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Attorney Fee Award Increased in Conditions Case by The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit upheld a lower court's grant of attorney fees higher than the lawyer's normal rates due to the complexity of the case. The fee award in this class action conditions case in South Carolina totaled …
Article • May 15, 2007
Impartial Hearing Officer Required in Disciplinary Hearing by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit reversed a district court's sua sponte dismissal of a Nebraska prisoners § 1983 suit against a prison disciplinary hearing officer who refused to recuse himself from a hearing because plaintiff was suing the hearing …
Article • May 15, 2007
County Liable for Attorney Fees in Jail Contempt Sanction by The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit affirmed a district court ruling filing officials of the Dorchester county jail in Maryland in contempt over jail conditions and liable for plaintiffs' attorney fees. Jail prisoners filed suit over jail conditions …
Article • May 15, 2007
Property Interest in Trust Fund Money by Property Interest In Trust Fund Money The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that a Louisiana state prisoner had a property interest in the funds in his prison trust account and may have been denied due process when prison officials seized …
BOP Pays $7,000 in Pork Handling Suit by BOP Pays $7,000 In Pork Handling Suit The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit affirmed a district court's award of 17,000 in damages to a Muslim federal prisoner at Marion who was punished for refusing to handle pork due to his …
Jail Newspaper Ban Unconstitutional by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that a jail ban on newspapers violates the First amendment. The appeals court reversed the trial court verdict in favor of Adams County, Mississippi, jail prisoners on the issues of laundry services, outdoor and indoor exercise …
Article • May 15, 2007
Class Certification Confers Subject Matter Jurisdiction by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed a class action suit against the Adams county jail in Mississippi for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The appeals court held that courts must reach the …
Overcrowding Must Cause Harm to Be Actionable by The court of appeals for the Sixth circuit largely reversed a district court's injunction over conditions at the Knox county jail in Knoxville, Tennessee, holding there must be a causal connection between overcrowding and bad conditions. The district court issued an injunction …
Article • May 15, 2007
Change in FL Good Time System violates Ex Post Facto by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit affirmed a district court ruling that granted habeas relief to a Florida prisoner who claimed a change in the state's method of calculating and awarding good time credits violated the ex …
Right to Interpreter and Witnesses at NY Disciplinary Hearings by A New York state appeals court held that prisoners in that state have a right to accurate translations of disciplinary proceedings and the right to call witnesses at those hearings. Paul Santana, a non English speaking Hispanic prisoner was infracted …
Chain of Custody Defect Doesn't Void Drug Test by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that an Indiana state prisoner's due process rights were not violated when prison officials failed to maintain an adequate chain of custody for his urine sample that later tested positive for marijuana. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Right to Be Jailhouse Lawyer Discussed by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit reversed and remanded a district court ruling staying a § 1983 lawsuit brought by an Iowa prisoner who was fired from his prison job as a jailhouse lawyer. Referring to a separate consent decree and …
Article • May 15, 2007
Confidential Informant Statements Reviewed by Court In Camera by The court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a habeas corpus petition by a federal prisoner at the USP in Marion, Illinois who was infracted for killing another prisoner. The petitioner was a member of the Aryan …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Subpoena Required to Record Prison Phone Calls by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that federal prisoners at the USP in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, had received adequate notice that their phone calls were monitored and recorded. In this criminal prosecution for prison drug trafficking, the court held …
Article • May 15, 2007
Grievance Retaliation Unlawful by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit reversed the dismissal of an Iowa state prisoner's lawsuit claiming he was infracted for filing a grievance that prison officials claimed contained incorrect information. The court held that the content of administrative grievances is protected by the First …
Indiana Prison Conditions Cruel and Unusual by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit upheld in part a lower court's ruling that conditions at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City were cruel and unusual, see: 525 F. Supp.. 435). The appeals court held that medical services were woefully …
Article • May 15, 2007
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Juveniles Enjoined from Placement in Adult Jails by A federal district court in Oregon entered an injunction in favor of juvenile prisoners and awarded them attorney fees in a lawsuit against the Columbia County Correctional Facility in St. Helens, Oregon. The court held that confining runaway children or children out …
Article • May 15, 2007
Confiscation of Legal Papers States Claim by The court of appeals for the Second circuit reversed the FRCP 12(b)(6) dismissal of a prisoner's § 1983 action against New York state prison officials who confiscated his legal papers. The court held that access to the courts is a substantive right rather …
Racial Violence Against White Prisoners Condoned by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction sought by white prisoners against the Illinois DOC. The plaintiffs claimed that prison officials allowed black prison gangs to essentially run the state's prisons and extort and assault …
Change in Infraction Level Requires Due Process in Wisconsin by A Wisconsin federal district court held that Wisconsin administrative code § HHS 303.68(4) creates a liberty interest which requires the security director to consider the regulation's criteria and make a statement of the criteria applicable to upgrade a prisoner's misconduct …
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