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Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Rikers Island Guards File Suit Alleging Cancer-Causing Toxin Exposure by Mark Wilson The Rikers Island jail in New York City was built atop a toxic landfill that is causing cancer, according to lawsuits filed by seven cancer-stricken Rikers employees. “That island is toxic and it’s killing people,” said guard Vanessa …
Brief • February 3, 2012
Floyd v. City of New York, NY, Plaintiff's Memo of Law in Opp to Def. Motion to Exclude Plain's Expert, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS -HBP Document 187 Filed 02/03/12 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------- X DAVID FLOYD, et al., Plaintiffs, 08 Civ. …
Brief • February 2, 2012
New York v. Reed, NY, Complaint, Assault, 2012 02/02/2012 14:40 17182920371 HARRY FORMAN ESQ J.IGbrtU.Lf .LV:v-:i;vv ,t:'nMIX~•A~a!'~,n2 it.tUVw ,; ...-. '°-~ 2D12BHDD62 4 ., . l;Ql;t~ l. ~1~ ·w~J."'f"07. DF 'l'ffi',; llRQNX l\EZD B/i9 11/1/j ~ , ~ . 1111607781 Defendaftt C PO ID\.'Y SMt!iillr. 01: ~~ J!CT, 1\!0lC:ll .021305, …
Brief • January 31, 2012
Mack v. Howard, NY, Appellate Opinion, Records Request for Video of Guards Beating Jail Prisoner, 2012 Evaluation Only. Created with Aspose.Words. Copyright 2003-2010 Aspose Pty Ltd. Matter of Matter of Mack v Howard 2012 NY Slip Op 00584 Decided on January 31, 2012 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
CMS Pays $275,000 in New York Prisoner’s Jail Death by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit related to a prisoner’s death. The suit, which was filed in New York’s Monroe County Supreme Court and then removed to federal court, alleged negligence, medical malpractice …
Brief • January 6, 2012
Sanders and Phillips v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, false arrest malicious prosecution unlawful detention, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
Brief • December 20, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Fees (PLRA)
Floyd et al. City of New York et al, NY, MOL ISO of Daubert Motion, PLRA attorney fee awards, 2011 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS -HBP Document 179 Filed 12/20/11 Page 1 of 20 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS -HBP Document 179 Filed 12/20/11 Page 2 of 20 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS -HBP Document 179 Filed 12/20/11 Page …
Brief • December 9, 2011
Mack v. Howard, NY, NYCLU Amicus Brief, Records Request for Video of Guards Beating Jail Prisoner, 2011 To be Argued by: JOHN NED LIPSITZ, ESQ. (Time Requested: 15 Minutes) Appellate Division Docket No. CA 11-00779 Erie County Clerk’s Index No. I 2010-9712 New York Supreme Court Appellate Division—Fourth Department MARQUEZ …
New York’s Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Proves Expensive, Problematic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At an annual cost of $175,000 per civilly-committed sex offender, New York’s civil commitment program is the second most expensive in the country (Washington state is first at a cost of $177,000 per prisoner). …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Second Circuit Holds BOP Correct in Not Granting Good Conduct Credits for Time Spent in State Custody by Brandon Sample On March 26, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Holwell granted a habeas corpus petition filed by a federal prisoner challenging the refusal of the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Does Less Punishment Mean Less Crime? by The fiscal crisis facing virtually all state governments has brought to the forefront of public debate the following question: When do longer prison sentences and harsher punishment become counter-productive? Has the clock finally run out after four decades during which politicians at all …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Report Blasts Sex Party at New York Juvenile Facility by An “ill conceived, poorly planned and uncontrolled” December 12, 2009 “Winter Social Dance” at a New York juvenile facility allowed offenders to engage in sexual misconduct with an underage girl and a suspected prostitute, according to a scathing report by …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
New York Court Sentences Rabbi to Four Years in Prison by In a case that garnered widespread publicity, Milton Balkany, a Brooklyn, New York rabbi, received a four-year federal prison sentence for extortion. U.S. District Court Judge Denise L. Cote found that Balkany, 64, dean of the Bais Yaakov day …
Conditions at New York Juvenile Facilities Deficient; State and Federal Officials Settle Lawsuit by On July 14, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of New York settled a three-year investigation into conditions of confinement at four New York juvenile facilities. The DOJ began investigating conditions of …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
$725,000 Award in Negligent Medical Care Suit Involving Poisoned New York Prisoner by A New York Court of Claims has awarded $725,000 to the estate of a prisoner who died due to medical neglect after being poisoned at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Rodney Williams, 20, was three weeks from …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against NYDOCS by On October 11, 2011, Prison Legal News filed suit against New York State Department of Correctional Services officials, including NYDOCS Commissioner Brian Fischer. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges First and Fourteenth Amendment …
Article • November 15, 2011
$7.25 Million Settlement over New York DOC Guard's Suicide Attempt by The City of New York Department of Corrections (CNYDC) reached a $7.25 million settlement with a former guard who alleged she was negligently allowed to retain the department issued firearm that she used for an attempted suicide. Both parties …
Article • November 15, 2011
False Reports Filed by Private Prison Guards Can Support Federal Obstruction Charges by On April 28, 2011 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the convictions of two former private prison guards accused of obstructing an investigation into the assault of a prisoner. Rex Eguridu was assaulted …
Article • November 15, 2011
$60,000 Settlement over Juvenile Civil Rights Violations at Youth Facility by A $60,000 settlement was reached in a civil rights action brought against guards at a New York youth facility. Prisoner James Sabater was incarcerated at the Tryon Residential Center on January 15, 2001 when he was assaulted by youth …
Article • November 15, 2011
$28,000 Settlement Reached in Abuse Case at Youth Facility by A $28,000 settlement was reached in a civil rights action claiming 8th Amendment violations at a New York youth facility. Prisoner Corey Devance Lewis was incarcerated at the Tryon Residential Center on February 6, 2001 when he exchanged words with …
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