NYPD Internal Memo re Changes to Stop and Frisk Policy, NYPD, 2013 DATE: TIME: SER#: 03/02/2015 17:31:13 14049620 FINEST MESSAGE General Administrative Information TO: ALL COMMANDS RE: COURT-ORDERED CHANGES TO NYPD PRACTICES AND POLICES RELATED TO STOPS AND FRISKS THIS FINEST MESSAGE IS BEING TRANSMITTED AS DIRECTED BY THE FEDERAL …
Thomas v. United States, NY, Stipulation and Order of Settlement and Discontinuance, 2013 05/28/2013 15:16 2122272928 JEFFREY ROTHMAN PAGE 02/05 ~--------------~ USDCSDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT SOUTHERN DISTRJCT OF NE:w:-:1~~~:.X!:~_J DOC# ~ DATE FILED3/ f2/7:3 ----------------------------------------------------------X HOWARD THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERlCA. et al., Defendants. STIPULATION …
New York Sex Offender Registration Determination is Exception to Article 78 Review by The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has held that a determination as to whether a crime committed in another state triggers New York sex offender registration is reviewable in a proceeding to determine …
New York: $225,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Abuse at Rikers Island by In July 2012, the City of New York paid $225,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged 17 causes of action arising “from a chain of disturbing events” that involved the treatment of a mentally ill prisoner at …
New York Creates “All Crimes DNA Database” by New York has become the first state in the nation to establish a so-called “all crimes DNA database.” Like most states, New York already collects DNA samples from convicted felons. On March 19, 2012, however, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law …
Federal Court Limits New York’s Civil Commitment Statute, but Injunction Vacated on Appeal by Derek Gilna A decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York severely restricted portions of New York’s Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (SOMTA). A lawsuit filed by Mental Hygiene Legal …
Absolute Prosecutorial Immunity Denied by Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 (B)(6) for absolute prosecutorial immunity. Stephanie Flagler, a victim of domestic violence from her ex-boyfriend Brandon Becker, was to testify as the complaining witness. Just days prior to trial, …
New York: USDC Grants Opposition to Quash Depositions in Murder/Rape by A magistrate judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted in November 2011 the Plaintiff’s motion opposing Defense's motion to quash deposition notices and notice of subpoena in a civil case resultant …
USDC New York Finds for Bloomberg Newsgroup in Copyright Suit by On May 17, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found for the Defendant, business and financial news provider Bloomberg L.P., in a copyright infringement suit initiated by the Swatch Group Management Services, …
$30,000 Settlement for Juvenile Assaulted by Riker’s Island Guard Gang by The New York City Department of Corrections (NYDOC) paid $30,001 to settle a lawsuit brought by a juvenile beaten by guard authorized violence. Several guards have been indicted for running the Robert N. Davoren Complex (RNDC) on Riker’s Island …
New York $1.25 Million False Arrest Verdict Upheld by The New York Supreme Court upheld a jury's verdict that police subjected an innocent man to false arrest and malicious prosecution. The court found, however, that the $1,750,000 malicious prosecution damages verdict was excessive and reduced that award to $1,000,000. On …
NY DOC - Central Monitoring Cases Directive, 2013 STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TITLE NO. 0701 Central Monitoring Cases DIRECTIVE DISTRIBUTION SUPERSEDES DATE 5/8/2013 DIR#0701 Dtd. 5/9/2012 A B DATE LAST REVISED PAGE 1 OF 6 REFERENCES (Include but are not limited to) I. DESCRIPTION: …
Kelly v. Lapan, NY, Civil Docket, 2013 Case: 1:07-cv-4149 As of: 05/07/2013 10:34 PM EDT 1 of 3 CLOSED U.S. District Court Southern District of New York (Foley Square) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:07−cv−04149−LTS Kelly et al v. Lapan et al Assigned to: Judge Laura Taylor Swain Similar Case: …
McClary v. City of New York et al, NY, Plf Opp to Def MSJ, warrantless search qualified immunity, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------------- X BRENDA MCCLARY, Plaintiff, -againstTHE CITY OF NEW YORK, a municipal entity; Sergeant SONIA CHRISTIAN (Shield #3066); MATTHEW VORRARO (Shield #15194); …
Amador v. Galbreath, NY, Default Judgment for Pltf., Guard Sexual Assault of Prisoner, 2013 Case 6:10-cv-06702-JWF Document 407 Filed 04/24/13 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _______________________________________________ LUCY AMADOR, a/k/a LUCY TASAMA, Plaintiff, ORDER 10-CV-6702L v. SERGEANT MICHAEL GALBREATH, Defendant. ________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, …
Hawkins v. City of New York, NY, Order Sanctioning Defendant's Failure to Respond, False Arrest and Excessive Force, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-06411-PAE Document 11 Filed 04/18/13 Page 1 of 9 tISIlC SDNY DQCU~~NT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------}( . :EJ:.~eTaONlCALL Y "I.LED. DOC#~.~____~~~~ DATE FILED: 1/-//1$ …
Fortresses of Solitude by James Ridgeway Supermax prisons and solitary confinement units are our domestic black sites – hidden places where human beings endure unspeakable punishments, without benefit of due process in any court of law. On the say-so of corrections officials, American prisoners can be placed in conditions of …
New York: Provision Requiring Independent Jail Oversight Board Ignored for 23 Years by Joe Watson For more than two decades, the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow, New York has lacked accountability in the form of an oversight board. But that lapse may be coming to an end after prisoner …
Second Circuit: Continuing Violations Exhausted with Single Grievance by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 16, 2012 that a New York district court had incorrectly concluded that a prisoner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before bringing a religious freedom suit. Muslim prisoner Neil Johnson was confined …
