Connecticut Guards File Grievances over Efforts to Stem Super Bowl Absenteeism by Connecticut prison guards filed almost 100 grievances over temporary changes in work rules intended to reduce the number of guards calling in sick on Super Bowl XLVI, which pitted the New York Giants against the New England Patriots. …
BOP Compromises on Plan to Transfer Prisoners from FCI Danbury by Derek Gilna In an unexpected turnabout, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has modified its July 2013 decision to transfer all prisoners from the only federal women’s facility in the northeast, located in Danbury, Connecticut. The BOP had planned to …
Connecticut Supreme Court Reverses FOIA Disclosure of NCIC Printout by The Connecticut Supreme Court held on September 27, 2012 that a National Crime Information Center (NCIC) printout was exempt from production under the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), because a federal regulation barred its disclosure. Rashad El Badrawi was …
Ltr. from BoP Dir. Samuels to Sen. Murphy re CT's FCI-Danbury 2013 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Office of the Director Washington, DC 20534 September 27, 2013 The Honorable Christopher Murphy United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Murphy: I am writing in response to your …
Connecticut Prohibits Disclosure to Prisoners of Investigation Reports Against Guards by Connecticut legislature has enacted an exemption to the state’s Freedom of Information Act that prevents disclosure of certain records sought by “any individual committed to the custody or supervision of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in a facility …
Bell v. Luna, CT, Order Denying Summary Judgment, Inadequate Matress, 2013 Case 3:10-cv-00008-MPS Document 78 Filed 07/11113 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT HAROLD BELL v. Case No.3 :10cv8 (MPS) NORBERTO LUNA, ET AL. 1 RUliNG ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Plaintiff; Haro kl R …
Connecticut Process Server Entitled to Copy Fee by The Connecticut Supreme Court has held that a process server is entitled to receive a fee for copies even where the server did not make the copies. The ruling came in a writ of error proceeding brought by State Marshal Lisa H. …
Connecticut Supreme Court Holds for DOC to End Hunger Strike by The Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut affirmed in March 2012 the judgment of trial court granting permanent injunction to the Commissioner of Correction authorizing her to cause to be force-fed a prisoner who initiated a hunger strike …
Harris v. O'Hare et al, 2nd Cir, Plf Brief, CT warrantless entry search police dog shooting, 2013 12-4350-CV To Be Argued By: JON L. SCHOENHORN IN THE United States Court of Appeals FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT GLEN HARRIS, individually, and P.P.A as guardian for K.H., a minor child, Plaintiffs v. …
Terebesi v. Solomon, Re Guizan, CT, Dismissal on Report of Settlement, Botched SWAT Raid, 2013 Case 3:09-cv-01436-JBA Document 257 Filed 02/25/13 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT Guizan, Plaintiff, v. Civil No. 3:09cv1436 (JBA) Solomon, et al, Defendants. ORDER OF DISMISSAL ON REPORT OF SETTLEMENT …
Terebesi v. Solomon, Re Guizan, CT, 2nd Amended Complaint, Botched SWAT Raid, 2011 Case 3:09-cv-01436-JBA Document 257 Filed 02/25/13 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT Guizan, Plaintiff, v. Civil No. 3:09cv1436 (JBA) Solomon, et al, Defendants. ORDER OF DISMISSAL ON REPORT OF SETTLEMENT Magistrate Judge …
Terebesi v. Solomon, CT, Ruling on Motions for Summary Judgment, Botched SWAT Raid, 2012 Case 3:09-cv-01436-JBA Document 229 Filed 08/29/12 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT Susana Guizan, Administrator of the Estate of Gonzalo Guizan, & Ronald Terebesi, Plaintiffs Civil No. 3:09cv1436 (JBA) v. August …
Former Connecticut Prisoner's ADA and RA Complaint Survives Motion to Dismiss by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna Former Connecticut state prisoner Richard Rogues' Section 1983 lawsuit for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act (RA) has survived a motion to dismiss filed by defendants, including …
Connecticut Prison’s Groundhog Extermination Program Outrages PETA, Prisoners & Guards by Connecticut Prison’s Groundhog Extermination Program Outrages PETA, Prisoners & Guards In the unlikeliest of alliances, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), has joined Connecticut prisoners and guards in condemning the "barbaric slaughter” of woodchucks (aka ground hogs) …
Connecticut District Court Finds ICE Agents Not Shielded from Bivens Liability; Suit Settles for $350,000 by Derek Gilna In a lawsuit brought by the Yale Law Clinic on behalf of Hispanics swept up in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in New Haven in June 2007, the U.S. District …
Cooke v. Coleman, CT, Complaint, Denial of Mental Health and Medical Care, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00307-SRU Document 1 Filed 03/01/12 Page 1 of 10 FILEf) United States District Court lOll M- 11 p ~!iS U.s. D!STRt BRtDGEPo{{ COURT Ian Cooke Plaintiff, _____ . _·CONN_ - v, Dr. Joe Coleman, PhD Lea …
Second Circuit Denies Connecticut Student's §1983 Claim against School Officials by Derek Gilna Second Circuit Denies Connecticut Student's §1983 Claim against School Officials by Derek Gilna The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a district court order granting summary judgment to public school officials in …
Terebesi v. Solomon, CT, Terebesi's 2nd Amended Complaint, Botched SWAT Raid, 2011 Case 3:09-cv-01436-JBA Document 177 Filed 10/28/11 Page 1 of 23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ----------------------------------------------------------------------->< SUSANA GUIZAN, as administrator of the ESTATE OF GONZALO GUIZAN, Plaintiff, V. TOWN OF EASTON; JOHN F. SOLOMON, Individually and …
Three Connecticut Prisoner Deaths in Four Days by The deaths of three Connecticut prisoners in a four-day period has state officials examining what went wrong. The undetermined death of 20-year-old Dayna Ashley Charette has resulted in dissension between the Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDOC) and judicial marshals. While in a …
