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Waller v. City of Nogales, AZ, Opposition to Nogales Dft's Motion for Summary Judgment, Excessive Force, 2023

Brief • September 15, 2023

Filed under: Excessive Force

Waller v. City of Nogales, AZ, Opposition to Nogales Dft's Motion for Summary Judgment, Excessive Force, 2023 1 2 3 4 5 Paul Gattone Arizona Bar # 012482 LAW OFFICE OF PAUL GATTONE 301 S. Convent Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 623-1922 Attorney for Plaintiff 6 IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT …

Arizona Blowfly Database Develops Empirical Support for Time of Death Estimation

Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023

Filed under: junk science, Death/Bodily Injury

Arizona Blowfly Database Develops Empirical Support for Time of Death Estimation by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A research project in Arizona seeks to develop support for a method of determining time of death by cataloging information about blowfly species. The gases emitted by a corpse can attract nearby …

Ninth Circuit Announces State Habeas Petition Remains ‘Pending’ for Purposes of AEDPA 1-Year SOL While State Relief Remains Open Regardless of Whether Petitioner Utilizes It

Article • August 1, 2023 • from CLN August, 2023

Filed under: AEDPA

Ninth Circuit Announces State Habeas Petition Remains ‘Pending’ for Purposes of AEDPA 1-Year SOL While State Relief Remains Open Regardless of Whether Petitioner Utilizes It by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a postconviction relief (“PCR”) application in Arizona is …

Arizona Supreme Court Announces ‘Person’ in Self-Defense Statute Applies Only to Defendant, Not Victim as Well

Article • August 1, 2023 • from CLN August, 2023

Filed under: Victims - Generally

Arizona Supreme Court Announces ‘Person’ in Self-Defense Statute Applies Only to Defendant, Not Victim as Well by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Arizona held that the word “person” in the state’s self-defense justification statute, A.R.S. § 13-404(A), applies only to a defendant’s conduct, not the victim’s …

Email U.S. DOJ-Civil Rights Division-US Findings Amd Conclusions of Investigation of the State of Arizona DOC, July 2023

Publication • July 19, 2023

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act

Email U.S. DOJ-Civil Rights Division-US Findings Amd Conclusions of Investigation of the State of Arizona DOC, July 2023 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section 4 Constitution Square 150 M St., NE Washington, DC 20530 July 19, 2023 VIA EMAIL Ryan Thornell, Director Ashley Oddo, General Counsel …

Arizona Wants to TRAC Your Financial Transactions

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

Filed under: Police State-Surveillance, Domestic Financial Institution

Arizona Wants to TRAC Your Financial Transactions by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The State of Arizona’s Attorney General, together with the Phoenix Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations, has collected more than 145 million records of private financial transactions — and that number …

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order Granting Attorneys’ Fees on Appeal, PLN Censorship, 2023

Filing • March 21, 2023

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order Granting Attorneys’ Fees on Appeal, PLN Censorship, 2023 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 364 Filed 03/21/23 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FILED MAR 21 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a …

SCOTUS: Arizona Supreme Court’s Interpretation of State Procedural Rule so ‘Novel and Unforeseeable’ It’s Not ‘Adequate’ to Preclude SCOTUS Review of Federal Death-Penalty Claim

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

Filed under: Death Penalty, Procedural Default/Error

SCOTUS: Arizona Supreme Court’s Interpretation of State Procedural Rule so ‘Novel and Unforeseeable’ It’s Not ‘Adequate’ to Preclude SCOTUS Review of Federal Death-Penalty Claim by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In a 5-4 decision written by Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Arizona Supreme …

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order on Remand, PLN Censorship, 2023

Filing • January 26, 2023

Filed under: Injunctions, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order on Remand, PLN Censorship, 2023 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 362 Filed 01/26/23 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Prison Legal News, Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 …

Arizona Supreme Court Announces Jury Unanimity Required Regarding Narcotic Type Under Possession Statute

Article • December 15, 2022 • from CLN January, 2023

Filed under: Drug Possession versus Drug Trafficking

Arizona Supreme Court Announces Jury Unanimity Required Regarding Narcotic Type Under Possession Statute by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Arizona held that “the identity of an alleged narcotic drug is an element of ARS § 13-3408, and therefore jury unanimity is required.” Jorge Romero-Millan, Ernesto Hernandez …

