NY Prison Disciplinary Hearing that Doesn’t Consider Insane Prisoner’s Mental Health Held Invalid by Leon Reed, a New York state prisoner, stabbed another prisoner to death in September of 1976 at the Gaveen Haven Correctional Facility. He was found not guilty of murder in state court by reason of insanity. …
NY Prisoner’s Disciplinary Hearing Upheld Against Timeliness and Sufficiency of Evidence Challenges by On October 27, 1991, Michael Colantonio, a New York state prisoner, was found bleeding from a cut on his arm. On November 6, 1991, after a short stay at a special observation unit, Colantino admitted cutting himself …
NY Prisoner’s Sanction for Not Providing Urine Sample for Drug Screening Affirmed by Camilo Infante, a New York state prisoner, failed to provide a urine sample within three hours of a guard’s order to do so for purposes of drug screening. He claimed at his disciplinary hearing that a groin …
$450,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Heroin Withdrawal Death Suit by In May, 2003, Prison Health Services (PHS) agreed to pay the family of Candace “Candy” Brown $450,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging inadequate medical care that resulted in Brown’s death. Brown was arrested in 2000 and taken to New York’s Monroe …
Millions in Security Equipment Wasted at Rikers Island by When officials at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex closed the facility's harbor and bike patrol units, and gutted staff in emergency services and firefighting units, they were trying to deal with budget cuts. Yet insiders said the move resulted …
New York Federal Court Finds Victim's Hearsay Accusation Insufficient in Prison Disciplinary Case; Suit Settles for $67,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A New York federal District Court has held that prison officials were liable for convicting a prisoner in a disciplinary proceeding based solely on a victim's uncorroborated …
Floyd v. New York, NY, Opinion and Order, Constitutionality of Stop and Frisk, 2013 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS-HBP Document 373 Filed 08/12/13 Page 1 of 198 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------- )( DAVID FLOYD, LALIT CLARKSON, DEON DENNIS, and DAVID OURLICHT, individually and on behalf of a …
Floyd v. City of New York, NY, Opinion and Order, Stop and Frisk, 2013 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS-HBP Document 372 Filed 08/12/13 Page 1 of 39 UNITED ST ATES DISTRJCT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------- X DAVID FLOYD, et al., Plaintiffs, OPINION AND ORDER - against - 08 Civ. 1034 …
Floyd v. New York & Ligon v. New York, NY, Order Addressing Remedies, NYC Stop & Frisk, 2013 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS-HBP Document 372 Filed 08/12/13 Page 1 of 39 UNITED STATES DISTRlCT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------,------------------------------------------------------- )( DAVID FLOYD, et al., Plaintiffs, OPINION AND ORDER - against - …
Gist v. New York, NY, Order Denying MTD, Death Bed Visit, 2013 STATE OF NEW YORK COURT OF CLAIMS ROBERT GIST, Claimant, DECISION AND ORDER -vClaim No. Motion No. THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Defendant. 122483 M-83313 FILED AUG 02 2013· BEFORE: HON. CHRISTOPHER J. McCARTHY Judge of the Court …
NYPD Activity Logs Patrol Guide 2013 PATROL GUIDE Section: Command Operations Procedure No: 212-08 ACTIVITY LOGS DATE ISSUED: 08/01/13 DATE EFFECTIVE: REVISION NUMBER: PAGE: 08/01/13 1 of 3 PURPOSE To accurately record activities of uniformed members of the service and aid in the evaluation of such members. SCOPE ACTIVITY LOGS …
Echevarria v City of NY, NY, Complaint, Rikers Island guard beating, 2013 Case 1:13-cv-04921-RMB-RLE Document 1 Filed 07/16/13 Page 1 of 19 Case 1:13-cv-04921-RMB-RLE Document 1 Filed 07/16/13 Page 2 of 19 Case 1:13-cv-04921-RMB-RLE Document 1 Filed 07/16/13 Page 3 of 19 Case 1:13-cv-04921-RMB-RLE Document 1 Filed 07/16/13 Page 4 …
Elliot v. City of New York, NY, Order Awarding Interest on Settlement, False Arrest, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-07291-RWS Document 15 Filed 07/10/13 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - --------- ------ ----------- ------ ----X SOPHIA ELLIOT and I.E., Plaintiffs, 11 Civ. against- OPINION CITY …
Mariani v. City of New York et al, NY, Order, false arrest restraints, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-00288-NG-RML Document 20 Filed 07/01/13 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 206 FILED IN CL.eRK's OFFJC2 U.S. DiSTRICT COURT E.D.N.Y. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK * -------------------------------------------------------------]( JUL 1- 2013 * …
Benjamin v. Schriro, NY, Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion, Conditions of Confinement, 2013 Case 1:75-cv-03073-HB Document 579 Filed 06/25/13 Page 1 of 10 Case 1:75-cv-03073-HB Document 579 Filed 06/25/13 Page 2 of 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities.............................................................................................................ii STATEMENT OF THE CASE............................................................................................1 ARGUMENT THE COURT HAS POWER TO …
New York Commission of Correction Says Jails Don't Need Law Libraries by According to the Albany Legislative Gazette, the New York State Commission of Correction will no longer require the county jails it oversees to provide law libraries for detainees, effective May 18, 2013. Although jails must provide prisoners with …
New York DOCCS Settles Statewide PLN Censorship Suit for $155,000 by Alex Friedmann The New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYDOCCS) has settled a federal lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News that challenged the censorship of PLN's monthly publication, books and correspondence at New York prisons statewide. …
Correctional Association of NY - Summary of HIV and Hep-C Care in NY Prisons, 2013 CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NY 2013 SUMMARY OF HIV AND HEPATITIS C CARE IN NYS PRISONS The prison population in the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) suffers from very high rates of HIV and …
NYPD Legal Bulletin re Arrests During Search Warrants, NYPD Legal Bureau, 2013 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER - LEGAL MATTERS LEGAL BUREAU BULLETIN Vol. 43, No. 3 November 2013 I. SUBJECT: SEARCH WARRANTS II. QUESTION: MAY A POLICE OFFICER ARREST ALL PERSONS FOUND IN A LOCATION DURING THE EXECUTION OF …
