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Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Ohio County Pays $2.5 Million for Photographing Female Detainees’ Tattooed Private Areas by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 7, 2022, Ohio’s Franklin County Board of Commissioners settled a suit brought by a class of former female detainees in the county jail who claimed their constitutional rights were …
Brief • December 28, 2016
Detroit Free Press v. Department of Justice, USA, Amicus Brief, FOIA Booking Photos, 2016 No. 16-706 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC., Petitioner, V. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent. On Petition For A Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the …
Brief • May 25, 2016
Turner v. City of Round Rock, TX, Order, Photos of Police Station, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00939-RP Document 43 Filed 05/25/16 Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION PHILLIP TURNER, Plaintiff v. CITY OF ROUND ROCK, SERGEANT M. OSBORN, OFFICER P. …
Article • August 13, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Jails Stop Posting Mug Shots to End "Extortion" by Profiteering Websites by Jails Stop Posting Mug Shots to End "Extortion" by Profiteering Websites A growing number of jails are no longer putting booking photos of arrestees online in order to prevent websites such as mugshots.com from obtaining and posting them, …
Brief • June 6, 2014
Britt v. Anderson et al, IL, Complaint - City of Chicago, police unlawful seizure of photos, 2014 Atty No. 49918 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, LAW DIVISION LEMIA BRITT, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. JEROME L. ANDERSON, …
Brief • February 28, 2014
Britt v. Anderson et al, IL, Order - City of Chicago, police unlawful seizure of photos, 2014 Britt v. Anderson et al Doc. 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LEMIA BRITT, Plaintiff, v. OFFICER JEROME L. ANDERSON, Star No. 3712, a …
Brief • June 5, 2013
Loeb v. Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, False Arrest for Photographing Police, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-03082-SD Document 1 Filed 06/05/13 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYL VANIA ) COULTER LOEB, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; ) POLICE OFFICER GEORGE …
Brief • May 21, 2013
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Arnzen v. Palmer, IA, Settlement, Cameras in Bathrooms, IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA WESTERN OfVISION JOHN W. ARNZEN, Ill, HAROLD WILLIAMS, GALEN K. SHAFFER, and EDWARD LEE BRIGGS,) NO. 12-cv-4001 DEO Plaintiffs, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT vs. DIRECTOR CHARLES PALMER, JASON SMITH; and BRAP WITTROCK, …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Tenth Circuit Cites PLN Case in Denying Oklahoma Newspaper’s FOIA Request by by Derek Gilna In 2008, World Publishing Company, the publisher of the Tulsa World newspaper, requested six booking photos from the U.S. Marshals Service under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Department of Justice denied the request, …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Mug Shot Websites Based on Extortion Business Model by David Reutter by David M. Reutter One of the most insidious businesses to grow out of the prison industrial complex revolves around mug shots. Natural curiosity compels many people to view jail booking photos taken by law enforcement agencies when someone …
Article • November 15, 2011
Booking Photos Not Subject to Disclosure Under FOIA by The U.S. Marshals Service does not have to turn over mug shot photos in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck ruled December 14, 2009. Theodore Karanstalis, a freelance reporter, submitted a FOIA …
Article • November 15, 2011
D.C. Appeals Court Dismisses Prisoners' Privacy Claims in Photograph Retention Suit by Derek Gilna Derek Gilna The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned aside an appeal by Keith Maydak, Ambrose Mitchell, Paul Lee, and Gregory Smith, who were federal prisoners, alleging violations by the Bureau of …
Article • May 15, 2011
Secret Suit over Unlawful Eavesdropping Ends in Big Settlement by The Department of Justice has agreed to settle a 15 year court battle with a former DEA agent who claimed that a former CIA officer and State Department official unlawfully eavesdropped on him while working in Burma. The settlement requires …
Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Racist jokes, sexually explicit photos, love notes to his mistress and evidence of improper political campaigning were found in the e-mail account …
Article • July 15, 2008
Pennsylvania Prisoners' Privacy not Unlawfully Invaded by Mayor's Monitoring Their Cells via Video Camera from His Home by Robert DeBlasio and Deborah McFadden, prisoners in a Pennsylvania county jail, sued the county, its cops and its mayor for invasion of privacy after learning that the mayor monitored their cells from …
Videotape Confidentiality Claim Requires Specifics of Reasoning for Review by A New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, has held that a generalized confidentiality assertion by the Department of Corrections (DOC) was improper, and the DOC must present sufficient evidence to enable the court to review its confidentiality claim. The ruling …
Article • January 15, 2008
WI Sex Offender Wrongly Forced to Consent to Videotaping of Treatment Sessions by Dennis Thiel, a Wisconsin state prisoner, was committed as a sexually violent person to the state Department of Health and Family services (DHFS). He sued DHFS personnel in state court for withholding treatment from him because he …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ninth Circuit Assesses Double Costs, Fees, and Damages Against Montana Prison Officials by Following remand in Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787 (9th Cir. 1982), Montana prison officials appealed the Ninth Circuit's nude photograph ruling. The appeal was dismissed "because it is frivolous and brought in bad faith to vex, …
Article • May 15, 2007
$30,000 Paid for Broadcasting Florida Jail Strip-Search by After being arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence, and disorderly conduct, the plaintiff in this case was taken to Florida's Delray Beach Police Department's holding cell to await his transport to the Palm Beach County Jail. …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
BOP Secret Squirrel Photo File" Suit Remanded by BOP Secret Squirrel Photo File" Suit Remanded The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has reinstated a prisoner lawsuit under the federal Privacy Act (Act) at 5 U.S.C. § 552a, et seq. The District Court for the District of Columbia …
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