More from this issue:

1. Judge Not: Judges Benched for Personal Misconduct
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. FedCURE Entitled to Fee Waiver for FOIA Request, by Brandon Sample
4. Violence on the Rise in BOP Facilities, by Brandon Sample
5. Judge Sonia Sotomayor Denied My Appeal and I Spent 16 Years in Prison for a Crime I Didn’t Commit, by Jeffrey Deskovic
6. Oregon Prosecutes Teen to Avoid Liability; Bizarre 2 1/2 Year Legal Battle Ends, by Mark Wilson
7. A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School, by Todd Matthews
8. Florida’s Private Prisons Still Lack Meaningful Oversight, by David Reutter
9. Motions to Oust California Prison System’s Federal Healthcare Receiver Denied, by John Dannenberg
10. 15 Guards Charged with Assaulting Maryland Prisoners, by David Reutter
11. Oregon’s Criminal Justice Economic Recovery Plan: Keep Digging!, by Mark Wilson
12. Indiana Lifelong Violent Offender Registration Preliminary Injunction Upheld in Part
13. $1,423,127 in Attorney Fees Awarded in Taser Suit; Damages Reduced
14. Report Recommends Lawmakers Reinstate College Programs in Prison, by David Reutter
15. Report Concludes Hispanics Receiving a Greater Share of Federal Sentences, by David Reutter
16. Improper Classification that Resulted in Seattle Jail Beating Settles for $37,500
17. Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The U.S.A., by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Published by City Lights Publishers, ISBN 978-0-8728646-9-6; 286 Pages; $16.95, by Gary Hunter
18. Reopened Abu Ghraib Prison Haunted by its Past
19. $10,000 Settlement for Bunk Bed Railing Hitting Prisoner
20. $2.1 Million Award in California Prisoner’s Choking Death
21. Poaching Boast Lands Oregon Prison Guard in Hot Water; Pulls State Trooper Father Down with Him, by Mark Wilson
22. Utah Evaluates Drug Program Pilot; Recommends Further Evaluation, by David Reutter
23. $100,000 Settlement in Illegal Imprisonment Caused by Massachusetts’ Failure to Implement Court Order, by David Reutter
24. Vermont Supreme Court: “Nutraloaf” Diet Is Punishment that Requires Hearing
25. Ohio Parole Authority Ordered to Grant Hearings that Provide Meaningful Parole Consideration, by David Reutter
26. $250,000 Award in Mississippi False Imprisonment Suit
27. Vendor Crushed by Seattle Jail Door Receives $43,525 for Injuries
28. Study Shows Few Texas Prisoners Transition Well to Community HIV Treatment
29. Highest Criminal Appeals Judge in Texas Faces Removal Hearing
30. Audit Report Finds Michigan Prisoner Transportation System Wasteful, by David Reutter
31. Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Alleging Excessive Force, Retaliation and Inadequate Medical Care; Settles for $15,000
32. Seventh Circuit Vacates Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute; $50,000 + Fees Awarded Following Remand
33. Illinois Court of Appeals: Prisoner Has Standing to Sue Ameritech for Fraud
34. AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Three Public Records Cases
35. Colorado Florists Decry Prison Retail Flower Business, by David Reutter
36. Missouri Public Defenders Not Immune from Client Suits
37. OK Prisoners Released from Custody Despite Deportation Detainers
38. Allowing Others to Attack Prisoner, Making Credible Death Threats, Labeling Prisoner a Snitch Violate Eighth Amendment
39. Nebraska: Tape-Recorded, Restricted-Calling Prison Telephone System Passes Constitutional Muster, by John Dannenberg
40. Absent Claim for Emotional Damages, Prisoner’s Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege Remains Intact
41. Prolonged Bench Restraint and Excessive Pepper Spraying Requires Trial
42. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Environmental Tobacco Smoke Suit, by Matthew Clarke
43. Federal Prison Guards’ Convictions Affirmed in Sex Scandal, by David Reutter
44. $150,000 Settlement In Missouri Jail Suicide Suit
45. First Circuit Upholds BOP’s Discretion to Limit Halfway House Placement
46. Ninth Circuit: Orange County Jail Violated Ad Seg Prisoners’ ADA, Religious and Exercise Rights, by John Dannenberg
47. Fourth Circuit Upholds Prisoner Exclusion in Virginia FOIA
48. Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Challenge to Florida DOC Ban on Pen Pal Requests
49. Eleventh Circuit Unpublished Decision on PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirements Trumped by Published Ruling
50. Ohio Supreme Court Rules Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Not Retroactive, by Matthew Clarke
51. Denial of Bedding, Clothes to Florida Prisoner States Claim
52. News in Brief:
53. Alabama Raises Rates Charged for Prisoner Labor
54. District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement

More from these topics:

• Eleventh Circuit Tells BOP Prisoner in Georgia: Bivens Is On “Endangered Species List”, Feb. 15, 2025. Staffing, Immunity/Liability, Staff Training, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions.
• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• ICE’s Deadly Force Problem: A Culture of Impunity, Nov. 1, 2024. Immunity/Liability, Excessive Force (Police), Immigration Law/Offenses.