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February 3, 2009
WILLIE TYRONE COOPER, PLAINTIFF,v.JEANNE WOODFORD, DIRECTOR, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Gary S. Austin United States Magistrate Judge
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING ACTION PROCEED ON DUE PROCESS CLAIM AND EQUAL PROTECTION CLAIM BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM (Doc. 24) OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
Findings and Recommendations Following Screening of Second Amended Complaint
I. Procedural History
Plaintiff Willie Tyrone Cooper ("Plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on February 8, 2007. On June 4, 2007, the Court dismissed Plaintiff's complaint, with leave to amend, for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint on June 21, 2007, and the Court recommended that this action proceed against Defendants Morales, Alvarez, and Garza for denial of due process; that Plaintiff's false imprisonment claim, Eighth Amendment claims, and equal protection claim be dismissed, with prejudice, for failure to state a claim; and that Defendants Stebbins, Haws, and Galaza be dismissed from this action based on Plaintiff's failure to state any claims upon which relief may be granted against them.
Plaintiff objected to the recommendation, and on August 4, 2008, the Honorable Anthony W. Judge Ishii issued an order adopting the recommendation in full with the exception of dismissal of the equal protection claim with prejudice. Judge Ishii granted Plaintiff leave to amend the equal protection claim and limited Plaintiff to filing a second amended complaint containing only the due process and equal protection claims against Defendants Morales, Alvarez, and Garza. On September 2, 2008, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint in compliance with Judge Ishii's order.
II. Screening Requirement
The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally "frivolous or malicious," that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1),(2). "Notwithstanding any filing fee, or any portion thereof, that may have been paid, the court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that . . . the action or appeal . . . fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii).
"Rule 8(a)'s simplified pleading standard applies to all civil actions, with limited exceptions," none of which applies to section 1983 actions. Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A., 534 U.S. 506, 512 (2002); Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). Pursuant to Rule 8(a), a complaint must contain "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief . . . ." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). "Such a statement must simply give the defendant fair notice of what the plaintiff's claim is and the grounds upon which it rests." Swierkiewicz, 534 U.S. at 512. However, "the liberal pleading standard . . . applies only to a plaintiff's factual allegations." Neitze v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 330 n.9 (1989). "[A] liberal interpretation of a civil rights complaint may not supply essential elements of the claim that were not initially pled." Bruns v. Nat'l Credit Union Admin., 122 F.3d 1251, 1257 (9th Cir. 1997) (quoting Ivey v. Bd. of Regents, 673 F.2d 266, 268 (9th Cir. 1982)).
III. Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint
A. Substantive Due Process Claim
Plaintiff alleges that on November 23, 2005, while he was working in the central kitchen at Kern Valley State Prison, searches were conducted. Plaintiff and the other inmate workers had already been searched by other officers when Defendants Morales and Alvarez, who were with the Investigative Services Unit, arrived and set Plaintiff up by planting a weapon and falsifying reports. Thereafter, Defendant Garza conducted Plaintiff's administrative segregation ("ad-seg") placement review and subsequent disciplinary hearing. Plaintiff alleges that he did not receive a fair hearing, and that Defendant Garza did not consider all of the evidence, including Plaintiff's full investigative employee report. Plaintiff alleges that as a result of the planted weapon, falsified reports, and unfair hearing, he was housed in ad-seg, lost his job, lost his medium security classification, and had his parole date extended from 2007 to 2011, in violation of his right to substantive due process.
The touchstone of due process is protection of the individual against arbitrary government action, whether the fault lies in a denial of fundamental procedural fairness or in the exercise of power without any reasonable justification in the service of a legitimate governmental objective. County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 845-46 (1998) (citations and quotation marks omitted). "The concept of substantive due process . . . forbids the government from depriving a person of life, liberty, or property in such a way that shocks the conscience or interferes with rights implicit in the concept of ordered liberty." Nunez v. City of Los Angeles, 147 F.3d 867, 871 (9th Cir. 1998) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). To establish a claim, Plaintiff "must, as a threshold matter, show a government deprivation of life, liberty, or property." Action Apartment Ass'n, Inc. v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 509 F.3d 1020, 1026 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Nunez at 871). "The Due Process Clause takes effect only if there is a deprivation of a protected interest." Nunez at 874 (emphasis in original).
