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Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Fifth Circuit Holds PLRA’s ‘Three-Strikes’ Provision Does Not Apply to Actions Removed From State Court by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that prisoners claiming indigent status in a federal civil rights suit are not barred by …
Third Circuit: Federal Prisoner Exposed to Risk of Assault Cannot Collect Damages if One Didn’t Occur by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On March 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s lawsuit, finding that even though a Bureau …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Third Circuit Joins Fifth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits in Holding Heck Favorable-Termination Dismissals Are PLRA Strikes by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On October 29, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed a New Jersey prisoner a legal defeat. But in the process, it joined the …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Seventh Circuit Holds Dismissal of Lawsuit Removed to Federal Court Cannot Count as PLRA “Strike” by On December 22, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that when a lawsuit is removed to federal court from state court and then dismissed for failure to state a …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Grants Prisoner with Hep C Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, held a prisoner who had symptoms of fibrosis from Hepatitis C (HCV) and claimed prison officials refused to treat him was sufficient to satisfy that he …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
25 Years of the Prison Litigation Reform Act by John Boston by John Boston "Equal Justice Under Law”—it’s carved over the door of the Supreme Court, but most of us know better by now. That’s especially true for prisoners, who are subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Advancing Stage of HCV Triggers Imminent Danger Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, found that a prisoner stated a claim showing he was in imminent danger of physical harm, and that a district court erred in dismissing the prisoner’s …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Settlement, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 MER-L-001586-19 06/29/2021 1:06:04 AM Pg 1 of 25 Trans ID: LCV20211544598 SONIA DOE (a pseudonym), SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY LAW DIVISION - MERCER COUNTY Plaintiff, Docket No. MER-L-1586-19 v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. Defendants. CIVIL …
Publication • 2021
Outsider Speech - the PLRA, AEDPA, and Adjudicative Expression iew ed ev er r pe Working Paper No. 2021-35 October 2021 ot Outsider Speech: The PLRA, AEDPA, and Adjudicative Expression tn William M. Carter, Jr. rin CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW (forthcoming) Pr ep University of Pittsburgh School of …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 21, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s religious freedom suit that had been dismissed as time barred. …
Alabama Court Allows Lawsuit Over Indigent Traffic Offenders Jailed for Not Paying Fines by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Alabama federal district court allowed portions of a lawsuit to move forward that sought damages from the City of Montgomery (the City) and Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (JCS). The …
California Passes Bill Allowing ICE Detainees to Sue Private Contractors by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3228 (AB 3228) September 27, 2020, allowing U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detainees to sue private detention facility contractors for alleged abuses of civil rights and …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
DC Circuit Court: “Three Strike” Prisoners Must Show Imminent Danger to File Lawsuits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that to proceed under the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s (PLRA) three-strikes exception, the three-strike prisoner must demonstrate that he or she faced imminent …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Part of Leg, Wins Appeal in Precedential Grievance Process Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, issued a precedent-setting ruling that clarified when a “misrepresentation” to a prisoner renders a …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Interview: Corene Kendrick on How the Prison Litigation Reform Act Strips Prisoners of Legal Rights by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Corene Kendrick is a staff attorney with the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit public interest law firm based in Berkeley, California that offers legal assistance for people who are …
Oregon Court Holds Prison Litigation Reform Act Exhaustion Tolls Statute of Limitations by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 25, 2020 an Oregon federal court held that the statute of limitations for filing a federal civil rights action is tolled during Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) exhaustion. Anthony Sam …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On April 4, 2020, a three-judge court in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California denied a motion seeking an order requiring the California Department of Corrections and …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Complaint, Transgender Discrimination, 2019 MER-L-001586-19 08/14/2019 3:11:11 PM Pg 1 of 46 Trans ID: LCV20191434199 Jeanne LoCicero (024052000) Tess Borden (260892018) Alexander Shalom (021162004) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION P.O. Box 32159 Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 854-1715 jlocicero@aclu-nj.org Robyn B. …
Brief • August 9, 2018
Carruthers v. Israel, FL, Settlement Agreement, Mental Health Claims, 2018 Case 0:76-cv-06086-DMM Document 1043-4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/09/2018 Page 1 of 31 Case 0:76-cv-06086-DMM Document 1043-4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/09/2018 Page 2 of 31 Case 0:76-cv-06086-DMM Document 1043-4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/09/2018 Page 3 of 31 Case …
Murphy v. Smith, DC, Cetiorari Appeal, Attorney Fees, 2018 (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2017 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the …
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