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Estate of Travis Banks v. Compton, AL, Complaint, Excessive Force-Wrongful Death, 2023

Brief • April 19, 2023

Filed under: Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Estate of Travis Banks v. Compton, AL, Complaint, Excessive Force-Wrongful Death, 2023 FILED Case 4:22-cv-00002-ACA Document 63 Filed 04/19/23 Page 1 of 22 2023 Apr-19 PM 11:26 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA MIDDLE DIVISION ANISSA BANKS, as Administrator of …

News in Brief

Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: It was announced by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 20, 2023, that a police officer in Madison was arrested, accused of sexual misconduct. AL.com and WHNT in northern Alabama reported that the officer, Kevin Walter, 35, was arrested on Feb. …

News in Brief

Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023

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News in Brief by Alabama: The DOJ Civil Rights Division announced on Oct. 21, 2022, that a former sheriff’s deputy in Dallas County was charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in the middle of the day on Jan. 30, 2020. The Miami Herald reported that the then-active deputy, …

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 …