In a detailed ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected an attempt by a Muslim prisoner to obtain additional attorney fees for alleged violations of an agreed injunctive order, and remanded for further proceedings. Following remand, the district court awarded over $74,000 in fees and costs. ...
In a lengthy decision, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that approximately 100 employees of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) could recover damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for violations of the Privacy Act at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Lexington, Kentucky. The defendants in ...
By Derek Gilna
In a November 30 decision, the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed a dismissal of indictments against Timothy Spade, a prisoner at the Hillsborough County House of Correction that charged him with several counts of aggravated assault under RSA 642:9,11, which prohibits any purposeful expulsion of urine or ...
Second Circuit Denies Connecticut Student's §1983 Claim against School Officials
by Derek Gilna
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a district court order granting summary judgment to public school officials in Burlington, Connecticut, in which student Avery Donniger had claimed her First Amendment and ...
A United States Magistrate in the State of Oklahoma has issued a Report and Recommendation regarding Oklahoma prison officials' motion for summary judgment seeking to dismiss an Oklahoma prisoner's civil rights and habeas corpus complaint filed based upon the denied delivery of Prison Legal News (PLN) and other publications. The ...
Derek Gilna
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned aside an appeal by Keith Maydak, Ambrose Mitchell, Paul Lee, and Gregory Smith, who were federal prisoners, alleging violations by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the U.S. of 28 USC section 1331, and 1321, and Privacy ...
Two former Pennsylvania state court judges who were accused by federal prosecutors of running a multi-million dollar scheme to send juvenile offenders to privately-run prisons in exchange for bribes have been sentenced.
Former judge Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr., 62, who presided over the juvenile court system in Luzerne County, brought ...
A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that alleged deficiencies in health care at the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF) in Otay Mesa, California has been settled, according to a December 16, 2010 press release issued by the ACLU.
The suit named as defendants the Immigration and Customs ...
A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that alleged deficiencies in health care at the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF) in Otay Mesa, California has been settled, according to a December 16, 2010 press release issued by the ACLU.
The suit named as defendants the Immigration and Customs ...
Two separate settlements totaling almost $60 million were approved between November 2010 and January 2011 for Cook County, Illinois jail prisoners who were strip searched before being released. Both settlements stemmed from federal court cases filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, one in 2004 and the other in 2006.
In ...
