Agnew v. NYC Dept of Correction, NY, Order to Show Cause, Prison Conditions, 2022 INDEX NO. 813431/2021E FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 05/17/2022 11:24 AM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 126 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/17/2022 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF BRONX I.AS. PART 2 Matter of JOSEPH AGN EW …
Nunez v. City of New York, NY, Action Plan, Jail Conditions, 2022 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 454 Filed 05/17/22 Page 1 of 40 OFFICE OF THE MONITOR NUNEZ, ET AL. V. CITY OF NEW YORK, ET AL. Steve J. Martin Monitor Anna E. Friedberg Deputy Monitor 178 Columbus Avenue, #230842 New …
New Yorkers With Criminal Record Struggle for Approval to Rent Homes by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye It is estimated that in New York City over 750,000 residents have a criminal record. Yet, many policies and housing laws exclude people with past criminal convictions from being able to rent apartments …
Filmmaker Got Back His $69,000 ‘Stolen’ by DEA Agent, Plus a $15,000 Settlement by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead In August 2021, the U.S. Government agreed to pay Keddins Etiennes, an independent filmmaker, a $15,000 settlement, in addition to the approximately $69,000 they previously returned to Etiennes, that DEA Agent …
SCOTUS Announces § 1983 Malicious Prosecution Claim’s ‘Favorable Determination’ Requirement Satisfied by Showing Prosecution Ended Without a Conviction by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of the United States held that the “favorable determination” requirement for a Fourth Amendment claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for malicious prosecution …
News in Brief by Connecticut: On Apr. 15, 2022, a Norwalk police officer of 10 years was arrested of assaulting a family member. WVIT, a news channel serving New Britain, reports that officer Jermaine Nash, 44, was arrested after a call was made to police in the mid-afternoon of the …
New York Court of Appeals: Frye Hearing Required to Determine Admissibility of DNA Evidence Generated by Proprietary Forensic Statistical Tool by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of New York reversed an order of the Appellate Division that had affirmed a trial court’s order denying a hearing …
Weed Now Legal in New Jersey, New Yorkers Cannot Cross State Lines With It by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott You can buy marijuana legally in New Jersey as of Thursday, April 21, 2022, one day after “World Weed Day.” Governor Phil Murphy signed into law three bills defining …
Thanks to Homeowner’s Private Security Camera Catching Cops’ Blatant Misconduct, He’s a Free Man by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Two police officers from Gowanda, New York—Sean Hotnich and Richard Cooper—claimed they got several “key details” wrong in their affidavit supporting a search warrant, as well as in their police …
Government Drones Compromise National Security, yet the NYPD Uses Them by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye Drones produced by a Chinese company, Da Jiang Innovations (“DJI”), have been under scrutiny by the U.S. government for being a potential threat to national security. These same drones however, are being used by …
Bribery and Drug Charges Results in 8 Year Sentence for Former Corrupt NYPD Officer by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman Former NYPD officer Robert Smith, 45, of Plainview, NY, was sentenced to 97 months in prison for accepting bribes and attempting to transport heroin. Smith previously called himself one of …
USA v. Seabrook, NY, Order Denying Part, Federal Fraud, 2022 Case 1:16-cr-00467-AKH Document 439 Filed 04/15/22 Page 1 of 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------- X UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ORDER DENYING HABEAS PETITION IN PART AND ORDERING ADDITIONAL BRIEFING IN PART V. NORMAN SEABROOK, …
In a First of Its Kind Alert, Your Phone Became a Police Radio in Search for Subway Shooter by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James was arrested by law enforcement officials on Wednesday after a city-wide manhunt led police to a McDonald’s in Manhattan’s East …
Thompson v. Annucci, NY, Complaint, Censorship, 2022 Case 1:22-cv-02632 Document 1 Filed 03/31/22 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK HEATHER ANN THOMPSON, PH.D., Plaintiff, v. Case No. ____________________ ANTHONY J. ANNUCCI, as Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; …
A ‘Lucky’ Exoneration in Syracuse by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Before Alice Sebold wrote her New York Times Bestseller, The Lovely Bones, she published a haunting memoir recounting her rape in 1981 when she was a freshman at Syracuse University. The book, Lucky, details not only the experience but …
SCOTUS Rejects ‘Opening the Door’ Rule to Correct ‘Misleading Impression’ as Exception to Confrontation Clause Allowing Admission of Unconfronted Testimonial Hearsay by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In an 8-1 opinion written by Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court of the United States held that a trial court’s admission of unconfronted …
NYPD Using Secret Money for Surveillance Tech by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A public-records request uncovered details about the New York Police Department’s use of a secret fund the agency has been using to purchase surveillance tech. Two civil rights groups, the Legal Aid Society and the Surveillance …
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 …
Second Circuit: District Court Required to Explain Rationale for Reducing Sentence to ‘Time Served’ Under First Step Act but Refused to Reduce Supervised Release Portion of Sentence Despite Being Longer Than New Mandatory Minimum by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated …
Galloway v. County of Nassau, NY, Memorandum Decision and Order, False Imprisonment, 2022 Case 2:19-cv-05026-AMD-JMW Document 154 Filed 03/07/22 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 3502 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------- X : GALLOWAY, : Plaintiff, : MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER – against – : …
