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Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoner's Suit Against Prison Health Care Providers Timely Filed by On February 8, 1996, Geraldine Seale, a Florida state prisoner, complained to the state Human Relations Commission (Commission) about the medical care she was receiving. The Commission didn't make a reasonable cause determination within 180 days as required by …
Article • May 15, 2007
Indigent NY Prisoner's Action Commenced When Clerk Received Pleadings by Cleveland Lovett, a New York state prisoner, was badly injured while trying to elude police in September of 2002. He was treated at Bellevue Hospital and Riker's Island until February 25, 2003. On April 2, 2004 Lovett mailed a medical …
Article • May 15, 2007
Montana Juvenile Prisoners' Files Disclosable for Purposes of Litigation by The plaintiffs were 16 Montana state juvenile prisoners. For litigation purposes, their lawyer requested from the Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility (P.H.Y.C.C.) certain of the plaintiffs' personal records, including those regarding the use of pepper spray on the plaintiffs. P.H.Y.C.C. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Liability for Sheriff's Hiring Decisions by The United States Supreme Court held that a county is not liable for a sheriffs decision to hire a reserve deputy without adequate screening. While driving from Texas to their home in Bryan County, Okalahoma, Jill Brown (respondent) and her husband approached a police …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Due Process Hearing Needed In Prison Transfer by The Supreme Court ruled that a prisoner had no Constitutional right to remain at any particular prison. The case stems from a suit filed by a New York prisoner who was fired from his job as a law library clerk and …
Article • May 15, 2007
Non-Stenographic Depositions May Not Require Independent Operator by The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on mandamus review ordered a district court to allow the plaintiff party to take depositions by other than stenographic means. The plaintiff moved the district court, under Rule 30(b)(4), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Party in Civil Rights Case Not Entitled to Witness Fees, But Non-Parties Are by Party in Civil Rights Case Not Entitled to Witness Fees, but Non-Parties Are A federal district court in New York has held that, in a civil rights action, a pro se prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Paying Taxes Not Entitlement to Vote by In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action filed by a California State prisoner as frivolous. The suit sought the Registrar of Voters to permit registration to vote or return of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Qualified Immunity Not Applicable to Private Defendants by The U.S. Supreme Court held that qualified immunity from suit, with respect to government officials is not available to private defendants charged with § 1983 liability for invoking state replevin. In July 1986, Bill Cole sought to dissolve a cattle partnership with …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Prison Labor, Organizing
Prisoners Union Cannot Hold Meetings at a State Prison by The California Supreme Court held that pursuant to California Penal Code §2600 (CPC), prisoner's union meetings held inside the prison with "outside" members and representatives present a security risk. Thus, Prison Official's refusal to allow such meetings is justified. The …
State Law Creates Liberty Interest by The Supreme Court found that a state law gave a Pennsylvania prisoner a liberty interest in remaining in general population which could not be taken without due process. They ruled, however, that the limited actions taken by prison authorities constituted due process. After being …
Article • May 15, 2007
Stay of Action Must be Sought to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by The Supreme Court of Missouri has held that a prisoner is allowed to file suit against the Department of Corrections, or its employees, prior to exhaustion of administrative remedies providing the suit is filed within the statute of limitations. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
WA County Jails "Good Time" Policy Constitutional by WA County Jails "Good Time" Policy Constitutional The Washington State Court of Appeals held the Skagit County Jail's policy for credit of "good-time" does not violate a pre-trial detainee or a sentenced prisoner's right to equal protection. While awaiting a second trial …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA State Properly Filed Civil Commitment Petition Two Days Before Prisoner's Prison Release Date by WA State Properly Filed Civil Commitment Petition Two Days Before Prisoner's Prison Release Date On May 9, 2000, George Taylor, a Washington State Prisoner, was two days shy of his prison release date on a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Guard's Interference With Arizona Prisoner's Receipt of Prescribed Special Diet May Violate 8th Amendment by Guard's Interference With Arizona Prisoner's Receipt of Prescribed Special Diet May Violate 8th Amendment Lewis Harry, an Arizona state prisoner, sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) after DOC guards refused to let him have …
Article • May 15, 2007
Attorney/Client Privilege Voided by Including Third Persons in Conversation by Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner is not entitled to claim attorney/client privilege to communications when the person invoking the privilege knew of or should have known that the privileged conversation was being overhead. Before …
Article • May 15, 2007
Child Visitation Permitted; Receipt of Non Publisher Publications Banned by The California Court of Appeals held the "publishers only" rule for receiving publications did not violate pre-trial detainees' freedom of expression or rights to equal protection. However, the prevention of minor children visits is unconstitutional. Three pre-trial detainees filed a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Adopts Definitions of Tape Recordings by A federal district court in Nebraska has adopted definitions of what constitutes an original and duplicate recording of a tape recorded deposition of a witness, and outlined requirements for taking the deposition. Rule 1001, Rules of Evidence for United States Courts and Magistrates, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Money/Property, Interest
Clerk Not Entitled to Interest on Principal in Fund by The United States Supreme Court held that a court clerk is not entitled to keep the interest that accumulates from monies placed in a fund under the care of the clerk on behalf of parties in litigation. Eckerd's of College …
Default Entered Against Guards for Failing to Answer Summons Served by Prisoner by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's entry of default against prison guards who failed to answer a complaint after being served summons by a non-party prisoner. The 42 U.S.C. §1983 complaint alleged five …
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