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Article • May 15, 2007
$1,200 Paid and Apology Given in WA Racial Discrimination Suit by Washington State Penitentiary officials agreed to settle a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action filed in the Eastern District of Washington federal court filed by Sir Jesse R. Hunter. Hunter had placed his food tray on his cell door's food slot …
Reduced Likelihood of Parole Does Not constitute a Penalty by The First Circuit Court of Appeals determined that refusal to participate in sex treatment program merits reduced likelihood of parole and did not constitute as a penalty. Wayne Ainsworth a convicted New Hampshire prisoner, sex offender who had been admitted …
Kansas Prisoner's Sexually Motivated Behavior In Custody Leads To Sex Offender Classification by The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled in State prisoner Roland Hill's state habeas corpus petition that he could be classified and managed as a sex offender while incarcerated and under post release supervision based on sexually motivated …
Parolee Sex Offender Classification Without Conviction Requires Heightened Procedural Safeguards by by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has held that sex offender classification requires more due process for parolees than for incarcerated prisoners, but failed to delineate what process is due. In 1987, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ban on Public Speaking While Masked Held Unconstitutional by The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted declaratory relief and a permanent injunction on behalf of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan against the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New …
Article • May 15, 2007
Injunctive Relief Granted For Pregnant NJ Jail Prisoners by Prisoners in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, a New Jersey county jail, filed a class action suit on behalf of pregnant female prisoners alleging that they were being denied "essential" health care. The prisoners alleged, in particular, that the women were …
Confessions Made in Therapy Protected Under 5th Amendment by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that statement made by a prisoner in court ordered therapy are protected by the Fifth amendment's right Against self incrimination. Washington state prisoner Dan Pens was committed to a sexual psychopath program …
Wisconsin Prisoner's ADA Claim Proceeds; Counsel Appointed by A Wisconsin federal district court has allowed a prisoner at the Stanley Correctional Institution (SCI) to proceed on his claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (ADA). The Court also appointed the prisoner counsel. Wisconsin prisoner …
Florida Sex Offenders Must Pay for Court Order Treatment by Florida Second District Court of Appeals has held that a trial court's order that requires the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to pay the cost of a probationers sex offender treatment violates the doctrine of separation of powers. The trial …
Injunction Against California DOC Precluded By PLRA, Turner by In this unpublished ruling the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the California Department of Corrections (CDC) did not have to comply with plaintiffs' proposed modifications to its procedures for housing and screening disabled prisoners and that …
Jury Awards $136,501 to Handicapped Michigan Prisoner Sent to Virginia Prison by Dwayne Hubbard, a one-legged Michigan state prisoner was sent to a Virginia prisoner due to overcrowding. The Virginia prison had no accommodations for his handicap. He fell and injured his back in the shower. The Virginia guards made …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sex Offender Can Be Compelled to Admit Crimes for Entry to Prison Program by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prison program for sex offenders, which requires the prisoner to admit guilt to crimes convicted upon, does not violate the prisoner's rights to equal protection and …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA State Properly Filed Civil Commitment Petition Two Days Before Prisoner's Prison Release Date by WA State Properly Filed Civil Commitment Petition Two Days Before Prisoner's Prison Release Date On May 9, 2000, George Taylor, a Washington State Prisoner, was two days shy of his prison release date on a …
MI Prisoner's § 1983 Action Dismissed for Claiming Only Emotional Injury by MI Prisoner's § 1983 Action Dismissed for Claiming Only Emotional Injury Bobbie Adams, a Michigan state prisoner, claimed the Melanic Palace of the Rising Sun as his religion. Melanics were designated as a security threat group in the …
Selective BOP Prosecution Based On Race Unproven by Federal prisoner Frederick DeBerry (an African-American) located at the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Florence, Colorado, facility, and two other African-American prisoners at this facility, appealed the District of Colorado's decision that they had not met their burden of proof of both discriminatory …
$641,000 Settlement In Beating Death Of Alabama Jail Prisoner by Following the death a man who was allegedly beaten by jailers in a Montgomery, Alabama, jail, the City settled with the man's estate for $641,000. The decedent was arrested in June 1997 for fondling a 10-year-old girl and imprisoned in …
Job Discrimination Due to Disability from Hepatitis-C Treatment Violates California Worker's Rights by Job Discrimination Due to Disability from Hepatitis-C Treatment Violates California Worker's Rights by John E. Dannenberg A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) stationary (plant maintenance) engineer who suffered from Hepatitis-C (HCV) sued for disability discrimination …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supreme Court Holds Private Parties Cannot Litigate Title VIII Disparate Impact Claims by Supreme Court Holds Private Parties Cannot Litigate Title VIII Disparate Impact Claims There is no private right of action to enforce disparate-impact regulations promulgated under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The statute prohibits …
Minnesota Sex Predator Not Entitled to Jury Trial before Being Civilly Committed by Minnesota Sex Predator Not Entitled to Jury Trial before Being Civilly Committed James Poole, a Minnesota state prisoner, was civilly committed for an indefinite period of time under that state's sexual predator laws. He was not allowed …
NJ Prisoner's § 1983 Action Against Parole Board and Its Agents Dismissed as Incognizable by NJ Prisoner's § 1983 Action Against Parole Board and Its Agents Dismissed as Incognizable In 1997, John Williams was a New Jersey state parolee. His parole officer arrested him for changing jobs without permission and …
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