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Texas Prison Heat Declared Unconstitutional by In a ruling on March 26, 2025, the federal court for the Western District of Texas agreed that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) was likely violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment by holding most state prisoners in cells …
At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed by On March 11, 2024, FBI agents raided the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Dublin, California, the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockup plagued by staff sexual assaults on prisoners—so many that it has become known as …
Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage by by Matt Clarke On June 6, 2023, Judge Cristina D. Silva of the federal court for the District of Nevada renewed a preliminary injunction she issued on March 3, 2023, ordering state prison officials to provide prisoner …
Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction by Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. ch.126 § 12101 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., prisoners who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to reasonable accommodations so they can communicate and …
Brief • November 25, 2022
Ramey v. Parosn, MO, Opinion and Order, Preliminary Injunction, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION CORIONSA RAMEY, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL L. PAROSN, in his official capacity as Governor of Missouri, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • September 27, 2022
Rutherford v. Villanueva, CA, Preliminary Injunctions, Jail Conditions, 2022 Case 2:75-cv-04111-DDP Document 351 Filed 09/27/22 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #:6204 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 11 12 13 14 DENNIS RUTHERFORD, et al., …
Brief • July 19, 2022
Frazier v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum of Law, Injuction, 2022 Case 8:22-cv-01768-PJM Document 2-1 Filed 07/19/22 Page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND GREENBELT DIVISION ROBERT FRAZIER, et al., individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 30, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) to task over a four-year delay …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
D.C. Federal Court Rules District Providing Unlawfully Inadequate Education to Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities, Grants Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 16, 2021, a federal court in the District of Columbia (D.C.) provisionally certified a class of disabled youth incarcerated in D.C. jails who were not …
EPA Slams GEO Over Disinfectant Use at Private Prison, Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction to Stop It by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Environmental Protection Agency issued a report and warning in March 2021 to GEO Group for misuse and abuse of a disinfectant at its ICE Processing Center …
Washington Supreme Court Holds Ongoing Contempt Not Required to Impose Sanctions for Violating Injunction Against Releasing Sex Offender Records by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington held that a trial court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s contempt motion …
Rivas v. Jennings, CA, Order, COVID Negligence, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-02731-VC Document 867 Filed 12/03/20 Page 1 of 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAVID JENNINGS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-02731-VC ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SECOND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Re: …
New York District Court Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Against MCC Brooklyn by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Federal District Court Judge Rachel P. Kovner on June 9, 2020, denied a “preliminary injunction that would release all MDC inmates whose age or medical condition places them at heightened risk from the …
Valentine et al. v. Collier, et al., TX, preliminary injunction order, relief for vulnerable prisoners exposed to COVID-19, 2020 Case 4:20-cv-01115 Document 40 Filed on 04/16/20 in TXSD Page 1 of 5 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON …
Massachusetts Prison Retaliates Against Prisoners for Assault on Guards; Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Class Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss After January 10, 2020, prisoner riot left three guards injured at Massachusetts’ Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC), prisoners and their loved ones said prisoners were subjected to retaliation, losing …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Nationwide Injunction on Trump’s Attempt to Deny ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Federal Funding by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction, enjoining the Trump Administration from denying law enforcement grant funding to “sanctuary cities.” Finding that one …
Jones v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TX, Opinion, Prison Misconduct, Indifference to Serious Medical Needs, 2018 Case: 17-10302 Document: 00514326656 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/29/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 17-10302 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January …
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Oregon Prison Officials Must Provide Post-release Disability Care by An Oregon federal district court issued a preliminary injunction enjoining prison officials from releasing a disabled prisoner without assistance. Oregon state prisoner Steven Fox was an able-bodied person when he entered prison in 2010. Due to the neglect of prison officials, …
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Order, Preliminary Injunction, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00170-HLM Document 40 Filed 01/28/16 Page 1 of 74 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ROME DIVISION MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.: 4: …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Washington Prisoner Granted Injunction Ordering Outside Orthopedic Evaluation by Mark Wilson Washington Prisoner Granted Injunction Ordering Outside Orthopedic Evaluation by Mark Wilson A Washington federal district court issued a preliminary injunction ordering prison officials to have an orthopedic specialist evaluate a prisoner’s shoulder injury. Washington prisoner Shawn Francis began complaining …
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