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Spoliation of Evidence May Imply Liability by A U.S. District Court in Maine held that the spoliation of relevant missing or tampered documents precluded summary judgment, and that certain supervisors were not liable to the estate of a deceased prisoner, but a clinical social worker and two prison guards were …
Article • May 15, 2007
Administrative Hearing on Forced Medication Requires Due Process by A federal district court in South Dakota has ordered the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to conduct again an administrative hearing on whether a prisoner should be forcibly medicated and instructed BOP to guarantee due process to the prisoner in the hearing. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Oregon Prisoner Has Right to Medication by Oregon Prisoner Has Right To Medication The United States District Court in Oregon denied a motion for summary judgment in a suit filed by a prisoner who claimed that he was denied medication for a mental disorder. Glen S. Page, a prisoner at …
Article • May 15, 2007
D.C. Prison Conditions Violate Eighth Amendment Rights by The United States District Court, District of Columbia, ordered that (1) prison conditions at the Occoquan Facility, D.C., violated prisoner's Eighth Amendment rights; (2) the housing of "protective custody" prisoners with the punitive segregation prisoners violated the protective custody prisoner's Eighth Amendment …
Article • May 15, 2007
Psychological Evaluation and Consent to Release Required for Hepatitis C Treatment by Psychological Evaluation and Consent to Release Required for Hepatitis C Treatment A Pennsylvania Federal District Court denied a prisoner's motion for a preliminary injunction to compel treatment for his Hepatitis C infection without requiring him to submit to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Texas Prisoner Denied Habeas Corpus Relief on Probation Violation by The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S.C. §2254, to a Texas prisoner who claimed that his plea was not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily made, because he was not told that to successfully complete probation …
Article • May 15, 2007
Insane Prisoner Cannot Be Executed by The United States Supreme Court held the Eighth Amendment prohibits the state from inflicting the penalty of death upon a prisoner who is insane, and that Florida Statute § 922.07 was inadequate to assure adequate facts are developed to make a determination of a …
Dismissal of Suit Against Alabama County for Juvenile Suicide Reversed by The Supreme Court of Alabama held that a circuit court erred when it dismissed a suit against the county stemming from a juvenile's death in county jail. Charles Keeton brought suit against Fayette County on behalf of his juvenile …
Heroin Withdrawal a Serious Medical Need in Addict's Jail Death by A Maryland federal district court has held that withdrawal from a heroin addiction is a serious medical need. This action was filed by the widow of a pretrial detainee who died two days after being incarcerated at Maryland's Cecil …
Article • May 15, 2007
Minnesota Supreme Court: Comparative Fault Analysis Inappropriate in Jail Suicide Case by Minnesota Supreme Court: Comparative Fault Analysis Inappropriate in Jail Suicide Case by Matthew T. Clarke The Minnesota Supreme Court (MSC) has held that it is inappropriate to perform a comparative fault analysis in the case of a prisoner …
Texas Sex Offender Counseling Provision Not Ex Post Facto by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a statute enacted after a prisoner was convicted and sentenced is not ex post facto if it is not punitive. Texas prisoner George W. Rieck, Jr., filed a habeas corpus petition challenging …
Prison Doctor's Lack of Knowledge Does Not Constitute Deliberate Indifference by The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a Hawaii prison doctor's medical malpractice resulting in the death of a prisoner, while demonstrating negligence, did not rise to the level of "deliberate indifference" to establish Eighth Amendment cruel …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington Supreme Court Requires Proof of Recent Overt Act in Sexually Violent Predator Case by Washington Supreme Court Requires Proof of Recent Overt Act in Sexually Violent Predator Case The Washington Supreme Court held that when a prisoner has been released into the community after completing a sentence for a …
California-Based Prison Supplier Awarded $2,250,000 For Fraud, Unfair Competition by California-Based Prison Supplier Awarded $2,250,000 For Fraud, Unfair Competition On April 30, 2002, a federal jury in San Jose, California, awarded Ferguson Safety Products (FSP)--a small Santa Cruz based manufacturer of jail and prison supplies--$2,250,000 against Defendant Bob Barker Company …
Transfer to Mental Hospital without Due Process Unconstitutional by The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Nebraska law was unconstitutional because it did not afford due process protections. The law, § 83-180(1), allowed the transfer of a state prisoner to a mental hospital if a designated mental health professional determined …
Article • May 15, 2007
Iowa: Prior Sex Offenses Not Grounds For Prisoner's Continued Confinement by The Iowa Supreme Court held that a state prisoner who had prior convictions for sex offenses but was not currently imprisoned on sex- related charges was ineligible for commitment as a sexually violent predator. Jessie J. Gonzalez was convicted …
Washington Supreme Court Holds Sex Offender Treatment Files Confidential by The Washington State Supreme Court held confidentiality agreements that are signed must be supported by mutually agreed upon conditions to be enforced as a contract. An agreement can not be presented as a "Take it or leave it" proposition. The …
Denial of PI Affirmed, But Claim Has "Colorable Merit" by Denial of PI Affirmed, But Claim Has "Colorable Merit" The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal district court did not err in denying a prisoner a preliminary injunction. Francis Conti, a New York State prisoner, sued …
Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predator Not Entitled to Anders Appellate Counsel Rights by Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predator Not Entitled to Anders Appellate Counsel Rights The California Court of Appeal held that a sexually violent predator (SVP) who appealed his biennial civil recommitment to Atascadero State Hospital (ASH) was not …
Attorney Fee Awards Determined on Case Facts by The United States Supreme Court held that the amount of an attorney award, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, must be determined on the facts specific for the case, that success on the various issues is a crucial factor, and that such awards …
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