US District Court in South Carolina Rules against Prisoner Challenging Withholding of Mail to Prisoner that Violated Jail Policies by By Derek Gilna In a decision published September 14, 2010, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, in the matter of Michael R. Ray v. Sheriff …
South Carolina District Court Affirms Magistrate’s Dismissal of Prisoner’s § 1983 Action Alleging Denial of Legal Access by South Carolina District Court Affirms Magistrate’s Dismissal of Prisoner’s § 1983 Action Alleging Denial of Legal Access By Derek Gilna In an action brought by prisoner Korell Robert Floyd Battle against Sheriff …
T.R. v. Dept of Corrections SC, Complaint, Treatment Mentally Ill Prisoners, 2011 < •~ •I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) ) ) COUNTY OF RICHLAND T.R., P.R., K.W .• and A.M. on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; and Protection and Advotacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.. Plaintiffs. v. …
South Carolina DOC Must Establish Grievance Procedure For Crime Victims' And Prisoner Dependents' Claims Over Prison Industry Wages by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 7, 2007, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) must allow prisoners' dependents, as well as …
South Carolina MSU Publication Ban Challenge is Moot by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a South Carolina prisoner’s challenge to a prison publication ban, concluding that the action was moot because the ban no longer applied to him. In 1995, South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) prisoner …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Complaint, guard brutality retaliation, 2011 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 2 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 3 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number …
Terminated South Carolina Wardens Awarded a Total of $882,000 by Mark Wilson On December 22, 2010, the South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a $372,000 verdict in favor of a prison warden who was wrongfully terminated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). In 2002, SCDC Investigator Karen Hair …
Federal BOP Discharges Severely Disabled Prisoner To Closed Homeless Shelter by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 8, 2008, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) discharged prisoner Michael McHone from its Edgefield, South Carolina prison to spend his first night in a motel. The next day, a Saturday, …
South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Prisoners Entitled to Overtime by Prisoners participating in the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ (SDOC) Prison Industries Program (PIP) are entitled to receive time-and-a‑half pay for overtime work performed, the Court of Appeals of South Carolina held on April 5, 2010. While incarcerated at Ridgeland …
Greer v. County of Beaufort, SC, Depo of Leach, Chair Restraint Asphyxiation, 2011 Page 1 I IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT DIVISION Rita Faye Greer, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse Len Greer, Plaintiff, vs. CASE NO.: 9:09-CV-03057 County of …
Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby One downside of the information age is that both prison guards and prisoners have found themselves in trouble due to their accounts on Facebook, the Internet’s premier social networking site. Three Nebraska prison guards were fired …
$85,000 Settlement in South Carolina Prison Murder Suit by The South Carolina Department of Corrections agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a wrongful death case and survival action in the murder of a prisoner by his cellmate. Perry Correctional Institution prisoner Charles D. Martin was serving a five-year non-violent sentence. …
Jury Awards $336,000 to Prisoner Hurt during Van Accident by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On June 29, 2007, a South Carolina jury awarded $336,000 to a prisoner who was seriously injured during a rollover accident that resulted in severe, permanent injury. On November 10, 2003, Cheryl Boles was being …
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Complaint in Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-2 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF …
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, MIS Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-1 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVSION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) …
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Mot to Intervene, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, …
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Complaint in Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-2 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF …
Miller v Loftis, SC, Complaint, canine force, 2011 6:11-cv-00770-HMH Date Filed 04/11/11 Entry Number 8-1 Page 1 of 18 6:11-cv-00770-HMH Date Filed 04/11/11 Entry Number 8-1 Page 2 of 18 6:11-cv-00770-HMH Date Filed 04/11/11 Entry Number 8-1 Page 3 of 18 6:11-cv-00770-HMH Date Filed 04/11/11 Entry Number 8-1 Page 4 …
Study Finds Discriminatory Jury Selection in Southern States by Derek Gilna A study by the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit legal organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, has found widespread discrimination in jury selection in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. The discriminatory practices …
Fourth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on RLUIPA Haircut Claim, but Case Dismissed on Remand by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court’s decision granting summary judgment to officers and officials with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) after they forcibly shaved a prisoner’s head in contravention …
