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Article • November 16, 2015
Officers’ Unions’ Motions to Intervene in Federal Stop-And-Frisk Suits Held Untimely and Insubstantial by Officers’ Unions’ Motions to Intervene in Federal Stop-And-Frisk Suits Held Untimely and Insubstantial The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s denial of the officers’ unions’ motions to intervene …
Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson On April 11, 2014, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a prisoner’s motion to intervene in a 28-year-old class-action case on the eve of settlement. In 1986, …
Filing • April 11, 2011
Filed under: Complaints, Intervention
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Complaint in Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-2 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF …
MVRA Does Not Permit Victims to Intervene in Another Suit in Order to Collect Restitution by The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) does not allow a victim to intervene into another suit in order to pursue the collection of restitution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided …
PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case by On August 28, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas unsealed a settlement agreement in a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm. On July …
Illinois Police Misconduct Investigative Documents Ordered Disclosed by Self-proclaimed journalist Jamie Kalven filed a motion to intervene in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for police misconduct which subsequently settled. The motion was granted and production of the investigative documents he sought was ordered. Diane Bond brought an action against …
Incentive Awards Disallowed, County Intervention Denied in Prison Riot Settlement by Incentive Awards Disallowed, County Intervention Denied in Prison Riot Settlement The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disallowed named plaintiffs from receiving so-called "incentive awards" for their roles in the litigation and settlement of a suit against Ohio prison …
Article • May 15, 2007
GA Prisoners Seeking to Appeal the Denial of a Motion to Intervene Must Apply for Interlocutory Review by GA Prisoners Seeking to Appeal the Denial of a Motion to Intervene Must Apply for Interlocutory Review Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) was awarded a contract to provide health care to prisoners …
Police Union Allowed to Intervene in U.S. Brutality Suit by The federal government brought suit about excessive force and improper arrests and searches by the city police, and the parties submitted a proposed consent degree. The police union and various community groups (inter alia, the SCLC, the ACLU, and Homeboy …
Article • May 15, 2007
Non-Profits Denied Right to Intervene in Mental Disability Case by The United States and private plaintiffs sued the state over the treatment of mentally retarded and disabled persons. After relief had been preliminarily approved, an association of nonprofit agencies who provide service to those persons, mostly with government funding, sought …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Orders Disclosure of Discovery Materials to Media by Newspapers sought to intervene to challenge a confidentiality order governing discovery materials in a suit against the state child welfare agency. The newspapers are allowed permissive intervention; the requirement of a "question of law or fact in common" can be met …
Texas Sheriff's Use of Force Files Are Public Information by A Texas state court of appeals has held that the use of force records kept by the Harris County Sheriff's Department (the Department) are public information subject to the disclosure requirements of the Texas Public information Act (the Act), Tex.Gov't …
Discovery Materials Presumptively Public by At 1121: "Generally, the public can gain access to litigation documents and information produced during discovery unless the party opposing disclosure shows 'good cause' why a protective order is necessary." The fruits of discovery are "presumptively public." "For good cause to exist, the party seeking …
Publication
Filed under: Intervention, Traffic stop
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