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New York Prisoner's Denial of Exercise Claim Set for Trial by The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied summary judgment in part to high-ranking officials of the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOGS) and to a prisoner plaintiff and has set for …
District Court Sets Prisoner's "Deliberate Indifference" Hepatitis C Claims for Trial by A Connecticut Federal District Court has ordered that a state prisoner's Eighth Amendment claims arising from Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDOC) officials' deliberate indifference of his severe medical conditions be severed and that some of the claims proceed …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Washington Pretrial Detainees Have Right to Access Courts by The Washington State Court of Appeals held that Washington prisoners have a greater right to access to the courts than the federal constitution provides, and that right extends to pro se pretrial detainees. Matthew Silva was charged with taking a car …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Prison Disciplinary Boards Not "Courts" for Habeas Corpus Purposes by Prison Disciplinary Boards not "Courts" for Habeas Corpus Purposes The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held conclusively that prison disciplinary boards lacking a true judicial review process are not "courts" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. §2254(d), as amended …
Prison Guards Can Be Liable for Prisoner Suicide by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. §1983 suit against Wisconsin prison officials. In so ruling, the court held that prison guards can be held liable under Eighth Amendment "deliberate indifference" claims …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Administrative Exhaustion Required But Unprejudiced; Dismissal and Equitable Tolling by Gary Hunter The 5th Circuit court of appeals, in accord with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, held that administrative exhaustion is required in all prisoner cases, regardless of the relief sought. It held that cases pending at the time …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Defendants' Convenience Justifies Transfer of Venue by California Department of Corrections (CDC) defendants successfully moved to transfer the original venue of a prisoner's civil rights lawsuit to another district - based upon convenience. Lisa Williams, a prisoner at Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) near Fresno, CA sued prison officials …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Plaintiff's Disability Impacts Venue by A federal district court in New York held that a plaintiff's physical disabilities were relevant in deciding which court should hear his case. Ambroz Nikac is a wheelchair bound paraplegic who was arrested on federal weapons and stolen property charges. He spent ten months in …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Advocacy Groups Challenge Arizona Internet Communications Ban by On July 18, 2002, the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty(CCADP), Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty(CUADP) and Stop Prisoner Rape(SPR), filed a federal law suit against Terry L. Stewart Director of the Arizona Department Of Corrections(ADOC) pursuant to 42 …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Bureau of Justice Statistics Analyzes Parole Trends by The Bureau of Justice Statistics has issued a report analyzing changes in parole and the resulting effects. The report compared the two types of parole releases (discretionary and mandatory) and their effects on parole populations in the United States. Discretionary parole is …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
No Fundamental Right to Fee Waiver for Civil Rights Action by No Fundamental Right to Fee Waiver for Civil Rights Actions The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has upheld the PLRA's three strikes rule, and overturned a case which found that rule unconstitutional. The opinion in this case …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Virginia Sheriff Investigated for Misuse of Prisoner Funds by Lonnie Burton When prisoners at the Richmond, Virginia jail buy goods from the inmate store, the profits were supposed to be used for the benefit of the prisoners. Instead, an investigation has revealed that Richmond's sheriff, Michelle B. Mitchell, has been …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Escapes Plague Texas Jails by Gary Hunter A rash of escapes have plagued Texas jails over the past year. On January 28, 2002, four prisoners used a homemade knife to overpower two guards and force their way out of Montague County jail near the Texas/Oklahoma border. The four were eventually …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Pennsylvania Jail Settles Retaliation Suit for $10,000 by In April, 2000, the Schuylkill County Prison in Pennsylvania, paid $10,000.00 to settle a law suit filed by pro se prisoner, Michael Andrew Spina. Spina complained that he was retaliated against by jail officials and other staff for filing a previous law …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Costs
PLRA Attorney Fee Cap and Local Cost Recovery Rules Upheld in New York Hepatitis C Case by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (S.D. N.Y.) upheld the Constitutionality of the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) attorney fee cap limitations and applied local rules to cost …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Ingram v. Scott Reversed: TDCJ-ID in Compliance with Section 501.008 by by Matthew T. Clarke On appeal following remand, a Texas court of appeals has held that the instructions on a grievance form bring TDCJ-ID into compliance with the requirement in section 501.008, Texas Government Code, that the Texas Department …
Settlement Agreement Reached in Wisconsin Supermax Suit by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) officials settled the 42 USC § 1983 class action civil rights suit brought by seriously mentally ill prisoners housed in the Boscobel, WI Supermax state prison by agreeing not to …
PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Applies to Fees on Fees by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) fee cap limiting recovery of a prevailing prisoner plaintiff's attorney fees to …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
$32,500 Florida Jail Accident Settlement by On October 30, 2001, the Broward County jail in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, settled a prisoner's work accident suit for $32,500. Edward Beal, 47, a prisoner at the county jail was assigned to a jail work program at the Dania Beach facility. While cutting trees, …
Brief • November 15, 2002
Filed under: Settlements
Washington v. San Diego, CA, Complaint, $400k Settlement, 2006 Case 3:02-cv-00143-LAB-JMA Document 21 Filed 11/15/2002 Page 1 of 24 Case 3:02-cv-00143-LAB-JMA Document 21 Filed 11/15/2002 Page 2 of 24 Case 3:02-cv-00143-LAB-JMA Document 21 Filed 11/15/2002 Page 3 of 24 Case 3:02-cv-00143-LAB-JMA Document 21 Filed 11/15/2002 Page 4 of 24 Case …
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