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Sixth Circuit Finds Ohio Response to Jewish Prisoner's Hair 'Exaggerated' by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case addressing an Ohio prisoner's suit over the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's (DORC) hairlength restriction "as applied," has reversed the district court's denial of qualified immunity to DORC defendants, but …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Transfer Moots Wiccan's Claim by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a prisoner's transfer to a different prison mooted his religious rights lawsuit. Duane Smith is an Iowa state prisoner of the Wiccan faith. He filed suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to the effect that …
Prisoners Have First Amendment Right to Private Conversations with Their Attorneys by Prisoners Have First Amendment Right to Private Conversations With Their Attorneys A federal district court in Pennsylvania held that prisoners have privacy and free speech rights to private conversations with their attorneys. Pennsylvania state prisoners incarcerated on death …
Disciplinary Hearing Violations Enjoined by A federal district court entered an injunction in a class action suit which challenged the systematic denial of due process in prison disciplinary hearings. Prisoners at the Statevile Correctional Center in Illinois filed a class action suit claiming they were denied due process under a …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Declaratory Relief) by John Midgley One form of remedy available in federal court, including in some prison cases, is a "declaratory judgment." This column discusses what a declaratory judgment is, why you might want one in some cases, and the requirements for getting one. What …
ADA Ruling for Deaf New York Prisoners by The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY ruled in favor of hearing impaired New York prisoners litigating a number of constitutional and statutory issues relating to the imprisonment of hearing impaired prisoners. The court held that the defendants, New …
AG Mail Must be Treated as Legal Mail by Rakim Muhammad is a Michigan state prisoner. He challenged a Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) policy of treating mail to prisoners from the state Attorney generals office as ordinary mail, i.e. opened outside the addressees presence, rather than as legal mail …
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