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Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoner Must Know Illicit Nature of Substance to Possess Drugs by Florida's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that to be convicted of possession of contraband in a prison, predicated on possession of marijuana, the prisoner must not only possess the substance but must also be aware of the …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoner's Mandamus Petition Must Detail Facts Supporting Witness Denial at Disciplinary Hearing by FL Prisoner's Mandamus Petition Must Detail Facts Supporting Witness Denial at Disciplinary Hearing Florida's First District Court of Appeal held that a prisoner bringing a petition for a writ of mandamus alleging the denial of witnesses …
Article • May 15, 2007
Montana Supreme Court Upholds Jury Verdict in Death Action by In this case involving an escaped teenage prisoner who shot and killed another boy, the Montana Supreme Court upheld a jury's verdict in favor of the state. Originally committed to the Pine Hills youth prison as a serious juvenile offender, …
Montana Supreme Court Upholds State's Sex Offender Registration Act by The Montana Supreme Court held that the state's sex offender registration act could be applied retroactively and did not violate an offender's rights under the state or federal constitutions. In 1989 Montana enacted the Sexual Offender Registration Act, which required …
Guard's Medical and Drug History Discloseable in Discovery by A Wisconsin federal district court held that a prisoner was entitled to receive in discovery a guard's medical and urine test report. This action was filed by a prisoner at Wisconsin's Green Bay Correctional Institution, alleging guards beat him. The magistrate …
Article • May 15, 2007
Second Circuit: Lack of Standing Invalidates Strip Search Ban by On January 20, 2004, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal district court's order enjoining a New York county jail from performing unconstitutional strip searches was erroneous because the plaintiff lacked standing. In July 1995, attorney …
Article • May 15, 2007
Settlement's Retention of Jurisdiction for Enforcement is Functional Equivalent of Consent Decree by Settlement's Retention of Jurisdiction for Enforcement is Functional Equivalent of Consent Decree The Eleventh Circuit of Appeals has held a Florida settlement agreement's provision that retains "the district court's jurisdiction for enforcement of the agreement" is the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sexually Harassed California Prison Employees Awarded $1,978,376 by On February 18, 1997, a California superior court awarded three female prison employees a total of $1,978,376 for sexual harassment they experienced while working at a state prison. Plaintiffs, guards Blanche Leslie Ratcliff, 39, and Amber Gros, 40, assistant warden Linda George, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ninth Circuit's One-Interlocutory-Appeal Rule Overturned by The U.S. Supreme Court held that denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity was an appealable "final decision" despite a prior appeal on the same grounds. Respondent, Robert J. Pelletier, brought an action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Notice Required When Converting Dismissal Motion into Summary Judgment by The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that district courts must properly notice parties of their intent to convert motions to dismiss into motions for summary judgment. Four former Montgomery County, PA employees filed separate civil …
Article • May 15, 2007
Notice Required When Motion to Dismiss Treated as Motion for Summary Judgment by Notice Required When Motion to Dismiss Treated as Motion for Summary Judgment The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held a district court must give notice to a party of its intent to treat a motion to dismiss …
Suit Against CCA Dismissed For Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by In this civil rights action brought by two prisoners against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and several CCA employees, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held the prisoners had not exhausted their administrative remedies as required by the …
Tennessee Prisoner in Private Prison Not "Inmate" by Statutory Definition by Tennessee Prisoner in Private Prison Not "Inmate" by Statutory Definition The Tennessee Court of Appeals held that because a state prisoner housed at a privately operated prison was not an "inmate" within the statutory definition, he was not required …
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida Public Records Exemption must be Stated with Specifity; Costs Awarded for Unlawful Refusal to Comply by Florida Public Records Exemption must be Stated with Specifity; Costs Awarded for Unlawful Refusal to Comply Florida's First District Court of Appeal has held that a petition for writ of mandamus is the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida Public Records Law Provides No Exemption of Photographs that Fail to Identify Sexual Assault Victim by Florida Public Records Law Provides No Exemption of Photographs that Fail to Identify Sexual Assault Victim The First District Court of Appeal has held that photographs of a sexual assault victim that do …
Supreme Court Defines Federal Officials Immunity for State Tort Violations by The U.S. Supreme Court has held that federal officials are entitled to absolute immunity from state-law tort actions only when the federal official's conduct is within the scope of their official duties and the conduct is discretionary in nature. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Presentence Investigation Reports Accessible Under Freedom Information Act by The U.S. Supreme Court held that prisoners could receive copies of their presentence investigation reports under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In two separate incidents prisoners filed suit after their requests for copies of their presentence investigation reports were denied …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Disciplinary Mandamus Petition Exempt from Prisoner Indigency Statute by The Florida Supreme Court has held a writ of mandamus filed by prisoner Daniel K. Schmidt, challenging the loss of gain time incurred as a disciplinary sanction, is a collateral criminal proceeding" that is exempt from Florida's Prisoner Indigency Statute …
Article • May 15, 2007
Order Closing Missouri's Platte County Jail Affirmed on Appeal by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's order closing the Platte County Jail. Platte County Jail prisoners brought an action against the jail for violation of their Eighth Amendment right against cruel …
Article • May 15, 2007
Parole Board Decision One Time Act That Fails to Toll Statute of Limitations by Parole Board Decision One Time Act That Fails to Toll Statute of Limitations The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a parole board's setting of a parole date is a one time act and not a …
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