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ENTRY ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. Hon. William T. Lawrence,- Judge, United States District Court This cause is before the Court on Plaintiff Seifullah Chapman’s motion asking this Court to reconsider the order of the District of Colorado transferring Chapman’s claim for injunctive relief against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) to ■ this district. The motion is fully briefed and the

Wiley Y. Daniel, Senior United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the following motions: (1) Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 268); (2) Defendant BOP's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 269); and (3) the individual Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 270). The pending motions are denied as set for

Wiley Y. Daniel Senior United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Motion to Dismiss Claims Against Defendant Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") as Moot.1 (ECF No. 117). A response was filed by Plaintiff on January 8, 2016, and a reply was filed on January 25, 2016.2 For the reasons discussed below, I deny the motion.</

487 F.Supp.2d 1155 (2007) Ronald Earl GEIGER, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; J.L. Norwood, Respondents. No. CV 06 2218 CAS (RC). United States District Court, C.D. California. May 11, 2007. *1156 Ronald Earl Geiger, Adelanto, CA, pro se. Brent A. Whittlesey, AUSA — Office of US Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Res

RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge: Prisology, Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to criminal justice reform brought an action claiming that the Federal Bureau of Prisons had not complied with 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The district court dismissed the complaint on the ground that Prisology lacked standing. Section

SUMMARY ORDER UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants be and it hereby is AFFIRMED IN PART and VACATED AND REMANDED IN PART. Michael A. Feaster, an HIV positive inmate confined for over three years to segregated housing at the Ray Brook Correctional Facility in Ray Brook, New York, under a Bureau of Prisons pr

587 F.3d 273 (2009) Deborah Rae HANDLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. Elaine CHAPMAN, Warden, FMC Carswell; Federal Bureau of Prisons, Respondents-Appellees. No. 09-10061 Summary Calendar. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. October 29, 2009. *276 Deborah Rae Handley, Fort Worth, TX, pro se. Before SMITH, DENNIS

FUENTES, Circuit Judge The Eighth Amendment is an area of the law that is often fact-intensive and can require balancing the rights of incarcerated citizens with the administrative judgment of prison officials. This appeal, however, is straightforward. Former inmate Anthony Mammana raises a challenge under the Eighth Amendment to his confinement in a chilled room with constant lighting, no bedding, and only paper-like clothing. The

704 F.Supp.2d 1077 (2010) Thomas SILVERSTEIN, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, sued in its official capacity; John Vanyur, former Assistant Director, Correctional Programs Division, Federal Bureau of Prisons, sued in his individual capacity; Joyce Conley, Assistant Director, Correctional Programs Division, Federal Bureau of Prisons, sued in her official and individual capacities; Michael Nalley, Regional Director, North Central Region, Fe

433 F.Supp.2d 117 (2006) Algienon TANNER, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS et al, Defendants. Civil Action No. 06-0529 (RMU). United States District Court, District of Columbia. May 17, 2006. *118 *119 Brian W. Shaughnessy, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff. Fred Elmore Haynes, U.S.

faUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ : CARLTON THEODORE LANDIS, : : Plaintiff, : : v. : Civil Action No. 23-3635 (CKK)

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge. ON PETITION FOR REHEARING Appellant Eliot S. Sash petitions the panel for rehearing to reconsider its decision in Sash v. Zenk, 428 F.3d 132 (2d Cir.2005). We assume familiarity with our original decision and its underlying facts. Because Sash has failed to show “point[s] of law or fact that ... the court has o

407 F.Supp.2d 127 (2005) Clint E. CLARK, Plaintiff, v. BUREAU OF PRISONS et al., Defendants. No. Civ.A. 03-0859HHK. United States District Court, District of Columbia. November 14, 2005. Thomas Richard Lotterman, Joshua M. Bobeck, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff. *128 Marina Utgoff Brasw

MARTIN, Circuit Judge, dissenting: Because I believe the federal courts are not only authorized, but obligated to address the merits of a claim like that asserted by Albert Williams here, I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. The majority is correct that Mr. Williams has made “[sjeveral failed collateral attacks” on his Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) sentence.1</

COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge Plaintiff, appearing pro se , is a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pennsylvania. This case was recently reassigned to the undersigned judge without a resolution of plaintiff's Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Conditional Order for Security Release [Dkt. # 6]. For the reasons explained below, the motion will be denied. <

25 F.3d 1040NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit. Darwin Rusty SIERS, Plaintiff Appellant,v.UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION; Federal Bureau of Prisons,Defendants Appellees. No. 94-6103.

BAUER, Circuit Judge. On May 12, 2014, a jury convicted defendant-appellant, Vernon Chapman (“Chapman”), for distributing heroin and crack cocaine on five separate occasions. All of the drug transactions were recorded by an undercover informant wearing a Hawk recording device, which captured audio-video recordings of each transaction. The recordings were introduced at trial. Foll

[J-20-2022] [MO: Baer, C.J.] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT CAROL ANN CARTER, MONICA : No. 7 MM 2022 PARRILLA, REBECCA POYOUROW, : WILLIAM TUNG, ROSEANNE MILAZZO, : BURT SIEGEL, SUSAN CASSANELLI, LEE : ARGUED: February 18, 2022 CASSANELLI, LYNN WACHMAN,

[J-20-2022] [MO: Baer, C.J.] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT CAROL ANN CARTER, MONICA : No. 7 MM 2022 PARRILLA, REBECCA POYOUROW, : WILLIAM TUNG, ROSEANNE MILAZZO, : BURT SIEGEL, SUSAN CASSANELLI, LEE : CASSANELLI, LYNN WACHMAN, : ARGUED: February 18

BENCH TRIAL ORDER C. ASHLEY ROYAL, Chief Judge. Prison Legal News (“PLN”) alleges Sheriff Joe Chapman and Jail Commander *1295Major Wade Harris (“Defendants”), in their official and individual capacities, violated PLN’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by enforcing certain mail policies that unlawfully restricted its means of co