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- 1From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 49, Issue 2)Concerned about protecting the identity of undercover agents, the Florida Sheriffs Association is urging restrictions on the court system's growing use of remote technology. The association hopes to make its case...
- 2From:Missouri Law Review (Vol. 86, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedI. INTRODUCTION There are more than 3,000 sheriffs' departments in the United States with varying authority based on the state and county in which they are located. (1) Their authority may be as wide reaching as a...
- 3From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 45, Issue 7)County courts won't be getting an increase in their civil jurisdiction this year, and there won't be any additional judges requested by the Supreme Court, nor will county judgeships be eliminated that the court...
- 4From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 45, Issue 5)The Judicial Branch and the state's court administrators have taken exception to an amendment to a Constitution Revision Commission proposal that would put the county sheriffs in charge of courthouse security....
- 5From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 34)U.S. Appeals Court SEPARATION CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, 400 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2005). The mother of a county jail inmate who died after he was beaten and...
- 6From:The Councilor: A Journal of the Social Sciences (Vol. 72, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe following information was compiled from two (2) interviews of Cecil Ray Price by investigators of the Attorney General's Office. These interviews deal with the June 21, 1964 murders of Michael Schwerner, Andrew...
- 7From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 25)U.S. District Court FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE MEDICATIONS Gonzalez v. Cecil County, Maryland, 221 F.Supp.2d 611 (D.Md. 2002). The widow of a pretrial detainee who died while in custody filed a [section] 1983...
- 8From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 27)U.S. District Court MEDICAL CARE Richardson v. Nassau County, 277 F.Supp.2d 196 (E.D.N.Y. 2003). A jail inmate sued a county and sheriff, alleging deliberate indifference to his glaucoma condition. The district...
- 9From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 35)U.S. Appeals Court CLAIMS Calhoun v. Ramsey, 408 F.3d 375 (7th Cir. 2005). A former county jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff and the county's medical care contractor, alleging...
- 10From:Corrections Caselaw QuarterlyWilson v. Jones 251 F.3d 1340 (11th Cir. 2001). A female arrestee brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff challenging her strip search following her arrest for driving under the influence. The district...
- 11From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 34)U.S. Appeals Court ELEVENTH AMENDMENT Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, 400 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2005). The mother of a county jail inmate who died after he was beaten and injured by three other...
- 12From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 32)U.S. District Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT Tinius v. Carroll County Sheriff Dept., 321 F.Supp.2d 1064 (N.D.Iowa 2004). A detainee filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that deputy sheriffs unlawfully detained him,...
- 13From:Government Computer News (Vol. 22, Issue 16)Sheriff's deputies in St. Martin Parish, La., used composite imaging technology to identify Derrick Todd Lee, the prime suspect in the rape and murder of five women in south Louisiana. Lee was arrested May 27 in...
- 14From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 34)U.S. Appeals Court CONDITIONS MEDICAL CARE MEDICATION Board v. Farnham, 394 F.3d 469 (7th Cir. 2005). Arrestees who were detained in a county jail following their arrest on murder charges brought a civil...
- 15From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 32)U.S. District Court MEDICAL CARE Ginest v. Board of County Com'rs. of Carbon County, 333 F.Supp.2d 1190 (D.Wyo. 2004). County jail inmates brought a class action against a county and sheriff, alleging deliberate...
- 16From:Public Personnel Management (Vol. 35, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThere is an unusual history of collective bargaining and deputy sheriffs in the state of Florida. While police officers have been allowed to unionize and collectively bargain since 1968, it has only been since 2003 that...
- 17From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 22)U.S. District Court CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEDIA Brady-Lunny v. Massey, 185 F.Supp.2d 928 (C.D.Ill. 2002). A publisher, newspaper, and reporter brought a state-court action against a county sheriff, seeking...
- 18From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 22)U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT SEXUAL ASSAULT Butera v. Cottey, 285 F.3d 601 (7th Cir. 2002). A pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a county sheriff after the detainee was...
- 19From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 22)U.S. Appeals Court DISABILITY ADA -- Amer. with Disabilities Act Bristol v. Bd. of County Com'rs. of Clear Creek, 281 F.3d 1148 (10th Cir. 2002). A man who was employed as a county jail officer sued a county...
- 20From:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly (Issue 34)U.S. Appeals Court DENTAL CARE MEDICATION Board v. Farnham, 394 F.3d 469 (7th Cir. 2005). Arrestees who were detained in a county jail following their arrest on murder charges brought a civil rights action...