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Federal District Court Opinions MICHAEL v. ARPAIO, (Ariz. 12-4-2006) Kidane Michael, Plaintiff, v. Joe M. Arpaio, Defendant. No. CV 06-2560-PHX-DGC (ECV). United States District Court, D. Arizona. December 4, 2006 ORDER DAVID CAMPBELL, District Judge Plaintiff Kidane Michael, who is confined in Durango Jail in Phoenix, Arizona, has filed a pro se civil rights Complaint […]

WASHINGTON (AP) Jan. 28, 2004 – Medicines such as codeine and Valium and potent hormones with instructions written only in Chinese are among the latest illegally imported drugs intercepted by the government. The Food and Drug Administration’s spot inspection of shipments from Canada and elsewhere netted 1,728 medicines unapproved for sale in this country. The agency […]

Book Title: Everybody’s Guide to Small Claims Court (Everybody’s Guide to Small Claims Court National Edition) (Paperback) by Ralph E. Warner, Linda Allison (Illustrator) Editorial Reviews: Associated Press Step-by-step advice on how to prepare your case, how to file it, and perhaps most importantly, how to collect if you win. Los Angeles Times Takes you […]

United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Reports U.S.A. v. THORPE, 05-2220 (6th Cir. 12-27-2006) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAMES THORPE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 05-2220. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: November 2, 2006. Decided and Filed: December 27, 2006. Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206. Appeal from the United States District […]

A discussion of drug tests as a part of the criminal justice system. Drug tests are administered in a variety of everyday contexts – especially in the job market. Here we discuss the subject as it applies to the criminal justice system. Probably the most common use of drug testing is for people who have been […]

A brief explanation of the techniques involved in gathering and using fingerprint evidence. In this day and age of high-tech crime-solving methods, especially DNA typing, the lowly art of fingerprint identification sometimes seems lost. In fact, fingerprint evidence is highly reliable and particularly accessible to juries: You don’t need a Ph.D. or a scientific lecture […]