Washington Prisoners Must Pre-Pay for Record Inspection by The Washington Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court?s refusal to require the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) to allow prisoners to inspect records without pre-payment of copy and postage expenses. WDOC Policy No. 280.510 grants prisoners a right of access …
Washington Prisoner Sues Over Bogus Disciplinary Actions; State Settles for $1,500 by The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has paid one of its prisoners $1,500 to dismiss a civil rights action he filed after disciplinary actions taken against him were vacated for being unlawful. Lonnie Burton is a Washington …
Settlement Revamps Grant County, Washington Indigent Defense System; County Agrees to $1.1 Million in Attorney Fees by Grant County, Washington entered into a sweeping settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that its indigent defense system was constitutionally deficient. Prior to February 12, 2004, Grant County ?maintained a contract system …
Alley-Barnes v. Sackman et al, WA, Plf Brief in Support Mot to Compel Discovery, police false arrest beating, 2006 1 Hon. Thomas S. Zilly 2 Noted for Friday December 8, 2006 (Without Argument) 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 …
Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers by Gary Hunter Eight Spokane County Jail guards were placed on paid administrative leave while investigators probed the death of a prisoner under their care, but they werent suspended for long. All were back at work within two weeks. Benites Salmon Sichiro, 39, …
$50,000 Settlement for Neck Injury Resulting from Seattle Jail Guards Excessive Force by $50,000 Settlement for Neck Injury Resulting from Seattle Jail Guard's Excessive Force Washington States King County Jail has paid a former jail prisoner $50,000 to settle a civil rights action claiming guards used excessive force and injured …
Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdic by Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdict; Settles for $6.5 Million In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable …
WA Youth Detention Officer Awarded $603,500; Remitted Damages Reinstated by The Washington Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeals improperly reduced a plaintiff's non-economic-damage award from $260,000 to $25,000. From 1979 to 1991, Ralph Bunch worked as a prison guard at the Washington State reformatory in Monroe. In 1991 …
Washington DOC Settles Mail Censorship Suit with PLN for $442,500 in Fees and Damages by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg As previously reported in PLN, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. District Court ruling (Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 272 F.Supp.2d 1151 (W.D. Wash. 2003); …
Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions by Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions In a 5-4 decision, the Washington Supreme Court held that plaintiffs suing criminal defense attorneys for legal malpractice must prove that they are innocent of the underlying criminal charge. Dr. Jessy Ang and …
Washington Courts Authority to Order Community Custody Limited by Washington Courts Authority to Order Community Custody Limited A Washington Appeals Court has held that an amended statute limits a trial courts ability to sentence criminal defendants to community custody in only specified offenses. The matter was on appeal after a …
Bubble-Gum Computers in Washington State DOC by Gary Hunter Bubble-gum-and-baling-wire operation....a risk to public safety over the long term. That's how Rep. Glenn Anderson, R-Fall City, Washington, described the state prisons current computer system. "Its a disaster. Its been a disaster for a long time", agreed state Rep. Ross Hunter, …
Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award by In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable for negligent supervision of offenders. However, the court vacated a $22.4 million verdict resulting from a 2000 …
Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award by In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable for negligent supervision of offenders. However, the court vacated a $22.4 million verdict resulting from a 2000 …
Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs by Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs On March 27, 2006, Judge Michael Spearman, of the Superior Court of King County, Washington held that withholding voting rights from released felons, solely because they owe …
Washington DOC Pays Again for Flaunting Open Records Law by The Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to pay $65,000 to a state employee who claimed prison officials rejected his attorney’s request for electronic records, instead insisting on providing 38,000 pages of expensive hard copies that would have cost …
Washington Community Placement Condition Barring Pornography Unconstitutionally Vague by Washington Community Placement Condition Barring Pornography Unconstitutionally Vague The Washington Court of Appeals held that a condition of community placement prohibiting possession or perusal of pornography without prior probation officer approval was unconstitutional. Richard Sansone was sentenced to prison and community …
Washington DOC May Seize Money for LFOS; RCW 9.94A.772 Abrogates Angula by The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) to seize money from a prisoners trust account to pay legal financial obligations (LFOs). In 1994 John Martin was sentenced to 300 months …
Grenning v. Bisson, WA, Complaint, Retaliation, 2006 Case 3:06-cv-05298-RJB Document 9 Case 3:06-cv-05298-RJB-JKA Document 1-2 Filed 07/20/06 Page 1 of 25 Filed 05/30/2006 Page 1 of 25 11111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111 ll(i·CV·0529H-( 'MI' _ _ _ _ RECEiVED o MAY 30 ZOOS CLfRK U.t>. UI~;., ';ic..: r CUUHT WEST£RN DISTRICT OF …
Billups v. Wadoc, Settlement. Medical Burn, 2006 05/01/2006 DATED this I' . ( & day of ---i5p"--,....\.;--l[,.--- ,in the year 'A2Q,<'" <-I. :CCl STATE OF WASHINGTON) COUNTYOF K~V\.5 Iss ) The und:a~d, a nota pUbli~ in and for the State of Washington, hereby certify that \ , in the year …
