by David M. Reutter
On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment to a NaphCare nurse accused of deliberate indifference to a pretrial detainee’s sickle cell disease that resulted in his death at Ohio’s Hamilton County Justice Center. But …
by David M. Reutter
On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 e, does not apply to an action filed in state court and removed to federal court by the defendants. The Court had …
by David M. Reutter
On August 14, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Florida issued its latest ruling in a long-running case brought by detainees at the Broward County Jail exposed to a risk of COVID-19 infection during the pandemic. Overruling Plaintiffs’ objections, the Court adopted the …
by David M. Reutter
On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held that a post-trial motion is required only to preserve findings of fact for appellate review—not a purely legal question resolved at summary judgment. The high court accepted the case on January 13, 2023, …
by David M. Reutter
On May 5, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Texas prisoner’s civil rights complaint that alleged prison staff delayed and impeded his access to emergency medical care after the onset of his stroke symptoms. The Court found the …
by David M. Reutter
On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment against a federal prisoner in Indiana who claimed he was subjected to a physical assault for filing grievances. But the Court affirmed judgment on two other claims …
by David M. Reutter
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the moment a prisoner files a motion to dismiss his federal civil rights suit, a district court losses jurisdiction over it. So it therefore has no authority to find the action …
by David M. Reutter
On September 12, 2022, the federal court for the District of New Jersey denied a motion for summary judgment by the defendant New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) in a state prisoner’s claim alleging that designating the Nation of Gods and Earth (NOGE) a security threat …
by David M. Reutter
On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed both a federal civil rights complaint and a proposed consent decree to resolve allegedly unconstitutional conditions at New Jersey’s Cumberland County Jail (CCJ). The filing ends a five-year investigation and aims to correct conditions that …
by David M. Reutter
On August 17, 2023, lawyers for a group of 39 current and former prisoners at Delaware’s Sussex Correctional Center (SCC) largely beat back a motion brought by defendant prison officials to dismiss their complaint alleging a “systematic pattern” of beatings at the lockup in 2021 and …
