Washington Racks Up More Than $98 Million in Fines for Failure to Timely Hold Competency Hearings by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In 2018, the State of Washington reached a settlement to reform its forensic health system. [See: PLN, Aug. 2017, p.22; May 2019, p.54.] As part of the settlement, ...

Seventh Circuit Says Fourth Amendment Does Not Require Bail Hearing Within 48 Hours of Arrest by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart In a decision handed down on June 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found no Fourth Amendment violation for a group of protestors arrested ...

Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Lawsuit For CoreCivic Causing BOP Detainee’s Prolonged Detention Without Court Appearance or Attorney by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 28, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Corrections Corporation of America (now known as CoreCivic) was ...

“We Want Court dates!” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders According to the protestors, conditions at the local lockup have become intolerable. On April 4, 2021, at approximately 8:30 p.m. detainees at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) covered security cameras, smashed windows, threw furniture out onto the street ...

Minor v. Appell, IL, Motion, Depose Counsel, 2017. 2:17-cv-02008-JES # 27 E-FILED Page 1 of 7 Monday, 04 December, 2017 03:19:57 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS URBANA DIVISION Marcus Minor, Plaintiff, -vsAndrew Appell and Kevin Long, Defendants. ...

Trowbridge v. Cuomo, NY, Class Action Complaint, Delays in Misdemeanor Trials, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-03455 Document 1 Filed 05/10/16 Page 1 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHRISTOPHER TROWBRIDGE, MICHAEL TORRES, RONNIE PAGAN, and JUAN ORTIZ, individually and on behalf of a class of all others ...