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Department of Law Enforcement v. Real Property-588 So.2d 957 (FL 1991).

Case • 1991

the requisite procedural guidelines; and (3) the Act is void for vagueness, requiring parties to guess the proper procedures and protections, and insufficiently requires notice as to what specific property ...

Patten v. Nichols-274 F.3d 829 (4th Cir. 2001)

Case • 2001

-of-medical-care claims asserted by pre-trial detainees, whose claims arise under the Fourteenth Amendment rather than the Eighth Amendment, the Supreme Court has yet to decide what standard should govern, thus ...

Tungate v. Thoms-199 F.Supp.2d 608 (E.D.Ky. 2002)

Case • 2002

by the State of Indiana. Ex. D. The plaintiff claims not to have received any ruling on this motion at the time of filing the complaint, one year later; he does not explain what happened to the fourth trial date ...

Benjamin v. Fraser-264 F.3d 175 (2nd Cir. 2001).

Case • 2001

few cases in which restraint status was reviewed by the Adjudication Unit, the security folder did not contain documentation of what took place at the hearing . . . . [43] The district court ...

Falls v. Goins-2023 Tenn. LEXIS 22

Case • 2023

legislature has sought to provide recourse for those deprived of the right to vote based on conviction of an infamous crime. It is less clear what those precise circumstances are, and we seek to answer ...

State v. Fermanich-2023 WI 48

Case

for an offense that is part of a broader course of conduct, he is entitled to credit for that time so long as he is ultimately convicted of an offense that is also part of that same course of conduct. That is what ...

DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department Of Social-489 U.S. 189; 109 S.Ct. 998; 103 L.Ed.2d 249 (1989

Case • 1989

conduct, see Daniels, supra, and Davidson v. Cannon, 474 U.S. 344 (1986), means that a social worker who simply makes a mistake of judgment under what are admittedly complex and difficult conditions ...

Neiberger v. Hawkins-208 F.R.D. 301 (D.Colo. 2002)

Case • 2002

not contain detailed facts, but it must "give the defendant fair notice of what the plaintiff's claim is and the grounds upon which it rests." Conley, 355 U.S. at 47. A plaintiff is not required to state ...

International Union United Mine Workers of America-512 U.S. 821; 114 S. Ct. 2552; 129 L. Ed. 2d.642 (

Case • 1994

noncompensatory civil contempt fines. [32] B [33] Underlying the somewhat elusive distinction between civil and criminal contempt fines, and the ultimate question posed in this case, is what ...

McGinnis v. Stevens-543 P.2d 1221 (Alaska 1975)

Case • 1975

(the Superintendent of each institution shall determine what constitutes a danger to the institution), misdemeanors, felonies, any crime punishable in a court of law, or a series of minor infractions within a 60-day ...

Gartrell v. Ashcroft-191 F.Supp.2d 23 (D.D.C. 2002)

Case • 2002

, and that once the procedure was in place, BOP had accomplished "what [it] had set out to do." [81] 54. BOP continues to use holdover facilities, but it no longer uses its holdover facilities to screen ...

Latino Officers Association City of New York v. Ci-209 F.R.D. 79 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)

Case • 2002

the investigation, a CD is adjudicated by the commanding officer, that is to say the commanding officer decides whether formally to issue a CD and what penalty to impose. The commanding officer has considerable ...

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Prison Health Services, EMSA, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Private Contractors, Skin, OB/GYN, Vision, Diabetes, Hepatitis, Discovery, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Morris died of what PHS called natural causes at the Tutwiler Prison for Women. Visibly unnatural, however, was Morris condition at the time of her death: her legs were so badly swollen that her shackles ...

Ex-Communication: Competition and Collusion in the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry

Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Crime, Statistics/Trends, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

, state, federal and private detention facility officials have exploited their monopoly sourcing power to enter into what amount to profit-sharing arrangements with the major telephone companies, offering ...

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Stroke, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

died of what PHS called natural causes at the Tutwiler Prison for Women. Visibly unnatural, however, was Morris' condition at the time of her death: her legs were so badly swollen that her shackles dug ...

United States v. Kriesel-508 F.3d 941 (9th Cir. 2007)

Case • 2007

substantive legal duties . . . other than what the statute already imposed."*fn6 Alcaraz v. Block, 746 F.2d 593, 613-14 (9th Cir. 1984). Nothing in these regulations supports a claim that the rules ...

In re Andrade-141 Cal.App.4th 807, 46 Cal.Rptr.3d 317 (Cal.App. 1 Dist. 2006)

Case • 2006

in this country. (8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(5)(A), 1324a.) It is self-evident that the government may not require as a condition of parole that someone arrange to violate the law. But this is precisely what the Board's ...

Sell v. United States-123 S.Ct. 2174 (2003)

Case • 2003

a trial unfair. The first question focuses upon the right to avoid administration of the drugs. What may happen at trial is relevant, but only as a prediction. See infra, at 13. The second question focuses ...

Sharpe v. Cureton-319 F.3d 259 (6th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

.2d at 273. This test is an objective one, and the Court determines "what event should have alerted the typical lay person to protect his or her rights." Dixon v. Anderson, 928 F.2d 212, 215 (6th Cir ...

Tinius v. Carroll County Sheriff Department-255 F.Supp.2d 971 (N.D.Iowa 2003)

Case • 2003

to determine precisely what qualifies as a suit against the state. "'What is a suit? We understand it to be the prosecution, or pursuit, of some claim, demand, or request. In law language, it is the prosecution ...