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Duffy v. Riveland: Some Comments Regarding the Court's January 20, 1998 Summary Judgment Ruling by Leonard Feldman By Leonard J. Feldman On January 20, 1998, the district court in Duffy v. Riveland granted summary judgment on a state law claim presented by plaintiff Sean Duffy. The Court found that it …
AEDPA Statute of Limitations Tolled by The court of appeals for the Third circuit held that the one year statute of limitations in which to file a federal habeas corpus petition is a statute of limitation subject to tolling. In 1994 Frank Miller, a New Jersey state prisoner, was found …
Article • December 15, 1998 • from PLN December, 1998
Deportation Moots Federal Habeas Appeal by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that deportation, during the appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner, moots the appeal. Fabio Diaz, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was an …
NY Seg Case Dismissed on Remand by In the March, 1998, issue of PLN we reported Sealey v. Giltner , 116 F.3d 47 (2nd Cir. 1997) in which the second circuit reversed and remanded Sealey v. Coughlin , 857 F. Supp. 214 (ND NY 1994). The case involves Emmeth Sealey, …
Hawaii Prisoners Challenge 'Sex Offender' Label by Hawaii prisoners labeled as "sex offenders" and ordered to participate in a sex offender treatment program as a pre-condition of parole eligibility have a protected liberty interest in receiving minimal due process before being thus labeled. In 1992, Hawaii enacted a law authorizing …
Washington Good Time Loss Implicates Due Process by AWashington state appeals court held that prisoners have a due process right to challenge the validity of prior minor infractions at disciplinary hearings that involve the loss of good time for allegedly incurring more than four minor infractions in a six month …
Sandin Analysis Hinges on Punishment Actually Imposed by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that an analysis of whether due process is required for disciplinary hearings where segregation was imposed as punishment will turn on the punishment actually imposed, not the potential penalty. The court also held …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
AEDPA Successive Petitions Clause Not Applicable to Disiplinary Hearings by AEDPA Successive Petitions Clause Not Applicable to Disciplinary Hearings The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that habeas corpus petitions challenging prison disciplinary hearings that became final after prior habeas petitions challenging a criminal conviction have become final, …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies § 1983 Claims by David C Fathi John Midgley and David C. Fathi Recently, the United States Supreme Court has made it difficult for prisoners to successfully file claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that "necessarily imply" the invalidity of a conviction or a decision that …
Seg Conditions Analyzed for Sandin Purposes by Building on prior recent decisions, the court of appeals for the second circuit held that district courts must analyze segregation conditions when determining whether prisoner plaintiffs have a federal due process liberty interest in remaining free from such confinement. Thomas Wright, a New …
Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998
PLRA Termination Provisions Unconstitutional by A federal district court in Arizona held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) section providing for termination of consent decrees entered into prior to the PLRA's enactment is unconstitutional, as being violative of the separation of powers doctrine. The court further ruled that the …
Segregation Conditions Defined for Sandin Purposes by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that district courts evaluating the impairment of a liberty interest in prison disciplinary hearings should compare segregation conditions of confinement throughout the entire state prison system. The court expressed doubt that prisoners would ever …
Louisiana DOC Defiance Rule Unconsitutional by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that the Louisiana DOC rule prohibiting "defiance" was facially invalid to the extent that it proscribes prisoners from threatening prison employees "with legal redress during a confrontation situation." The court also held that habeas corpus …
Fact Finding Required in Disciplinary Suits by In two separate rulings federal district courts in New York held that prisoners litigating disciplinary due process cases must be given an opportunity to develop a factual record to support their claims before the court rules on a motion to dismiss or for …
Prison Disciplinary Proceedings Cognizable Under § 1983 in Florida by Prison Disciplinary Proceedings Cognizable Under § 1983 In Florida AFlorida state appellate court held that a denial of staff assistance, documentary evidence, and witness testimony in a prison disciplinary hearing states a due process claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, …
Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998
MA and WA Parole Suits Not Cognizable Under § 1983 by The first and ninth circuit courts of appeal have applied Edwards v. Balisok , 117 S.Ct. 1584 (1997)[ PLN , July, 1997] to bar section 1983 actions challenging decisions by state parole boards, holding the § 1983 claims are …
Heck Applied to Segregation Claims by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that a prisoner's claim that his due process rights were violated at a prison disciplinary hearing was not cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and had to be brought as a habeas corpus challenge, even …
New Jersey DOC Required to Follow Own Rules by The appellate division of the superior court of New jersey held that a prisoner was entitled to reversal of a disciplinary sanction because the prison hearing officer disobeyed a court ordered prison rule requiring the prisoner to sign a form documenting …
Article • February 15, 1998 • from PLN February, 1998
Damages Suit Stayed While Habeas Pursued in Disciplinary Hearing Challenge by As the courts grapple with the question of when prisoners can sue for money damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when challenging disciplinary hearings that result in lost good time and when they must pursue habeas corpus remedies, the …
AEDPA Applies to Prison Disciplinary Hearings by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), Public Law No. 104-132, which amended the federal habeas corpus statutes, applies to habeas petitions challenging prison disciplinary hearings. The court also held Indiana prisoners …
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