As previously recognized by the Court, Plaintiff does not have a protected liberty interest in remaining free from ad-seg, in having a job, or in his classification status, Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484 (1995); Myron v. Terhune, 476 F.3d 716, 718 (9th Cir. 2007), but he does have a protected liberty interest in his parole date, Sass v. California Board of Prison Terms, 461 F.3d 1123, 1128 (9th Cir. 2006). (Docs. 15, 20.) Therefore, Plaintiff's allegations that Defendants Morales and Alvarez planted a weapon on him and falsified reports, and Defendant Garza did ...
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Salvation Colony
Publication Year: 2009
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Our Father shall not receive us now," I reported
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Chapter Thirty-Three
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Chapter Thirty-Four
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There was no press conference, at least not in the officially arranged manner. Every morning, within living memory, a . . .
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Print-ISBN-13: 9789956558940
Page Count: 216
Publication Year: 2009
OCLC Number: 776891703
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May 28, 2008
DANIEL TORRES, PETITIONER,v.K MENDOZA-POWERS, WARDEN, RESPONDENT.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Hon. Roger T. Benitez United States District Judge
Petitioner Daniel Torres, a state inmate proceeding pro se, challenges the California Department of Corrections ("CDCR") Administrative Appeals July 7, 2003 decision that found Petitioner guilty of possession of a controlled substance with a federal petition for writ of habeas corpus ("Petition"), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. [Doc. No. 1.] Respondent submitted a Motion to Dismiss the Petition ("Motion"), asking this Court to dismiss the Petition as untimely under 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(1). [Doc. No. 6]. Petitioner submitted an Opposition to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss ("Opposition"). [Doc. No. 9]. The Court's docket indicates that Respondent did not file a Reply brief.
On March 25, 2008, Magistrate Judge William McCurine issued a Report and Recommendation ("Report), recommending that Respondent's Motion to Dismiss be granted. For the reasons stated below, the Court adopts the well-reasoned Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and GRANTS Respondent's Motion to Dismiss.
The following table (based on information set forth in detail in the Report) presents a summary of the dates relevant to the statute of limitations:
July 7, 2003Petitioner found guilty of possession of a controlled substance by Calipatria State Prison CAL Facility D Unit. (Lodgment 2, Ex. A.)
October 29, 2004Petitioner's second level appeal is denied. (Lodgment 2, Ex. A.)
February 9, 2005Petitioner's third-level administrative appeal to Director of Inmate Appeals in Sacramento is rejected by the Inmate Appeals Branch as incomplete. (Lodgment 2, Ex. A.)
February 16, 2005Petitioner receives notice of rejection by the Inmate Appeals Branch. (Opp'n at 7.)
February 17, 2005Absent the finding of a state impediment or other applicable tolling, the AEDPA statute of limitations presumptively begins to run. See Redd v. McGrath, 343 F.3d 1077, 1084 (2003).
March 10, 2005Lancaster Prison returns, unmailed, Petitioner's third-level administrative appeal to him for failure to meet legal mail criteria. (Appendices to Opposition and Habeas Corpus Petition, Appendix C.)
March 13, 2005Petitioner attempts to resubmit third-level administrative appeal to Director of Inmate Appeals in Sacramento. (Appendices to Opposition and Habeas Corpus Petition, Appendix C.)
March 20, 2005Petitioner's third-level administrative appeal is returned to him. (Appendices to Opposition and Habeas Corpus Petition, Appendix C.)
October 11, 2005Petitioner files a writ of habeas corpus in Imperial County Superior Court challenging his original July 7, 2003 guilty finding of possession of a controlled substance. (Lodgment 2.)
May 23, 2006Trial court denies Petitioner's habeas claim. (Lodgment 3.)
September 30, 2006Even with applicable statutory tolling, Petitioner's AEDPA one-year statute of limitations has run.
November 13, 2006Petitioner files a second writ of habeas corpus in Imperial County Superior Court challenging the evidence considered by the court in its first denial. (Lodgment 4.)
January 17, 2007Trial court denies Petitioner's second habeas claim and finds it to be successive. (Lodgment 5.)
February 16, 2007Petitioner files Petition for writ of habeas corpus with California Court of Appeal. (Lodgment 6.)
