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Article • May 15, 2007
New York: Prison Failed To Follow Up Cancer Treatment, Prisoner Awarded $210,000 by New York: Prison Failed To Follow Up Cancer Treatment, Prisoner Awarded $210,000 On July 7, 2002, a state court of claims in Syracuse, New York, awarded a prisoner $210,000 after concluding that prison medical personnel had negligently …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Awarded $26,500 For Fall From Top Bunk by On July 23, 2002, a judge awarded a New York prisoner $24,500 for injuries suffered when she fell from a top bunk she should not have been assigned to. New York state prisoner Carmen Cirino had an injured leg …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Right To Notification Within 30 Days Of Disciplinary Appeal by Michael Loveland, a prisoner at the Newport Correctional Facility (NCF), appealed a disciplinary decision to the Orleans Superior Court after the superintendent, Kathleen Lanman, failed to respond to his disciplinary appeal within 30 days of the date the appeal …
Article • May 15, 2007
Nominal Damages Upheld in Excessive Force Case by The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury award of only nominal damages in a case involving excessive force by New York State prison guards. Vincent Van Ness, a prisoner in custody of the New York Department of Correctional Services …
Article • May 15, 2007
NV Jail Commissioners Liable For Raped Prisoner by The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada held that a triable issue existed when a prisoner was raped while in custody. Christopher Warner was in custody of the Washoe County Jail when he was assaulted and raped by fellow prisoners. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ohio Prisoners' Mail-Order Subscription Suit Held Not Frivolous by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, vacating a federal district court's sua sponte dismissal, held that a suit brought by Ohio prisoners in custody of the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) regarding DORC's withholding of certain mail-order magazines and …
Article • May 15, 2007
Parkway Not Proper Place for Body Cavity Search by The Eastern District Court of Virginia determined that a body cavity search while on the George Washington Parkway violated the Fourth Amendment. Arrion Ford was traveling down the George Washington Parkway in his car when a police officer stopped him because …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoner Can Seek Belated Appeal of Administrative Appeal Denial by Florida's Second District Court of Appeal held a Florida prisoner may seek belated review of an appeal of disciplinary action where denial of the appeal was signed eight days before it was mailed. The Court found the Hardee Correctional …
Article • May 15, 2007
Former Jail Prisoner's §1983 Complaint Reversed to Add Damages by Former Jail Prisoner's §1983 Complaint Reversed to Add Damages The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in a split decision partly reversed an Oklahoma federal district court's grant of summary judgment to a county sheriff, holding that the district court …
Garnishment of Prisoner's Wages not Actionable in State Court by The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that state prisoners may not seek relief under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) or C.R.C.P. Rule 106 to address claims of unlawful garnishment of wages by the Department of Corrections (CDOC). Adam Jones, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Gender is not BFOQ for Georgia Deputy Sheriff Job by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that gender is not a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) for the job of Deputy Sheriff I at Atlanta's Fulton County Jail. After the Sheriff posted advertisements for the deputy sheriff positions, a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Housing Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Cell Constitutional by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that prison officials did not violate a prisoner's rights by housing him in a segregation cell rather than a death row cell. In response to being confined in a segregation cell …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
Hunger Striking GA Prisoner Has Right to Privacy to Refuse Forced Feeding. by Anthony Prevatte, a prisoner at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in Butts, Georgia, began a hunger strike on October 29, 1981 and on November 21 refused to allows doctors to examine him. Prevatte's hunger strike was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
Hunger Striking NY Prisoner May Be Force Fed to Prevent Suicide by Attica Correctional Facility prisoner Mark David Chapman, who is serving 20 years to life for murdering John Lennon, appealed an order allowing prison officials to take all steps necessary to force-feed Chapman in order to sustain his life. …
Illinois Prisoner Awarded $34,500 For Delayed Release by On July 20, 1994, a federal district court awarded a former Illinois state prisoner $34,500 in compensatory and punitive damages for the extra time he spent in prison after being granted parole. Plaintiff Timothy Wilson claimed that on January 21, 1990, he …
Article • May 15, 2007
Imminent Danger Exception to PLRA Three Strikes by The U.S. Northern District Court of Illinois determined that a prisoner who failed to state a claim three times in three separate federal civil actions could still proceed without prepayment of fees under the imminent danger exception to the Prison Litigation Reform …
Iowa Ban on Racist Literature Enjoined by The U.S. Southern District of Iowa held that a state prison could not deny racist material to prisoners. Tracy Nichols, an Iowa state prisoner, sought to receive materials from several different churches, including the Church of Jesus Christ Christian (CJCC). The CJCC promotes …
Article • May 15, 2007
Absent Actual Injury Only Nominal Damages for Due Process Violations by The U.S. Supreme Court held that a procedural due process violation warranted only nominal damages in the absence of actual injury. Plaintiffs, Illinois high school students who had been suspended without due process, brought a §1983 action against the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Abuse of Discretion in Failing to Grant Prisoner Continuance in §1983 Action by Illinois state prisoner Robert Harris filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action against prison officials claiming guards interfered with his mail and visiting rights, preventing him from preparing an adequate defense to state criminal charges. The state filed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Arbitrator Cannot Override Rhode Island DOC Director's Discipline of Guard by The Rhode Island Supreme Court held the Director of the Department of Corrections (DOC) has the ultimate authority to impose discipline on guards and such authority cannot be overridden by an arbitrator. Guard Thomas Ryan was assigned to watch …
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