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Publication • January 1, 2007
Filed under: Attorneys, Mental Health
Secondary Trauma and Burnout in Attorneys - Effects of Work with Clients Who are Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse, Levin, 2007 Secondary Trauma and Burnout in Attorneys: Effects of Work with Clients Who are Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse Andrew P. Levin, MD Dr. Levin is Assistant Clinical …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of ETS/Retaliation Claims by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(10)(1) dismissal of an environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) claim filed by a Tennessee prisoner, concluding that the plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to state a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim. The appeals court …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Parole in Texas has never been very reputable. During the 1920s and 30s Miriam Ma Ferguson, Texas first female governor, and her husband Pa Ferguson, who preceded his …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
U.S. Businesses Lobby Government to Curb Federal Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke U.S. businesses and Wall Street investment companies have begun a campaign to get the Justice Department to reign in federal prosecutors in business crime cases. The effort by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Ex-Con Denied Admission To AZ Bar by The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the State Committee on Character and Fitness (Committee) denial of a convicted murderer's application for admission to the State Bar. James Hamm served over 17 years in the Arizona prison system for a first degree murder he …
Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. C by Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. CCA Facility A federal court in Idaho has refused to lift a 1987 population cap on four housing …
Years Long Pattern of Medical Neglect Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner's claim showing years of failure to adequately treat a medical problem is sufficient to defeat summary judgment. This civil rights action was filed …
Brief • October 7, 2006
Filed under: Attorney Client
Gyasi v. City of New York et al, NY, Def Res to Plf 2nd Set of Interrogations, attorney-client privileged info, 2006.pdf Deo 07 2086 2:+BPH HP LRSERJET 3330 UNITED STATES DlSTRICT COURT SOWWERBl DlSTRICT OF NEW YORK . . a - ------PliintifZ X. DEFENDANTS' suwLEMEmAL RESPONSES TO l % m …
CSC Alien Abuse Class Action Settled for $2.5 Million by On August 10, 2005, a federal court in New Jersey approved a settlement in Brown v. Esmor Correctional Services Inc., USDC No. 98-1282 (DNJ). Esmor Correctional Services Inc. (Esmor) later known as Correctional Services Corporation (CSC), agreed to pay the …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ordered to Pay Prisoner $500 For Misconduct by Michael Rigby On April 6, 2005, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas levied a $500 sanction award against two Assistant U.S. Attorneys for their unethical, unprofessional, and dishonest conduct in a prisoner …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
New York Strip-Search Suit Settled for $1.7 Million by A federal class action suit, challenging a New York jail's blanket misdemeanor strip-search policy has been settled for $1,783,670.20. Timothy Maneely brought suit in federal court, challenging the City of Newburgh, New York policy of strip searching all arrestees without reasonable …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions by Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions In a 5-4 decision, the Washington Supreme Court held that plaintiffs suing criminal defense attorneys for legal malpractice must prove that they are innocent of the underlying criminal charge. Dr. Jessy Ang and …
No Qualified Immunity for Retaliatory Transfer; Jury Awards $219,000 in Damages by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a guard is not entitled to qualified immunity for initiating a retaliatory prison transfer against a prisoner who had complained to the guards supervisor that the guard failed to …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Ohio Awards $662,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Rape by The State of Ohio has agreed to pay Nathaniel Lewis, 28, $662,000 for the five years he spent in prison before his conviction was overturned by a federal appeals court in 2002. While a freshman at the University of Akron …
Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider by Matthew T. Clarke The mother and son of a prisoner who committed suicide by hanging himself from a telephone in his jail cell won a lawsuit against the phone provider. On appeal, the award was upheld, but some of …
Legal Research Prohibition Upon Contract Attorney Denies Adequate Court Access by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Iowa federal district court has held that the legal assistance program at Iowas Anamosa State Penitentiary (ASP) was an unconstitutional impediment to a prisoners access to the court because it did not …
Non-Sex-Offender Parolee Entitled to Due Process Before Being Treated As Sex Offender by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals held that a parolee who has never been convicted of a sex offense is entitled to a due process hearing prior to being required to …
Publication • 2006
Department of Justice - The Attorney General's Guidelines Regarding the Use of FBI Confidential Human Sources, 2006 T H E A T T O R N E Y G E N E R A L ' S G U I D E L I N E S REGARDING T H …
New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio by Gary Hunter New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Million by Gary Hunter Settlement of a 4-year-old lawsuit, between brutalized prisoners and the guards who attacked them, was achieved …
Lawyers Bilk Cornell for Millions, San Francisco Jail Scammed by In an attempt to recoup millions of dollars, private prison operator Cornell Companies, Inc., has filed lawsuits against lawyers entrusted to oversee the companys funds for land deals. Cornell, based in Huston filed the latest suit on August 26, 2005, …
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