May 22, 2007California Court of Appeal denies Petition for writ of habeas corpus. (Lodgment 7.)
June 6, 2007Petitioner files Petition for writ of habeas corpus with California Supreme Court Lodgment 8.)
June 27, 2007California Supreme Court denies Petition for writ of habeas corpus. (Lodgment 9.)
July 11, 2007Petitioner files a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in federal court. [Doc. No. 1.]
On March 16, 1987, a Los Angeles County Superior Court (Case No. A777193) committed Petitioner to a prison sentence of fifteen years to life for second degree murder (Cal. Penal Code § 187; Cal. Penal Code § 664). (Lodgment 1, Judgment.)
Prison Administrative Appeal Process
While in custody on July 7, 2003 at Calipatria State Prison, Petitioner was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance. (Lodgment 2, Ex. A.) Petitioner claims he appealed the July 7, 2003 decision on or about August 28, 2003, but the Calipatria State Prison Appeals Coordinator notified Petitioner on January 9, 2004, that the office did not receive the appeal. (Opp'n at 7, Petitioner's Appendices at 16.) Petitioner resubmitted his initial appeal on or about January 22, 2004, which was received by the Calipatria State Prison Appeals Coordinator. (Id.; Petitioner's Appendices at 15.) On or about February 11, 2004, Petitioner's appeal was returned to him with instructions to supplement the appeal with additional documents. (Id.; Petitioner's Appendices at 14.) Petitioner submitted the appeal with the requested documents, which was received by the Calipatria State Prison Appeals Coordinator on or about April 23, 2004 and assigned for a second-level response on May 25, 2004. (Id.; Petitioner's Appendices at 17, 51.) Petitioner's appeal was denied at the second level on or about October 29, 2004. (Id.; Petitioner's Appendices at 4.) Petitioner contends he received the second-level denial on or about November 5, 2004. (Opp'n at 7, Petitioner's Appendices at 4.)
After receiving the second-level denial, Petitioner contends he submitted an appeal to Third Level/Director's Level review on November 18, 2004. (Opp'n at 7.) On February 16, 2005, Petitioner received a letter dated February 9, 2005 from the Inmate Appeals Branch rejecting his third-level administrative appeal as incomplete and instructing Petitioner to resubmit the appeal with the required documents. (Lodgment 2, Ex. A; Opp'n at 7; Petitioner's Appendices at 3.) On March 6, 2005, Petitioner attempted to resend his third-level administrative appeal with the requested document, but it was returned to him, unmailed, on March 10, 2005 by the Lancaster Prison mail room for failure to qualify as legal mail. (Lodgment 2, Ex. A; Opp'n at 7-8; Petitioner's Appendices at pp.58-59.) Petitioner tried to resend his third-level appeal through the Lancaster Prison mail room on March 13, 2005, but it was again returned to him on or about March 20, 2005. (Opp'n at 8; Petitioner's Appendices at at 55-64.) Petitioner contends that from April to July of 2005, he wrote to an attorney for advice on how to proceed with the administrative remedies process and also asked family members to call the Inmate Appeals Branch in Sacramento for advice. (Opp'n at 8.) Neither of these approaches, however, were fruitful. Id. Petitioner states he abandoned his attempt to complete the third-level of review on July 30, 2005. Id.
State Proceedings
On October 11, 2005, Petitioner filed a writ of habeas corpus in Imperial County Superior Court, challenging the July 7, 2003 guilty finding of possession of a controlled substance. (Lodgment 2.) The trial court rejected Petitioner's claim on May 23, 2006, and issued an order denying habeas relief on the grounds the there was more than "some evidence" on the record supporting the decision of the CDCR. (Lodgment 3, Imperial County Superior Court Petition.)
Petitioner then filed a second habeas petition with the Imperial County Superior Court on November 13, 2006. (Lodgement 4.) On January 17, 2007, this second petition was denied by the court and found to be successive. (Lodgments 5.) Petitioner then filed a writ of habeas corpus petition in the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division 5 on February 16, 2007, challenging the CDCR's July 7, 2003 guilty finding. (Lodgment 6, California Court of Appeal Petition.) The Court of Appeals denied the Petition on May 22, 2007, agreeing with the lower court's basis for denial and further ruling that Petitioner did not exhaust his administrative remedies ...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Scattered thoughts
Well, of course I could (and did!).
