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Gavin v. Branstad-122 F.3d 1081 (8th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

to a particular case or controversy, and Congress may not declare by retroactive legislation that the law applicable to that very case was something other than what the courts said it was. [27] Id. at 227 ...

Randolph v. Rodgers-980 F. Supp. 1051 (E.D. Mo. 1997)

Case • 1997

to do with prison confinement. During certain dates of my confinement I received several conduct violations and wasn't permitted to tell my side of the incident because nobody understood what I ...

Johnson v. Horn-150 F.3d 276 (3rd Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

are "categorically binding upon every Jewish man and woman." JA at 64. Kosher laws dictate what foods can be eaten and how they can be prepared. Kosher food cannot be prepared in a non-kosher kitchen, but a sealed ...

Kimberlin v. Quinlan-774 F. Supp. 1 (DC DC 1991)

Case • 1991

official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640, 97 L. Ed. 2d 523, 107 S. Ct. 3034 (1987). [**6] Defendants argue that prison inmates do ...

Lehn v. Holmes-364 F.3d 862 (7th Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

five and one-half months of his stay at Graham, he had a non-smoking cellmate for only two and one-half days. Throughout this time, Lehn communicated his strenuous objection to what he perceived ...

Christopher v. Harbury-534 U.S. 1064 (2002).

Case • 2002

be pursued once the frustrating condition has been removed; and claims of specific cases that cannot be tried, no matter what official action may be in the future. Regardless of whether the claim turns ...

Ex Parte Tuley,-109 S.W.3d 388 (Tex.Crim.App. 2003).

Case • 2003

, the convicting court weighs the evidence of the applicant's guilt against the new evidence of innocence. Id. at 207. [13] We have never discussed what effect, if any, a guilty plea would have ...

Howell v. Evans-922 F.2d 712 (11th Cir. 1991)

Case • 1991

on these facts is clouded by the fact that Dr. Mendoza made several late entries onto the medical log, making it unclear precisely when he saw Howell and what he actually did. [19] B. Procedural History ...

Alfaro v. Terhune-98 Cal.App.4th 492 (2002)

Case • 2002

are sufficiently precise that those who are subject to it can reasonably understand what is required, and the agencies charged with its execution can reasonably understand what they must do. Because its terms ...

Riccardo v. Rausch-359 F.3d 510 (7th Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

process. If Illinois wants grievances to be more detailed, it must adopt appropriate regulations and inform prisoners what is required of them. Riccardo is entitled to a decision on the merits of his ...

Colon v. Howard-215 F.3d 227 (2nd Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

litigation has ensued on the issue of what duration and conditions of restricted confinement within a prison meet the Sandin standard. In cases dismissing Sandin claims before trial on defendants' motions ...

United States v. Johnson-223 F.3d 665 (7th Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

of the defendant's right to represent himself. What this is is a case of implicit waiver in the strict, the intentional sense. The defendant did not want to represent himself, though he didn't say so in so many words ...

Puckett v. Abels-684 So.2nd 671 (Miss. 1996)

Case • 1996

not increase the fifteen-year maximum sentence, but only made [**9] it mandatory, stating that "the effect of the new statute is to make mandatory what was before only the maximum sentence." Id. at 400. "Removal ...

Coal. for Gov Procurement v. Fed Prison Industries-154 F.Supp.2d 1140 (WD MI 2001)

Case • 2001

incident to or necessary and proper in the exercise of its functions. Exec. Order No. 6917 (Dec. 11, 1934). n3 "Federal Prison Industries shall determine in what manner and to what extent industrial ...

Murcia v. County of Orange-226 F.Supp.2d 489 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)

Case • 2002

the protections of the Constitution." Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 84 (1987). It is difficult to fathom what legitimate penological interest is served by strip searching an arriving detainee when ...

Bogle v. McClure-332 F.3d 1347 (11th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

to see so many white faces" in Central management. Former Assistant Director of Public Services Paulette Smith-Epps testified McClure asked her what she planned to do about the fact that there was only one ...

Ryan v. Burlington County Jail-860 F.2d 1199 (3rd Cir. 1988)

Case • 1988

what program he developed for the intake of state prisoners at the Burlington County Jail, Call responded: [47] A. I based the quotas that I gave to the county on a weekly basis on telephone ...

Prison Health Services: Missed Signals in New York Jails Open Way to Season of Suicides

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Mental Health, Suicides

of nonstop crisis. “The staff does the best they can,” he said, “and what’s left they sweep under the rug.” Prison Health Services, a Nashville-area corporation that bills itself as the gold standard of jail ...

Privatized Medical Services in Delaware Kill and Maim

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: CMS, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Cancer, Skin, Medical Expenses, Hepatitis, Settlements, Administrative Exhaustion, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

definitions of what constitutes largest, the company with the most market share is constantly changing. At any given time either CMS or its rival Prison Health Services (PHS) will be the largest" private prison ...

Burhman v. Wilkinson-257 F.Supp.2d 1110 (S.D.Ohio 2003)

Case • 2003

, the Court will note that, at bottom, what the Plaintiff is seeking is another review of his parole eligibility by the Ohio Adult Parole Authority ("Parole Authority"). With that in mind, the Court notes ...