Dockets

• Armstrong v. United States of America

  1:2012cv00024
  Filed in Iowa Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Motions to Vacate Sentence
  Plaintiff: Suzanne Lynn Armstrong. Defendant: United States of America.
  Judge: Linda R Reade
  Cause Of Action: Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentenc
  (February 15, 2012)

• Boyd v. Thaler et al

  2:2012cv00042
  Filed in Texas Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Civil Rights
  Plaintiff: Burns Tilton Boyd. Defendant: Rick Thaler, NFN Ponder, Micheal A Parmer and Joe B Milbern.
  Judge: Mary Lou Robinson
  Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
  (February 15, 2012)

• Arceo v. USA

  5:2012cv00761
  Filed in California Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Motions to Vacate Sentence
  Petitioner: Linhbergh Carlos Arceo. Respondent: USA.
  Judge: Edward J. Davila
  Cause Of Action: Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)
  (February 15, 2012)

• Batista v. Miller

  3:2012cv00310
  Filed in Pennsylvania Middle District Court
  Type of Suit: Civil Rights
  Plaintiff: Edwin Q Batista. Defendant: Patrick D Miller.
  Judge: James M. Munley
  Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
  (February 15, 2012)

• Brent Fields v. Rick Thaler, Director

  12-20092
  Filed in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  Type of Suit: General
  Petitioner - Appellant: BRENT VONCEY FIELDS. Respondent - Appellee: RICK THALER, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION.
  (February 15, 2012)

Legislation

• Bill Introduced: S.Res.724 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the horrific ...

  A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the horrific terrorist attacks and siege in Mumbai, India, beginning on November 26, 2008, and concluding on November 29, 2008.
  (December 7, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.Res.707 An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to ...

  An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the facts of the failure of Joshua Bolten, as the Custodian of Records at the White House, to appear before the Committee on the Judiciary and produce documents as required by Committee subpoena.
  (November 17, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.Res.708 An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to ...

  An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the facts of the failure of Karl Rove to appear and testify before the Committee on the Judiciary and to produce documents as required by Committee subpoena.
  (November 17, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.3689 Economic Recovery Act of 2008

  A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
  (November 15, 2008)

• Bill Enacted: H.R.2095 Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
  October 15, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-432.
  (October 14, 2008)

Regulations

• Proposed Rule - Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563

  Department of Justice
  Proposed Rule
  Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563
  ,
  34003 [2011-14089]
  Proposed Rules Federal Register Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2011 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2 CFR Chapter XXVII 5 CFR Chapter XXVIII 8 CFR Chapter V 21 CFR Chapter II 27 CFR Chapter II 28 CFR Chapters I, III, V, and VI 31 CFR Chapter IX 40 CFR Chapter IV 41 CFR Chapter 128 45 CFR Chapter V 48 CFR Chapter 28 [FDMS Docket No. DOJ-LA-2011-0016] Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563 AGENCY: Department of Justice. ACTION: Request for... [read document]
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  (June 9, 2011)

• Rule - Chemical Mixtures Containing Listed Forms of Phosphorus and Change in Application Process

  Drug Enforcement Administration
  Rule
  Chemical Mixtures Containing Listed Forms of Phosphorus and Change in Application Process
  ,
  31824-31831 [2011-13686]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Drug Enforcement Administration 21 CFR Part 1310 [Docket No. DEA-228F] RIN 1117-AA66 Chemical Mixtures Containing Listed Forms of Phosphorus and Change in Application Process AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of Justice. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rulemaking finalizes a June 25, 2010, notice of proposed rulemaking in which DEA proposed regulations which establish those chemical mixtures containing red phosphorus or hypophosphorous acid and... [read document]
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  (June 1, 2011)

• Rule - Procedures Governing Administrative Review of a United States Trustees Decision to Deny ...

  Department of Justice
  Rule
  Procedures Governing Administrative Review of a United States Trustees Decision to Deny a Chapter 12 or Chapter 13 Standing Trustees Claim of Actual, Necessary Expenses
  ,
  31225-31230 [2011-12187]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 28 CFR Part 58 [Docket No.: EOUST 103] RIN 1105-AB16 Procedures Governing Administrative Review of a United States Trustee's Decision To Deny a Chapter 12 or Chapter 13 Standing Trustee's Claim of Actual, Necessary Expenses AGENCY: Executive Office for United States Trustees (``EOUST''), Justice. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule (``rule'') sets forth the procedures for a chapter 12 or chapter 13 standing trustee (``trustee'') to obtain administrative review of... [read document]
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  (May 30, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of ...

