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Three Louisiana Prisoners Cleared in 1994 Rape of Another Prisoner
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Wrongful Conviction
Three Louisiana Prisoners Cleared in 1994 Rape of Another Prisoner by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After 25 years of proclaiming their innocence in a rape case, three Louisiana prisoners accepted plea bargains that cleared their way for release. The plea offer came after the victim recanted his …
Infamous Louisiana Sheriff on His Way Out
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
Infamous Louisiana Sheriff on His Way Out by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter I’m done. I’m beat up. I’m tired,” Iberia Parish, Louisiana Sheriff Louis Ackal, 75, said in November 2018, upon announcing his decision not to seek re-election. However, his words more accurately described the detainees at …
No Attorney Fees for Pro Se Attorney Under FOIA
Article • September 14, 2019
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards
No Attorney Fees for Pro Se Attorney Under FOIA by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held an attorney appearing pro se cannot recover attorney fees under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Immigration attorney Michael W. Gahagan uses FOIA to obtain government documents to assist his clients and for …
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Order, Disability Discrimination, 2019
Brief • August 30, 2019
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Order, Disability Discrimination, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-00223-BAJ-RLB Document 35 08/30/19 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WILFRED GUY CIVIL ACTION VERSUS JAMES LEBLANC ET AL. NO.: 18-223-BAJ-RLB RULING AND ORDER Before the Court is the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 19) …
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Reply in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019
Brief • July 14, 2019
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Reply in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ WILFRED GUY, ) ) CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, ) v. ) No. 18-223-BAJ-RLB ) JAMES LEBLANC, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) REPLY IN SUPPORT OF …
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Opposition to Def. Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019
Brief • July 9, 2019
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Opposition to Def. Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-00223-BAJ-RLB Document 24 07/09/19 Page 1 of 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ WILFRED GUY, ) ) CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, ) v. ) No. 18-223-BAJ-RLB ) JAMES LEBLANC, et al., …
Former Louisiana Warden Nate Cain, Son of Infamous Burl Cain, Pleads Guilty
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guilty Pleas, Trials
Former Louisiana Warden Nate Cain, Son of Infamous Burl Cain, Pleads Guilty by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter “Yes, sir,” said Nathan Burl Cain II. With that reply in March 2019, the former warden of Louisiana’s Avoyelles Correctional Center, now known as the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, abruptly …
Potter v. Cenikor Foundation, LA, Amended Class Action Complaint, Withholding Wages, 2019
Brief • June 20, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Potter v. Cenikor Foundation, LA, Amended Class Action Complaint, Withholding Wages, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-03031 Document 27 Filed on 06/20/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOHN POTTER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-00294-BAJ-RLB VERSUS CENIKOR FOUNDATION, …
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Support of Plantiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019
Brief • June 18, 2019
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Support of Plantiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ WILFRED GUY, ) ) CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, ) v. ) No. 18-223-BAJ-RLB ) JAMES LEBLANC, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION …
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Def. Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019
Brief • June 18, 2019
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access
Guy v. Leblanc, LA, Def. Motion for Summary Judgment, Disability Discrimination, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-00223-BAJ-RLB Document 19-1 06/18/19 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WILFRED GUY * CIVIL ACTION * * NO. 18-223-BAJ-RLB VERSUS * * JUDGE BRIAN A. JACKSON * JAMES LEBLANC, in his …
Civil Rights Attorney Sues to Collect Fees
Article • June 11, 2019
Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Paralegals
Civil Rights Attorney Sues to Collect Fees by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Emily Posner is a Louisiana attorney representing state prisoner Kenneth Idel in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Idel alleges that prison guard Richard Pope broke and caused permanent damage to his jaw when Pope kneed the back …
Louisiana State Prisoners Routinely Held Past Scheduled Release Dates
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Release and Reentry, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry
Louisiana State Prisoners Routinely Held Past Scheduled Release Dates by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In the wake of a 2017 state audit that revealed Louisiana prisoners were regularly being held for weeks, months and sometimes even years past their scheduled release dates, a 2019 investigation of court …
Solitary Watch, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Jesuit Social Research Institute: A Report on Lockdown - A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons, With Testi...
Publication • June 1, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation, Medical, Pain, Injury -- Misc., Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Food, Exposure to Cold, Plumbing, Lockdowns, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Mental Health
Solitary Watch, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Jesuit Social Research Institute: A Report on Lockdown - A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons, With Testimony from the People Who Live It, 2019 Louisiana on Lockdown A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in …
The Sentencing Project, Campaign to End Life Imprisonment - Women and Girls Serving Life Sentences, 2019
Publication • June 1, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Statistics/Trends, Parole, Mental Health, Suicides, Juveniles
The Sentencing Project, Campaign to End Life Imprisonment - Women and Girls Serving Life Sentences, 2019 CAMPAIGN TO END LIFE IMPRISONMENT WOMEN AND GIRLS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES Nationwide one of every 15 women in prison — nearly 7,000 women — is serving a life or virtual life sentence.1 One-third of …
Louisiana - disapproved publications (7-2-19)
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship
Louisiana - disapproved publications (7-2-19) Department Regulation No. C-02-009 Offender Mail and Publications Revised 02 July 2019 REJECTION LIST Publications: A Witches Bible – The Complete Witches Handbook Airbrush Action – September/October 2010, March/April 2016 Airbrush Bible AL-HAGG Newsletter Volume 10 Issue 3 Al-Haq Allure - May 2008, December 2011, …
Louisiana police officer decertifications
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Louisiana police officer decertifications name last Paul Wayne Charles Charles Donald Cogswell Cogswell Shawn Daigle Daigle Dewayne Anthony JacksoJackson Danny Eugene Williams Williams William Olam Wise Wise Mitchell Arnold Arnold Marcus Aucoin Aucoin Kay Authement Authement Phil Barrios Barrios James Bartholomae Bartholomae John Bass Bass Louis Boyd Boyd Cynthia Briley …
Paid in Full- A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans, Vera Institute of Justice, 2019
Publication • June 1, 2019
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Filing Fees, Poverty of the Defendant, Ability to Pay
Paid in Full- A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans, Vera Institute of Justice, 2019 Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans Jon Wool, Alison Shih, and Melody Chang June 2019 The following organizations endorse this report and its recommendations: ADL South Central …
Charles v. Leblanc, LA, Complaint, Jail Conditions, 2019
Brief • May 24, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Charles v. Leblanc, LA, Complaint, Jail Conditions, 2019 Case 5:18-cv-00541-EEF-MLH Document 201-1 Filed 05/24/19 Page 1 of 59 PageID #: 3289 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA BRUCE CHARLES, CARLTON TURNER, * LARRY JONES, and RONALD BROOKS, * behalf of themselves and all other similarly * situated prisoners …
Former Angola Major Found Guilty – Twice – in Excessive Force Case
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Excessive Force
Former Angola Major Found Guilty – Twice – in Excessive Force Case by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On January 26, 2018, former prison major Daniel Davis, 41, was convicted of conspiracy to cover up the beating of an unnamed prisoner at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The prisoner …
Wrongful Death, Whistleblower Suits Filed After Prisoner Dies at New Orleans Jail
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Whistleblowing, Wrongful Death
Wrongful Death, Whistleblower Suits Filed After Prisoner Dies at New Orleans Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Two lawsuits, one alleging wrongful death and the other a whistleblower claim, were filed in 2018 against Louisiana’s Orleans Parish Jail (OPJ), the Orleans Parish Sheriffs Office (OPSO) and Sheriff …
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