Punch and Jurists

Rodriguez v. Robbins, No. 12-56734 (9th Cir.) (715 F.3d 1127) (April 15, 2013) (Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw) by This is another of the many recent cases dealing with America’s growing and ugly predilection for locking people for long periods of time up without giving them a hearing. In this case, …

Harbin-Bey v. Rutter, No. 04-1458 (6th Cir.) (420 F.3d 571) (July 22, 2005) (Judge Ronald Lee Gilman) by Plaintiff inmate sued defendant prison officials under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983, claiming that his designation as the leader of a Security Threat Group (STG) without a hearing violated his constitutional rights. The …

U.S. v. Cabrera, No. 03-1890 (1st Cir.) (145 Fed. Appx. 373) (June 14, 2005) (Per Curiam) by In this case the defendant/appellant argued that the district court had erred by not holding an evidentiary hearing at the time of sentencing regarding the issue of drug quantity. That argument evoked the …