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Publication • February 18, 2014
CREW - Private Prisons: A Bastion of Secrecy Private Prisons A BASTION OF SECRECY Introduction With ever increasing frequency, the federal government has been contracting out functions and responsibilities previously performed exclusively by the government. This trend has swept in the criminal justice system; correctional institutions, once operated wholly by …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Possession of Rape Video Warrants Restitution; Victim Awarded Over $1 Million Thus Far; Supreme Court Grants Cert. by When she was a little girl, Amy’s uncle videotaped himself raping her, then shared the video with other pedophiles. Now in her 20s, Amy (a pseudonym) is seeking restitution from everyone who …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Wiccan Prisoners’ Establishment Clause Claim by On February 19, 2013, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by two California prisoners who alleged that prison officials had violated their constitutional rights by failing to apply …
Publication • February 11, 2014
PREA Governor Letter from DOJ 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20531 February 11, 2014 Dear Governor: The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was passed in 2003 with unanimous support from both parties in Congress. Eliminating prison rape is …
Brief • February 10, 2014
USA v. Rhode Island DOC, RI, Complaint, Racial Discrimination in Hiring, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00078-S-LDA Document 1 Filed 02/10/14 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1 uNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND . UNITEp STATE~ O¥ Al\ffiR:J:CA, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No.: STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, RH()DE ISLAND DEPAllTMENT …
Gonzales v. Young, NM, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2014 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 1/27/2014 10:41:26 AM GREGORY T. IRELAND SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT SECONDOF JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY BERNALILLO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO STATE OF NEW MEXICO STATE OF NEW MEXICO Stephanie Chavez RITA GONZALES, MARIANNE URIOSTE, RITA GONZALES, MARIANNE …
T.G. V. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00054-RHS-SMV Document 1 Filed 01/16/14 Page 1 of 23 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO TG, MS, BC, BM, & KR Plaintiffs, No. V. THE GEO GROUP, INC., CORIZON INC., MARK ELLIOT WALDEN, M.D., …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Religious Diet Qualified Immunity Test Outlined by Seventh Circuit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that when determining whether a prison official is entitled to qualified immunity for refusing a prisoner’s request for a religious diet, the district court must determine whether the official used the tenets …
Brief • January 3, 2014
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Grooming
Holt v. Hobbs, AR, Petitioner's Supplemental Brief, S.Ct. Addresses Religious Grooming, 2014 No. 13-6827 In the Supreme Court of the United States __________ GREGORY HOUSTON HOLT A/K/A ABDUL MAALIK MUHAMMAD, PETITIONER v. RAY HOBBS, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, ET AL. __________ ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA
Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Ninth Circuit Affirms Finding that Claim Accrues Each Time a Request for Conjugal Visits is Denied by On November 21, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s finding that a prisoner’s challenge to the denial of his request for conjugal visits was not barred by the …
Eighth Circuit Initially Allows Non-Delegation Challenge to SORNA, then Reverses Course by Derek Gilna Another challenge to the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) initially met with limited success, but ultimately failed. Lindon Roy Knutson pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender under SORNA stemming …
McCollum v. Livingston, TX, Brief in Support of Mot, Wrongful Death Heat, 2013 Case 4:14-cv-03253 Document 103-1 Filed in TXSD on 12/04/13 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION STEPHEN McCOLLUM, STEPHANIE KINGREY, and SANDRA McCOLLUM, individually and as heirs at law to …
Brief • December 4, 2013
Doud v. Yellow Cab of Reno, NV, Complaint and Jury Demand, ADA Compliance,2013 Case 3:13-cv-00664 Document 1 Filed 12/04/13 Page 1 of 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TERRI KEYSER-COOPER Nevada Bar No. 3984 3590 Barrymore Dr. Reno, NV 89509 (775) 337-0323 keysercooper@lawyer.com DIANE K. VAILLANCOURT …
Johnson v. CCA, KY, Settlement, FSLA, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 54-1 Filed 11/26/13 Page 1 of 30 PageID #: 400 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION Michael E. Johnson, et al., on behalf of ) themselves and all other similarly-situated ) current and former …
Johnson v. CCA, KY, Settlement Payouts, FSLA, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 56-1 Filed 11/26/13 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 443 CONFIDENTIAL EXHIBIT 1 “MAXIMUM GROSS SETTLEMENT AMOUNT” means TWO-HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO/100 ($260,000.00). Of this amount, the PARTIES propose that $131,000 be allocated to PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL …
Anonymous PREA Hotlines Not So Anonymous by Following a decade of delays, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards, promulgated by the U.S. Department of Justice, went into effect in August 2013. [See: PLN, September 2013, p.1]. One of the PREA rules, 115.51, states that correctional agencies “shall provide multiple …
Ninth Circuit: Adam Walsh Detention Doesn’t Toll Term of Supervised Release by Derek Gilna In a case of first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the period of time spent in civil confinement under the Adam Walsh Act does not constitute “imprisonment,” and that a defendant’s period …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA
Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty …
Analysis of Sex Offender Requirements and Civil Committment in U.S. and U.K. Kate Hynes Penn St. J. of Law & Int. Affairs 2013 Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs Volume 2 | Issue 2 November 2013 The Cost of Fear: An Analysis of Sex Offender Registration, Community Notification, …
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