tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post116752905429605792..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Retrospective: Top Ten Texas Criminal Justice Stories of 2006Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81549048869925016812009-12-20T19:12:02.777-06:002009-12-20T19:12:02.777-06:00The Kaufman County GOP should be ashamed to have J...The Kaufman County GOP should be ashamed to have Judge Howard Tygrett as one of their constituents. How much more destruction must he do to families, parents, and children before he is dismissed? The victims and the official complaints against him are growing.<br />For an example of what he is doing, see a sad story of what Howard Tygrett did to this family at www.Kaufman-TX.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91671725611075425042007-10-17T18:46:00.000-05:002007-10-17T18:46:00.000-05:00This case is now before the United States Supreme ...This case is now before the United States Supreme Court, styled Daniel Montes, Jr. vs. Jeffrey P. Ransom, Demarcus F. Black, Willie Faye Washington, David Bonner, as case #07-10. The Supreme Court ordered response briefs to be filed by each and every defendant by October 29th, 2007. Apparently, something in my petition made sense to them. Opposing counsel called me and congratulated me that the Court accepted my case. I told him that we are not done, yet. I have found counsel that is wishing to take my case now, but I told counsel that I can handle it on the briefing and oral argument. I will retain counsel upon remand for the jury trial back in Dallas. This case is about First amendment retaliation, excessive force, denial of medical care, conspiracy to violate civil rights, etc. We have video tape, color photos, eyewitnesses, actual physical injuries, etc. The individual defendants, federal trial court and 5th Circuit court of appeals, decided that I failed to prove my excessive force case of overtight handcuffs over 4 hours with notice given, because I failed to prove that I suffered a more than deminimus physical injury. Hello. Several other federal circuits have established that overtight handcuffs with notice is clearly actionable regardless of injury, but in the 5th Circuit you must suffer a more than deminimus injury before you have a cause of action. It is most apparent that the 5th Circuit IGNORES Supreme Court precedence in Hope v. Pelzer and Graham v. Conner. Anyway since when is $1400 dollars of emergency medical care describe a deminimus injury? That is my position. This case is going to be remanded for jury trial on the merits. Also, this case is about the lack of medical care in the Dallas County jail. The jail has untrained staff making medical judgments, fails to give your prescribed medicine to you, turn off your water to your cell until you are dead, uses excessive force on pretrial detainees with overtight handcuffs and restraining chairs until they are injured, etc. The Mims case was settled, but nothing changed at the jail. I, on behalf of the public demand a change in jail policy to come into conformance with the constitutional rights of pretrial detainees. Don't bother calling the Dallas Chief of Police Kunkle, Dallas County Sheriff Valdez, Dallas County Judge Margaret Keihler, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins or Dolena T. Westergard, City of Dallas Attorney James Pinson or Jason Schuette, US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, or any of the defendants because they won't answer one question that you may ask them about this case. I on the other hand have nothing to hide and if you have any questions to email or give me a call anytime. Thank you, Daniel Montes, Jr., plaintiff pro se, danielmontesjr@hotmail.com, 214-708-4007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43874222484033225262007-07-15T13:01:00.000-05:002007-07-15T13:01:00.000-05:00Dallas police and jailers committing first amendme...Dallas police and jailers committing first amendment retaliation, excessive force, conspiracy, denial of medical care, etc., now before the US Supreme Court as case #07-10, styled Daniel Montes, Jr. v. Jeffrey P. Ransom, et al. If you have any questions to call or email me the plaintiff, Daniel Montes, Jr. at danielmontesjr@hotmail.com, 817-739-6790.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1167788423151729832007-01-02T19:40:00.000-06:002007-01-02T19:40:00.000-06:00"using their engorged members as a tool of terror"..."using their engorged members as a tool of terror" :)<BR/><BR/>Yeah, it sounds like they're all a bunch of little Osama bin Laden wannabes, doesn't it? For my money, this is definitely something we want to get a handle on, so to speak. If we let incarcerated juveniles play with their engorged members, IMO the terrorists win. ;)<BR/><BR/>Teenage boys are rebellious jerks, anyway - welcome to the United States. Incarcerated and humiliated in a prison setting, such extreme behavior doesn't surprise me at all. Treat them like caged animals, and don't be surprisd when the monkeys start hurling feces at their keepers.<BR/><BR/>Good review, btw, Grits - very informative. I like that you focus on systemic issues and not blaming individuals or this or that party. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1167765324872538802007-01-02T13:15:00.000-06:002007-01-02T13:15:00.000-06:00Yes! Working at Evins Juvenile Center is really HA...Yes! Working at Evins Juvenile Center is really HARD. Pun intended. You should look into how many reports have been filed regarding the "children" using their engorged members as a tool of terror against the female staff. Everything from exposing to physical contact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com