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Perrin v. Gentner-177 F.Supp.2d 1115 (D.Nev. 2001)

Case • 2001

, the court may not simply accept what may be a self-serving account by the police officer. It must also look at the circumstantial evidence that, if believed, would tend to discredit the police officer's story ...

Fullmer v. Michigan Dept of State Police-207 F.Supp.2d 650 (ED MI 2002)

Case • 2002

of dangerousness be made before any offender was listed on the registry. Id. Because all offenders were subject to notification under the Act, law enforcement officials had no discretion to determine what ...

DeSpain v. Uphoff-264 F.3d 965 (10th Cir. 2001).

Case • 2001

. . . that Officer Bustos knew of and disregarded an excessive risk of harm." Id. at 8. After reviewing the record on the pepper spray claim and applying what we believe to be the correct legal standard, we reverse ...

State v. McDougal-120 Wash.2d 334, 841 P.2d 1232 (1992).

Case • 1992

is "incapable of meaning anything other than what it says on its face" and that the Court of Appeals "had no authority, through statutory construction, to rewrite the statute. . . ." [79] Former RCW 9.94A ...

Hallett v. Morgan-296 F.3d 732 (9th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

plaintiffs will base an extension of jurisdiction motion. What I intended to say is that plaintiffs believe that defendants are not in compliance with at least the dental and mental health portions ...

Harrison v. Ash-539 F.3d 510 (6th Cir. 2008)

Case • 2008

Oke was deliberately indifferent to Jones' serious medical needs as a result of Oke's failure to contact a doctor, that is precisely what occurred once Oke notified the nursing staff of Jones ...

Kinge v. State of New York-New York Court of Claims (Syracuse), Claim No. 88273, UID 2007-009-171

Case • 2007

, the alleged negligent supervision of Investigator Harding by his superior officers, if established, is sufficient to establish liability. It is therefore crucial to determine what information was available ...

Uprisings at CCA Prisons Reveal Weaknesses in Out-of-State Imprisonment Policies

Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Escapes

," said Robert Farr, ranking Republican on the Connecticut House Judiciary Committee. "Someone committed a murder and says, `Gee, I want to be closer to home,' What about the family of the person ...

King v. Wells-94 F.R.D. 675 (ED MI 1982)

Case • 1982

[**23] to infer what documents, apart from the misconduct report (which plaintiff was given) and the staff investigator's report, would have been relevant. Unfortunately, defendants' motion does ...

Wolfe v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Corrections-334 F.Supp.2d 762 (E.D.Pa. 2004)

Case • 2004

institutions operated by the DOC, have served their minimum sentences, and are thus eligible for parole. Based on what they believe to be DOC policy to withhold parole recommendations to inmates who fail ...

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

Case • 2003

neck and torso as he lay handcuffed on the ground and begged for air. Under similar circumstances, in what has come to be known as "compression asphyxia," prone and handcuffed individuals in an agitated ...

California v. Lee-136 Cal.App. 4th 522. 38 Cal.Rptr.3d 927 (Cal.App

Case • 2006

was the one who told her to bring them in. In an earlier visit, Lee had told her what she was supposed to do, because she would "cost him, put him in a bind and all his people." He told her how to package ...

Masonoff v. Dubois-336 F.Supp.2d 54 (D. Mass. 2004)

Case • 2004

the proper maintenance of the chemical toilets and slop sinks. See id. at 29. [30] In arguing that I should follow Ahearn, the defendants have ignored what the court in Ahearn took pains to spell out ...

Rantz v. Kaufman-109 P.3d 132 (Col. 2005)

Case • 2005

Supreme Court reasoned that "what constitutes legally cognizable harm is a policy choice." 851 P.2d at 560. Reviewing the overall "legislative scheme" for procedural criminal law in Oregon, the court ...

Intercargo Ins. Co. v. Burlington Northern Santa F-185 F.Supp.2d 1103 (C.D.Cal. 2001)

Case • 2001

the shipment was smaller than most, and that that was unusual. [36] Nevertheless, Hensley allowed the truck to leave the yard without further inquiry. Hensley knew what to do if he had any concerns about ...

Greenier v. PACE-Local No. 1188, 201 F.Supp.2d 172 (D.Me. 2002)

Case • 2002

. Corp., 246 F.3d 1, 4-5 (1st Cir. 2001). [14] In what has been characterized as a "seminal pleading case," Winokur v. Office of Court Admin., No. CV 99-2518, 2002 WL 397657, *8 (E.D.N.Y. March 14 ...

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

told, just beat them to death. At least that?s what they did to Benites S. Sichiro in January 2006. Sichiro was booked into the jail on misdemeanor warrants; he was also the subject of a rape ...

Loeffler v. Menifee-326 F.Supp.2d 454 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)

Case • 2004

a statute, regulation or policy that effects a prisoner's term of imprisonment what is crucial "is not an individual's right to less punishment, but the lack of fair notice and governmental restraint when ...

Wedelstedt v. Wiley, 477 F.3d 1160 (10th Cir. App. Feb. 20, 2007)-477 F.3d 1160

Case • 2007

and determined that the outcome will be the same no matter what the specific facts regarding the factor. [67] Consider a prisoner sentenced to death for a terrorism offense. The prisoner seeks to be housed ...

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

Case • 2005

; the establishment of what is (or is not) a constitutional right in one case governs the determination whether a right has been clearly established in a later case. Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194, 201 (2001). [46 ...