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Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages for Future Lost Income More Easily by David Reutter On January 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of Oregon held that prisoners seeking to state a claim for economic damages in the form of future lost income need not plead an “enforceable right” to …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Georgia Prisoner Accused of Running $3.5 Million “Protection” Racket by Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner Asaad Amir Hasuan, 43—also known as “Dante Frederick”—was indicted by a federal grand jury in Delaware on November 14, 2024, for allegedly scamming at least $3.5 million from friends and loved ones of fellow …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Fourth Circuit Reinstates HRDC’s RICO Claim Against Securus and ViaPath by On June 4, 2023, a request for a rehearing en banc before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit was denied in a suit accusing prison telecom providers Securus Technologies and Global Tel*Link (GTL)—now known as …
Article • April 26, 2024
Fourth Circuit Finds No Defamation for Inaccurate Media Reporting of Criminal Record of Former Federal Prisoner in West Virginia by After a 2010 explosion killed 29 miners at a Massey Energy Company coal mine in West Virginia, CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of conspiracy to violate federal mine safety regulations …
Texas Fights Fetal Rights After Forcing Prison Guard to Stay At Work Until She Delivered Stillborn Baby by by Matt Clarke On August 18, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Texas granted defendant officials with the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) only partial dismissal of a …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Gun Safety Group Defeats Re-Election of “Constitutional Sheriff” in Massachusetts by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In the November 2022 elections, voters elected a new sheriff in Bristol County, Massachusetts: Democrat Paul Heroux defeated his Republican opponent, Sheriff Tom Hodgson. The local race garnered national headlines, not just because Heroux, …
Brief • March 14, 2023
Filed under: Defamation
Burns v. Hu, NY, Decision and Order, Defamation, 2023 INDEX NO. 512267/2021 FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 03/14/2023 12:41 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 69 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/14/2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS -----------------------------------------------------------------X ISRAEL BURNS (a/k/a ACE B RNS), Index Plaintiff, o. 512267/202 l - …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Protective Order Issued in Florida Solitary Confinement Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court granted a protective order to protect “putative class members from retaliatory, chilling, or harassing conduct” and to prohibit “Defendants from improperly communicating with putative class members about th[e] lawsuit.” The …
Attorney Fees Awarded Against CoreCivic After Defamation Suit Dismissed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A California federal district court held that CoreCivic, Inc., must pay attorney fees in a defamation lawsuit. The court held the calculation of fees in abeyance until the resolution of appeals related to the …
Corecivic v. Candide Group, CA, Order Granting Attorney's Fees, Defamation, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-03792-WHA Document 85 Filed 04/06/21 Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 9 CORECIVIC INC, Plaintiff, 10 United States District Court Northern District of California …
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Nexus Services, VA, Complaint, Deceptive and Threatening Practices, 2021 Case 5:21-cv-00016-EKD Document 1 Filed 02/22/21 Page 1 of 49 Pageid#: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Harrisonburg Division CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU; COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; THE PEOPLE OF …
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Gun Laws/Crimes, Firearms
Wyoming Law Review-The Historical Justification for Prohibiting Dangerous Persons From Possessing Arms-2020 Wyoming Law Review Volume 20 Number 2 Article 7 2020 The Historical Justification for Prohibiting Dangerous Persons from Possessing Arms Joseph G.S. Greenlee Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/wlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Greenlee, …
Brief • May 9, 2019
Filed under: Defamation
Bremner v. Bush, NY, Memo in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Disqualify Counsel, Defamation, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS -----------------------------------------------------------------X JONATHAN BREMNER, LUCID STUDIOS, LLC, and ROBYN SKY, Plaintiffs, - against - Hon. Paul Wooten, J.S.C. Motion Sequence No. 003 CHARLOTTE BUSH, Index …
People v. Aledamat, CA, Appeal, Definition of Deadly Weapon, 2018 Filed 3/1/18 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, B282911 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA451225) v. YAZAN ALEDAMAT, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL …
Brief • February 16, 2018
Widdison v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Definition Scope, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2018 WY 18 OCTOBER TERM, A.D. 2017 February 16, 2018 MISTY LYNN WIDDISON, Appellant (Defendant), v. S-17-0138 THE STATE OF WYOMING, Appellee (Plaintiff). Appeal from the District Court of Uinta County The Honorable Joseph B. …
Brief • January 1, 2018
People v. Carlos, CA, Appeal, Sexual Battery, 2018 Filed 1/25/18 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re CARLOS C., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. A150737 CARLOS C., …
State of Iowa v. Clemens, IA, Appeal Brief, Aggravated Misdemeanors, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 16–2087 Filed October 27, 2017 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. BRIAN PATRICK CLEMENS, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Mahaska County, Randy DeGeest, Judge. An individual appeals the denial of …
Publication • 2017
Filed under: Gun Laws/Crimes
Gun Law History in the United States and Second Amendment Rights-Robert Spitzer, 2017 SPITZER_PROOF (DO NOT DELETE) 4/28/2017 12:07 PM GUN LAW HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES AND SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ROBERT J. SPITZER* I INTRODUCTION In its important and controversial 2008 decision on the meaning of the Second Amendment, …
Brief • July 6, 2016
U.S. v. Chaker, CA, Opinion, Harassment, 2016 FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 06 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 15-50138 D.C. No. 3:15-cr-07012-LAB-1 v. MEMORANDUM* DARREN DAVID CHAKER, AKA Darren …
Publication • June 13, 2016
Post-Dukes cases certifying classes of persons in prisons, jails, Post-Dukes, 2016 Post-Dukes cases certifying classes of persons in prisons, jails, and other institutional settings First Circuit Gordon v. Johnson, 300 F.R.D. 28 (D. Mass. 2014) Reid v. Donelan, 297 F.R.D. 185 (D. Mass. 2014) Kenneth R. ex rel. Tri-County CAP, …
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