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Liberty Interest in Ad-Seg Early Release Program by Affirming the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Wisconsin state prisoners do not have a liberty interest related to participation in a prison program that helps prisoners in administrative segregation …
Mental Health Supervisor Granted Qualified Immunity in Prisoner's Sexual Assault by Mental Health Supervisor Granted Qualified Immunity in Prisoner's Sexual Assault The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a federal district court's grant of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds to a mental health institution's supervisor against a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Connecticut: Suit Over Prisoner's Suicide Settles for $450,000 by In this case published by the New England Jury Verdict Review & Analysis in February 1994, the estate and brother of a prisoner who committed suicide in the Southington, Connecticut, jail apparently settled their claims for $450,000. According to the plaintiffs, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Misdemeanor Conviction Can Be Treated as Felony Under USSG by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that, under certain circumstances, a prior misdemeanor conviction can be treated as a felony conviction under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG). Joe Couch was convicted in the U.S. District Court …
Article • May 15, 2007
Negligence Unproven in Ohio Prisoner's Death Following Hernia Surgery by In this case arising from the death of a state prisoner following surgery to repair a hernia, the Court of Claims of Ohio held that the plaintiff failed to meet the burden of proof required to prove the estate's claims …
Article • May 15, 2007
Nevada Prisoner's Dismissed Deliberate Indifference Claim on ETS Exposure Reversed by Nevada Prisoner's Dismissed Deliberate Indifference Claim on ETS Exposure Reversed The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court of Nevada's dismissal of a prisoner's claim that state prison officials were deliberately indifferent in exposing him …
Article • May 15, 2007
Injunction Against Placing New Prisoners in Lorton by The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted prisoner-plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining the District of Columbia Department of Corrections from designating the Lorton Correctional Complex as the place of confinement for any newly-sentenced prisoners due to serious …
$4,000 Injury Award for Body Cavity Search by The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada held that anal body cavity searches conducted on two Nevada prisoners were not unconstitutional but that a subsequent cavity search of one of the prisoners was, and that the associate warden was liable …
Jailers Denied Qualified Immunity on Prisoner Assault by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing an Arkansas U.S. District Court, denied qualified immunity to jailers who knowingly celled an arrestee with his known enemy, resulting in an assault on the arrestee. Rod White was arrested and booked at the …
Leavenworth Prison Officials Granted Qualified Immunity on Court Access Case by Reversing the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that officials at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth (USP-Leavenworth) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) were entitled to qualified …
Article • May 15, 2007
Limited Attorney Fee Award for Partial Victory by The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has held that a plaintiff who successfully challenged a jail strip search policy was the "prevailing party" for purpose of an attorney fee award as outlined in 42 U.S.C.A. §1988. Plaintiff brought a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Mask May Be Required in Prisoner's Spitting Trial by An Illinois appeals court held that a prisoner charged with a criminal offense for spitting on a guard may be required to wear a mask at his trial. The prisoner was charged with aggravated battery after he spit in a guard's …
Article • May 15, 2007
NJ Parole Class Action Settled by A U.S. District Court for New Jersey held that a group of New Jersey state prisoners, who were seeking injunctive relief from the state's Parole Board for its consistent failure to conduct timely parole hearings, warranted certification as a class action for the purpose …
No Retroactive Application of Wolff or Landman by The U.S. Supreme Court held that two cases determining due process procedures in prison disciplinary cases could not be applied retroactively. A Virginia prisoner brought an action against prison authorities alleging due process violations after he was charged with disciplinary infractions and …
Article • May 15, 2007
Official Information Privilege Limited by Plaintiff brought a §1983 action against the city of San Bernadino, California and police officers alleging excessive use of force during an arrest. In U.S. District Court the plaintiff filed a motion for discovery requesting certain police records. Defendants claimed the requested material was, among …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ohio's Rape Shield Law Doesn't Shield Alleged Victim's Diary by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a U.S. District Court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus, under 28 U.S.C. §2254, to an Ohio prisoner and remanded with instructions to issue a conditional writ of habeas corpus. …
Prisoner Awarded $130,000 in § 1983 Claim, JNWV Motion Denied by Prisoner Awarded $130,000 in § 1983 Claim, JNWV Motion Denied Prisoner brought an action under 4.2 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Director of the Michigan DOC, a nurse supervisor and others after he was raped in a prison infirmary. …
Prisoner Not Retaliated Against, Whistleblower Claim Not Allowed by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Michigan state prisoner did not present sufficient evidence of retaliation to survive summary judgment, and refused to consider the prisoner's claim of whistleblower protection presented for the first time on appeal. …
Prisoner Prevailing Party, Awarded Attorney Fees by A mental patient imprisoned at a treatment center run by the Massachusetts DOC brought a § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations relating to, among other things, inadequate telephone privileges, right to unopened privileged mail and right to treatment. A Superior Court issued an …
Article • May 15, 2007
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Prisoner Union Entitled to Protection by A North Carolina federal district court held that prisoners may solicit membership into a prisoner "labor union." This action was filed by the North Carolina Prisoners Labor Union, challenging a prison regulation that prohibited prisoners from soliciting membership into the union. The district court …
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