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Washington DOC Settles Failure to Supervise Parolee Suit for $975,000 by Nathan Hipsher, a Washington state parolee, was using drugs, failing to participate in drug treatment and not reporting to his parole officer, who didn't have him arrested. He was living with Amber Bulus-Steed at the time, who he eventually …
Article • August 15, 2008
Hebrew Israelite Prisoner Fails to Show Medallion is Religious by The plaintiff, a Hebrew Israelite, was deprived of his gold leaf medallion; a Catholic priest said he'd never heard of a religion that used a gold leaf medallion, and several Muslims said it was not a religious emblem. The plaintiff …
Firing of Work Release Intern for TV Interview Upheld by A student intern was terminated from her position at a halfway house for sex offenders for giving a television interview in which she criticized a proposed policy change. Her interest in free speech was outweighed by the state's interest in …
Psychiatrists Who Okay Homicidal Cops Return to Duty Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by A police officer abused the plaintiff. At the time, he had a remarkable record of bizarre and violent misconduct, including holding several police officers hostage with a shotgun after assaulting his wife (after which he was …
Article • August 15, 2008
Second Circuit Discusses Qualified Immunity Analysis by At 66: "... [T]he initial question in the qualified-immunity inquiry should be whether the complaint sufficiently alleges the violation of a federal right . ..." The court does not mention the decision in Horne v. Coughlin, 178 F.3d 603 (2d Cir. 1999), which …
Article • August 15, 2008
Dismissal of Colorado Transsexual Suit Reversed by The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a transsexual prisoner’s lawsuit seeking treatment by a gender specialist counselor. Christopher Grey, a Colorado prisoner, suffers from gender identity disorder (a.k.a. transsexualism), and refers to himself as Crystal, Catherine Jene, and “C.J.” Grey …
TDCJ Denied Qualified Immunity in Employee's Unconstitutional Termination Suit by John F. Fant, a former Legal Services Director for a division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), appealed a 2003 U.S. District Court decision denying his motion for dismissal of a lawsuit based on qualified immunity grounds. The …
Stay Pending Qualified Immunity Interlocutory Appeal Rejected in Arizona Prisoner Death Suit by Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joseph Arpaio filed a motion to stay litigation pending an interlocutory appeal on the denial of qualified immunity in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Tent City prisoner Phillip Wilson, who was …
Article • August 15, 2008
Damages Awarded to Two New Mexico Jr. High Students After Excessive Strip Search by New Mexico Jr. High students Crystal Kennedy and Randy Ford challenged the appellate reversal of damages they were awarded in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Dexter Consolidated Schools (DCS) and individual school officials. The …
Article • August 15, 2008
Wisconsin Prison Publication Ban Policy Disregards First Amendment Right To Newspaper Access by Wisconsin State prisoner William West brought 42 U.S.C. $ 1983 action against the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF) and various guards after they refused him access to prepaid newspapers and discarded some issues in the trash. 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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Pearson v. Callahan, SCOTUS, Amicus Brief for Respondent, 2008 No. 07-751 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CORDELL PEARSON, et al., Petitioners, v. AFTON CALLAHAN, _______________________________ Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE U NITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL …
Brief • August 13, 2008
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
Pearson et al v. Callahan, US, Amicus Brief - NPAP and AAJ, qualified immunity Saucier, 2008 No. 07-751 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CORDELL PEARSON, et al., Petitioners, v. AFTON CALLAHAN, _______________________________ Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE U NITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE …
Once Again, Former Florida DOC Secretary Faces Liability in Prisoner Beating; Case Settled for $400,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the former warden of the Florida State Prison (FSP) was not entitled to qualified immunity in a civil rights …
California DOC Stipulates to Removal of Visitor X-Ray Ma-chines, but Damages Appeal Dismissed by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On November 20, 2007, the California Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal filed by a group of Lancaster State Prison visitors who sought damages for being subjected to Secure 1000 …
8th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of False Imprisonment Action by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants on a false imprisonment claim. On January 2, 1983, James Buckley was murdered in St. Louis, Missouri. Ellen Maria Reasonover came forward as a witness …
Seventh Circuit: Wisconsin Supermax Conditions Unconstitutional by by John E. Dannenberg PLN has oft reported on the psychologically debilitating conditions at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections’ supermax prison at Boscobel. [See, e.g., PLN, April 2002, p.1, Barbaric Conditions at Wisconsin Supermax Result in PI to Transfer Mentally Ill Prisoners]. The …
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