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Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Connecticut Lawmakers Punt on Limiting Prison Strip Searches by David Reutter by David M. Reutter During their 2023 session, Connecticut lawmakers took a pass on legislation to rein in routine prison strip searches, which advocates testified were “humiliating” and “intrusive.” There was, however, widespread interest in appearing interested in the …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Searches, Pat Searches
New California Law Bans Male Prison Guards from Pat-Searching Female Prisoners by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On August 20, 2018, then-California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 2550, which prohibits male prison guards from going into areas where female prisoners are often undressed, such as showers, medical …
“A Living Nightmare” by Women Visiting Loved Ones Jailed at Rikers Describe a Pattern of Invasive Searches by Guards By Raven Rakia, The Intercept Reprinted with permission from The Intercept. The Intercept's story was produced in partnership with WNYC.   On July 2, 2015, Jasmine Quattlebaum took the bus to Rikers Island to …
Blank UF-250 Form - Stop, Question and Frisk Report Worksheet, NYPD, 2016 Case 1:12-cv-02274-AT-HBP Document 105 Filed 02/14/13 Page 157 of 158 APPENDIX B Blank UF-250 Form 157
Brief • February 19, 2016
Green v. City of Milwaukee - Newport, WI, Order, unwarranted search, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DAVIN GREEN, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 15-CV-786 JONATHON NEWPORT and CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Defendants. DECISION AND ORDER On June 29, 2015, Davin Green filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. …
Article • November 16, 2015
Federal: New York City Held Liable for Unconstitutional Terry Stops and Racial Profiling by Federal: New York City Held Liable for Unconstitutional Terry Stops and Racial Profiling The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held the City of New York (“City”) liable for violating the …
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 …
Brief • August 7, 2014
Hardy v. Gasser, WI, Verdict, False Arrest, 2014 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 1 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 2 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 3 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 4 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS …
Ninth Circuit Holds Staff Sexual Abuse Presumed Coercive; State Bears Burden of Rebutting Presumption by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court erred when finding a prisoner could not state an Eighth Amendment sex abuse claim because he “consented” to a relationship with a prison …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Seventh Circuit Retires “De Minimis” Standard for Use of Physical Force by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s application of a “de minimis harm” standard in dismissing a Wisconsin detainee’s claim that he was sexually groped. In April 2008, James Washington, Jr. was a pretrial …
Article • August 15, 2013
City of Los Angeles Settles Suit with ACLU over Policing Practices on Skid Row by A lawsuit over policing practices in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles was dismissed in February 2009 when the City defendants and the ACLU stipulated to the terms of a Settlement Agreement under …
Article • May 15, 2013
Massachusetts Supreme Court Affirms Lower Court Order to Suppress Drug Evidence by In an interlocutory appeal filed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts affirmed in May 2012 the order of the Superior Court of Suffolk County suppressing evidence obtained in an unreasonably conducted strip search …
Brief • August 17, 2012
Floyd v City of NY, NY, Order Granting Pls Daubert Motion In Part, NYPD unlawful terry stop, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS-HBP Document 224 Filed 08/17/12 Page 1 of 22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------- )( DAVID FLOYD, LALIT CLARKSON, DEON DENNIS, and DAVID OURLICHT, on behalf …
Brief • April 16, 2012
Floyd v City of NY, NY, Opinion and Order, NYPD unlawful terry stop, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS-HBP Document 201 Filed 04/16/12 Page 1 of 71 uSDcSDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------x DA VID FLOYD, LALIT CLARKSON, DEON DENNIS, and DAVID OURLICHT, on behalf of themselves and …
Brief • February 3, 2012
Floyd v. City of New York, NY, Plaintiff's Memo of Law in Opp to Def. Motion to Exclude Plain's Expert, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS -HBP Document 187 Filed 02/03/12 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------- X DAVID FLOYD, et al., Plaintiffs, 08 Civ. …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
$300,000 Settlement for New York Guard’s Fondling of Prisoner by The New York State Department of Correctional Services agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claim involving a sexual assault. Arthur Kill Correctional Facility prisoner Stephen Lewis advised his unit guard on November 8, 2007 that he …
Suit Filed Against Use of Rapiscan on Detention Facility Visitor by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In partially denying state officials’ motion for summary judgment, an Illinois federal district court discussed the constitutional parameters involved in the use of a Rapiscan Secure 1000 device, which uses “back-scatter” X-ray technology …
Juvenile Abused at D.C. Jail Settles for $31,000 Plus Attorney Fees by On December 19, 2002, a juvenile abused while on a field trip at a District of Columbia jail settled her federal 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit for $31,000. In addition, attorney fees were awarded by the U.S. District …
Brief • March 10, 2010
Taylor v. City of Oakland, CA, Habeas Writ for Witness Engram, Roadside Strip Search, 2010 Case3:04-cv-04843-MHP Document177 Filed03/10/10 Page1 of 3 4 JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888 BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./State Bar #222173 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS Airport Corporate Centre 7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120 Oakland, California …
Neal et al v. Michigan DOC, MI, Plan of Allocation - Settlement, sexually hostile prison guard sexual misconduct, 2009 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHTENAW NEAL, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 96-6986-CZ Hon. Timothy P. Connors vs. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants. …
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