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Moye v. Butler, AL, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Care, 2023
Brief • February 3, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Moye v. Butler, AL, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Care, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-00026-JB-B Document 24 Filed 02/03/23 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 107 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION CANYON DUFF MOYE, AIS #319956; Plaintiff, v. REOSHA BUTLER; MARY COOKS; WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCE, …
News in Brief
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WBMA in Birmingham reported that a former probation officer in Fayette County was convicted of sexual misconduct on Dec. 8, 2022. The former officer, Michael Steven Painter, 51, was found guilty on charges of using his office for personal gain and custodial sexual misconduct — …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Court documents revealed the week of Oct. 3, 2022, show that a former Brookside police chief, Mike Jones, was indicted by a grand jury for speeding and impersonating an officer. AL.com reported that Jones had resigned from his post as the town’s Chief of Police …
News in Brief
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 4, 2022, the Vincent City Council voted to fully dissolve the city’s police force after racist text messages by a top officer were discovered, CNN reported. The city is home to about 2,000 residents and until the vote by the council, had just …
SCOTUS Announces Government Must Prove Physicians in § 841 Prosecutions ‘Knowingly and Intentionally’ Exceeded Their Authorization to Prescribe Controlled Substances, Such as Opioids
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
Filed under: Knowingly and Intelligently, Jury Instructions in Jury Room, Drug Equivalency Tables
SCOTUS Announces Government Must Prove Physicians in § 841 Prosecutions ‘Knowingly and Intentionally’ Exceeded Their Authorization to Prescribe Controlled Substances, Such as Opioids by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) held that 28 U.S.C. § 841’s “knowingly or intentionally” mens rea requirement applies …
News in Brief
Article • March 15, 2022 • from CLN April, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Techdirt reports that police in Brookside have routinely violated the law in traffic enforcement. By early February 2022, it was clear that the local police department in the small town had been racking up staggering amounts of income in traffic fines, receiving more than $600,000 …
Rogue Alabama Police Department That Preyed on Motorists Condemned Even by Fellow Cops for Extorting Motorists
Article • February 21, 2022
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Bribery/Extortion/Theft
Rogue Alabama Police Department That Preyed on Motorists Condemned Even by Fellow Cops for Extorting Motorists by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In nightmarish tale from Alabama, a small town’s police department lead by a new police chief hell bent on padding his department’s revenue near the state’s …
News in Brief
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On December 21, 2021, two former police officers in West Blocton, Alabama, were arrested and charged with sexual assault. According to WBRC, a news station serving Birmingham, the Tuscaloosa Police Department announced that the former officers, Craig Baird Arnold, 49, and Brian Keith Whatley, 50, …
U.S. DOJ Investigation of Manson Youth Institution
Publication • December 21, 2021
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders
U.S. DOJ Investigation of Manson Youth Institution U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - RFK Washington, DC 20530 December 21, 2021 The Honorable Ned Lamont Governor of Connecticut State Capitol 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 RE: Investigation of Manson Youth Institution …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2021 • from CLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama cop convicted of murdering a mentally ill and suicidal man in his own home reported to a state prison in Montgomery on September 6, 2021, to begin serving a 25-year sentence he received for the crime, according to Huntsville TV station WAFF. …
SCOTUS Reinstates Death Sentence Reversed by Eleventh Circuit
Article • October 15, 2021 • from CLN November, 2021
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
SCOTUS Reinstates Death Sentence Reversed by Eleventh Circuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of the United States reinstated the death sentence of an Alabama man who had been convicted of murder. The Eleventh Circuit had reversed, in part, the conviction based on the incorrect claim that …
SCOTUS Reinstates Death Sentence Reversed by Eleventh Circuit
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Mental Health
SCOTUS Reinstates Death Sentence Reversed by Eleventh Circuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of the U.S. reinstated the death sentence of an Alabama man who had been convicted of murder. The Eleventh Circuit had reversed, in part, the conviction based on the incorrect claim that Alabama …
New Video Shows Suicidal Man’s Murder That AL Cop Was Convicted Of
Article • September 10, 2021
Filed under: Shootings, Suicides
New Video Shows Suicidal Man’s Murder That AL Cop Was Convicted Of by Graphic footage from the body camera of an Alabama cop convicted of killing an armed and suicidal man in his own home was released on August 27, 2021. The video covers the roughly one-minute time-span after 28-year-old …
Unjust Civil Asset Forfeiture in Phenix City, Alabama
Article • July 15, 2021 • from CLN August, 2021
Unjust Civil Asset Forfeiture in Phenix City, Alabama by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Civil asset forfeiture (“CAF”) began as a legal way to take oceangoing vessels from owners who allowed their ships to violate customs regulations, laws, or outright contraband smuggling. After the first declaration of the war on …
News in Brief
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: An Alabama state trooper arrested on April 27, 2021 for sexually abusing a child had been fired from the FBI for sexual misconduct before he was ever hired in Alabama, fooling the state Law Enforcment Agency (ALEA) with a letter of recommendation that was apparently …
Alabama Supreme Court Announces Testimony About Cell-Site Location Data Is ‘Scientific’ Expert Testimony, Not Lay, Triggering Daubert Analysis
Article • March 15, 2021 • from CLN April, 2021
Filed under: Cell-Site-Location Records, Expert and Opinion Testimony
Alabama Supreme Court Announces Testimony About Cell-Site Location Data Is ‘Scientific’ Expert Testimony, Not Lay, Triggering Daubert Analysis by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso In its January 8, 2021, opinion, the Supreme Court of Alabama held that a law enforcement agent’s testimony about how historical cell-site data could be used …
Eleventh Circuit: Private Probation Company With Financial Interest in its Sentencing Decisions Violates Due Process
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Contractor Liability, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release
Eleventh Circuit: Private Probation Company With Financial Interest in its Sentencing Decisions Violates Due Process by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held Private Probation Services, Inc., (“PPS”) acted in a quasi-judicial capacity by making sentencing decisions and that it was …
Data Expose Demographics of Police Dog Bites
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Men, Dogs, Racial Profiling
Data Expose Demographics of Police Dog Bites by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Stories about unarmed Black men shot by police make the news, a merciless backdrop against which the conflicts between social justice activists and champions of the status quo play out. The shootings can distract public attention from …
Eleventh Circuit: District Court ‘Mischaracterizing’ Habeas Claim Left Claim Unresolved in Violation of Clisby, Requiring Remand
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: Habeas Corpus, De Novo Resentencing, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings
Eleventh Circuit: District Court ‘Mischaracterizing’ Habeas Claim Left Claim Unresolved in Violation of Clisby, Requiring Remand by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case reiterating the Court’s hard rule that every claim must be addressed in a habeas petition before it is disposed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for …
US v. State of Alabama, AL, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2020
Brief • December 9, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
US v. State of Alabama, AL, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2020 FILED Case 2:20-cv-01971-JHE Document 1 Filed 12/09/20 Page 1 of 24 2020 Dec-09 PM 04:28 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISIRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRTCT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION ) ) ) ) …
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