On the way, I was struck by how much more dangerous the (now) 4-way stops in lieu of traffic lights are. "Why is that?" you might well ask. Well, it's because so many of them are now working that people are not paying as much attention as they should be! (I really can't describe it any better than that.)
I had the radio on all the way over, tuned in to a local sports station, and was more than a little upset to hear a 'fantasy football expert' say, "I've seen him play in a lot more pain than he's in right now."
I thought that was a really ugly thing to say. I remember from years back watching Earl Campbell literally 'carry' countless defenders on his back as he struggled to gain ever more yardage for the Houston Oilers.
The very first house my first husband and I bought here in Houston was from an ex-Houston Oiler, a center, Bobby Maples. I remember thinking that when Maria Purdy, our realtor, first brought us to the house, "This absolutely has to be a football player!"
And, of course, he was!
These professional athletes bankrupt their physical health and well-being in the future, particularly if they're football players in the 'big leagues', where they play and give it their 'all'. Is it worth it? I don't know. You'd have to ask them.
Picked up my customers, and was almost afraid to ask them what the prognosis was.
It's still kind of 'up in the air'. All of the results are not yet in, but I'd like to share with you something that his doctor said to him ... ...
"I think we can help you."
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- Tammy said...
"I think we can help you" sounds positive and hopeful. I have hopeful thoughts for them..... :)
- September 25, 2008 at 9:16 PM
- Goldenrod said...
Me too, Tammy. This is not their first bout with cancer ... second for him, and she is a breast cancer survivor.
People don't travel to MD Anderson from all over the world because they want to see Houston. No, generally they come because MDA is their last hope.
In this particular case, they think that he will be undergoing chemotherapy and then will likely be admitted into an ongoing experimental drug treatment program, but more will be known and decided upon as all of the test results come back and are studied by the doctors.
He was impressed with the serious and attentive nature of his primary doctor, and that's a very good beginning to recovery.
I had him repeat what the doctor said. It sounded so simple, yet carried so much hope.
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New York is like this dream place to me. I think it is to a lot of people. It's a place where things happen. dreams come true. where you make it or break it. I'm excited that I will be apart of that for a week. The hustle and bustle of the streets. The sounds of the city.
I come from a pretty small town. There are about 15,000 people in the city limits (i could be wrong though... have to wait for the 2010 census to update me! ha). I have seen and been to big cities before. I love San Francisco. Sacramento is charming. And LA is fun. But there's just something about New York City (even though I have never been..) It's like a foreign country.
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These are the colors I want to be in this spring.
For my spring wardrobe I am thinking of brown and navy dresses and skirts with lots of hot pink, butter yellow and acid green. This goes back to not forcing a trend. I don't look good in soft colored dresses that always reemerge every spring. I love them but a yellow dress on me is terrible. So instead I want to go with a navy with a princess sleeve butter yellow cardigan. Also this is a good way to have a multi season dress. Come fall I can wear a dark orange sweater with the same navy dress and instantly I am "fall" appropriate.
The AMAZINGLY talented Julie of Rottencupcakes made me this lovely template for my blog. She is a design genius. I told her I wanted "Clean Bauhaus with bunnies".
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Akira Ifukube made money by Musicians niche. For all time, at the moment, 2018 year, Akira Ifukube earned $8 Million. Exact sum is $8000000.
