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Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Short-Term Sentence Extension Without Final Parole Revocation Hearing Unconstitutional by Short-Term Sentence Extension Without Final Parole Revocation Hearing Unconstitutional The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that extending a parolee's sentence as the result of a charged parole violation without according a final due process hearing on that violation when …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel Requires Initiation of Formal Criminal Proceedings; Strapping Violent Arrestee to Bed Constitutional by Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel Requires Initiation of Formal Criminal Proceedings; Strapping Violent Arrestee to Bed Constitutional The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held the Sixth Amendment did not apply to an …
Article • May 15, 2007
$3,500 Paid in Obstruction to Resolve Detainer and Denial of Notary By WA DOC by $3,500 Paid in Obstruction to Resolve Detainer and Denial of Notary By WA DOC The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an administrator is entitled to qualified immunity in a claim of deliberate indifference …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA DOC Settles Ferry and Fall Suit For $60,000 by On February 17th, 1993 Fernie Wayne Gay, a resident of McNeil Island, Washington slipped and fell on an icy patch in a ferry dock of McNeil Island's Corrections Center. Gay suffered a variety of injuries including bruises, contusions, a soft …
Article • May 15, 2007
$5,000 Paid in Wrongful WA Probation Warrant and Arrest by Rosalie Hanstad was pulled over by a Washington State trooper for speeding and was subsequently arrested on a probation warrant. She filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in state court and a tort complaint for intentional and emotional distress …
Article • May 15, 2007
$7,000 Paid in WA Prisoner's Suicide by John Anthony Brown, a prisoner at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, hanged himself in his cell. His mother, Phyllis Brown, filed a tort claim pro se with the office of Risk Management alleging he was negligently supervised. On November 11, 2002, his …
Article • May 15, 2007
$1,400 Recovery Obtained in Fraudulent WA Money Transfer by Airway Heights Correctional Center prisoner John Ralph Johnson filed a state tort claim with the Washington State Office of Risk Management stating that prisoner Clinton Larry forged two money transfers for $600 and $800 from Johnson's prisoner trust account to be …
Article • May 15, 2007
$3,500 Paid in Obstruction to Resolve Detainer and Denial of Notary By WA DOC by $3,500 Paid in Obstruction to Resolve Detainer and Denial of Notary By WA DOC Douglas Krohne, a prisoner at Walla Walla, Washington, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in the Western District of Washington …
Article • May 15, 2007
$27,000 For Washington Prisoner's 2 1/2 Years Of Unlawful Imprisonment by Raymond Stokes' early release date was calculated as July 28, 1998. However, due to his status as a disabled person, DOC officials at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center, in Clallam Bay, Washington, refused to credit Mr. Stokes with the …
Article • May 15, 2007
$35,000 For 14 Months Of Unlawful Imprisonment by In February 1993, Jaramie Womack committed a burglary in Wyoming. In July of that same year, Mr. Womack committed a robbery in Washington. He was sentenced to 3 to 6 years for the Wyoming offense and was extradited to Washington, where he …
Article • May 15, 2007
$2,000 For Erroneous Washington Parole Drug Test Result by On May 1, 1995, John Lizee was arrested for a community supervision violation by his community corrections officer and confined at the Airway Heights Corrections Center, in Spokane, Washington, until May 4, 1995. Mr. Lizee's arrest and confinement was based on …
$1,882.80 For Falsely Labeling Prisoner As "Sex Offender" by $1,882.80 For Falsely Labeling Prisoner As "Sex Offender" On October 27, 1997, Gene Palmer pleaded guilty to the third degree assault of Timothy Barker. The incident arose when Mr. Barker entered Mr. Palmer's house without permission and a fight ensued. Mr. …
Article • May 15, 2007
$50,000 For 8 Months Of Unlawful Imprisonment by Washington DOC by On August 5, 1981, Joel Perry was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 and 10 years in prison for various felonies. These terms of confinement were suspended, and Mr. Perry was placed on probation. Mr. Perry's suspended sentence was …
Article • May 15, 2007
$124,500 Paid in WA Guard's Harassment Suit by Leanna A. Bradley was a guard at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton from April 17, 1995, to June 7, 1996, when she was discharged. Bradley, represented by Jone A. Seavecki, filed, suit in the Pierce County Superior Court alleging she was …
$144,134 Paid in Male WA Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit by Rodney Shaw was an African American guard at the McNeil island Corrections Center in Steilacoom, Washington who was subjected to harassment and belittlement in front of prisoners by white guards. He also alleged he was sexually harassed by a female …
Article • May 15, 2007
$1,500 For Illegally Extending Term of Community Supervision by On May 8, 1992, Raymond Mullins was sentenced to one year of community placement for a felony conviction and to one year of probation for a misdemeanor conviction. These sentences were imposed concurrently. On July 30, 1992, Mr. Mullins' probation was …
Article • May 15, 2007
$7,000 For 20 Days Of Unlawful Imprisonment by Robert Bergen was serving a ten-year prison sentence for assault and indecent liberties. His good time release date was scheduled as February 18, 1981. Five months prior to this date, Mr. Bergen received a prison disciplinary infraction. He was found not guilty …
Article • May 15, 2007
Alaska: 1997 Tort Reform Legislation Facially Constitutional by The Supreme Court of Alaska held that tort reform legislation enacted by the Alaska Legislature was facially constitutional. Plaintiffs, persons considering tort actions, sought declaratory judgment voiding the legislation. The 26 SLA 1997 legislation "included many new tort law provisions, including caps …
Article • May 15, 2007
Attorney-Client Privilege Breached by The Supreme Court of Washington, en banc, held that a lawyer unethically revealed confidential information, thereby breaching the attorney-client privilege. William Hamilton retained attorney Douglas Schafer to aid him in forming a corporation in order to purchase a bowling alley from an estate represented by Grant …
Sixth Circuit Dismisses Tennessee Jail Officials' Qualified Immunity Request by In an unpublished opinion dated October 20, 2004, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an interlocutory appeal challenging a district court's denial of qualified immunity to Tennessee jail officials. While imprisoned in Tennessee's Shelby …
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