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Sixth Circuit Now Permits § 1983 Complaint to Proceed Even if Prisoner Did Not Initially Plead Exhaustion Below by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has vacated its precedent which held that a prisoner had an affirmative burden to plead exhaustion of administrative …
A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE by A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE A Review of …
Illinois Administrative Remedies Exhausted When Prison Officials Lost Grievance by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an Illinois prisoner ?took all steps necessary to exhaust? his administrative remedies when prison officials misplaced his timely grievance and did not instruct him to re-file an ?untimely grievance.? On March …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Disallowing Printed E-Mail Responses To Wisconsin Prisoner’s Web Page Raised Triable Issues of Fact by John Dannenberg Disallowing Printed E-Mail Responses To Wisconsin Prisoner's Web Page Raised Triable Issues of Fact by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections? (WDOC) …
New York Jail’s Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court by New York Jail's Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal court may only grant relief in a civil rights action filed by a prisoner on federal law claims …
Article • May 15, 2007
Dismissal Reversed Where Record Unclear on Administrative Remedy Exhaustion by The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights suit by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin where the record was unclear regarding exhaustion of administrative remedies. John M. Howe, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Pending Grievance Does Not Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement by The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding a federal district court's dismissal of a jail prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 suit, held that administrative remedies are not exhausted so long as a grievance is "pending." Lawrence Winder was a pretrial detainee …
Placing Prisoner on Modified Grievance Access Held Constitutional Under Circumstances by Placing Prisoner on Modified Grievance Access Held Constitutional Under Circumstances The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Michigan federal district court's dismissal of a state prisoner's claim that his civil rights were violated when prison officials placed …
PLRA Applies to Private Prisons by Upholding a Tennessee federal district court, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled as meritless and frivolous a Wisconsin prisoner's suit against the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Jerald Treat, a Wisconsin prisoner incarcerated at the CCA-owned and operated Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) …
Attorney Sanctioned For Unreasonably, Vexatiously Prolonging Litigation by The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico held that an attorney representing a prisoner in a civil rights action against prison officials had acted "unreasonably and vexatiously" pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and ordered him to pay defendants' …
Beating by Guards, Destroyed Eyeglasses May Toll AEDPA Time Limit by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a California federal district court's denial of a habeas corpus petition, holding that, if proven true, the prisoner's claim that prison officials failed to replace his broken eyeglasses for …
PLRA Requires Exhaustion of "All Available" Remedies by PLRA Requires Exhaustion of "All Available" Remedies The Eastern District of New York determined that prisoners must exhaust all available remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 USC §1997e(a). Adam Abney, a New York state prisoner, was in his cell; …
Wisconsin Prisoner's Failure to Exhaust Remedies Required Dismissal by The U.S. Western District Court of Wisconsin dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by a state prisoner who failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Dennis Gonzalez, a Wisconsin state prisoner incarcerated at the Supermax prison in Boscobel, wanted to practice his Native …
Suit Against CCA Dismissed For Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by In this civil rights action brought by two prisoners against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and several CCA employees, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held the prisoners had not exhausted their administrative remedies as required by the …
Article • May 15, 2007
PLRA Applies to Juveniles by A New York federal district court has held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applies to juvenile prisoners, and a juvenile's actions to air his grievance informally satisfied the PLRA's administrative remedy exhaustion requirement. Corey Lewis, a delinquent resident of the Tyron Residential Facility …
One Hundred Fifty Dollars Awarded For Federal Prisoner's Personal Property Loss by Federal prisoner Jonah Nwaokocha brought Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Bivens claims against Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees in their individual and official capacities challenging conditions of his confinement and loss of personal property including legal papers. …
Administrative Remedy Exhaustion Rule Restricted by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has limited the rule that prisoners must exhaust all administrative remedies before filing a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. 1997e(a). The …
Allegation Of Interference With Grievance Completion Precludes Summary Judgment by The United States District Court for the Western District of New York held that a prisoner had not exhausted his administrative remedies pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) in one claim and that issues of fact …
Fact Issues Regarding Alternative New York Grievance Procedure Precludes Summary Judgment by Fact Issues Regarding Alternative New York Grievance Procedure Precludes Summary Judgment The United States District Court for the Western District of New York held that summary judgment of a prisoner's civil rights claim against New York prison officials …
Article • May 15, 2007
Gotti's Pretrial Detention Without Bail Warranted, PLRA Question Moot by The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the pretrial detention without bail of Peter Gotti, the alleged successor to John Gotti and John Gotti, Jr., as head of the Gambino Crime Family, was warranted. The appeals court ruled …
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