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Armstrong v. Brown, CA, Order Granting Motion to Compel Attorney Fees, 2011 Case4:94-cv-02307-CW Document1919 1 Filed08/08/11 Page1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 No. C 94-2307 CW JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., 5 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL COMPENSATION …
Prison Officials’ Determination of Gang Symbols in Outgoing Mail Accorded Deference by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has applied the “substantial deference” doctrine to a prisoner’s claim challenging censorship of his outgoing mail. After the district court granted summary judgment to prison officials, Wisconsin prisoner Joseph Koutnik appealed that …
New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded By New Registration Law by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dealt a blow to New York state sex offenders when it ruled that in spite of an earlier suit and settlement agreement constraining sex offender …
No Immunity for Abandonment of Disabled Prisoner by The Nevada Supreme Court, sitting En Banc, held that prison officials are liable for releasing disabled prisoners into conditions where they can’t be cared for. Nevada prisoner George Butler threw rocks at other prisoners in an October 1997 quarrel over a drug …
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Reinstates Challenge to Maine SORNA by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has reversed the dismissal of a challenge to the Maine Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 34-A M.R.S. §§ 11201-11256. John Doe is the pseudonym of a person convicted …
Article • July 15, 2011
Albuquerque’s Regulation Banning Sex Offenders from Public Libraries Held Unconstitutional by In a courageous ruling, the Hon. M. Christina Armijo, U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico, granted the motion for summary judgment of plaintiff John Doe, a registered sex offender in the State of New Mexico, with …
Sex Offense against Minor Requires Registration by The Eleventh Circuit Court Appeals affirmed a sentence that required a defendant convicted of five misdemeanor counts of willfully depriving individuals of their right to be free from unreasonable searches by one acting under color of law to register as a sex offender …
SORNA's Registration Requirements Do Not Apply to Convictions Involving the Transfer of Obscene Materials to a Minor by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided that the registration requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) …
No Right to Destruction of Juvenile Records in Virginia by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Virginia Supreme Court has held that there is no vested right under state law to have juvenile records destroyed. The Court, however, found that an expert’s testimony was inadmissible because that testimony was …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Queer (In)justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States, by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock (Beacon Press, Feb. 2011), 216 pages, $27.95 by Daniel R. Schaffer Reviewed by Daniel R. Schaffer Queer (In)justice (QI) is a useful and necessary tool for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, …
Article • July 15, 2011
Pierce County, Washington Personal Injury Results in $1,200 Settlement by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $1,200 to settle a prisoner’s personal injury claim. In October 2001, prisoner James E. Thomas had a grand mal seizure, which caused him to have a spinal injury, while in court at the Pierce County …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Fourth Circuit Upholds Federal Civil Commitment Statute Against Constitutional Challenge by The procedures for civil commitment of “sexually dangerous” federal offenders do not violate due process, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on December 6, 2010. In 2006, the United States initiated civil commitment proceedings against …
Article • July 15, 2011
Life Sentence for Failure to Comply with Registration Requirement May Violate Eighth Amendment by Michael Brodheim By Michael Brodheim Finding that a "Three strikes" sentence of 28 years to life imprisonment was so grossly disproportionate to an "entirely passive, harmless, and technical violation of the registration law" that it violates …
Jackson v. Jesus Tellado et al, NY, police racial bias, Complaint, 2011 rtL.cu Case 1:11-cv-03028-PKC-SMG Document 1 Filed 06/24/11 IN CLERK'S OFFICE Page US 1 of 43 PageID 1 DISTRICT COURT #: E.D.N.Y. * UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JUN 2 4 2011 BRO~-wua~~~·. : ~~.·~' …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Supporting Documents, public records indigents right to review depositions, 2011 Document 1 - - - _ .. _- ----- ---------------------- DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE CJIFIL :DDocumcnt COLORADO co Crowley County Histt'ict Court 16th,JD Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. …
Brief • June 20, 2011
Heyer v. BOP, NC, Complaint - ASL Interpreters for Deaf Inmates, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH DIVISION __________________________________________ ) THOMAS HEYER ) and ROBERT BOYD, ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES BUREAU OF PRISONS, ) ) THOMAS R. KANE, in his …
Texas Prison System Must Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Visitors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 2, 2010, a Texas federal court entered summary judgment in favor of a visitor to a state prisoner who had sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for failing to adequately accommodate his disability. …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Ninth Circuit Upholds Washington’s “Two Strikes Law” for Repeat Sex Offenders by On September 23, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the State of Washington’s “two strikes” law for repeat sex offenders, which results in a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, …
Blind Virginia Prisoner Settles Suit to Accommodate Disability by A blind prisoner has settled her federal lawsuit that claimed the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and Virginia Department of Correctional Education (VDCE) violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by failing …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Virginia DOC Settles Censorship Suit Over The Final Call by The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a prisoner at Red Onion State Prison over the rejection of numerous issues of The Final Call, a newspaper of the Nation of Islam. Kelvin Brown …
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