  Department of Justice
  Proposed Rule
  Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of Indian Country
  ,
  29675-29680 [2011-12541]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 28 CFR Part 50 [Docket No. OAG 142; AG Order No. 3279-2011] RIN 1105-AB38 Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of Indian Country AGENCY: Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: This rule proposes to establish the procedures for an Indian tribe whose Indian country is subject to State criminal jurisdiction under Public Law 280 (18 U.S.C. 1162(a)) to request that the United States accept... [read document]
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  (May 22, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Consolidation of Seizure and Forfeiture Regulations

  Drug Enforcement Administration
  Proposed Rule
  Consolidation of Seizure and Forfeiture Regulations
  ,
  26660-26678 [2011-9826]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Drug Enforcement Administration 21 CFR Part 1316 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 28 CFR Parts 8 and 9 [Docket No. OAG 127; AG Order No. 3263-2011] RIN 1105-AA74 Consolidation of Seizure and Forfeiture Regulations AGENCY: Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (the Department) proposes to revise, consolidate, and update its seizure and forfeiture regulations, to conform those regulations to the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform... [read document]
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  (May 8, 2011)

Articles

• Tackling Drug Crime the TJ Way: Report on Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Tasmanian Court ...

  Liz Moore University of Tasmania Date Posted: January 30, 2012 Working Paper Series 7 downloads The Threat of Continued Anti-Muslim Animus Toward American National Security Ahmad Chehab Georgetown University Law Center Date Posted: January 30, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads Third Party Consent to Search: Analyzing Triangular Relations Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 19, 2012 Orit Gan Columbia Law School Date Posted: January 30, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 4 downloads Book Review: Capital Punishment and Contingency Harvard Law Review, Vol. 125, No. 3, p. 760, 2012, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 12-01 Carol S. Steiker Harvard Law School Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Last Revised: February 16, 2012
  (February 15, 2012)

• No More Tinkering: The American Law Institute and the Death Penalty Provisions of the Model ...

  Texas Law Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, p. 353, 2010, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 12-02, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker Harvard Law School and University of Texas School of Law Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Last Revised: February 16, 2012
  (February 15, 2012)

• Cost and Capital Punishment: A New Consideration Transforms an Old Debate

  University of Chicago Legal Forum, Vol. 2010, No. 1, 2010, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 12-04, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker Harvard Law School and University of Texas School of Law Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Last Revised: February 16, 2012
  (February 15, 2012)

• How Much Surveillance is Too Much? Some Thoughts on Surveillance, Democracy, and the Political ...

  OVERVÅKNING I EN RETTSSTAT - SURVEILLANCE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, D.W. Schartum, ed., Fagbokforlaget, 2010, Benjamin J. Goold University of British Columbia - Faculty of Law Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 7 downloads Improving Budget Analysis of State Criminal Justice Reforms: A Strategy for Better Outcomes and Saving Money Michael Leachman , Inimai Chettiar and Benjamin Geare Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) , American Civil Liberties Union and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads Non-Capital Habeas Cases after Appellate Review: An Empirical Analysis Federal Sentencing Reporter, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 12-3 Nancy J. King Vanderbilt Law School Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 14 downloads Review: Locked Up, Overlooked: Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System Pace Law Review, Vol. 29, p. 377, 2009, Western New England University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Giovanna Shay Western New England University School of Law Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads The Applicability of International Law in American Detention Policy: Why Al Maqaleh May Be Stuck North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol. 37, p. 511, 2011 Paul Morgan Bumbarger affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 6 downloads The Quantification of Fear Through Prison Population Projections Sarah Armstrong Glasgow University Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Working Paper Series 13 downloads Capital Punishment: A Century of Discontinuous Debate Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 100, No. 3, p. 643, 2010, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 12-03, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker Harvard Law School and University of Texas School of Law Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Last Revised: February 16, 2012
  (February 15, 2012)

• Nonincorporation

  Suja A. Thomas University of Illinois College of Law Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Working Paper Series 38 downloads Double-Edged Paring Knives Human Rights Dilemmas for Special Populations Human Rights, Vol. 38, No. 3, p. 17, Summer 2011, Western New England University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-3 Giovanna Shay Western New England University School of Law Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Rethinking Self-Incrimination, Voluntariness, and Coercion, Through a Perspective of Jewish Law and Legal Theory Journal of Law in Society, Vol. 12, p. 72, 2011 Samuel J. Levine Touro Law Center Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Last Revised: February 14, 2012
  (February 13, 2012)

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