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Article • May 15, 2007
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2nd Circuit Approves Inspection of Outgoing Business Mail by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prison rule requiring that outgoing business mail be submitted unsealed and subject to inspection. The court found that the rule advanced the legitimate penological interest of preventing prisoners "from committing fraud on businesses …
Article • May 15, 2007
5th Circuit Upholds Sexually Explicit Publication Ban by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prison rule which authorized the denial of sexually explicit publications. The court characterized the prisoner's challenge as a facial challenge which was foreclosed by Guarjardo v. Estelle, 568 F.Supp. 135 (S.D.Tex. 1983) and Thornburgh …
Article • May 15, 2007
$35,000 Paid in WA Jail Illegal Strip Search by In November 1999 a 15 year-old girl was arrested in Okanogon County, Washington, for failing to appear at a truancy hearing, a civil matter. The juvenile was strip-searched by a guard at the jail. The search was conducted in a room …
Attorney Fee Award Under § 1988 Not Recoverable from Nonparty by After a man became a suspect in the murder of a Kentucky state trooper, various police officials raided the man's father's house and arrested all of the occupants, which did not include the man. The occupants filed suit in …
Muslim Prisoners Awarded $9,000 for Religious Suppression by A New York Federal District Court awarded three prisoners at Attica State Prison $3,000 each for the Commissioner of Corrections; Paul McGinnis, failure to promulgate regulations that allow the prisoners to practice the religion of Islam as members of the Nation of …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York District Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Sheriff by The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted partial summary judgment to a county sheriff who had a blanket policy of strip-searching all arrestees. Jaime Murcia was arrested on a federal felony warrant for …
Article • May 15, 2007
Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinion Overrides Prison Officials; Court's Jurisdiction to Continue Until Assurance Violation Will Cease by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that when there is conflicting opinions between the Oklahoma Attorney General and Department of Corrections, the opinion of the Attorney General prevails; further, a district court …
Article • May 15, 2007
Policy Requiring Court Order For Law Library Access Unconstitutional by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a Sarasota County (Florida) Jail policy requiring a prisoner to obtain a court order before being permitted to use the jail law library was unconstitutional. Plaintiff was arrested on …
Prisoner's Second Complaint Frivolous, Appeal Not, on Claim Preclusion by Affirming an Illinois federal district court on other grounds, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's second complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials for violating his Eighth Amendment rights was barred by claim …
Punishment Over Correspondence Violates First and Fourteenth Amendment, Damages Appropriate by Punishment Over Correspondence Violates First and Fourteenth Amendment, Damages Appropriate The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that prison officials had violated a prisoner's First Amendment rights by disciplining him for writing a letter of complaint …
Seven-Day Bread Diet States Eighth Amendment Claim; Dismissal Vacated by The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, vacating in part a dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, held that a state prisoner's complaint that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when he was …
Summary Judgment on Religious Exercise Affirmed in Part and Reversed in Part by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part a grant of summary judgment to Arkansas prison officials in a case involving free exercise of religion. Terry Procter is …
Article • May 15, 2007
Transfer Of Prisoners' Property To Sheriff Illegal by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a Missouri sheriff could not legally receive property from a prisoner. Missouri prisoners Charles Hazen and Gerald Hazen (father and son, respectively) brought § 1983 action against state Highway Patrol officers …
Article • May 15, 2007
W.VA Prisoner Forced to Receive Medical Treatment to Prevent Death, But Have Right to Refuse Treatment When Death is Inevitable by W.VA Prisoner Forced to Receive Medical Treatment to Prevent Death, But Have Right to Refuse Treatment When Death is Inevitable The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held that …
Punishment for Religious Fasting States Claim by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed an Iowa prisoner's free exercise claim that he had been placed in segregation for religious fasting. The court held that pre service dismissal was erroneous because …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supreme Court Issues Use Of Force Standard In Riot Cases by The U.S. Supreme Court held that the shooting of an Oregon prisoner by prison officials during a security action did not violate his Fight Amendment rights. The prisoner filed suit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging that he was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Several Necessary Components Of Involuntary Servitude by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that several factors were necessary to create a state of "involuntary servitude" and that expert testimony had not been shown to be scientifically-recognized. After two mentally retarded men were found laboring on a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sixth Circuit Permits Bivens action Against BOP for IAD Violation by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal prisoner in custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) could maintain a Bivens action against the BOP Director for failing to dismiss a detainer after the receiving jurisdiction …
Article • May 15, 2007
$5,040 Awarded in Federal Prison Stabbing by A Georgia federal district court, after a non-jury trial, held the United States Government was liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act in a prisoner on prisoner stabbing. The stabbing was committed by Steve Rollins, a prisoner of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, who …
$24,000 Paid in WA Disability Termination Suit by Thomas J. Miller, a visually impaired individually applied for, was interviewed, and hired by Second Chance, a non-profit organization that is a Washington DOC Contractor, to be an on-call supervisor. Bruce Kuennan, Second Chance Director, told Miller that the Washington DOC would …
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