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Brief • July 23, 2025
Johnson v. Dunn, AL, Sanctions Order, Fabricating Citations, 2025 Case 2:21-cv-01701-AMM Document 204 Filed 07/23/25 FILED Page 1 of 51 2025 Jul-23 PM 03:03 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION FRANKIE JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, et al., Defendants. …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Gag Order on Tennessee Attorney for Criticizing CoreCivic Lifted by Judge by Nashville-area attorney Daniel Horwitz will no longer be barred from publicly criticizing a private prison after the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee amended its rules in May 2025.  The development comes three years after …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Rhode Island Prison Chief Wrist-Slapped for Ethics Violation by On August 23, 2024, the Rhode Island Ethics Commission approved an informal resolution and settlement of ethics violation claims against Wayne Salisbury, Director of the state Department of Corrections (DOC). He was fined a mere $200 for failing “to properly disclose …
GOP Michigan County Commissioner Re-elected— and Headed to Federal Prison by Voters in Michigan’s Monroe County returned Mark Brant to the County Commission on November 5, 2024—most not knowing that he was due to report to federal prison. Brant, 68, was sentenced to an 18-month term in federal court for …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Tennessee Attorney Sues Federal Court Over Gag Order in CoreCivic Suit by In a suit filed on September 30, 2024, attorney Daniel Horwitz accused four judges in the federal court for the Middle District of Tennessee of violating his First Amendment rights with a gag order that was issued in …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Allegheny County Settles Suit, Lifts Media Gag Policy for Pittsburgh Jail Employees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 17, 2024, Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County settled a lawsuit brought by a Pittsburgh journalist challenging policies and practices that prevented employees of the county’s Bureau of Corrections (BOC) from speaking about …
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 …
Wellpath Sanctioned for Destroying Evidence in Two Oregon Jail Death Suits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 30, 2024, the federal court for the District of Oregon sanctioned private prison and jail medical contractor Wellpath, LLC for destroying evidence in a suit filed over a detainee death …
Virginia Governor’s Veto Exposes Prisoners Who Took Plea Bargains to Civil Rights Violations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 20, 2024, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed SB 334, a bill passed by state lawmakers to prevent prosecutors and courts from requiring criminal defendants to waive their Fourth …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Bar Complaint Revives 10-Year-Old Question: Why No Charges Filed Against Florida Guards Who Killed Prisoner? by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A dustup between Republican politicians landed in Florida’s Charlotte County Circuit Court on February 15, 2024, when presiding Judge Lisa Porter reserved ruling on disclosure of grand jury …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 13, 2023, Oklahoma’s Court of Criminal Appeals granted a new trial to state prisoner Robert Leon Hashagen III, 60, after finding his trial judge and his prosecuting attorney failed to disclose their …
Brief • January 25, 2024
Gocha A. Ramirez-Agreed Judgment of Probated Suspension-Professional Misconduct, 2024 FILE NO. 202202571 IN THE MATTER OF: § § § § § GOCHA A. RAMIREZ, BAR NO. 16501800 INVESTIGATORY PANEL 12-2 DISTRICT 12 GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE AGREED JUDGMENT OF PROBATED SUSPENSION Parties and Appearance Chief Disciplinary Counsel and Respondent, Gocha A. Ramirez, …
Brief • July 21, 2023
Birch v. Town of New Milford, CT, Ruling and Order on Motions for Summary Judgment, Fabricating Evdience, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT RALTH BIRCH AND SHAWN HENNING, Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:20-cv-1790 (VAB) [rel. No. 3:20-cv-1792 (VAB)] TOWN OF NEW MILFORD et al., Defendants. RULING AND ORDER ON …
Brief • December 12, 2022
Fatai v. City and County of Honolulu, HI, Memorandum Response in Opposition to Dft's Partial MSJ, Fabrication of Evidence, 2022 Case 1:19-cv-00603-DKW-WRP Document 293 Filed 12/12/22 Page 1 of 33 PageID.4958 JENNIFER BROWN, #10885 P.O. Box 8415 Honolulu, HI 96830 (808) 554-5576 jenlbrownlaw@gmail.com DAVID B. OWENS* LOEVY & LOEVY (312) …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
‘They Know No Bounds’: Suffolk County New York Prosecutors Sent to Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The former District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York, Thomas Spota, and his former top assistant, Christopher McPartland, appeared before a sentencing judge in a federal courtroom on August 10, 2021. But …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Declaration of Corene T. Kendrick, Destruction of Evidence, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4188 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Victoria López (Bar No. 330042)* Jared G. Keenan (Bar No. 027068) ACLU FOUNDATION …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Exhibits to the Declaration of Corene T. Kendrick, Destruction of Evidence, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4188-1 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 81 Index of Exhibits to the Declaration of Corene T. Kendrick Exhibit Description 1 A true and correct copy of an email from Corene Kendrick …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Motion for Sanctions, Destruction of Evidence, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4187 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Victoria López (Bar No. 330042)* Jared G. Keenan (Bar No. 027068) ACLU FOUNDATION OF …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Florida Supreme Court Disbars Attorney For Making Sex Films in Jail Visiting Room by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of Florida disbarred a lawyer who pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to multiple instances of making pornographic movies with female prisoners …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Plea Bargaining
How to Be a Better Plea Bargainer HOW TO BE A BETTER PLEA BARGAINER Cynthia Alkon* and Andrea Kupfer Schneider** INTRODUCTION You are a public defender or a prosecutor and have a pile of cases to handle in court today. All of the parties involved, including the judge, expect most …
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