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Head on a Skewer by Paul Rubin Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself Phoenix New Times By Paul Rubin Published: March 20, 2008 On May 2, 2005, a prosecutor and an investigator …
New Times files a prelude to a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Stephen Lemons County Attorney Andy Thomas and a discredited ex-special prosecutor on behalf of its readers and the Constitution Phoenix New Times By Stephen Lemons Published: February 21, 2008 New Times submitted a formal Notice of Claim …
Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Facing an imminent federal grand jury indictment, Florida?s Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne took preemptive action by agreeing to plead to lesser charges and resign as Sheriff. PLN has previously reported the …
Article • December 15, 2007
Ohio Attorney Suspended from Law Practice for Two Years after Misconduct by The Columbus Bar Association charged Attorney Derek Farmer with violating the Code of Professional Responsibility in 2004 for misconduct. The Supreme Court of Ohio's Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline appointed an investigative panel and the court …
“War on Terror” Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff’s Lawyers Help Turn Them In by Alex Friedmann War on Terror Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff's Lawyers Help Turn Them In by Alex Friedmann In January 2005, Lt. Commander Matthew M. Diaz was a Navy staff judge advocate serving a …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
$1,000,000 Award for Attorney’s Failure to Prosecute Prisoner’s Lawsuit by $1,000,000 Award for Attorney's Failure to Prosecute Prisoner's Lawsuit On January 4, 2006, a Boston Superior Court awarded a $1,000,000 judgment against an attorney for failing to prosecute a lawsuit on behalf of a prisoner at Massachusetts' Suffolk House of …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Bilking Prisoners’ Families by Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Bilking Prisoners' Families On November 1, 2006, Ohio's Supreme Court suspended attorney Derek A. Farmer from the practice of law for two years. Admitted to the bar in 1999, Farmer became known as a prisoners' lawyer, maintaining a …
Colorado Settles Class Action Prison Disability Discrimination Suit For Over $3 Million by The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has settled a class action disability discrimination suit over accessibility inside its state prisons for prisoners with impairments in mobility, hearing, sight and for diabetics. Over $3 million will be spent …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Drunk PA DOC Attorney Charged in Hit-and-Run by Michael Farnan, 40, chief counsel for the Pennsylvania DOC, resigned from his job after he was involved in a hit-and-run accident in his state car. Farnan had been drinking heavily when he ran into the back of Tamara Hughes? minivan on November …
Article • May 15, 2007
Pennsylvania Prisoner Has Right to Diversity Jurisdiction to Ensure Access to Courts by The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, erred when it dismissed a prisoners suit for lack of jurisdiction. A prisoner serving a life …
Attorney Sanctioned For Unreasonably, Vexatiously Prolonging Litigation by The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico held that an attorney representing a prisoner in a civil rights action against prison officials had acted "unreasonably and vexatiously" pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and ordered him to pay defendants' …
Negligent Public Defender Defense Against Dirty Los Angeles Cops Nets Falsely Convicted Man $6.5 Million; Court Vacates Verdict Million; Court Vacates Verdict by John Dannenberg Negligent Public Defender Defense Against Dirty Los Angeles Cops Nets Falsely Convicted Man $6.5 Million; Court Vacates Verdict by John E. Dannenberg A Los Angeles …
California Appellate Court Reinstates Murder Conviction For Dog Mauling Death by California Appellate Court Reinstates Murder Conviction For Dog Mauling Death In an unprecedented ruling, a divided California Court of Appeal (First Appellate District) reinstated the second degree murder conviction of Marjorie Knoller for the killing of a neighbor by …
Oregon Protesters Awarded $845,000 in Excessive Force Actions by The City of Portland, Oregon has paid $300,000 in damages and $545,000 in attorney's fees to twelve protesters who brought excessive force actions against the Portland Police Bureau. On August 22, 2002, President Bush visited Portland. As a Republican fundraiser was …
Court Grants New Trial to Uneducated Pro Se Litigant by A federal district court has granted a new trial to a pro se litigant, who quit school in the tenth grade and displayed during trial a lack of legal knowledge and limited skills, after the jury entered judgment for the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Attorney Misconduct at Depositions by Defense counsel engaged in misconduct at depositions by improperly "interpreting" questions for the witnesses, coaching them as to how to answer, engaging in lengthy speaking objections and colloquies, conferred with his witnesses during questioning, and left the room with a deponent while questions were pending. …
Effective Assistance of Counsel Not a Right in Civil Litigation by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court's refusal to appoint substitute counsel and, following a prior appellate decision, held that civil litigants have no right to effective assistance of counsel. William L. Taylor was …
Ohio: Wrongfully Convicted Man Awarded $641,858 Against Attorney by On August 22, 2002, an Ohio jury awarded a man who spent four years in prison $641,858 against the attorney who represented him in his criminal trial. Plaintiff Michael Javorina had been charged with, among other things, attempted murder and felonious …
California Attorney Richard Dangler Sanctioned for "Shameful, Frivolous" Prisoner Appeals; Resigns by John E Dannenberg California Attorney Richard Dangler Sanctioned for "Shameful, Frivolous" Prisoner Appeals; Resigns by John E. Dannenberg Sacramento, California attorney Richard Hale Dangler, Jr. was assessed $46,750 by the California Court of Appeal and forced to resign …
CA Attorney General May be Sanctioned for Lying in Prison Case by A defense attorney in prison litigation who made reckless misstatements of law or fact could be sanctioned under the court's inherent powers when recklessness was combined with frivolousness, harassment, or improper purpose. Here, a conditional habeas judgment said …
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