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Article • October 15, 2009
Delaware Prisoners May Sue Over Secure Housing Placement Pending Sentencing by The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that three Delaware prisoners who were awaiting trial/sentencing could sue the state for having allegedly improperly housed them in a restrictive Security Housing Unit (SHU). David Stevenson and Michael Manley had …
Article • October 15, 2009
$42,500 Settlement By City of Baltimore in Excessive Force Arrest Suit by The City of Baltimore, Maryland paid $42,500 to settle the excessive use of force claim during arrest brought by Anthony E. Chase. On December 3, 2005, around midnight, Chase was arrested by officer Eric L. Thomas and another …
$1.95 Million Settlement in Michigan Man’s Taser Death by Michigan’s Shelby Township has paid $1.95 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed police used excessive force by using a Taser that resulted in a man’s death. Police confronted Steven Spears, 49, on August 4, 2007, after receiving a 911 call …
Article • October 15, 2009
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
$50,000 Award in New York False Arrest Claim by A New York jury awarded a man $50,000 for being falsely arrested. The arrest for possession of stolen property came after someone had stolen a laptop computer from the Administration of Child Services office. As a result of his arrest, Bernard …
Article • October 15, 2009
$90,000 Settlement for Tasering Epileptic by Washington State’s City of Lakewood paid $90,000 to settle the claim of a man who was tasered and punched after having an epileptic seizure. The man, identified as Mr. Grider, had a history of epileptic seizures that he quickly recovered from. While at work, …
Article • October 15, 2009
$110,000 Award for Florida Man Falsely Arrested for Child Molestation by A Florida jury awarded a man $10,000 for being falsely arrested on a child molestation charge. Following the verdict, the trial court awarded the man an additional $100,000. The plaintiff lived next to a 5-year-old girl. In 2005, the …
Article • October 15, 2009
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
$550,000 Settlement in California False Arrest by The County of Los Angeles has paid $550,000 to settle the false arrest claim of Darryl Titus. He was arrested on February 9, 2005, on a felony charge of vandalism. The charge stemmed from a January 29, 2004, report by the owner of …
Article • October 15, 2009
Florida DOC’s Pen Pal Advertisement Prohibition Challenged by The operators of two pen pal advertising services have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections’ rule that prohibits prisoners from receiving information from or posting ads with pen pal advertisement services. The lawsuit was filed by the Florida …
Article • October 15, 2009
No Damages for Georgia Prisoner Left Paraplegic After Prisoner Attack by A former Georgia prisoner won a liability claim against a guard at the Ware State Prison, but was not awarded damages. While serving a life sentence, Henry Leroy Martin was told by guard Timothy Bagley to remove another prisoner’s …
Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems by Gary Hunter Clarence Freeman’s hot check turned out to be his death warrant after it resulted in his arrest and incarceration at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, where he was fatally assaulted by a guard. On New …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright On August 25, 2009, Senator Ted Kennedy died of brain cancer. With his passing prisoners lost one of the few advocates they had in the US Senate. Not surprisingly, mainstream media accounts largely ignored this aspect of Senator Kennedy’s long career. Probably the highlight …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Fifth Circuit: Special Parole Review Request Doesn’t Toll AEDPA Limitations by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that improperly-filed state habeas corpus applications and requests to the parole board for special review do not toll the one-year AEDPA limitations period established by 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Barry Michael Wion, …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Megan’s Law Preempts Local New Jersey Sex Offender Ordinances by The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s order that invalidated two townships’ ordinances restricting where registered sex offenders could live. The March 24, 2009 ruling held that the statewide Megan’s Law takes precedence over local statutes that impose …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
“Habeas Hints” by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on habeas corpus under AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law which now governs …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Perpetrators and Enablers of Torture in the US by Corey Weinstein by Corey Weinstein, MD, CCHP During the past 25 years I’ve spent a lot of time with survivors of torture, men and women enduring long term solitary confinement in California’s prisons. They are the most urgent victims of US …
Maine Prison in Turmoil by Lance Tapley By the time Warden Jeffrey Merrill revealed on June 3 that three Maine State Prison employees had been put on paid leave as a result of a state police investigation of an inmate’s death in April, probes of corruption and other issues at …
Obama Promises Guantanamo Will Close and Torture Will End ... but When? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke During last year’s election campaign, President Obama came out forcefully against torture by U.S. officials and in favor of closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which holds approximately 230 alleged …
Human Rights Watch Report Calls to Reform PLRA by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “The PLRA has had a devastating effect on the ability of incarcerated persons to protect their health and safety and vindicate other fundmanetal rights,” concludes a June 2009 report titled No Equal Justice: The Prison …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Florida Prison Guards Fired, Suspended for Shocking Children with Stun Guns by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has fired three guards, demoted a warden and disciplined other employees following an investigation into dozens of children being shocked with stun guns during “Take Our …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a prisoner’s challenge to his conditions of confinement. Sala-Thiel Thompson, a federal prisoner, filed a habeas petition under …
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