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Bivens Case by Disabled Prisoner Against Federal Prison Officials Remanded; Settles for $15,000
Loaded on May 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2010, page 49
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment to federal prison officials in a Bivens case brought by a handicapped prisoner who was unable to take a shower or go to recreation for over two months because the defendants refused to provide him ...
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Exercise,
Showers,
Civil Procedure,
Summary Judgment,
Americans with Disabilities Act,
Rehabilitation Act.
Location:
South Carolina.
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