Skip navigation

Search

27100 results
Page 1061 of 1355. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 ... 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 | Next »

Seventh Circuit Interprets "Brought" As Used 42 U.S.C. § 1197e(a) by Seventh Circuit Interprets "Brought" As Used 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has interpreted the word "brought" in 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) to mean "when the complaint is tendered to the district …
Ninth Circuit: "Chilling Effect" Not Required To Establish First Amendment Violation by Marvin Mentor Ninth Circuit: "Chilling Effect" Not Required To Establish First Amendment Violation by Marvin Mentor The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dealt with the following conundrum: does a prisoner who exhaustively fights purported violations of his …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Oregon Prisoner's Allegation of Economic Damages States Sufficient Claim by Oregon Prisoner's Allegation Of Economic Damages States Sufficient Claim The Oregon Court of Appeals held that a state prisoner's allegation of economic damages stemming from the purported improper release of his medical records and substandard medical care stated a claim …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
BOP Ad-Seg Rules Create a Liberty Interest by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit court of Appeals has held that BOP administrative segregation policies create a liberty interest. The Court reversed a Georgia federal district court's order granting prison officials' motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Oregon Parole Increase Following Appeal Violates Due Process, Presumption of Vindictiveness Applies by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the imposition of a longer sentence imposed on remand after a successful appeal of an order of the Oregon Parole Board (Board) was presumptively vindictive and the Board failed …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Massachusetts Jail Prisoner Awarded $20,000 For Crushed Knuckle by Massachusetts Jail Prisoner Awarded $20,000 For Crushed Knuckle A superior court in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, awarded $20,000 to a man who sustained a knuckle fracture when a cell door was allegedly opened without warning. Plaintiff Gary Taylor, 47, was arrested for …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Federal Court Orders Mississippi to Desegregate HIV+ Prisoners by Federal Court Orders Mississippi to Desegregate HIV+ Prisoners by Matthew T. Clarke On June 7, 2004, a federal district court in Greenville, Mississippi, ordered the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) to cease excluding HIV+ prisoners from being housed in a Community …
California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E Dannenberg California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E. Dannenberg The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has charged private prison contractor Marantha Corrections LLC with "misappropriating" more than …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Iowa Must Give Kosher Meals to Civilly Committed Sex Offender by John E Dannenberg Iowa Must Give Kosher Meals To Civilly Committed Sex Offender by John E. Dannenberg The United States District Court (S.D. Iowa) ordered that Kosher meals be provided without co-payment to an Orthodox Jewish prisoner who is …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Texas County, Deputy Settle Sex Assault Case For $50,000 by A woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a Kleberg County, Texas, sheriff's deputy has settled her civil rights lawsuit against the county and the deputy for $50,000. On May 16, 2001, Sarah Jean Hernandez, 22, was arrested at …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Silja JA Talvi by Angela Y. Davis Open Media/Seven Stories Press, 127 pp. $8.95 paperback Review by Silja Talvi "On the whole people tend to take prisons for granted," Angela Y. Davis. But are we, as a society, willing to face the reality of what goes …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
California Latino Gang Members Locked Down Over 20 Months; Narrow U.S. Attorney Criminal Review Finds "No Abuses" by California Latino Gang Members Locked Down Over 20 Months; Narrow U.S. Attorney Criminal Review Finds "No Abuses" Latino gang members at California's 124 year-old Folsom State Prison (FSP) were locked down for …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of PLN Suit Challenging Kansas DOC Ban On Gift Subscriptions by John E Dannenberg Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of PLN Suit Challenging Kansas DOC Ban On Gift Subscriptions by John E. Dannenberg The Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the district court's grant …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright The index for the 2004 issues of PLN is now ready and available for shipping. PLN's indexes are a great stand alone research tool as well as the best tool to maximize the use of PLN as a research tool. Each index lists all …
Report Lambastes New York Lockdowns by Michael Rigby by: Michael Rigby Emotional and physical distress...restricted diets... "greeting beatings" ...high rates of mental illness...a reliance on warehousing instead of treatment. This is the troubling reality of disciplinary confinement in New York, according to a 54-page report released on October 22, 2003, …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Media, PLN Litigation
Report Lambastes New York Lockdowns by by: Michael Rigby Emotional and physical distress...restricted diets... "greeting beatings" ...high rates of mental illness...a reliance on warehousing instead of treatment. This is the troubling reality of disciplinary confinement in New York, according to a 54-page report released on October 22, 2003, by the …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Habeas Hints by Kent A. Russell This column is intended to provide "habeas hints" to prisoners who are handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys ("in pro per"). The focus of the column is post-conviction practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 law which now governs habeas corpus practice throughout …
Oregon HCV Class Action Settled; Limitations Period for Individual Damages Actions Tolled by Mark Wilson Oregon HCV Class Action Settled; Limitations Period for Individual Damages Actions Tolled by Mark Wilson On April 6, 2004, the Class Action suit against the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) for failing to properly diagnose …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
Expert Panel Significantly Revises Oregon's HCV Guidelines by A panel of hepatitis experts has significantly revised the hepatitis C virus (HCV) guidelines of the Oregon Department of Corrections. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement resolving Oregon's Class Action HCV suit of Anstett v. State of Oregon , a Medical …
Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E Dannenberg Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E. Dannenberg In a major milestone along the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) march towards gaining humane medical care in Alabama's prisons, a Settlement …
Page 1061 of 1355. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 ... 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 | Next »