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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 …
Article • May 15, 2007
COA Denied; Stun Belt Claim Barred by Teague v. Lane by The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a certificate of appealability (COA) from a Texas state prisoner's denial of habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, on grounds that the prisoner was not denied a fair trial and …
Coerced Participation in Religious Substance Abuse Program Unconstitutional; Prison Officials Granted Qualified Immunity by Coerced Participation in Religious Substance Abuse Program Unconstitutional; Prison Officials Granted Qualified Immunity A Virginia federal district court held that officials at the Indian Creek Correctional Center violated a prisoner's First Amendment rights under the Establishment …
Daughters Of Woman Killed By Furloughed Indiana Prisoner Settle For $900,000 by Two daughters who witnessed their mother's murder by a furloughed Indiana prisoner settled their claim against the state for $900,000. The woman's attacker, her ex-husband, had been imprisoned by the state for crimes against her and the couple's …
Article • May 15, 2007
Gotti's Pretrial Detention Without Bail Warranted, PLRA Question Moot by The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the pretrial detention without bail of Peter Gotti, the alleged successor to John Gotti and John Gotti, Jr., as head of the Gambino Crime Family, was warranted. The appeals court ruled …
Article • May 15, 2007
Missouri Prisoner Awarded $16,000 In § 1983 Use-Of-Force Action by Missouri Prisoner Awarded $16,000 In § 1983 Use-Of-Force Action On April 4, 1990, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri awarded $16,000 to a prisoner who was shackled to a bed and beaten by guards at the …
New York Prisoner Awarded $295,000 For Knee, Ankle Injury by On July 29, 1999, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $295,000 to a prisoner who suffered knee and ankle injuries when a stack of cartons containing frozen meat fell on her. New York state prisoner Karen …
Article • May 15, 2007
Passing Through Metal Detector Partly Disrobed Not "Strip Search" by Passing Through Metal Detector Partly Disrobed Not "Strip Search" The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, held that a state prison guard's requirement that an eight-year-old female visitor pass …
Article • May 15, 2007
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Pre-Release Recession of Parole Allowed if Parole Not a Right by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, held that recession of Ohio prisoners' paroles prior to release from prison without notice or opportunity for a hearing did not …
Prisoner's Disciplinary Conviction for Possession of Unauthorized Medication Affirmed by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, held that a federal prisoner could be disciplined for possessing psychotropic medications at one prison that were prescribed for him at a different prison. Daniel Wesley …
§ 1983 Complaint Not Frivolous, Stated Claim, Can Be Amended by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a prisoner's civil rights suit was not frivolous, that it stated a claim, and that the prisoner could amend his complaint a third time. Richard Lawler, an Ohio …
Article • May 15, 2007
AEDPA Time Limitations Not Tolled by Motion to Reopen Appeal by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, held that an Ohio prisoner's motions in state court to reopen his direct appeal and to withdraw his plea or vacate …
Article • May 15, 2007
City Liable For Police Rape, $300,000 In Damages Awarded by The Supreme Court of California held that the City of Las Angeles could be held liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior for a rape committed by a police officer employed by the city. After stopping Plaintiff for driving erratically, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Criminal Contempt Requires Criminal Procedure Rights by The U.S. Supreme Court held that imposing a criminal contempt fine without benefit of a jury trial is unconstitutional. The International Union and the United Mine Workers of America (petitioners) were enjoined from collectively conducting unlawful strike related activities against the Clinchfield Coal …
Double Bunking, Mail and Visitation Rules, Searches Constitutional by The U.S. Supreme Court held that a jail's practices of "double bunking," barring hardcover books sent by individuals, banning receipt by prisoners of food packages and personal items, requiring prisoners to remain outside their housing areas during searches, and body cavity …
Illegal Search Precludes Policeman's Qualified Immunity; Affirms Plaintiff's Summary Judgment by The U.S. Southern District Court of New York determined that a police Sergeant was not entitled to qualified immunity for an unreasonable strip search. Nicole Sarnicola was arrested for suspicion of dealing drugs and was taken to the Tarrytown …
Article • May 15, 2007
Injunctive Relief Granted For Pregnant NJ Jail Prisoners by Prisoners in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, a New Jersey county jail, filed a class action suit on behalf of pregnant female prisoners alleging that they were being denied "essential" health care. The prisoners alleged, in particular, that the women were …
Massachusetts Prisoner Files Law Suit For Being Beaten By Prison Guards by The United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, denied in part and granted in part a motion to dismiss a prisoner's law suit, for being beaten by prison guards. Wilfred H. Evicci, a prisoner who was housed at …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Retroactive Suspension Of Worker Compensation In AZ by The Supreme Court of Arizona, sitting En Banc, held that Arizona Revised Statute § 23-1031, which authorizes the suspension of worker compensation benefits to persons convicted of a crime and incarcerated, could not be applied retroactively. The Supreme Court review consolidated …
Article • May 15, 2007
Psychological Coercion Not Legal Component Of Involuntary Servitude by The U.S. Supreme Court held that the use of psychological pressure did not violate U.S. statutes prohibiting involuntary servitude. After two mentally retarded individuals were found laboring on a farm for up to 17 hours a day with no pay due …
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