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Arizona DOC - Request for Proposals for Private Prison Facility 2021

Publication • 2021

Filed under: Private Prisons

Arizona DOC - Request for Proposals for Private Prison Facility 2021 - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS State of Arliona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry 1645 W. Jefferson St. Phoenix, AZ. 85007 Solicitation No.: BPM003512 / ADCRR Ref: 21-109-26 Description: 2,706 Medium and Close Custody Contract Beds In accordance with A.R.S. …

News in Brief

Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: A week after he was shot chasing a suspect, an off-duty police officer from Alberquerque, New Mexico, was arrested on February 21, 2021, for aggravated DWI. According to a report by local TV station KRQE, Officer Fouad Cherair, 29, was found by police in the …

News in Brief

Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: The family of 40-year-old Ryan Whitaker, who was fatally shot in the back by a police officer investigating a noise complaint, settled in December 2020 with the city of Phoenix for $3 million by unanimous City Council vote. Whitaker was shot in the doorway of …

SCOTUS Vacates Grant of Habeas Relief, Citing Habeas ‘Deference’ to State Court Decisions

Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021

Filed under: Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Mitigating Role/Circumstances/Evidence

SCOTUS Vacates Grant of Habeas Relief, Citing Habeas ‘Deference’ to State Court Decisions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a decision highlighting the deference to state court decisions under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”), the Supreme Court of the United States held on December 14, 2020, …

Ninth Circuit: District Court Abdicated Daubert Gatekeeping Function by Failing to Make Reliability Findings on Expert Witness’ Testimony

Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021

Filed under: Reliability of Evidence/Testimony, Expert and Opinion Testimony

Ninth Circuit: District Court Abdicated Daubert Gatekeeping Function by Failing to Make Reliability Findings on Expert Witness’ Testimony by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona failed in its gatekeeping function …

Arizona Supreme Court: Stipulated Plea Agreement Cannot Bar Review of Illegal Sentence

Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021

Filed under: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Appellate Jurisdiction/Review, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas

Arizona Supreme Court: Stipulated Plea Agreement Cannot Bar Review of Illegal Sentence by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Arizona held that the Court of Appeals “erred by effectively eliminating a defendant’s right to appeal a probation revocation sentence consistent with a plea agreement stipulation.” The …

Arizona Supreme Court Declares Gang-Association Statute Unconstitutional

Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020

Filed under: Notice of Unconstitutionality, Gangs

Arizona Supreme Court Declares Gang-Association Statute Unconstitutional by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Arizona held on September 1, 2020, that a statute increasing a misdemeanor charge to a felony for merely being part of a gang is unconstitutional on its face as a violation of substantive …

Gladney v. Shartle et al, AZ, Motion by HRDC to Unseal, 2020

Filing • September 22, 2020

Filed under: PLN Litigation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Gladney v. Shartle et al, AZ, Motion by HRDC to Unseal, 2020 Gregg P. Leslie, Gregg.Leslie@asu.edu, Bar # 035040 * Ryan Lee, rdlee4@asu.edu ** First Amendment Clinic, Public Interest Law Firm Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law 111 E. Taylor St., Mail Code 8820, Phoenix, AZ 85004 …

Arizona Supreme Court Announces Cumulative Error Framework for Reviewing Multiple Instances of Prosecutorial Misconduct

Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020

Filed under: Prosecutorial Misconduct, Cumulative Error

Arizona Supreme Court Announces Cumulative Error Framework for Reviewing Multiple Instances of Prosecutorial Misconduct by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Arizona announced a cumulative error framework for when an appellant claims he was denied a fair trial due to the cumulative effect of multiple instances of …

News in Brief

Article • August 15, 2020 • from CLN September, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: Mariah Valenzuela has filed legal notices against the city of Phoenix and Maricopa County over Phoenix police officer Michael McGillis’ use of force during a January 16, 2020 traffic stop, abc15.com reports. The officer, driving a white van, stopped Valenzuela for allegedly veering across the …

Smith v. Domitrovich, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2020

Brief • June 26, 2020

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)

Smith v. Domitrovich, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2020 Case 4:18-cv-00323-RCC Document 103 Filed 06/26/20 Page 1 of 73 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gail K. Johnson, admitted pro hac vice Colorado State Bar No. 29703 Aurora L. Randolph, admitted pro hac vice Colorado State Bar …

Arizona Dept of Corrections, Capital Projects Funding Performance Audit, 2020

Publication • 2020

Filed under: Corrections Audits

Arizona Dept of Corrections, Capital Projects Funding Performance Audit, 2020 Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Capital Projects Funding and Department Finances Department spending we reviewed was consistent with statutory and other requirements, but the Department has received a small percentage of its requested capital funding and has not …

News in Brief

Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: Tucson has a new ordinance topunish those who fail to stay outside designated crime scene perimeters, the Tucson Star reports. The law aims to halt “cop haters” with cameras, but the potential fallout is a stifling of First Amendment rights. While people should not provoke …

A Mass Purge of Misconduct Records by Phoenix, Arizona Police

Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020

Filed under: Exemption 7

A Mass Purge of Misconduct Records by Phoenix, Arizona Police by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Few people realize that Phoenix police regularly “purge” the disciplinary records of police, an Arizona Republic investigation uncovered. And it’s been going on for two decades. The Republic uncovered “more than 600 acts of …

News in Brief

Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: A sheriff’s deputy who roughed up a 15-year-old quadruple amputee during an arrest at a state-operated group home in September 2019 will not face excessive use of force charges, the Pima County Attorney’s Office announced March 10, 2020. “The teen, in a group home after …

Hawai’i Supreme Court: Time Spent in Arizona Prison Counts Toward Speedy Trial Rule in Hawai’i

Article • February 18, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020

Filed under: Trials

Hawai’i Supreme Court: Time Spent in Arizona Prison Counts Toward Speedy Trial Rule in Hawai’i by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Supreme Court of Hawai’i held that a defendant’s time spent in the custody of the State, though he was in a mainland prison in Arizona, did not make …

Hundreds of Cop Shootings Yearly in Arizona

Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020

Filed under: Shootings, Police

Hundreds of Cop Shootings Yearly in Arizona by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Arizona is known for the antics of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio. A hard-liner on crime, Arpaio was constantly harsh on prisoners, often to an unconstitutional extent. An alarming, statistically backed report compiled by the Arizona …

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order re Injunction, PLN Censorship, 2019

Filing • November 6, 2019

Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation

Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order re Injunction, PLN Censorship, 2019 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 305 Filed 11/06/19 Page 1 of 3 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 …

Marc Stern, M.D., M.P.H. - Report to the Court in the Matter of Parsons v. Ryan, et al., 2019

Publication • October 2, 2019

Filed under: Corizon, Medication, Medical Records, Eighth Amendment, Mental Health, Suicides

Marc Stern, M.D., M.P.H. - Report to the Court in the Matter of Parsons v. Ryan, et al., 2019 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 3379 Filed 10/04/19 Page 1 of 138 Report to the Court in the Matter of Parsons v. Ryan, et al. Marc F. Stern, MD, MPH Federal Rule 706 …

AZ Yuma County - Legacy Contract 2016-2017

Kickback publication • July 17, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

AZ Yuma County - Legacy Contract 2016-2017 ~ Legaoy Inmate ~ Communicat1ons Inmate Communicati on Serv ice Agreement , This Agreement is made this the 2.Sll-day of s:f~l~ 2016, by and between Legacy Inmate Communications a dba of Lega y Long Distance International, Inc. ("Legacy" or "the Company") with principal …