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HRDC v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2025

Filing • August 5, 2025

Filed under: Public Records Act

HRDC v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2025 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/5/2025 10:49 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Alitzah F Garcia STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …

HRDC v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2025

Brief • August 5, 2025

Filed under: Public Records Act

HRDC v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2025 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/5/2025 10:49 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Alitzah F Garcia STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …

News in Brief

Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025

Filed under: Assault by Police, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Stun Guns/Tasers, Immigration, False Arrest, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of

News in Brief by Alabama: Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith faces six misdemeanor counts after a grand jury indicted him on May 30, 2025, for knowingly employing uncertified personnel. WBRC in Birmingham reported that Smith’s second-in-command, Chief Deputy Ralph Williams, was also indicted on one count of providing false or …

Tenth Circuit Announces Motor Vehicles Are Not Per Se Instrumentalities of Interstate Commerce Under Commerce Clause for Purposes of the Federal Kidnapping Statute

Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025

Filed under: Commerce Clause, Kidnapping, Abduction or Unlawful Restraint, Interstate Commerce

Tenth Circuit Announces Motor Vehicles Are Not Per Se Instrumentalities of Interstate Commerce Under Commerce Clause for Purposes of the Federal Kidnapping Statute by David Kim The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that motor vehicles are not per se instrumentalities of interstate commerce for purposes …

Beyond the City Limits: How Rural Sheriff’s Departments  Are Driving the Spike in Police Killings

Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025

Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Police)

Beyond the City Limits: How Rural Sheriff’s Departments Are Driving the Spike in Police Killings by David Kim A teenager fatally shot by a deputy on a roadway in New Mexico during the previous summer represents part of an escalating pattern of such incidents. While driving across the plains of …

NEWS IN BRIEF

Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025

Filed under: News in Brief

NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: On February 19, 2025, a grand jury called for the immediate abolition of the Hanceville Police Department for its “rampant culture of corruption” that turned it into a criminal enterprise. The New York Post reported that an investigation followed the death of dispatcher Christopher Willingham, …

Shakedown in New Mexico: Decades-Long Police Corruption Scandal Rocks Albuquerque’s DWI Unit

Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Bribery, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas

Shakedown in New Mexico: Decades-Long Police Corruption Scandal Rocks Albuquerque’s DWI Unit by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Albuquerque is grappling with a sprawling police corruption scandal that spans decades, involving bribery, extortion, and racketeering within the city’s DWI enforcement unit. The scandal, which came to light after …

HRDC v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, NM, Settlement, Public Records, 2025

Brief • February 17, 2025

Filed under: Public Records Act

HRDC v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, NM, Settlement, Public Records, 2025 Settlement Agreement and Release NOW COMES the Human Rights Defense Center ("HRDC") and enters this Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") with Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC ("Centurion") (collectively "Parties") as set forth below: WHEREAS, …

News in Brief

Article • February 15, 2025 • from CLN March, 2025

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alaska: In a rare move, federal prosecutors asked an Alaska judge to vacate the 2019 assault conviction of long-time felon Johnny-Lee Preston Burk, citing a concealed relationship between the presiding judge and a prosecutor in the case. The Alaska Beacon reported that United States District Judge …

News In Brief

Article • December 1, 2024 • from CLN December, 2024

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Alabama: A former Tuscumbia police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on August 24, 2024, after pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with a fatal pedestrian accident. The incident occurred in October 2022 when James “Jay” Keith Steward’s vehicle struck and killed 60-year-old Terry …

News in Brief

Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: On June 29, 2024, the Tempe police department posted a Facebook message regarding an award that two of its officers had just received. “Congratulations to Officer Zachary Hyde and Officer Gavin Young. Last night both received the Hero Award at the 35th annual Mothers Against …

New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Double Jeopardy Applies When Prosecutor’s Misconduct Willfully Disregarded Resulting Mistrial

Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024

New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Double Jeopardy Applies When Prosecutor’s Misconduct Willfully Disregarded Resulting Mistrial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of New Mexico reversed two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and one count of child abuse under NMSA 1978, §§ 30-9-13(B)(1) (2003) and 30-6-1(D) …

Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024

Filing • August 30, 2024

Filed under: Centurion, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation

Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/30/2024 9:27 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Jill Nohl STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE …

Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024

Brief • August 30, 2024

Filed under: Centurion, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation

Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/30/2024 9:27 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Jill Nohl STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE …

Youngers v. LaSallee Corrections Transport, NM, Stipulation re Defendants not Separate Entities, Wrongful Death, 2024

Brief • August 13, 2024

Filed under: LaSalle Management Company, Wrongful Death

Youngers v. LaSallee Corrections Transport, NM, Stipulation re Defendants not Separate Entities, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 1:20-cv-00465-WJ-JMR Document 435 Filed 08/13/24 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO Joleen K. Youngers, as the Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of …

New Mexico Supreme Court Revises Rules Governing Pretrial Release

Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024

Filed under: Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Bail/Pretrial Release

New Mexico Supreme Court Revises Rules Governing Pretrial Release by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 8, 2024, the Supreme Court of New Mexico revised the rules governing pretrial release. According to Artie Pepin, Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the revisions include: People released while awaiting …

Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024

Brief • July 5, 2024

Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice

Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024 Centurion 003189 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") 1s executed this 5 day of -3 ~ ,'j 2024, by Andrew Robinson ("Plaintiff'), an unmarried individual. …

Lujan v. Eyzaguirre, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024

Brief • May 30, 2024

Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice

Lujan v. Eyzaguirre, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024 Centurion 003079 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is executed this ~ day of Ml>j 2024, by Plaintiff Monica Lujan (hereafter, "Plaintiff'). RECITALS A. Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Personal Injuries …

Mathis v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024

Brief • March 20, 2024

Filed under: Centurion, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Mathis v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024 Centurion 003092 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETILEMEN T AGREEMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SEITLEMENf AGREEMENT ("Agreement'') is t)1} executed this day of March 2024, by Eugenio Mathis, as personal representative …

New Mexico Supreme Court Announces Marquez’s Holding That ‘Crime of Shooting at or From Motor Vehicle Cannot Be Predicate Felony Supporting Charge of Felony Murder’ Is New Substantive Rule and Applies...

Article • February 15, 2024 • from CLN February, 2024

Filed under: Retroactivity, Murder/Felony Murder

New Mexico Supreme Court Announces Marquez’s Holding That ‘Crime of Shooting at or From Motor Vehicle Cannot Be Predicate Felony Supporting Charge of Felony Murder’ Is New Substantive Rule and Applies Retroactively by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of New Mexico held that the holding of State …