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United States v. Daniels-281 F.3d 168 (5th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

agent Fontenot presented to the grand jury, of the testimony of four eyewitnesses described what those witnesses saw and made no reference to any statement by Sayes. Agent Craft testified that she had ...

Overton v. Bazzetta-123 S.Ct. 2162 (2003)

Case • 2003

' " to a legitimate governmental interest; whether alternative means are open to inmates to exercise the asserted right; what impact an accommodation of the right would have on guards and inmates and prison resources ...

In re Honesto-130 Cal. App. 4th 81; 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d 653 (2005)

Case • 2005

in prison . . . for what I did . . . ." "I agree with the district attorney. I deserve a multiple-year denial for what I've done. . . . [S]o treat me like a first degree and not like a second degree because ...

Kimberlin v. U.S. Dept. of Justice-150 F.Supp.2d 36 (D DC 2001)

Case • 2001

amenities are better than what law-abiding Americans have. Prisons should be places of detention and punishment; prison perks undermine the concept of jails as a deterrence. They also waste taxpayer money ...

Pearson v. Vaughn-102 F.Supp.2d 282 (ED PA 2000)

Case • 2000

has substantially complied with the grievance procedure set forth under DC-ADM [*289] 804. n17 n16 It is somewhat unclear what steps defendants contend that plaintiff should have taken following ...

Pizzuto v. County of Nassau-239 F.Supp.2d 301 (ED NY 2003)

Case • 2003

are not going to tell me what to do." Id. In response, Velazquez and another guard, Ivano Bavaro, ordered all Observation Tier inmates to "lock in" to their cells. (Pl. Stmt, P 2.) At this time, Pizzuto obeyed ...

Stansbury v. Hannigan-960 P.2d 227 (Kansas 1998)

Case • 1998

, but the lack of fair notice and [19] governmental restraint when the legislature increases punishment beyond [20] what was prescribed when the crime was committed. Thus, even if a [21 ...

Komyatti v. Bayh-96 F.3d 955 (7th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

of this new statute. Sasnett v. Sullivan, 91 F.3d 1018, 1023 (7th Cir. 1996). We express no opinion on what changes, if any, the new statute might require in the consent decree. We leave that issue in the first ...

Alameen v. Coughlin-892 F. Supp. 440 (ED NY 1995)

Case • 1995

. What follows sets forth this Court findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which this determination is based as required by Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The findings of fact ...

Hill v. McKinley-311 F.3d 899 (8th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

established law. Citing a prior case from our court for the proposition that we take a "broad view" of what constitutes clearly established law, Burnham v. Ianni, 119 F.3d 668, 677 (8th Cir. 1997), the district ...

Browning v. Vernon-874 F.Supp. 1112 (D ID 1994)

Case • 1994

by Plaintiffs' motion concerns what process is due to protect that liberty interest. The Defendants assert that this issue cannot be resolved on summary judgment. The Defendants point to numerous conflicts ...

Inmates of the Alleghney County Jail v. Welch-699 F.Supp. 1137 (W.D.Pa. 1988)

Case • 1988

over what they were when this case began in 1976. (See this Court's description of those conditions in Owens-El v. Robinson, 442 F. Supp. 1368 (1978)). However, there have been no structural changes made ...

Estate of Hampton v. Androscoggin County-245 F.Supp.2d 150 (D.Me. 2003)

Case • 2003

. Id. [35] Snyder refers to Hampton as "Lucky" but also knew him as "Leroy" because that was what the guards called him. Plaintiff's SMF ¶ 14; Snyder Aff. ¶ 12. Snyder never talked to Hampton ...

Smook v. Minnehaha County-340 F.Supp.2d 1037 (D.S.D. 2004)

Case • 2004

what's there when they're in undergarments so --." (Devlin Dep. at 15.) Later in her deposition, Devlin does state that she did not require minors to remove their bras and underwear (Devlin Dep. at 31 ...

Pell v. Procunier-417 U.S. 817, 94 S.Ct. 2800, 41 L.Ed.2d 495 (1974)

Case • 1974

ask us to hold that the limitation on press interviews imposed by § 415.071 violates the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. They contend that, irrespective of what ...

Valdes v. Crosby-450 F.3d 1231 (11th Cir. 2006)

Case • 2007

, collateral order is being appealed, and the appellate court has jurisdiction to hear the case, including challenges to the district court's determination that genuine issues of fact exist as to what conduct ...

Wallace v. State-905 N.E.2d 371 (Ind. 2009), rehearing denied

Case • 2009

) (upholding [**8] Stevens' conviction for the murder of Zachary). B. Subsequent Amendments to the Act Since its inception in 1994 the Act has been amended several times. What began as a measure to give ...

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky v. Williams-534 U.S. 184, 122 S.Ct. 681 (2002)

Case • 2002

] (a) The Court's consideration of what an individual must prove to demonstrate a substantial limitation in the major life activity of performing manual tasks is guided by the ADA's disability definition ...

Wirsching v. Colorado-360 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

on the recommendations [;] the only problem is that I don't know what those recommendations were." Letter, dated Nov. 15, 2000. Mr. Wirsching then requested a copy of the report and recommendations. In his opening brief ...

Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Product Liability

doctor phoned Marjorie to inquire what medications Ronnie was on, adding, they were having problems with him. She came to the jail with a bail bond check to take Ronnie home, only to learn that he had died ...