Barnes v. Sackman, WA, Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony, Police Practices, 2008 Hon. Thomas S. Zilly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 MAIKOIYO ALLEY-BARNES, Plaintiff, v. GREG W. …
Washington State’s Federal Oversight of Sexually Violent Predators Ended by John Dannenberg Washington State's Federal Oversight of Sexually Violent Predators Ended by John E. Dannenberg After thirteen years of oversight, the U.S. District Court (W.D. Wash.) dissolved its injunction that had taken over control of Washington State's sexually violent predator …
Washington Supreme Court Reverses Parole Denial by In a shocking five-to-four decision, the Washington Supreme Court, for the first time ever, reversed a parole denial by the state Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (Board). The Court found that the Board had ignored evidence at Richard Dyer?s December 4, 2002 parole hearing …
Guards Convicted of Stealing, Bringing Drugs into Washington State Private Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Security Specialists Plus (SSP) is a 60-employee firm operating out of Bellingham, Washington?s Irongate industrial area. It provides animal control services to unincorporated parts of Whatcom County, hires out private security guards, …
Washington Indigents All Get Experts at Public Expense by The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that CrR 3.1(f) entitles indigent criminal defendants to expert services at public expense, even if they?re represented by private counsel. Rodin Punsalan and Chayce Arden Hanson were prosecuted in the King County Superior Court …
Dr. Yank: Washington Prison Dentist Nearly Kills Patient by by Rick Anderson If anyone really needed another reason to fear the dentist, Dr. Joel Diven provided it one day in May 2006, when a state prisoner climbed into his dental chair with a toothache. State investigators say Diven, 72, a …
Michigan's In-Cell Restraints Considered Torture; Injunction Issued by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court has held that the use of in-cell restraints for punitive reasons constitutes torture. In reaching that conclusion, the Court reopened its previous judgment concerning mental health claims and issued a preliminary …
Washington Prisoner Has Right to Due Process at Disciplinary Hearing by In an unpublished decision, the Washington Court of Appeals, Division One, held that pro se prisoner, Eric Felton, was denied his due process rights at a prison disciplinary hearing. In 1998, Felton was charged with arranging the assault of …
Washington DOC Pays $52,000 in Bookshelf Injury Resulting in Blindness by In 1987, Charles W. Dickerson, a prisoner then confined at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon was severely attacked and assaulted by another prisoner. As a result of the incident, Dickerson lost his left eye and his right …
Washington DOC Pays $78,150 in Bus Slip and Fall by On October 23, 1992 Cheryl Turner Jennings, a free citizen of the State of Washington visiting a prisoner, fractured her left ankle while attempting to exit a bus owned by the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections. Jennings, …
Washington DOC Pays $1,700 in Faulty Kettle Claim by On December 6th, 1989 Alvin Lee Prater, then a prisoner confined at McNeil Island Corrections Center in Steilacoom, Washington, suffered a fall that injured both his right knee and lower back. Prater was working in the institution's kitchen when he was …
Washington DOC Pays $5,500 for Faulty Stairs by On December 1st, 1999 Edward Tuinman, a prisoner confined at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington, fell half way through a faulty set of stairs leading to the prison hospital. Tuinman was on his way to the medical floor when his …
Washington DOC Pays $4,000 in Parking Lot Slip and Fall by In 1994 Robert A. Hamack tripped fell in the parking lot of Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington. Hamack and his wife were on their way to visit a prisoner when Hamack, after dropping his wife off at the …
Washington DOC Pays $60,000 in Prisoner Work Injury by In November of 1999, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid George Vilsack $60,000. On August 4, 1995, Vilsack, a prisoner Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington fell from a scaffolding. Vilsack was instructed by the DOC …
Washington DOC Pays $50,000 to Injured Contractor by In 1999, the State of Washington paid Ramon Martin $50,000. Martin, a free citizen of the State of Washington was employed as a contractor with Washington State. On June 30, 1996, Martin delivered a bucket loader to Clallam Bay Corrections Center in …
Washington DOC Pays $1,200 in Retaliation Suit by On August 2, 1999, Leonard Richardson was paid $1,200 by the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections. In July of 1995, Richardson was confined at the McNeil Island Corrections Center in Steilacoom, Washington. While there at MICC, Richardson filed several …
Washington DOC Pays $2,500 to Settle Disabled Discrimination Suit by Bart Blackburn, a prisoner confined at Washington State Penitentiary, was paid $2,500 in 1999 by the Washington Department of Corrections. Blackburn, a disabled person with bi-polar disabilities and a hearing impairment was denied access to transfer to a lesser custody. …
Prisoner Burned Washington DOC Paid $4,500 by On June 3, 1994, John L. Cox, a prisoner confined at the Twin Rivers Correctional Facility in Monroe, Washington, was severely burned. Cox, working as a steam fitter, was ordered to remove a fitting to repair a broken pump when the fitting blew …
Washington DOC Pays $10,500 in Slip and Fall by In 1997, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid Mark A. Kostatelos $10,500. Kostatelos, a prisoner residing at McNeil Island Correctional Center in Steilacoom County, Washington, worked in the marine maintenance and repair shop as a marine mechanic. …
Court Ordered Interception of Mail Requires Notice & Hearing by Court Ordered Interception of Mail Requires Notice & Hearing The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal judge in Washington erred in issuing a post-sentencing order directing a federal prisoner's custodian to prevent the prisoner from communicating with …
