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Roches v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Excessive Force, 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made as of the l~fl"a:ay of March 2019 by and between Marina Roches, on behalf of herself individually and as heir to Walter …
Williams v. City of Long Beach, CA, Third Amended Complaint, Racial Profiling and False Arrest, 2019 1 2 3 4 LISA HOLDER (State Bar No. 212628) LAW OFFICE OF LISA HOLDER lisaholder@yahoo.com P.O. Box 65694 Los Angeles, California 90065 Telephone: (323) 683-6610 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
California Prison Psychologist Blows Whistle on LGBTQ Harassment, Settles Lawsuit for Retaliation by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A prison psychologist who filed a complaint under the California Whistleblower Protection Act alleging blatant abuse by state prison guards against LGBTQ prisoners has agreed to settle her lawsuit and resign. Dr. …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Grandmother Arrested and Mocked by Federal Agents Awarded $55,000 Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Guadalupe Robles Plascencia became a naturalized U.S. citizen in May 1998, and San Bernardino, California has been her home for nearly 40 years. It’s where she raised her five children. It also is the …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
LA County Jail Guards’ Conviction for Assaulting Visitor Upheld by David Reutter by David Reutter The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the convictions of three guards who assaulted a handcuffed visitor at the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail in February 2011. Gabriel Moses Carrillo and his girlfriend, …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Santa Clara County Settles Lawsuit, Makes Jails Handicapped Accessible by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In November 2018, the parties in a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California agreed to settle the case in the form of a consent decree. The suit centered …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
In Memoriam: Jane Kahn (1954-2018) by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For the past 15 years, the San Francisco law firm of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP has represented Prison Legal News and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center, in censorship and public records cases in California, …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Without Interpreters, California’s Deaf Prisoners are Getting Stuck Behind Bars by Samantha Michaels “It’s the utmost violation of due process I can think of.” by Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones In 2016, a prisoner in Corcoran, California faced a dilemma. The parole board wanted to know whether he’d completed any self-help …
ICE-friendly Policies. A String of Jail Deaths. Why Does This Sheriff Keep Getting Elected? by Kyle C. Barry Advocates say Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern is an odd fit for the Bay Area, but mounting a challenge has proved daunting. by Kyle C. Barry, The Appeal When Barbara Doss went …
Article • February 20, 2019
Kamala Harris’ Disturbing Brand of Criminal Justice Reform by Marie Gottschalk By Marie Gottschalk, In These Times The sad reality is that Harris is in step with a troubling Washington consensus on criminal justice reform. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) released a new autobiography in January, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, …
Article • February 19, 2019
Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout Imagine paying $20.12 for a 15-minute phone call. That’s how much a call from the Jennings Adult Correctional Facility in Missouri costs. In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set price caps …
Pajas v. County of Monterey, CA, Verdict Form, Wrongful Death by Police Brutality, 2019 Case 5:16-cv-00945-BLF Document 299 Filed 02/15/19 Page 1 of 4 Case 5:16-cv-00945-BLF Document 299 Filed 02/15/19 Page 2 of 4 Case 5:16-cv-00945-BLF Document 299 Filed 02/15/19 Page 3 of 4 Case 5:16-cv-00945-BLF Document 299 Filed 02/15/19 …
Brief • February 13, 2019
Anderson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Excessive Force), 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is entered into between the following parties ("the Paiiies"): Kathleen Anderson, individually and as successor in interest to decedent …
Article • February 11, 2019
‘I Didn’t Lay Down’: How A California Man Convicted Of Murder May Have Saved His Own Life by Maura Ewing Death penalty mitigation offers juries a chance to see defendants in a different light by Maura Ewing, The Appeal The odds were stacked against Ernesto Martinez. Last fall, he was on …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Taser Misuse at California Jail Costs County $1.15 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 5, 2018, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department in California settled a federal civil rights lawsuit that alleged deputies at the Rancho Cucamonga jail engaged in a practice of “tasing” prisoners for their own …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
California: $1 Million Settlement in Suit Over Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 28, 2017, the family and estate of a mentally ill prisoner who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Yuba County jail in California filed suit in federal court alleging violations …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
High Risk, Low Pay for California Prisoners Who Fight Fires by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Since the 1940s, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has maintained a firefighting corps composed of prisoner volunteers. In late 2018, when the Camp and Woolsey fires destroyed the town of Paradise …
National Center for Youth Law - The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody, 2019 Tornillo, photo courtesy of Reuters The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody February 2019 U.C. Davis Immigration Law Clinic This briefing document was prepared by the National Center for Youth …
Parenti v. County of Monterey, CA, Motion for Settlement Approval, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 5:14-cv-05481-BLF Document 136 Filed 01/23/19 Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dan Stormer, Esq. [S.B. # 101967] Brian Olney, Esq. [S.B. #298089] HADSELL STORMER & RENICK …
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