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Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Injunctive Relief)
In many cases in which a prisoner or group of prisoners is suing over bad prison conditions or practices, the prisoners want an injunction, that is, an order to require state officials to stop violating constitutional rights. This column briefly discusses what "injunctive relief" is, the basic standards for getting ...
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More from this issue:
- Making Slave Labor Fly: Boeing Goes to Prison, by Paul Wright
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- Litigant Entitled to Summary Judgment Notice
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- BOP Brutality Info Wanted
- Denial of Medical Diet States Claim
- A Matter of Fact
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Injunctive Relief), by John Midgley
- Detainee Excessive Force Jury Instructions Reversed
- Media TRO Denied
- Congress Bans Porn in Federal Prisons, by Paul Wright
- Reach Out and Bilk Someone
- Execution Conflicts with Medical Ethics
- New Triad, by Pierre Duterte
- No Remedy for State Law Violations in Washington Disciplinary Hearings
- Third Circuit: PLRA Doesn't Apply to Mandamus
- PLRA Overrules FRAP 24(a)
- 5th Circuit: PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
- PLRA 'Strike' Removed
- Three's Company, by N.H.
- Strife in Pleasant Valley, by N.H.
- Case Closed After 24 Years
- Canteen Corp. Info Wanted, by Anthony Palacioz
- California Bans Media Interviews with Prisoners, by Willie Wisely
- PNS Suspends US Publication
- Pierce County (Tacoma) Jail Suit Settled
- Tent City Jail Erupts in Flames
- Washington Union Sues over Prison Slave Labor
- California Prison Computer Project Crashes
- CDC Trying to Polish Tarnished Image, by Dan Pens
- Third Annual NCSCUP Conference, by Daniel Burton-Rose
- Used Law Books Not Good Enough in California
- Detainee Entitled to Ad-Seg Hearing
- News in Brief
- Ten Years Is Enough; Belgian POWs Seek Freedom
- No Immunity for Kidney Transplant Denial
- No Service on US Required for Bivens Claim in Work Injury Suit
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
More from these topics:
- Class-Action Suit at BOP “Rape Club” in California Settled for Record $116 Million, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Settlements, Injunctions, Class Actions.
- Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Milwaukee Jail’s Mail Policy in HRDC Suit, July 15, 2025. Injunctions, Censorship, First Amendment, Prison Mail, Legitimate Penological Interests, Reasonably Related to Legitimate Penological Interest.
- BOP Jettisons Transgender Offender Manual, May 1, 2025. Injunctions, Banned Book Lists, Discrimination (Transgender), Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- Idaho Stopped From Repeatedly Scheduling Executions That It Cannot Carry Out, July 1, 2024. Injunctions, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Punishment, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
- “Third Time Is Not the Charm” For Texas Jailers Barred by PLRA from Enforcing Prior Settlement Agreement Against Prisoner in New Suit, May 1, 2024. Jail Specific, PLRA, Settlements, Attorney Calls, Civil Settlement - Effect of, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Wiretaps/Wiretap Evidence.
- Finding Indiana Grievance Process “Unavailable,” Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment to 22 Prisoners on Same Day, April 1, 2024. PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
- Muslim Florida Prisoner Awarded Permanent Injunction to Grow Untrimmed Beard, March 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Injunctions, RLUIPA, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Right to Grow a Beard.
- New York Prisoners with Chronic Pain Win Injunction to Receive Denied Medication, March 1, 2024. Medication, Pain, Injunctions.
- California Slowed, But Not Barred from “Dumping” Sick, Indigent Parolees on Public Hospitals, March 1, 2024. Medical, Injunctions, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Medical Care/Treatment, Compassionate Release.
- Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage, Jan. 1, 2024. Staffing, Exercise, Appointment of Counsel, Injunctions (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Class Actions, Right to Exercise.