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Article • May 15, 2007
Florida Felon Disenfranchisement Found Constitutional by The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has ruled that a 135-year old state law that bans ex-felons from voting is not unconstitutional. Thomas Johnson, a former prisoner from New York now residing in Florida, filed a class action lawsuit …
Public Employee Granted Access to Information in Personnel File by In a §1983 action, an Oregon DOC guard brought suit alleging racial discrimination. A federal district court in Oregon held that a guard is entitled to information contained in his personnel file to pursue a discrimination suit against his employer. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida Department of Corrections Ordered to Cease Racially Discriminatory Practices in Selected Reading Materiala by Florida Department of Corrections Ordered to Cease Racially Discriminatory Practices in Selected Reading Material Florida state prisoner Herman Jackson filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 lawsuit against prison officials claiming that his rights under the First …
United States District Court Rules Alabama Department of Corrections Violates Prisoners' Fourteenth Amendment Rights with Its Segregation Policies by United States District Court Rules Alabama Department of Corrections Violates Prisoners' Fourteenth Amendment Rights with Its Segregation Policies Alabama state prisoner Robert McCray filed a §1983 suit against state prison officials …
Article • May 15, 2007
Racial Segregation in Kansas Jail Unconstitutional by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that racial segregation of prisoners at Kansas' Wyandotte County Jail was unconstitutional. The District Court found "assignment to one of the two tanks [an East tank and a West tank] is made upon a racial basis, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Racial Segregation in Nebraska Prison Unconstitutional by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that racial segregation at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex was unconstitutional. All facilities at the prison were integrated but one. That cell block housed 50 prisoners who objected to living with or housing with blacks. …
Injunctive Relief Reversed Due to Lack of Personal Stake by The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a judgment granting injunctive relief in a §1983 action against Philadelphia police. Respondents brought a §1983 action against Philadelphia officials, including the Mayor and the Police Commissioner, alleging a pervasive pattern of illegal and unconstitutional …
Qualified Immunity Denied In Use Of 5-Point Restraint by A Federal District Court in Virginia has held that prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity on excessive force, racial discrimination, and due process claims rising from use of 5-point restraints. Trini Davis, a prisoner at Wallens Ridge State Prison …
Class Claims Must Be "Fairly Encompassed" By Named Plaintiff's Claims by Class Claims Must Be "Fairly Encompassed" By Named Plaintiff's Claims The U.S. Supreme court held that a Mexican-American who filed suit under the Civil Rights Act claiming he was passed over for promotion because of his national origin could …
Article • May 15, 2007
$1,200 Paid and Apology Given in WA Racial Discrimination Suit by Washington State Penitentiary officials agreed to settle a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action filed in the Eastern District of Washington federal court filed by Sir Jesse R. Hunter. Hunter had placed his food tray on his cell door's food slot …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ban on Public Speaking While Masked Held Unconstitutional by The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted declaratory relief and a permanent injunction on behalf of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan against the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New …
Selective BOP Prosecution Based On Race Unproven by Federal prisoner Frederick DeBerry (an African-American) located at the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Florence, Colorado, facility, and two other African-American prisoners at this facility, appealed the District of Colorado's decision that they had not met their burden of proof of both discriminatory …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supreme Court Holds Private Parties Cannot Litigate Title VIII Disparate Impact Claims by Supreme Court Holds Private Parties Cannot Litigate Title VIII Disparate Impact Claims There is no private right of action to enforce disparate-impact regulations promulgated under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The statute prohibits …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Race/Exposure Claims by In an unpublished order, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of an Illinois prisoner's racial discrimination and pepper spray exposure claims. Illinois prisoner Johnnie Flournoy brought suit in federal court asserting several unrelated constitutional violations. The district court dismissed …
Article • May 15, 2007
NY Court Certifies Class Action of Pay Searched Minorities by The court certifies a class of black and Latino men stopped and frisked by the Street Crimes Unit and alleging lack of probable cause and racial profiling. Class certification is particularly appropriate where a plaintiff seeks injunctive relief against discriminatory …
Article • May 15, 2007
Requesting Party May Be Required to Pay Discovery Copying Costs by An African-American state trooper alleged employment discrimination. The magistrate judge should not have required defendants to produce photocopies of five years worth of personnel files of other officers; it was sufficient to produce two years' worth for review. Rule …
Article • May 15, 2007
Class Action With 30-40 Members Certified by The court certifies a class in a case alleging racial discrimination in housing based on census data and various calculations and assumptions suggesting that there are 30 to 40 potential class members---i.e., African Americans who have been racially steered by a particular company. …
Racial Discrimination Claim in IL Civil Commitment Must Be Brought under Habeas by The plaintiffs are present and former civil detainees in the Sexually Violent Persons Units of the prison system who alleged that commitment to that program reflected racial bias against African-American offenders who committed crimes against white victims. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Firing of Maryland Muslim Chaplain Upheld by The plaintiff, who said he was constructively discharged from a contractual position as Muslim chaplain, sued under Title VII, alleging that he was discriminated against by being subjected to a racially hostile workplace. The court concludes as a matter of law that the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Consent Decree Deadlines Extended Due to Attorney Conduct by In litigation by African-American farmers against the Department of Agriculture alleging racial discrimination in lending practices, a consent decree was entered. After class counsel's failure to meet crucial deadlines, the district court interpreted the decree to allow extension of the deadlines …
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