Civil rights violations by prison and jail officials, as well as by other law enforcement personnel, cover a broad spectrum of improper conduct.  Habern, O’Neil, & Pawgan have an interest in these cases, and would be glad to discuss your potential civil rights case with you.  Perspective clients should be aware that federal civil right suits can be extremely expensive due to the amount of time involved for the attorney’s as well as expenses involved in litigation.  They often entail extensive discovery and pre-trial dispositions.

Some of our successes are listed below:

Graham v. Owens, No. A-08-CA-006SS, (US Dist. Ct.), August 6, 2009.
Suit was filed by the team of Bill Habern, Scott Pawgan and Attorney Richard Gladden
(Denton):
United States District Court Western District Austin Division declares parole conditions unconstitutional due
to imposition of sex offender conditions of parole without due process, where the parolee did not have a sex
conviction. Attorney fees and cost awarded by the court.

Grant v. Owens, No.A-05-CA-316LY, (U.S. Dist. Ct.), February 6, 2007.
Suit was filed by Bill Habern & Attorney Richard Gladden (Denton)
United States District Court Western District Austin Division requires due process before denying parental
rights of contact/ visitation to convicted sex offender as a condition of parole.

As a result of the Evans and Graham cases, the Parole Board was required to change their policies and procedures to now provide hearing before the imposition of sex offender conditions on those not convicted of a sex offense.

Articles linked above reprinted from Westlaw with permission of Thomson Reuters. If you wish to check the currency of these cases by using KeyCite on Westlaw, you may do so by visiting Westlaw at www.westlaw.com.

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