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Drummond v. City of Anaheim-343 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

into a coma. He is now in a "permanent vegetative state." [24] Drummond's medical expert, Dr. Sunil Arora, is the Medical Director of the Neurological Care Unit at the Community Hospital of San Bernadino ...

Daigle v. West-225 F.Supp.2d 236 (N.D.N.Y. 2002)

Case • 2002

of claims, exceeds employee benefits to which the employee was already entitled by law. [59] Tung v. Texaco Inc., 150 F.3d 206, 208 (2d Cir. 1998); see Bormann v. AT&T Communications, 875 F.2d 399, 403 ...

In re Nicholson-181 F.Supp.2d 182 (E.D.N.Y. 2002)

Case • 2002

, a child safety conference shall be held by ACS within seventy-two hours of the removal. The mother, as well as other members of the mother's and child's family and community (when requested by the mother ...

Dixon v. Goord-224 F.Supp.2d 739 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)

Case • 2002

exhaustion requirement applies to prison conditions concerning circumstances that "affect everyone in the prison community for example, food, clothing housing, recreational facilities, that is, those things ...

Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians

Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008

Filed under: Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skin, Hernias, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Staffing, Excessive Force, Wrongful Release, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Juveniles

on the community. In 2007, almost 4,000 arrestees were released early from the Pierce County Jail due to overcrowding ? more than triple the number of early releases the previous year. Rob Masko, Chief of the county ...

Aramark: Prison Food Service with a Bad Aftertaste

Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct, Food, Death Row

the fair market price of comparable items sold within the community where the facility is located. Aramark spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis said it had conducted a market basket survey at local stores including ...

Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Product Liability

that the repeated Tasering contributed to the death, making it a homicide. Steve Tuttle, Taser Internationals vice-president of communications, reiterated his company's belief that Tasers save lives, adding, we ...

Rudd v. Ray-248 N.W.2d 125 (Iowa 1976)

Case • 1976

and communities. They are thereby denied the opportunity to exercise their individual rights to worship in the same manner as could an ordinary citizen. [27] It is clear prisoners retain some rights ...

Willis v. Kane-485 F.Supp.2d 1126 (N.D. Cal.), rev'd, 256 Fed.Appx. 66 (9th Cir. 2007)

Case • 2007

. The psychologist also opined that, if released from prison, "his violence potential [**27] is considered to be no more than the average citizen in the community." Id. And the psychologist noted that there were ...

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty v.-224 F.R.D. 314 (E.D.N.Y. 2004)

Case • 2004

leads [**18] to the conclusion that Congress intended to provide an individual right enforceable under § 1983. Defendants reliance on Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now v. New York ...

Ahern v. Vose-64 Mass.App.Ct. 403, 833 N.E.2d 659 (Mass.App.Ct.,

Case • 2005

judgment. [86] *fn4 Defendant Amaral pointed out an October 20, 1989, letter from Howard Wensley, Director of the Division of Community Sanitation, that "substantial compliance has been accomplished ...

Artis-Bey v. District of Columbia-884 A.2d 626 (D.C., 2005)

Case • 2005

, also, did not respond. n11 Under the IGP, the process and deadlines for appeal vary depending on whether an inmate is housed in a "community correctional center" (presumably a half-way house ...

Jane Does I through III v. District of Columbia-216 F.R.D. 5 (D.D.C. 2003)

Case • 2003

of Columbia. They now reside in community-based facilities. Plaintiffs bring this action because they claim that in the course of providing habilitation n3 services to plaintiffs and others similarly situated ...

Paramedics Electromedicina Comercial, Ltda. v. GE-369 F.3d 645 (2d Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

in contempt, jointly and severally, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(e)." Thus the notice of appeal does not make "objectively clear" Werlang's intent to appeal. See Agee v. Paramount Communications, Inc., 114 F.3d ...

Gustave-Schmidt v. Chao-226 F.Supp.2d 191 (D.D.C. 2002)

Case • 2002

-46 (1957); Kowal v. MCI Communications Corp., 16 F.3d 1271, 1276 (D.C. Cir. 1994). However, the Court need not accept inferences or conclusory allegations that are unsupported by the facts set forth ...

People v. Bordelon-162 Cal. App. 4th 1311, 77 Cal. Rptr. 3d 14 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 2008)

Case • 2008

, and that defendant found places to stay in two community-based programs during the week he was free. Defendant's institutionalization defense was explained to the jury in his attorney's [**21] opening statement ...

Knight v. Vernon-23 F.Supp.2d 634 (MD NC 1998)

Case • 1998

'a policymaker, a communicator, or a privy to confidential information,' then loyalty to the sheriff is an appropriate requirement of the job," id. at 1164 (quoting Stott v. Haworth, 916 F.2d 134, 141-42 (4th Cir ...

Knox v. McGinnis-998 F.2d 1405 (7th Cir. 1993)

Case • 1993

. The inmates alleged that the additional restraints, especially the black box, caused tremendous discomfort and made it difficult for them to communicate meaningfully with their attorneys. Although the district ...

Jones v. Huff-789 F. Supp. 526 (ND NY 1992)

Case • 1992

L. Ed. 2d 632, 103 S. Ct. 1625 (1983); see Memphis Community School Dist. v. Stachura, 477 U.S. 299, 306, 91 L. Ed. 2d 249, 106 S. Ct. 2537 n.9 (1986); Ismail v. Cohen, 899 F.2d 183, 187 (2d Cir. 1990 ...

John L. v. Adams-969 F.2d 228 (6th Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

and providing access to a law library, hiring lawyers on a full- or part-time basis, and using paraprofessionals, law students, or volunteers from the legal community to advise prisoners, or combinations ...