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Brief • July 31, 2006
McCoy v. TDCJ, TX, Response Motion Summary Judgement, Asthma Death, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION L.J. MCCOY, et al. Plaintiffs v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, et al. Defendants ' ' ' ' ' ' ' CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-CV-370 PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Texas Prison Slaves No Savings for Direct Marketing Firm; Data Mining Results in $ 15 Million Settle by Michael Rigby Texas Prison Slaves No Savings for Direct Marketing Firm; Data Mining Results in $ 15 Million Settlement Fund by Michael Rigby A class action lawsuit involving thousands of women who …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Hurricane Threat Forces Texas Prison Evacuations, Damage Worsens Overcrowding by Michael Rigby As Rita churned westward through the Gulf of Mexico, at times a monstrous Category 5 hurricane with wind speeds of 175 mph, officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) ordered the evacuation of entire prisons in …
Non-Sex-Offender Parolee Entitled to Due Process Before Being Treated As Sex Offender by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals held that a parolee who has never been convicted of a sex offense is entitled to a due process hearing prior to being required to …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Fifth Circuit Joins Four Others in Denying Prospective BOP Good Time Credits by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a federal prisoners habeas corpus petition seeking advance good time credits because the claim was not ripe. The appellate court further opined that even if it were ripe, a reasonable …
Texas Federal District Judge Throws Out VitaPro Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke In another bizarre twist to an already bewildering prosecution history, on September 9, 2005, Texas federal district judge Lynn Hughes, by judicial fiat, acquitted Andy Collins, the former executive director of the Texas Department of …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Wrongfully Convicted Texas Prisoner Finally Receives $118,000 in Compensation by Matthew T. Clarke In 1988, a 17-year-old Josiah Sutton was convicted in a Texas court of a rape he did not commit and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Sutton spent close to five years in prison before new DNA …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Unpaid Prisoners Clean Up Rita Ravaged Southeast Texas by With few federal funds headed for areas of Southeast Texas devastated by Hurricane Rita, state officials are using the free labor of Texas prisoners to augment clean up efforts. As of January 30, 2006, prisoners from the Larry Gist State Jail …
GEO Buys CSC After Settling $38.8 Million Judgment in Texas Boot Camp Death by Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) has settled a $38 million judgment that held the company responsible for the 2000 death of Bryan Dale Alexander, an 18 year old prisoner at a Texas boot camp. The terms are …
§ 1997e(e) Governs First Amendment Claims in Fifth Circuit by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district courts dismissal of a pro se prisoners §1983 action, as frivolous and barred by the physical injury requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e). The court …
Brief • May 27, 2006
McCoy v. TDCJ, TX, Response Motion to Dismiss, asthma death, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION L.J. MCCOY, et. al Plaintiffs v. ANN-MARIE DE LA ROSA, et. al. Defendants ' ' ' ' ' ' CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-CV-370 PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT R …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Fall Escapes Plague Local, State Agencies in Houston Area by by Michael Rigby During a two week period in late 2005, prisoners in the Houston area escaped from all levels of custody. One prisoner escaped from the city jail, another vanished from the back of a prison van, and a …
Texas Prisoner Writers Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds by David Reutter Texas Prisoner Writers Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds by David M. Reutter A Texas federal district court has granted in part and denied in part prison officials motion to dismiss Texas prisoners lawsuit alleging he was retaliated against for having articles published criticizing …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Texas Counties Set To Raid State Prisoners Trust Fund Accounts by Texas Counties Set To Raid State Prisoners Trust Fund Accounts by Matthew T. Clarke Partially in response to legislation making it mandatory by 2007 for Texas counties to establish programs to collect fines, costs, restitution and fees from Texas …
Brief • April 15, 2006
Tillman v. Florida Department of Corrections, FL, Request for Discovery, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect, 2006 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION SHELLEY TILLMAN , Plaintiff, Case No. 4:09-cv-423-RH/WCS v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et aI., Defendants. NOTICE OF SERVING PLAINTIFF'S FIRST …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Dallas Fake Drug Cases Settle For Millions, Jury Awards Damages by by Michael Rigby In 2001, police officers in Dallas, Texas, made 33 arrests in what has since become known as the fake drug scandal." The victims were all charged with possessing cocaine, based on supposedly positive field tests of …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Texas Prisoners Again Have Limited Right to Appear in Civil Cases by by Matthew T. Clarke In a well-reasoned opinion with copious citations, a Texas court of appeals held that Texas prisoners have a limited right to appear in civil cases even if they cannot justify a personal appearance. C.J., …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Texas Legislature Requires HIV Testing for Prisoners by Gary Hunter Texas prisoners must now be tested for HIV before they are allowed to leave prison. Rep. Yvonne Davis, D-Dallas, authored House Bill 43 which was signed on June 19, 2005, by Gov. Pick Perry, and went into effect on September …
Rebellion at CCA Prison in Texas by On August 27, 2005, a riot involving hundreds of prisoners broke out in a private prison run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in Mineral Wells, Texas, injuring a dozen prisoners and two guards. The sixteen-year-old, 2,100-bed facility holds prisoners with less than …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Theft of Prisoners Book by Guards Valid Legal Basis for Texas Civil Suit by Theft of Prisoners Book by Guards Valid Legal Basis for Texas Civil Suit A Texas court of appeals has held that a claim that two Texas state prison guards removed a law book from a prisoners …
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