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Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
$255 Awarded For Destruction of Prisoner’s Property by $255 Awarded For Destruction of Prisoner's Property The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOC) appealed an order awarding state prisoner Carlos Escamilla $255 for property that turned up missing. Escamilla petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to receive reimbursement. The …
9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a “Prison Condition” by 9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a "Prison Condition" The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an Idaho prisoner's suit for non-exhaustion, concluding that the …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Oklahoma Regulation Confiscating Money Order From Other Prisoner’s Family Upheld by Oklahoma Regulation Confiscating Money Order From Other Prisoner's Family Upheld The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) regulation that allows money sent to prisoners by a person on another prisoner's visitation list to …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Fourth Circuit Holds FTCA Applies to BOP Property Claims by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Sixth, Seventh and District of Columbia Circuits in holding that Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guards are not ?law enforcement officers? for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2680(c). The Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Florida District Court Awards Federal Prisoner $829.65 for Lost Property by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, has awarded a federal prisoner $829.65 for lost property. Plaintiff Iris Pereira sued the United States seeking compensation for several items of personal property lost during her …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Theft of Prisoners Book by Guards Valid Legal Basis for Texas Civil Suit by Theft of Prisoners Book by Guards Valid Legal Basis for Texas Civil Suit A Texas court of appeals has held that a claim that two Texas state prison guards removed a law book from a prisoners …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Washington DOC Must Ship Prisoners' Property For Free by The Washington State Supreme Court (Supreme Court) has re-instated a lawsuit challenging Department of Corrections (DOC) Policy 440.000 (Policy). The Policy requires prisoners who are transferred to another prison to pay shipping costs for their property. Lonnie Burton, Gordon Lebar, James …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Fourth Circuit Holds Claims Value Relevant to Frivolous Determination by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court may consider the value of the prisoner's claim when determining whether to dismiss it as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), the in forma pauperis statute. Federal prisoner Paul …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Ohio Prisoner Awarded $500 For Lost Property by The Ohio Court of Claims awarded $500 to a prisoner who claimed prison personnel lost various items of property when he was transferred. Thomas Pasco, an Ohio state prisoner, was transferred from the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) to the Belmont Correctional Institution …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Prisoner's Property Confiscation/Retaliation Suit by by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals issued an opinion vacating the district court's dismissal of a prisoner's suit alleging prison officials confiscated his property in retaliation for his criticism of the prison. Billy Fredrick Allen, a Texas …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Fourth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner's FTCA Claim by In an unpublished decision involving a prisoner's lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment of the prisoner's claim. Dwayne Manning, a federal prisoner, alleged …
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 …
Brief • February 11, 2005
Hopkins v. Flores, CA, Complaint, Mismanagement of Inmate Welfare Fund, 2005 1 2 ~ 3 (Qb 4 © 5 U 6 7 8 9 10 KYRA KAZANTZIS (CSB No. 154612) JAMES F. ZAHRADKA II (CSB No. 196822) PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM 111 West St. John Street, Suite 315 San Jose, …
Seventh Circuit Invalidates Wisconsin News Clippings Ban by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison ban on clippings and photocopies of clippings from newspapers and magazines violates the First Amendment right of prisoners to receive and exchange information. The court also held, however, that the district court's …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Ohio Prisoners Not Entitled to Memory Typewriters by The Ohio Supreme Court, affirming an appeals court decision, held that Ohio prisoners have no right to typewriters with more than one line of memory and that prison officials were justified in confiscating a prisoner's typewriter that had a five-page memory capacity, …
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 • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Applicability of FTCA to BOP Causes Circuit Split by David Reutter Applicability of FTCA to BOP Causes Circuit Split by David M. Reutter Three recent federal circuit court rul-ings exhibit a dispute between the circuits as to whether the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) applies to property claims against the …
Texas Prisoners Have Right to Judicial Review of Administrative Finding by Texas Prisoners Have Right to Judicial Review of Administrative Finding A Texas state court of appeals has held that Texas state prisoners have a right to a judicial review of an administrative finding of destruction of state property in …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Oregon Prisoner Stated Negligence Claim Concerning Lost Property by The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's dismissal of a state prisoner's negligence action against the state and a prison guard related to the guard's handling of his property, which resulted in the loss of his glasses. The court …
Unauthenticated Evidence Does Not Support Summary Judgment by by Matthew T. Clarke A Texas state court of appeals held that the trial court's granting of TDCJ's motion for summary judgment was error because photocopies of prison rules attached to the motion were not authenticated. Richard Allen Kleven, II, a Texas …
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