICE B., WILLIE H · , GERALD R., and RONDY S., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly …
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