No Due Process Right In Avoiding Temporary Lock-Up; Unsanitary Bedding Actionable by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On April 10, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a suit challenging a prisoner’s placement in Temporary Lock-Up (TLU) …
Seventh Circuit Finds Appeal is Timely Despite E-Filing Error by On May 3, 2010, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Wisconsin prisoner’s appeal was timely even though it was filed past the deadline due to an electronic filing error. Scot Vince, a longtime informant for Rock County, …
Seventh Circuit: No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner's First Amendment Retaliation Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 4, 2009, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that a prisoner who alleges retaliation for free speech was not required to show that the speech engaged in concerned a …
Wisconsin County Jail Administrator Charged with Stealing Jail Funds by The administrator of the jail in Washburn County, Wisconsin was charged in November 2010 in connection with a scheme to defraud public funds. Bruk L. Sweeney, 37, was arrested on four counts of misconduct in office and two counts of …
Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison by On August 23, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Wisconsin filed a settlement agreement in U.S. District Court that will improve medical and mental health care and conditions of confinement for disabled prisoners …
Wisconsin DOC Settles Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit by The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a transgender prisoner who sought treatment for her gender identity disorder. The settlement ended seven years of litigation. The suit was filed in federal court in 2003 by Scott …
Offense of Conviction Need Not Be Sexual to Receive Sex Offender Restrictions by by Brandon Sample Sex offender restrictions may be imposed on offenders whose offense of conviction did not involve sexual misconduct, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided December 18, 2008. The Court of Appeals …
Wisconsin Prisoner Pleads No Contest to Helping Cellmate Commit Suicide by On June 1, 2010, a Wisconsin prisoner entered a no-contest plea to charges that he helped his cellmate hang himself. Adam Peterson, 20, and Joshua Walters, 21, were unlikely acquaintances. Peterson, never in trouble with the law before, was …
Wisconsin Civil Commitment Patients Denied Minimum Wage by The Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on March 31, 2010 that civilly committed patients are not entitled to minimum wage for the work they perform. Hung Nam Tran and Eric L. Fankhauser are civilly committed patients confined at the Wisconsin Resource Center …
Seventh Circuit Holds No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner’s First Amendment Retaliation Suit for Providing Affidavit to Help Dead Prisoner’s Family by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner who alleges retaliation for free speech is not required to show that the speech engaged in concerned a …
Fields v. Smith, 7th Cir, Plf Reply Brief, WI transgender hormone medical class certification, 2011 Case: 10-2339 Document: 28 Filed: 01/10/2011 Pages: 17 Nos. 10-2339 and 10-2466 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ANDREA FIELDS, et al. Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. JUDY P. SMITH, et al. …
Wisconsin Law Prohibiting Hormone Treatment for Prisoners with Gender Identity Disorder Found Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 13, 2010, a Wisconsin federal court issued a 68-page decision holding that a Wisconsin state law prohibiting hormone therapy for prisoners with gender identity disorder (GID) was an unconstitutional …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Ban on Dungeons & Dragons by Brandon Sample Seventh Circuit Upholds Ban on Dungeons & Dragons by Brandon Sample The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) may prohibit the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role-playing game and D&D-related publications without violating the First Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals …
Wisconsin Doctor Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Prisoner Patients by In March 2010, a former doctor employed at the Stanley Correctional Institution in Wisconsin pleaded no contest to seven misdemeanors related to abusing or mistreating prisoners at that facility. In exchange for entering into a plea agreement, prosecutors reduced the charges …
Incomplete DNA Databases Result in Tragic Consequences by Justin Miller A review by the Associated Press has found that state crime lab databanks are missing thousands of DNA samples. The missing samples and backlogs in processing those that have been collected raise questions concerning serious crimes that otherwise might have …
Wisconsin: Taycheedah Lawsuit Set for Trial by Michael Brodheim On November 24, 2009, a U.S. District Court judge in Wisconsin substantially denied prison officials’ motion for partial summary judgment and set for trial a class-action suit that alleges medical and mental health care provided to female prisoners at Taycheedah Correctional …
Wisconsin County Pays $750,000 to Settle Jail Sex Abuse Suit by A woman who was sexually assaulted at a jail in Monroe County, Wisconsin has received $750,000 as part of a settlement in a federal civil rights case. While awaiting trial on charges of felony battery of a police officer, …
Fields v. Smith, 7th Cir, Plf Brief, WI transgender hormone medical class certification, 2010 Nos. 10-2339 and 10-2466 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ANDREA FIELDS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. JUDY P. SMITH, et al., Defendant-Appellants, Cross Appellees. ) ) ) ) ) ) …
$1,500 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Cold Cell Conditions Claim by The Wisconsin Department of Corrections paid $1,500 to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment rights by being subjected to cold cell temperatures. Waupan Correctional Institution prisoner Jevon D. Jackson filed a civil rights action for being …
17,698 DNA Profiles Missing from Wisconsin Database by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, Wisconsin officials discovered that the profiles of 17,698 convicted felons were missing from the state’s DNA database. An investigation into Milwaukee serial killer suspect Walter E. Ellis revealed that his DNA was not in …
