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Illinois Jail Detainee's Death Related Medical Documents Ordered Disclosed by Abdelkadir Belbachir brought federal and state action against McHenry County (Illinois) in 2006 after his cousin, Hassiba Belbachir, died in the county jail. He motioned to compel documents declared exempt under the peer review privilege (privilege) of the State Medical …
Hawaii State Officials Granted Immunity In Prisoner Beating by Hawaii State pro se prisoner William Aholelei brought a § 1983 action against the Department of Public Safety and various other state officials (defendants) after being assaulted in 2003 by fellow prisoners. He appealed the defendants' summary judgment grant for sovereign …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Public Interest In Peace Officers' Identity And Activities, Outweigh Statutory Exemption by The Los Angeles Times (Times) sought review of an appellate denial for the release of peace officer information under the California Public Records Act (Act). The disclosure was ordered pending a specificity determination by the Superior Court. …
Article • August 15, 2008
D.C. Circuit Reverses Res Judicata Dismissal; Failure to Treat HCV Constitutes “Imminent Danger” by The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a pro se prisoner’s suit, on res judicata grounds. The court also granted the prisoner leave to appeal in forma …
Court Rejects Disciplinary Habeas on Merits, Despite Time Bar by The plaintiff's habeas challenge to a disciplinary proceeding is time-barred under AEDPA, since the proceeding was concluded in 1997 and the plaintiff missed the one-year grace period provided by the statute. The court finds no authority supporting a requirement that …
Article • August 15, 2008
Losing Brutality Suit in State Court Bars Federal Claim by The plaintiff lost his use of force claim in the state Court of Claims; the court held that the preponderance of evidence showed that the officers followed DOCS routine. That decision precludes the plaintiff from relitigating the use of force …
Article • August 15, 2008
Delaware DOC Not Liable for Rape, Impregnation of Prisoner by Guard by The plaintiff alleged that she was raped by a guard, resulting in pregnancy; the officer was confirmed as 96% likely to be the father. At 420: "... [R]umors and innuendoes of sexual impropriety between inmates and prison guards …
Article • August 15, 2008
Federal Employees Cannot Be Subpoenaed for Private Litigation by The district court did not abuse its discretion in quashing a deposition subpoena for a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, consistently with the FWS's policy of not letting its biologists testify in private litigation, since they were already overworked and the …
Limited Discovery Allowed in Prisoner Assault Claim to Show Supervisory Liability by At 575-76: ... [T]here is a complex intersection between qualified immunity and supervisory liability. If a plaintiff can establish the requisite indifference in the face of a policy or widespread and pervasive abuses caused by a policy, the …
Article • August 15, 2008
PLRA Three Strikes Law Constitutional by The plaintiff is barred by the three strikes provision, which is not unconstitutional, holds the court in an insubstantial opinion. See: Demos v. John Doe/Manufacturers/Skoal/Copenhagen Pipe & Tobacco, 118 F.Supp.2d 172, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16287
Article • August 15, 2008
Right to Consult, Hire Counsel Well Established and Constitutionally Protected by At 953-54: The right to hire and consult an attorney is protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech, association and petition. ... It has long been recognized that the First Amendment prohibits the state from interfering …
Article • August 15, 2008
Criminal Conviction Doesn’t Bar Search Warrant Suit by The plaintiff could pursue Fourth Amendment claims arising from his criminal prosecution, notwithstanding the Heck rule and collateral estoppel, since the trial court's ruling that the search was pursuant to a valid warrant was not necessary to the criminal conviction, and hence …
Jail Guards Get Qualified Immunity for Beating, Pepper Spraying Prisoner Who Commits Suicide by The decedent was arrested for public intoxication; there was a fight when he was booked, resulting in his being sprayed with pepper spray or other chemical restraint. The officers carried him to a cell and sprayed …
Article • August 15, 2008
Suit Challenging Massachusetts Parole Procedures Dismissed by Prisoners' claim that a state parole statute is unconstitutionally vague and that the parole board denies due process by allowing crime victims and their families to speak at parole hearings while refusing to permit the plaintiffs' families and friends to be heard need …
Kansas DOC Restrictions on Thelema Religion Upheld by The plaintiff complained of restrictions on his religious practice as a follower of the First Hermetic Order of Thelema, a religion founded in 1904 by Aleister Crowley. Prison officials recognized the religion and arranged for a visit from Thelemic clergy from the …
Article • August 15, 2008
Prison Doctor Lacks Standing to Challenge BOP Policy Denying Medical Care by The plaintiff complained of his treatment for a hernia and his prison doctor complained he was fired pursuant to a policy of providing inadequate care and in violation of his First Amendment rights. Prisoners seeking damages must exhaust …
Qualified Immunity for NY Prison Officials Over Stabbing by The plaintiff's decedent was stabbed by another inmate (he survived and died later of unrelated causes). The jury awarded $1.00 against prison officials. The court grants defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law. There was insufficient evidence to support …
Article • August 15, 2008
No FOIA Disclosure of Marshals’ Names by The names of the marshals who escorted the plaintiff on a particular occasion when he was injured were exempt from disclosure under FOIA because they were part of records compiled for law enforcement purposes, and the plaintiff did not show that the public's …
Article • August 15, 2008
Supreme Court Denies Mandatory Settlement Class Certification by Asbestos companies approached a group of plaintiffs' lawyers to discuss a "global settlement" of their tort liability, resulting in the filing of a mandatory class action that would bind all future claimants with no opt-out provision and thus permanently limit the defendants' …
City Liable for Retaliation Against Cop Whistleblower and Code of Silence by The plaintiff police officer reported misconduct by other officers that resulted in their suspension. At 943: "Blair had the right under the First Amendment to inform his superiors of misconduct in the police department." He was then subjected …
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