News in Brief

Article • December 15, 2022 • from CLN January, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: A police officer in Scottsdale was arrested on Nov. 4, 2022, after allegedly causing a car crash while intoxicated. AZFamily reported that officer Michael Lanouar, a police detective, was taken into custody on suspicion that he had been driving a city-leased car while under the …

Bossardet v. Centurion Healthcare, AZ, Expert Report-Thomas Fowlkes, Medical Care Claims, 2022

Brief • November 28, 2022

Filed under: Medical Records

Bossardet v. Centurion Healthcare, AZ, Expert Report-Thomas Fowlkes, Medical Care Claims, 2022 LAW OFFICES BROENING OBERG WOODS & WILSON Professional Corporation Address: 2800 North Central Avenue, Suite 1600 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (602) 271-7700 Fax (602) 258-7785 Website: www.bowwlaw.com SARAH L. BARNES (602) 271-7793 slb@bowwlaw.com November 28, 2022 Stacy Scheff LAW …

CBP Deploys Surveillance Blimp Over Nogales, Arizona

Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022

CBP Deploys Surveillance Blimp Over Nogales, Arizona by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Customs and Border Patrol (“CBP”) launched its 17th surveillance blimp in June 2022, this time in a stationary location over Nogales, Arizona. CBP put out a press release about the blimp the day before it was …

Arizona Naphcare Proposal, Oct. 2022

Publication • October 1, 2022

Filed under: Naphcare

Arizona Naphcare Proposal, Oct. 2022 Solicitation Amendment No. 18 State of Arizona Attachment I Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry Procurement Services l645WJefferson Street Phoenix. AZ 85007 Offer and Acceptance Form Solicitation No. BPM003905 Inmate Correctional Healthcare SUBMISSION OF OFFER: Undersigned hereby offers and agrees to provide Inmate Correctional Healthcare …

Federal Judge Rules Arizona Law Making It Illegal to Film Cops Within 8 Feet Is Unnecessary

Article • September 26, 2022

Filed under: Police Misconduct, First Amendment, rights, Recordings

Federal Judge Rules Arizona Law Making It Illegal to Film Cops Within 8 Feet Is Unnecessary by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge John J. Tuci issued a temporary injunction to halt recently passed HB 2319 writing “the Court fails to see how …

Arizona Law Limits Free Speech by Allowing Police to Verbally Create a No Recording Perimeter

Article • July 20, 2022

Filed under: Videotaping, Protected Speech

Arizona Law Limits Free Speech by Allowing Police to Verbally Create a No Recording Perimeter by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed House Bill 2319 into law on July 13, 2002, making it a misdemeanor offense to record police within eight feet of where law enforcement …

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Ninth Circuit Opinion, PLN Censorship, 2022

Filing • July 8, 2022

Filed under: Sexually Explicit Materials, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Ninth Circuit Opinion, PLN Censorship, 2022 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 341-1 Filed 08/01/22 Page 1 of 28 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of: other Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES L. RYAN, in …

Powers v. McNutt, AZ, Settlement, Lack of Medical Care, 2022

Brief • June 24, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Treat

Powers v. McNutt, AZ, Settlement, Lack of Medical Care, 2022 SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INDEMNITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT fVHERJ.:'AS, Edmund Powers. (hereinatler the ··PLAINTIFF"'), initiated a lawsuit, which is currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona under Case No. CV-20-01597-PHX-GMS (JZB) (the ··Lawsuit''). relating to various …

SCOTUS: No Procedural-Default Exceptions to Excuse Federal Habeas Evidentiary Hearing Bar

Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022

Filed under: Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings), AEDPA, Procedural Default/Error

SCOTUS: No Procedural-Default Exceptions to Excuse Federal Habeas Evidentiary Hearing Bar by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In yet another case further limiting the federal habeas corpus remedy, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) held on May 23, 2022, that post-conviction counsel’s failure to develop a meritorious claim …

The Journal of Civic Information-Behind Bars Secrecy in Arizona's Private Prisons, Sept 2022

Publication • 2022

Filed under: Private Prisons

The Journal of Civic Information-Behind Bars Secrecy in Arizona's Private Prisons, Sept 2022 Petroff, Prison Labor Records, JCI, Vol. 4, No. 2: 1-16 (September 2022) the journal of c1v1c The Journal of Civic Information NFO Volume 4 | Number 2 September 2022 Journal homepage: https://journals.flvc.org/civic/ ISSN (online): 2641-970X Behind Bars: …