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Birth date: May 31, 1914, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Death date: February 8, 2006, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
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Profession: Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
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text: . May 22, 2007 SouthAmerica: One month ago I was talking to a friend of mine who has a boat business here in New Jersey and he was telling me how his business was lucky to break even last year and this year he does not expect to make any money once again. The culprit â gas prices â gas prices killed his business last year and in 2007 since he knew that the American oil companies were playing the same game once again then he sold all his inventory since January at cost just to stop any carrying costs that he knew it would be hard to recover during the summer months. One of his customers work for a major oil company and he told my friend a few months ago that the major oil companies had coordinated their refinery closings to do maintenance work to reduce the gasoline inventory in the market for them to be able to jack up the prices of gas to the American public just as the summer driving season begun. Since the price of gas had killed my friends business last year â this year he learned his lesson and sold all his inventory away before he would on normal years and he sold it at cost just to not be caught with his pants down because of the high price of gas. He is glad that his friend mentioned to him early in the year about the game that the US petroleum companies are playing here in the United States with the price of gas â that gave him the chance to cut his losses away in advance and sell all his inventory. Most of the competition to my friend business went out of business in the last 20 years and he is one of the sole survivors in our area of the country and he does not have any inventory if there are any customers during this summer time. ************* Here is an economic game Saudi Arabia can play that can be very profitable to them. It was obvious to me that the major petroleum companies have been playing games with the price of gas for a long time â and I know that the American Petroleum companies are going to play the same old game once again similar to the game they did play last year when gas prices reached $ 3.25 per gallon for the cheapest gas during the summer of 2006, then the prices declined to the lowest point of $ 2.00 per gallon in November 2006 on election day - and the following day after the election the petroleum companies restarted their game on the way up and once again they are taking the American people for a ride and gas prices have reached new high all over the United States. Today the barrel of petroleum is trading at around US$ 65 per barrel. In my opinion it would be very easy for the Saudi Arabian government to make the price of a barrel of oil to go over US$ 100 per barrel and they can accomplish that overnight. I have observed over time some US government strategy at work and just keep in mind that the United States government has brainwashed the American people into fear terrorist attacks, and basically today Americans would buy anything in that regard that is why every time something is going wrong with some kind of investigation regarding the current administration or a major problem is going on in the Middle East â they use the terrorism card and a new terrorist plot is brought forward to take attention of the other problem. Today I donât believe on anything the US government say about terrorist plots â and I assume only gullible Americans still believe on those fairy tales. But for good or worse the American people is ripe to be taken for a ride because of their mindset regarding terrorism. Why Saudi Arabia is not learning from the major American oil companies how to take the American public for a ride since it would be a piece of cake for Saudi Arabia to play the same game that the major American oil companies have been playing and Saudi Arabia can make the price of oil to go overnight to over US$ 100 per barrel on the international market. When the price of oil reaches over US$ 100 per barrel that can translate in billions and billions of extra dollars going to the coffers of the petroleum producing countries in the Middle East. How they can do that overnight? It is very simple â remember the mindset of the American people regarding terrorism â all the Saudis have to do is stage a terrorist attack on one of their major oil production facilities â they can hire a movie making crew to make the attack to seem real â like in the movie âWag the Dogâ â but in this case they have to stage in such a way that has to look real even to the satellites from out of space that would be taking pictures to access the damage. The illusion that a good filmmaker can create today in making such a war scenes can make it look as if it was the real thing. Voila, no actual damage to the Saudi Arabian production capacity, but instead the illusion that the production capacity would be disabled for months until they can be repaired and returned once again to production. In the meantime they can pocket billions and billions of extra dollar and they can laugh all the way to the bank. Basically that staged terrorist attack by the Saudi government would not be any different than what the major oil companies are doing today to the American people â they would just be taking the American people to the cleaners. The major oil companies are allowed to that the American people to the cleaners all the time then we can assume that the oil producing countries also should be able to get away with that kind of market manipulation. If other oil producing countries try to use that strategy that would not have the same impact as if the Saudis did that themselves â only the Saudis have the power to push the price of oil to over US $ 100 per barrel. The price of oil on world markets would react to the way up based on the illusion that has been created instead of the actual reality. The oil traders would react to the perception of what they think that has happened â to the staged illusion created for them. 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Sufficient stock of tamiflu tablets for prevention of swine flu in state
Chief Minister Mr. Chouhan reviews seasonal disease control
Bhopal, September 7, 2016 (Ataullah Faizan): Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan instructed to take every possible effort to prevent seasonal diseases like malaria, dengue, chikungunya, vomiting, diarrhea, cholera, swine flu while reviewing the preparedness programme. It was informed in the meeting that tamiflu tablets have been availed in all district hospitals, community health centres and 70 earmarked private hospitals for prevention of outbreak of swine flu. Chief Minister was informed that facility for testing of swine flu is available in Jabalpur, Gwalior and Bhopal and OPDs are open in all district hospitals and community health centres round the clock. 155 medical stores have been earmarked for selling tamiflu in the state. Tests for dengue and chikungunya is available free of cost in referral lab. Total 245 samples were collected for swine flu test across the state since April and only one patient affected with the disease was found. Total 318 cases of dengue have been found in 36 districts and there is one death reported so far. Twenty nine cases of chikungunya have been reported in 12 districts, apart from one death. Sufficient stock of medicines has been made at district level for malaria. Third phase of spraying pesticides has started in 38 districts. 13.70 lakh medicated mosquito nets being sent by the centre are expected to reach this month. Test for malaria and treatment facility have been made available at village level by the state government. The first phase of malaria-off 200 has been completed for 1.91 crore people in July at 2679 sub-health centre in coordination with AYUSH department by health department.Total 23 thousand 419 patients of malaria have been found since April and one patient died.
Around 5000 cases of diarrhea have been reported in 44 districts in which there were 47 deaths. Rapid response teams in districts and combat teams at blocks have been constituted for prevention of diarrhea and cholera. Special monitoring is underway in 4513 villages earmarked as problematic. Bleaching powder has been availed for water purification in districts and purification is underway in villages on weekly basis. Necessary medicines are available in government hospitals in sufficient quantity. Asha workers have been provided ORS, chlorine tablets, bleaching powder. CUG and call centre system has been installed to get information at state and district level.


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Syria's weapons handover a 'good first step' says expert
The first batch of Syria's surrendered chemical weapons leaving the country is a significant and positive step says Anthony Bubalo from the Lowy Institute but he says the international community could take greater action on the country's conflict.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: A short time ago I was joined by Anthony Bubalo, the research director at the Lowy Institute for International Policy and the co-author of a recent paper on Syria.
Anthony Bubalo, how significant is this first consignment of chemical weapons leaving Syria?
ANTHONY BUBALO, LOWY INSTITUTE FOR INT'L POLICY: It's very significant and it's a positive step. Many people feared last year, when the deal was struck between Syria and the United States for Syria to give up its chemical weapons, that none of this would come to fruition; that this was just another ploy by the Assad regime in playing for time. So it's significant that we are seeing the first shipment finally leaving Syrian territory.
LEIGH SALES: But how do we trust that, ultimately, Syria is going to be handing over all of its chemical weapons?
ANTHONY BUBALO: Well, we'll have to wait and see. I mean, this is a good step, the first shipment leaving. We have to start to see if further shipments also leave Syria. There's a lot of time to go yet. There's months to go of this process. But, you know, against expectation, against the expectation of many people, the weapons are leaving Syria.
LEIGH SALES: So even if all of the chemical weapons did leave Syria, does that mean that we see an end then to conflict in that country?
ANTHONY BUBALO: No, and this is the unfortunate thing. I mean, it's a positive thing that Syria's giving up its chemical weapons, firstly because it's not then going to be able to use them against its own people, it's not going to be able to use it against its neighbours in any future conflict and it's less likely these weapons will fall into the hands of some of the terrorist groups that are now participating in the conflict in Syria.
But having said that, none of that will do anything to stop what is an incredibly bloody conflict. Over 130,000 dead now in Syria, most of those, the vast majority of those killed by conventional weapons, not by chemical weapons. And unfortunately this will do nothing to stop that killing.
LEIGH SALES: So what needs to happen to bring that to an end?
ANTHONY BUBALO: Look, a range of things. We are at a bloody stalemate at the moment, a stalemate that favours the Syrian regime. There is a negotiation, there is an effort at a diplomatic settlement, there's a negotiation effort going on. But that's been dragging on for months now and it seems to me at this stage that the prospects of that are fairly slight. So unfortunately I think all we can do is sit and watch the conflict play out and hope that one side or the other gains the upper hand and you do start to see an end to the conflict.
I think there are, however, things that the international community could be doing that they're not doing. Certainly putting more pressure on the Syrian regime to deal with some of the negative consequences of the conflict, to put in place ceasefires, to provide greater access to international humanitarian organisations. Over nine million Syrians at the moment are in need of assistance, over six million are internally displaced. So even if we can't solve the conflict itself, there's a lot we can do to try and deal with some of its awful consequences.
LEIGH SALES: On that humanitarian aspect: do we actually have a full sense of what's going on given the sort of limited access the Syrian regime has offered?
ANTHONY BUBALO: Look, people are going in and out, including international aid organisations, but it is a very, very difficult situation for them. They're very much reliant on the Syrian regime. They're also reliant on rebel organisations in the areas they control. So the access - I mean, the information is pretty good but the access in terms of helping the people that need it isn't what it should be.
LEIGH SALES: Has the Western world perhaps underestimated president Assad's resilience?
ANTHONY BUBALO: There's no question, there is no question. I mean, I think when this conflict began the US, Britain, France, others called for Assad to go and they called for Assad to go because they thought he was going to go. They thought he would go the same way as president Mubarak in Egypt and president Ben Ali in Tunisia. That wasn't the case and I think they made a fundamental mistake in that. And what we've seen really in the three years of the conflict has been that the regime is far more united than its opponents.
LEIGH SALES: Just on another matter in the Middle East: there's been an upsurge in violence in Iraq over the past month or so. The latest today is that Iraqi troops have killed about 25 Al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. What's causing this new round of instability there?
ANTHONY BUBALO: There are a number of elements here. One is this is a lot of unfinished conflict from the time of the US occupation. Secondly, the Syrian conflict is also playing a role in heating up sectarian tensions around the region, including in Iraq and particularly with Sunni jihadist fighters that are now flooding back into Iraq to go to Syria and are very much operating between the two countries.
And thirdly, I think the Iraqi government, which is also not doing what it should be doing to try to tamp down some of the sectarian tensions in the country. Indeed, many argue some of the policies they are pursuing are exacerbating the sectarian tensions.
LEIGH SALES: Is this Al Qaeda-affiliated group something that is locally focused, or is it something that the global community needs to be worried about more broadly?
ANTHONY BUBALO: It's locally focused at the moment, but the global community needs to be worried about it because we've seen this in the past. Groups that are locally focused can turn their attention outwards in the future. And the most worrying element of what we're seeing at the moment, both in Iraq and in Syria, is the fact that a new generation of extremists are being trained, are gaining access to military skills.
I mean, one of the great successes of the War in Terror is that over 10 years Western intelligence agencies, cooperating with governments in the Middle East were able to degrade the capabilities of these groups and of these individuals. Iraq and Syria are offering opportunities for these groups to re-tool and to retrain and with the concern being that in a few years time their focus may again be directed against the West.
LEIGH SALES: Thank you very much for coming in tonight.
ANTHONY BUBALO: It's a pleasure.
Author Leigh Sales


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Finding that someone has taken your number-plate may not be the trivial nuisance it seems.
Car cloning is big business and it's getting bigger. Police and motoring experts are increasingly alarmed at the rapid rise in vehicle-identity theft which is helping to finance organised crime in drugs, human trafficking and even terrorism.
Last week, Stephen Ladyman, the roads minister, announced the introduction of new "thief-proof" number-plates designed to crack down on car crime and reduce the estimated 33,000 plates stolen during 2004. The new plates, which are expected to be available by the autumn, are said to be resistant to theft and have been designed in response to the growing problem.
Many such crimes go unreported as victims either dismiss their loss as vandalism or don't feel it's worth reporting. However, for some, the loss of a number-plate is just the beginning of a nightmare, as they start receiving speeding tickets or parking fines from areas of the country they have never visited.
Cloning is where criminals either steal or copy the number plates from legitimate vehicles and attach them to an identical one which is either sold to an unsuspecting buyer or used in other crimes ranging from the theft of fuel from filling stations and avoidance of congestion charges to armed robbery and drugs deals. Cloning can also be used to mask another vehicle which has been put illegally back on the road following an accident. It is estimated that, at some time, one in six motorists have bought a "cut and shunt" - two cars welded together and sold as one.
"We are seeing a lot more cloning these days," says Phil Swift, of Claims Management and Adjusting, which specialises in vehicle theft investigations.
"There's a lot of money to be made by crooks. About five years ago around 500,000 cars a year were stolen. The police did a cracking job and we got about 70 per cent back which meant about 150,000 cars were never seen again.
"Now the figure of stolen vehicles is down to about 360,000 a year but police are recovering less than 50 per cent of them. We are still losing about 180,000 a year, ones which we never see again. Car security has improved so less are being stolen but if we are getting fewer back, where are they all going? Breaking for parts accounts for some and a few are possibly exported so the vast number are probably being cloned."
It is estimated by police that there are already thousands of cloned cars on Britain's roads. However, because the only way of confirming the identity of each one is to compare the licence plate with the vehicle identification number (VIN) on the chassis - which the more sophisticated crooks will also attempt to forge - the scam is almost impossible to police.
According to Roger Powell, General Manager of My Car Check, one of the UK's leading vehicle-data agencies, there is not a day goes by without innocent people being duped. "Often people pay thousands for a new car only to find it has been stolen and given a false identity," says Powell, who recently heard of a car which appeared to have been cloned at least 14 times. "The only way to check is to make sure the registration plate matches the Vehicle Identification Number on the chassis and elsewhere," he adds.
All UK chassis codes are made up of have 17 letters and numbers and at least the last four are unique to each vehicle. My Car Check is the only company to provide the last four digits of a car's VIN to help buyers check thoroughly.
"If there are less or more than 17 characters, or if there is any suggestion the numbers have been tampered with in any way, people should be immediately suspicious," says Powell, whose company uses data supplied by the DVLA, the police and the Association of British Insurers to confirm the identity and history of vehicles.
The massive growth in internet trading has made the problem worse, as more cars are sold on a national, rather than local, level, making it harder for police to trace a "clone" that has been sold. As a result, organised gangs operating throughout the UK are estimated to be making a fortune from the scams.
"Some buyers find it very hard to resist a luxury car which is offered at two-thirds of its expected value," says Detective Inspector Jim Henderson, head of Strathclyde Police's stolen-car unit.
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"Sometimes victims take out loans to buy the cars and end up losing everything while the crooks run off with the money to buy drugs or use it to finance other crimes."
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Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12, Issue 1
The Many Faces of Fraud
When it comes to fraud, investigators and law enforcement professionals know that there are more than Ponzi schemes and money laundering.
Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12, Issue 2
BRB Publications.com Free Public Record Resources
As investigators, we are now enjoying the many years of development and slow progression as counties and states continue to add new databases. Investigators are wise to keep an eye for these latest releases. For the most part, these are free and valid resources that make our job easier. Visit BRBPublications.com to find the link to Free Public Record Searches - updated links outlining all the the public records you can imagine within the United States.
Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12, Spring Special Issue
Expert techniques for finding experts
For over a decade many have considered the word "expert" a dirty word. Once you start calling yourself an expert, other are waiting in the wings to knock you down a peg, However they do exist. Many individuals have spent their life focusing on an area of interest to which they can attribute advance education and contribution.
Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12, Issue 4
Risk Assessments Online
Have you performed a Google search on your name lately? consider this common scenario, one day a business executive decides to Google her name only to discover her home address and the names of her children all listed online in plain sight along with online offers to purchase more information about her current whereabouts and social status. The discovery is alarming and in some cases, downright dangerous, especially if the person is an individual with a high net worth, or an executive suite employee, or has a security clearance, or is in law enforcement, or is a private detective, or simply concerned about his or her privacy.
Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12, Issue 5
Social Network Searching Summer Update
There are always new Web sites to visit and use for our investigative work. In this article, we focus on social network investigations and the latest sites - or updates to those you are already familiar with.
Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12,Fall Special Issue
Product Review: Copernic Agent Search Engine
Based on the website www.copernic.com the mission of Copernic, a Canadian based company, "is dedicated to providing its customers cost-effective Web and desktop search technology that enables better decision-making and increased productivity"
Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12, Issue 7
Counterterrorism and Social Media
As an Internet investigator, the following are tools, resources, and tips I would recommend to anyone in this field, once an event has occured and social media is available. Most importantly, the article will conclude with some shared open source services that will help to identify potentially risky behavior and negative content before an event occurs.
Data2Know Issue 2013: Volume 12, Issue 8
Across the Ocean - Business Due Diligence in the Republic of China
How does the well-informed investigator determine if a company located in the Republic of China is reputable and free from encumbrances? In this article you will be given a systematic account of the due diligence steps necessary to answer the above question. This article examines the steps, thought processes, and online resources necessary to achieve success with business due diligence in China. The objective of our investigation is to minimize monetary and reputational risks involved with a foreign business.