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Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Minnesota Judge Spanked For Ignoring Law Restoring Felon Voting Rights by Just over a year after Minnesota restored voting rights to former felons, the state Board on Judicial Standards (BJS) reprimanded Mille Lacs County District Judge Matthew Quinn on June 27, 2024, for attempting to disenfranchise formerly incarcerated people. Minnesota’s …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Ninth Circuit Revives Former Nevada Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Sentence Credit by by Douglas Ankney On April 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said a lower court erred by ignoring a former state prisoner’s claim that the Department of Corrections (DOC) violated his due …
Brief • August 7, 2023
Filed under: Harassment
Pagan v. The City of New York, NY, Complaint, Harassment, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05980 Document 1 Filed 08/07/23 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------X JOSHUA PAGAN; JOCELYN MARTINEZ; X.P., by his parent and natural guardian Eli Pagan; and K.M., by …
Brief • July 13, 2023
Hashagen v. The State of Oklahoma, OK,Mandate, Unfair Trial, 2023 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA ROBERT LEON HASHAGEN !IL SERVICE COPY ·• 1111111111111\1\I \II,\\ IIIII IIIII IIIII \Ill\ 111111111111111111 *1 Appellant V. O5 5 6 7 5 9 8 5 Case Number: F-2021-203 STA …
Brief • July 13, 2023
Hashagen v. The State of Oklahoma, OK, Summary Opinion, Unfair Trial, 2023 ~ii ()RIGINAL] 1111111111111111111 I~ 1111111] 1~1111111111 *10556 75420* IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OFTHESTATEOFOKLAHOMA ROBERT LEON HASHAGEN, III, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NOT FOR PUBLICATION …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Prisoner Was Denied Due Process with Sex Offender Classification by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On July 17, 2021, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that when the state Department of Corrections (DOC) classified him as a sex offender despite not having a conviction on …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of NY Prisoner’s Due Process Claim on Grounds It Was Abandoned on Appeal by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a ruling issued on January 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that a lower court erred in dismissing a …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Second Circuit Reinstates Acquitted New York City Man’s Claims of Police Due Process Violations and Excessive Use of Force by Jailers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated claims by a New York City man that he was the victim …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Fourth Circuit Holds Prisoner’s Indefinite Period of Solitary Confinement at Virginia Supermax May Amount to Atypical and Significant Hardship by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 10, 2020, the FourthCircuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court’s granting of summary judgment to Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) officials in …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in New York Prisoner’s Due Process Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment grant to defendants in a New York prisoner’s lawsuit that alleged he was denied due process. The court’s July 23, 2020, …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Nevada Prisoner Prevails in Good Time Deprivation Appeal by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On June 20, 2019, a two-justice majority on a Nevada court of appeals panel reversed and remanded a district court’s dismissal of a state prisoner’s civil rights complaint over the removal of good time credits. The …
Washington v. Boughton, WI, Opinion, Pro Se, Ineffective Counsel, 2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 16‐3253 RODNEY WASHINGTON, Petitioner‐Appellant, v. GARY A. BOUGHTON, Warden, Wisconsin Secure Program Facility, Respondent‐Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of …
The People of the State of Illinois v. Relerford, IL, Appeal Brief, Stalking, 2017 2017 IL 121094 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 121094) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WALTER RELERFORD, Appellee. Opinion filed November 30, 2017. JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the …
Black v. State of Wyoming, WY, Appeal Brief, Assault, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2017 WY 135 OCTOBER TERM, A.D. 2017 November 17, 2017 JOSHUA ROY DELBERT BLACK, Appellant (Defendant), v. S-15-0295 THE STATE OF WYOMING, Appellee (Plaintiff). Appeal from the District Court of Teton County The …
Proenza v. State of Texas, TX, Appeal Brief, Wrongful Death of Child, 2017 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1100-15 ABRAHAM JACOB PROENZA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS CAMERON COUNTY K EASLER, J., delivered …