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Short-Term Injuries Sufficient to Recover Mental and Emotional Damages under PLRA by A Florida federal district court has held that a prisoner's failure to prove long-term physical injuries does not bar a request for damages for long-term mental and emotional injuries. That ruling came in a civil rights action filed …
Article • January 15, 2008
Statute of Limitations May Toll While Prisoner Exhausts Administrative Remedies by In 2003, William Howell, a Georgia state prisoner, sued jail guards in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for an incident that occurred over two years before he filed suit. Since the applicable statute of limitations was two …
New Jersey District Court: Reargument Granted in PHS Negligence Claim by On January 10, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey agreed with a state prisoner?s contention that the failure of Prison Health Services (PHS) to monitor her lithium levels fell under the common knowledge exception …
Article • January 15, 2008
One Month Delay in Treating Prisoner’s Broken Bones States 8th Amendment Claim by One Month Delay in Treating Prisoner's Broken Bones States 8th Amendment Claim In 2004, William Guy, a California state prisoner, broke his ribs and ankle. He wasn't treated for a month. He sued in federal district court, …
Article • January 15, 2008
Prisoner Cannot Sue BOP Under Privacy Act by Gabriel Scaff-Martinez, a federal prisoner, filed suit against the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pursuant to the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(d), (e)(5) and (g), alleging that the BOP had failed to maintain accurate records, expunge false information from his …
Article • January 15, 2008
Reassignment of Right to Seek Attorney Fees Not Reassignable by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a client may not convey his or her right to seek or waive attorney's fees for their counsel. This action began when Wilma Pony, the guardian of Paulette Pony, a minor, …
Article • January 15, 2008
Removal to Federal Court Denied State Court Jurisdiction by The Missouri Court of Appeals held that a state circuit court lacked jurisdiction to rule on a summary judgment motion in a case that had been removed to federal court. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for …
Article • January 15, 2008
OH Mental Health Service Not Subject to Public Records Act by The state of Ohio created a mental health services board (Board), which was to contract with and govern private mental health providers to ensure that even indigents and the uninsured could receive mental health services. The Board in Stark …
Article • January 15, 2008
Alleged Inappropriate Delay in Prisoner’s Hep C Treatment States 8th Amendment Claim by Alleged Inappropriate Delay in Prisoner's Hep C Treatment States 8th Amendment Claim Salvatore Chimenti, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, was taken off his medication for Hepatitis C and made to wait over two years for a new drug, …
Article • January 15, 2008
CA Prisoner's Convictions for Conspiracy to Smuggle Drugs Vacated for Bad Jury Instructions by Jaime Jasso, a California state prisoner, made several phone calls to someone outside of prison named Ruben. Guards monitored those calls and discovered that their purpose was for Passo to give Ruben directions for obtaining drugs …
Article • January 15, 2008
Guards’ Failure to Enforce Prison No-Smoking Policy May Violate 8th Amendment by Guards' Failure to Enforce Prison No-Smoking Policy May Violate 8th Amendment Dwayne Manning, a federal prisoner, was exposed to cigarette smoke when prison guards didn't enforce the prison's no-smoking policy. He developed medical problems and sued the guards …
Article • January 15, 2008
Police Documents Sought under Public Records Act Exempt for Irreparable Harm Probability by The Chronicle Publishing Company, dba Worcester Telegram and Gazette (T&G), motioned for a preliminary injunction in 1999 to obtain records regarding internal police reports from Worcester Chief of Police Edward Gardella and the City. The City refused, …
Police Informant's Identity Protected; Investigation Spurred by Accusation Merit Less by Pennsylvania policeman Mathew Barton appealed the dismissal of his action to compel Inspector Ralph Penco, the Police Commissioner, and the City of Philadelphia to disclose the identity of an informant who accused him of receiving stolen property. No action …
Article • January 15, 2008
Police Test Scores Disclosure Ordered Under Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law by Pennsylvania newspaper The Times Leader (TTL), a division of Cypress Media, Inc., appealed the dismissal of its action to compel the production of records regarding the test results of police candidates on the list for the City of …
Article • January 15, 2008
Private Parties Cannot Contract Away Right to Access Public Records by Pennsylvania accounting firm Cogen, Sklar and Levick (Firm) petitioned for declaratory judgment that a settlement agreement's terms of confidentiality exempted the agreement's public disclosure. The insurance department, a party to the agreement, along with the Philadelphia Enquirer, filed preliminary …
Article • January 15, 2008
Protection from Personal Document's Disclosure Does Not End With Death in Pennsylvania by Temple University law student Hayes Hunt petitioned the court to review the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' (DOC) 1996 order denying his request for medical and mental health records of executed prisoner Leon Moser. The denial was affirmed …
Article • January 15, 2008
Psychological Records' Denial Upheld; Specificity in Request Required under Pennsylvania Act by Pro se Pennsylvania state prisoner Amitha Nanayakkara appealed the court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of mandamus to obtain records for use in filing a civil suit in federal court. The denial and dismissal were upheld …
Article • January 15, 2008
Records Requested by Victim Ordered When Police Failed to Justify Lawful Exemption by Massachusetts resident Tameeka Messier filed a motion to compel to acquire documents from the Boston Police Department, Area D 14 (BPD), regarding an injury she allegedly suffered in 1997 during a concert. The BPD failed to present …
Records Unsealed, Doors Re-opened to Proceedings in Maryland Police Shooting Settlement by Maryland newspaper The Baltimore Sun (Sun) sought reversal of a 1999 court order closing courtroom doors and sealing records in a civil settlement for wrongful death following a shooting by police. On a writ of certiorari, the appellate …
Article • January 15, 2008
Right to Know Act Not Need Based, Only Statutory Definitions Required by Pro se Pennsylvania state prisoner Christopher Neyhart appealed the State Department of Corrections' (DOC) refusal to produce for inspection his urinalysis reports to prove his parole revocation was unfounded. The court held that Neyhart did not set forth …
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