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Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Detainee May Not Be Housed In Punitive Segregation by by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California sexual predator civil commitment detainee, while awaiting commitment proceedings, is entitled to conditions of confinement that are not punitive. Oscar Jones was …
Article • October 15, 2005
Court Allows Amendment, Adding New Defendants to Brutality Suit by The plaintiff sued over excessive force and now seeks to amend to add new defendants after the statute of limitations had run. Claims against new defendants relate back for limitations purposes only if they were not named because of a …
Habeas Hints: Overcoming Post-Conviction IAC by Kent A. Russell Habeas Hints by Kent A. Russell This column provides "habeas hints" to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys ("in pro per"). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the …
Habeas Hints by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide habeas hints" to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (in pro per). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law which now governs …
PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by Bob Williams On November 12, 2004, Colorado Federal District Court Judge Wiley Daniel dismissed all official capacity claims, one defendant, and one substantive claim in PLN's suit over ADX censorship …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Washington Absconding Does Not Toll LFO Collection Statue by The Washington State Court of Appeals for Division 1 has held that RCW 9.94A.753 affords the state 10 years from a prisoner’s release from total confinement in which to collect Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) from prisoners. The court also held that …
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
AEDPA One-Year Clock Starts When Administrative Parole Appeal Is Denied by John E Dannenberg AEDPA One-Year Clock Starts When Administrative Parole Appeal Is Denied by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that for 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus filing-deadline purposes, the AEDPA one-year filing …
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 …
FTCA Claims for Sentence Miscalculation Accrues Upon Reversal; Statute of Limitations Tolled by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a civil action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FICA) for negligently calculating a federal prisoner's release date, or otherwise wrongfully imprisoning the prisoner, does not accrue until …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Two Courts Interpret Provisions of Federal Appellate Rule 4; Prisoner Appeals Dismissed as Untimely by Two different federal circuit appeals courts have interpreted provisions of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4, which relates to the filing of notices of appeal. Both courts held the prisoners failed to comply with the …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Habeas Hints by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide "habeas hints" to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys ("in pro per"). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Challenge to State Parole Revocations Must Be Brought Under § 2254 by Challenge to State Parole Revocations Must be Brought Under § 2254 The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that state prisoners challenging parole revocation decisions in federal court must do so under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, rather than …
Plaintiff Entitled to Trial on Question of Whether Mental Illness Warrants Tolling Statute of Limitations by The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently held that a mentally ill woman presented sufficient evidence to warrant a trial on her claim that mental illness prevented her from filing …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Absence of AEDPA in Texas Law Library May Toll Limitations by by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals has held that the absence of a copy of the Anti Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, (AEDPA) in a Texas prison's law library coupled with the prisoner's lack …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
PLRA Physical Injury Rule Applied to Non-Prison Case by PLRA Physical Injury Rule Applied to Non-Prison Case The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applies to lawsuits that claim injuries suffered during custodial episodes, even if such custody occurred outside prison walls. …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Prison Mailbox Rule Applies to Civil Rights Complaint by Jon Michael Withrow Prison Mailbox Rule Applies To Civil Rights Complaint by Jon Michael Withrow The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th circuit reversed and remanded a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's § 1983 complaint as untimely filed, holding …
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Tolling Statute; $80,000 Verdict Reinstated by Reversing the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, held that 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) is constitutional. The decision reinstates a judgment against a South Carolina county jail in a wrongful death claim. …
First Circuit Applies Mailbox Rule to § 1983 Complaints by by Matthew T. Clarke The First Circuit has held that the PLRA's exhaustion of remedies requirement is an affirmative defense, not jurisdictional, and failure to include proof of exhaustion of state remedies will not support sua sponte dismissal. The court …
Texas Prisoners May Challenge Loss of Good Time Class Via Habeas Corpus by Texas Prisoners May Challenge Loss of Good Time Class Via Habeas Corpus by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals has held that prisoners whose mandatory release dates are adversely affected by a change in …
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