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Thompson v. Drug Enforcement Administration, 377 U.S. App. D.C. 129, 492 F.3d 428 (D.C. Cir. 2007)-377 U.S. App. D.C. 129, 492 F.3d 428

Case • 2007

to Michael Thompson v. Department of Justice? Recall that the only evidence of what happened in the district court is a single PACER docket report showing the case was dismissed, without a word on the grounds ...

Mills v. City of Barbourville-389 F.3d 568 (6th Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

in the search, but did find what they termed "drug paraphernalia:" rolling papers and plastic baggies. According to [*573] plaintiff, the baggies were in her son's closet (she claims they were for her son's ...

N.G. v. Connecticut-382 F.3d 225 (2nd Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

while the girls remained in custody, violated the Fourth Amendment in the absence of reasonable suspicion that contraband was possessed. We therefore vacate the judgment and remand to determine what ...

In re Shaputis-37 Cal.Rptr.3d 324 (Cal.App. 4 Dist., 2005)

Case • 2005

in second- guessing what necessarily are subjective decisions, we are at the same time bound to insure that the inmate is accorded the basic requirements of due process, and where there is no evidence ...

Crist v. Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Inc.-978 So. 2d 134 (Fla. 2008)

Case • 2008

. See id. Beyond these minimal qualifications, the constitution does not specify any additional details about how the public defender in each circuit is to operate or what duties are to be performed ...

Knight v. Vernon-23 F.Supp.2d 634 (MD NC 1998)

Case • 1998

stated that he had heard rumors that Mr. Knight was supporting Sam Page. Mr. Knight denied [*639] these rumors and asked Vernon what he should do to make things right. Vernon showed him "a list of Sam ...

Duffy v. Riveland-98 F.3d 447 (9th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

of July 30th, Duffy attracted the attention of another corrections officer. He gestured for a pen and paper, then wrote, "What happened to the hearing at 9:00 a.m.?" Duffy also showed the officer ...

United States v. Hernandez-Fundora-49 F.3d 848, amended at 58 F.3d 802 (2nd Cir. 1995

Case • 1995

are unpersuaded. Halper addressed the issue "whether and under what circumstances a civil penalty may constitute punishment for the purpose of the Double Jeopardy Clause," 490 U.S. at 446, and is therefore ...

McKnight v. Rees-88 F.3d 417 (6th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

not have a license to establish immunities from [section] 1983 actions in the interests of what we judge to be sound public policy." Tower v. Glover, 467 U.S. 914, 922-23 (1984). We turn now to a perusal ...

Davis v. Hill-173 F. Supp. 2d 1136 (D. Kan. 2001).

Case • 2001

change. During this time, plaintiff was still yelling and kicking his cell's door. What transpired next is highly controverted and is the foundation of plaintiff's claim. According to plaintiff: from ...

Kansas v. Denney-278 Kan. 643; 101 P.3d 1257 (Kansas 2004)

Case • 2004

of the legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained, and when a statute is plain and unambiguous, the court must give effect to the intention of the legislature as expressed rather than determine what the law ...

Manganiello v. City of New York-USDC, S.D.N.Y., No. No. 07-cv-3644 (HB) (June 10, 2008)

Case • 2008

and committing perjury. That is precisely what Plaintiff alleges here with regard to Defendants Agostini, Abate, Perez, Nieves and Martinez. Therefore, the Assistant District Attorney's actions do not constitute ...

Chao v. Ballista-630 F.Supp.2d 170 (D. Mass. 2009)

Case • 2009

with Defendant Moises Ballista ("Ballista"), who was a guard at the prison, and that supervisory officials failed to protect her from what amounted to sexual abuse. The law presumes that a prisoner cannot consent ...

Blackledge v. Carlone-126 F.Supp.2d 224 (D.Conn. 2001)

Case • 2001

about such a result," and that, "[i]n determining whether a defendant's conduct was malicious or wilful, you must consider what he did in light of all the circumstances, for malice and wilfulness ...

Young v. City of Mount Ranier-238 F.3d 567 (4th Cir. 2001)

Case • 2001

, would likely have dismissed the claims under the same analysis used to dismiss the claims against Deputy Bunner. That we think we know what a district court probably would have done in a given situation ...

Brittain v. Beard-974 A.2d 479 (Pa. 2009)

Case • 2009

enjoining the Department from confiscating and destroying materials in his possession pursuant to the policy. Brittain attached what he characterizes as affidavits, signed by him and six other inmates, which ...

Luca v. County of Nassau-USDC, E.D. N.Y., No. CV-04-4898 (June 16, 2008)

Case • 2008

" working with them. She further testified that she had witnessed rank-and-file members of the Police Department commenting about her in a derogatory way, saying, for example, "Careful what you say because ...

Moore v. Winebrenner-927 F.2d 1312 (4th Cir. 1991)

Case • 2001

risk of harm in the MCI-H annexes, what is the appropriate legal standard against which to measure Winebrenner's conduct; and, second, given the appropriate legal standard, is there enough evidence ...

America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration

Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Environmental Law

Brownsville – is a perfect example of this. The 237-acre men’s prison began operating in 2003 on one corner of what, in the 1940s through the 1970s, was one of the largest coal preparation plants ...

A Mother Who Just Wanted to Know When Her Son Would Eat

Article • September 29, 2015

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

a prison, but she credits the other women with helping her through what might have been a more intimidating process. “When you walk through the metal detector, you don’t lift your foot up so ...