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Florida Prisoner Returns to Custody After Overturned Conviction Reinstated by Exactly one week before his 67th birthday, Florida prisoner Crosley Green returned to custody of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) on September 4, 2024—two and a half years after a state court granted him provisional release while the state …
Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violation in Suit Over Kentucky Prisoner’s Death by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Private prison and jail medical provider Wellpath, LLC has announced a plan to exit bankruptcy proceedings, as reported elsewhere in this issue. [See: PLN, May 2025, p.56.] The plan offers some relief to …
Federal Prison Oversight Act Becomes Law by On July 25, 2024, Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed into law the Federal Prison Oversight Act, now codified at 5 U.S.C. § 413. The law takes effect 90 days after appropriations are made available by Congress to implement and carry out the …
Inspectors Catch L.A. Jailers Watching Porn by When inspectors from Los Angeles County’s independent Sybil Brand Commission toured the Men’s Central Jail on May 10, 2024, they were alarmed to find a noose hanging in one detainee’s cell. But when one went to guards, they brushed off his report—because the …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Washington Agencies Sanctioned for Discovery Violations Reach $3.1 Million Settlement with Disabled Woman Allegedly Abused at State Sanctioned Home by “Any lawyer practicing in this State should get an uneasy feeling when a request for sanctions is made under controlling case law in Washington,” wrote a King County Superior Court …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violations After Stonewalling in Prisoner Lawsuits by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A review of court records by PLN has found repeated sanctions for discovery violations against private prison healthcare provider Wellpath in suits across the country blaming the firm’s dismal care for prisoner deaths – …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On October 11, 2022, the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of California prisoner’s suit alleging he was assaulted because a guard …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Report: Private Company Rubber-Stamps Inspections of Abuse-Ridden ICE Detention Camps by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In a report published January 2, 2021, two immigrant advocacy groups — Advocate Visitors with Immigrants in Detention (AVID) and Immigration Law Lab (ILL) — accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials of holding …
Brief • November 13, 2018
Coleman v. Brown, CA, Order, Inaccurate Data, 2018 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 6002 Filed 11/13/18 Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P …
Publication • 2012
Objecting to Protective Orders and Motions to File Documents Under Seal in Pre-Trial Discovery 2012 Objecting to Protective Orders and Motions to File Documents Under Seal in Pretrial Discovery1 by R. Samuel Paz presented at the National Lawyers Guild 2012 Conference INTRODUCTION This memorandum is a brief introduction into opposing …
Coleman v. Schwarzenegger, CA., Discovery Hearing Order Prison Inspections, Medical Class Action, 2007 Case 3:01-cv-01351-TEH Document 906 Filed 10/30/2007 Page 1 of 7 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS 2 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED …