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Pro Se Tips and Tactics
In the June issue of PLN, I discussed the defense of so-called "qualified immunity" that is available to public officers and employees sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This companion column discusses the other kind of immunity you may run into, so-called "absolute immunity" from a § 1983 suit. I …
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More from this issue:
- IMU Placement Implicates Due Process
- Denial of Disciplinary Witnesses Upheld
- Limited Interlocutory Appeals in Medical Cases
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- A Matter of Fact
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by John Midgley
- Mass Transfer Madness, by Willie Wisely
- CBCC Struggle Ongoing
- Phone Activist Seeks Info
- Thanks from Thailand, by Jackie Sample
- The Price of Freedom, by B.E.
- From the Home Front, by Kate
- Armed Guards in Illinois, by J.M.
- Un-Happy Meals in Kansas, by G.C.
- Elizabeth Alexander Named Director of ACLU National Prison Project
- Washington Death Row Prisoners Get Habeas TRO
- Florida Utilities Commission Refunds Phone Kickbacks
- Texas Prisoners Build Their Own Cages
- Challenging Evil That Ills This Society, by Ed Kinane
- Iowa State Court Rules on Forfeiture, by Michael Brant
- BOP Phone Suit Settled, by Paul Wright
- $43,410 in Attorney Fees Awarded in PC Case
- NSP Double Celling Order Vacated
- Supreme Court Closes Double Jeopardy Door, by Jeffrey Steinborn
- Warden Caught in Sex Sting
- Rhode Island Fee Violates Ex Post Facto
- Prisoner Has Right to Hunger Strike, by James Quigley
- Asbestos Exposure Violates Eighth Amendment
- News in Brief
- Job Denial Based on HIV Status May Violate ADA
More from John Midgley:
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, June 15, 2004
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Magistrate Judges in Federal Courts, Nov. 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Damages, Aug. 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, April 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Dec. 15, 2002
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Unknown Defendant Identities, July 15, 2002
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Feb. 15, 2002
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, June 15, 2001
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Dec. 15, 2000
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Sept. 15, 2000
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- “Nothing Short of Disgraceful”: New York Prisoner Wins Injunction Ordering Cancer Treatment Delayed Seven Years, Sept. 1, 2026. Cancer, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Injunctions, Deliberate Indifference.
- HRDC Wins Injunction Against Minnesota DOC Policy Banning Its Publications, Sept. 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, HRDC Litigation.
- Eight Circuit Reverses Denial of Partial Qualified Immunity in Detainee’s Pepper Ball Claim, Remands Excessive Force Claims, Sept. 1, 2026. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Qualified Immunity, Wrongful Use of Force.
- Fourth Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity in Strip Searches Resulting from Anonymous Tips, Sept. 1, 2026. Strip Searches, Qualified Immunity, Fourth Amendment, rights, Suspicionless Searches.
- Court Shuts Down Arizona Attempt to Fill Medical Staff Vacancies with Under-Qualified Providers, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Injunctions, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
- Ninth Circuit Revives HRDC Challenge to Washington DOC Mail Restrictions, Aug. 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, First Amendment, rights.
- Detroit Pays $5.8 Million to Former State Prisoner Exonerated of Murder After 15 Years, Aug. 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Eyewitness Identification, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
- Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of Executive Order to Transfer Trans Women Prisoners to Men’s Prisons, Aug. 1, 2026. Transfers, Injunctions, Discrimination (Transgender), Failure to Protect (Transgender).
- Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Detectives Who Revealed Prisoner Was Informant, Denies Him Anonymity, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Physical Injury Rule, Qualified Immunity, Informants (Failure to Protect), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
- Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of State-Law Qualified Immunity in Scabies Case, Aug. 1, 2026. Corizon, Systemic Medical Neglect, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.