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Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Fifth Circuit Upholds Attorney’s 15-Year Sentence for Fake Bribery Scam by On March 14, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a criminal defense lawyer’s 18 convictions for scamming defendants into paying large sums of money in a fake scheme to bribe federal officials to dismiss their cases. Abraham …
TRO Requires Pennsylvania Jail to Provide Hormone Treatment by A Pennsylvania federal district court issued a temporary restraining order on July 7, 2017 that required the Lackawanna County Prison (LCP) to provide hormone drugs to treat a transgender prisoner diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Steven Fritz, who identifies as Sparkle Wilson, …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Work, Release and Reentry
Unable to Find Work, Some Former Prisoners Become Entrepreneurs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It’s an age-old story. Despite EEOC guidance instructing employers not to have blanket policies against hiring ex-felons – and efforts to lift restrictions on occupational licenses for former prisoners – those released from prison soon …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Federal Court Holds PLN Lawsuit Challenging ADX Censorship Not Moot by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 14, 2017, a Colorado federal district court vacated its prior order granting a motion to dismiss filed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and held that a lawsuit filed by Prison …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Seventh Circuit: No Summary Judgment for 11-Year ACL Surgery Denial by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a summary judgment order in favor of three prison doctors and a warden who denied a prisoner ACL surgery for over a decade. Illinois state prisoner Herbert Diggs injured his right …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
HRDC Files Class-action Suit Over CDCR Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, filed a complaint on January 12, 2018 seeking class-action status in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Kentucky County Jail Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $75,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 16, 2017, Dianna Reynolds, a former employee at the Boyd County Detention Center in Kentucky, settled her lawsuit against jailer Joe Burchett over sexual harassment by a supervisor. The county agreed to pay …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story delves into the sexual harassment of Missouri DOC employees by their co-workers. As we see from recent news reports, relatively powerful men in the media and entertainment industry resign or get fired because they either can’t or …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Sexual Harassment Lawsuits, Settlements Rock Missouri Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC), roiled by a series of lawsuits and settlements related to workplace sexual harassment of female employees, has been called “dysfunctional” by a special state legislative committee investigating DOC operations. …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
News in Brief by Alabama: If you’re running a check forgery ring, it’s not a good idea to pass fake checks from the bank account of a law enforcement agency. Several defendants learned that the hard way after they operated a check cashing scheme that targeted the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s …
Prison Broke: The Missouri Department of Corrections Can’t Escape its Own Worst Habits by Karen Dillon by Karen Dillon, The Pitch Each day, as she prepared herself to work another shift at the Missouri Department of Corrections prison, Lashonda Reid knew to expect one thing. It would be bad. Reid …
Cordoba v. Pulido, CA, Verdict, 2018 Case 4:12-cv-04857-SBA Document 328 Filed 01/31/18 Page 1 of 2 Case 4:12-cv-04857-SBA Document 328 Filed 01/31/18 Page 2 of 2
Brief • January 31, 2018
Ybave v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement'') is entered into, on, by, and among ANTONIO YBA VE, individually (the "Plaintiff'); and the STATE OF ARIZONA ("the State") on behalf of the Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC") and …
Brief • January 31, 2018
Ball v. LeBlanc, LA, Order and Opinion, Death Row Conditions, 2018 Case: 17-30052 Document: 00514330178 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/31/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 17-30052 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January 31, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk ELZIE BALL; …
Brief • January 31, 2018
Lisle v. Prentice, IL, Merit Review, Failure to Protect, 2018 l:17-cv-01327-JBM # 12 Page 1 of 5 E-FILED Wednesday, 31 January, 2018 12:06:25 PM Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt, ILCO UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS STEVEN D. LISLE, JR., Plaintiff, v. SUSAN PRENTICE, et al., Defeadants. ) ) ) …
Cooper v. City of Newark, CA, Second Amended Complaint, Employment Discrimination - Gender, 2018 1 2 3 STEPHEN J. USOZ, SBN 189095 LESLIE HOLMES, SBN 192608 HOLMES & USOZ LLP 333 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 610 San Jose, California 95113 Telephone: (408) 292-7600 4 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff NICOLE …
Brief • January 30, 2018
State of Louisiana v. Jones, LA, Opinion, Evidence in Trial Court, 2018 Supreme Court of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #005 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 30th day of January, 2018, are as follows: PER CURIAM: 2016-K -1502 STATE OF …
State of Louisiana v. Broussard, LA, Opinion, Backstrike of Potential Juror, 2018 Supreme Court of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #005 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 30th day of January, 2018, are as follows: PER CURIAM: 2016-K -1502 STATE OF …
Brief • January 30, 2018
Esteen v. State of Louisiana, LA, Opinion, Resentencing for Previous Drug Convictions, 2018 Supreme Court of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #005 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 30th day of January, 2018, are as follows: PER CURIAM: 2016-KH-0949 STATE EX …
Aceves v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") 1s entered into, on, by, and among ROBERT ACEVES, individually (the "Plaintiff'); and the STATE OF ARIZONA ("the State") on behalf of Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC") employee PAUL SWANEY …
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