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Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Recharacterization Requires Notice Or Opportunity To Withdraw by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Michigan prisoner's improperly filed medical claim should not have been recharacterized without his consent or an opportunity to withdraw, nor should it have been dismissed with prejudice. Eric Martin, a Michigan state …
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 …
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 …
Prisoner's Release Fails to Excuse PLRA's Exhaustion Requirement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) administrative remedy exhaustion requirement was not excused by the fact the plaintiff had been released at the time the district court considered the motion to dismiss. While a …
Verdict for Other Defendants Cannot Negate Jury Question of Warden's Liability in Transsexual's Assault by John E Dannenberg Section 1983 May Be Used To Challenge Disciplinary Hearings Not Affecting Total Length of Confinement by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals joined four other circuits in holding …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Illinois ETS Injury Claim Allowed To Proceed; Out-of-State Legal Materials Ordered Provided by John E Dannenberg by John K Dannenberg Resolving two distinct complaints of an Illinois state prisoner, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that (1) where injury from ETS [second-hand cigarette smoke] was alleged at one …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Prisoner Stated Deliberate Indifference Claim, But Summary Judgment Denial Reversed by Prisoner Stated Deliberate Indifference Claim, but Summary Judgment Denial Reversed In a case with a long, unusual procedural history, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court's denial of prison officials' motion to dismiss for …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Complaints
Pro Se Tips and Tactics: The Pro Se Complaint by Daniel E. Manville by Daniel Manville The last column in the September, 2004, issue of PLN discussed "Proceeding In Forma Pauperis."2 That article explains that a prisoner is usually required to pay a partial filing fee before the complaint will …
Punitive Transfer After Winning Administrative Appeal Is Actionable by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the transfer of a California state prisoner to a Security Housing Unit (SHU) punitive segregation facility after his underlying alleged rules violation had been reversed …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Prisoner Lawsuits Not Subject to Heightened Pleading Standard in Seventh Circuit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's complaint need only state the prisoner's legal claim together with some indication of the time and place: detailed facts need not be supplied. Brian K. Thomson, an Illinois …
Complaints Amended to Change John Doe Defendants' Names Don't Relate Back by by Matthew T. Clarke The Tenth Circuit court of appeals held that an amended complaint filed to change the names of John Doe defendants did not related back to the original complaint for statute of limitations purposes. The …
Administrative Remedies Deemed Unavailable Based on Physical Injury by Bob Williams Administrative Remedies Deemed Unavailable Based On Physical Injury By Bob Williams The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that administrative remedies are unavailable when a prisoner has a physical injury which prevents filing a grievance and a subsequently …
Tenth Circuit Holds Prisoner Has Burden Under PLRA To Plead Administrative Exhaustion by John E Dannenberg Tenth Circuit Holds Prisoner Has Burden Under PLRA To Plead Administrative Exhaustion by John E. Dannenberg Parting company with six other circuits on the same question, the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Facts Contained in Administrative Remedies Not Automatically Deemed Facts Alleged in Complaints by The Seventh Circuit Court of Apeals held the attachment of grievances to a complaint, for the purpose of demonstrating exhaustion of remedies, does not permit holding that the plaintiff vouches for the truth of the statements in …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Michigan Grievances Exhausted Upon Fair Notice of Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred when it found that a Michigan prisoner failed to exhaust available administrative remedies and dismissed his § 1983 action on that basis. Michigan prisoner Ronnie Burton brought suit against …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Failure to Treat Transsexual for Self-Mutilation States Claim by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held the failure of prison officials to treat a prisoner for self-mutilation states an Eighth Amendment claim. The civil rights action was filed by Virginia prisoner Ophelia Azriel De'Lonta, who suffers from gender identity disorder …
Section 1983 Complaint Dismissed as Mixed Petition, But Amendment Allowed by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a complaint that contains issues that were not administratively exhausted may be dismissed, but the plaintiff should be allowed to amend his complaint to include only those issues that were exhausted. …
Prisoner Allowed to Amend Retaliation, Legal Mail Complaint by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's § 1983 lawsuit which complained of prison officials who interfered with his legal mail and retaliated because he filed grievances. While Robert Davis was …
Do New York Shiite Prisoners Have a Right to Separate Services? by by Matthew T. Clarke The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court improperly dismissed a suit by Shiite Muslim New York state prisoners seeking separate religious services from the Sunni Muslims. Thomas Pugh, Edward …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Pauper's Declaration Sufficient for Cost Bond in Texas Medical Malpractice Suit by Pauper's Declaration Sufficient for Cost Bond in Texas Medical Malpractice Suit by Matthew T. Clarke A Texas court of appeals has held that a prisoner's unsworn declaration in support of his seeking to proceed as a pauper satisfies …
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