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Prisoner Awarded $130,000 in § 1983 Claim, JNWV Motion Denied by Prisoner Awarded $130,000 in § 1983 Claim, JNWV Motion Denied Prisoner brought an action under 4.2 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Director of the Michigan DOC, a nurse supervisor and others after he was raped in a prison infirmary. …
Prisoner Not Retaliated Against, Whistleblower Claim Not Allowed by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Michigan state prisoner did not present sufficient evidence of retaliation to survive summary judgment, and refused to consider the prisoner's claim of whistleblower protection presented for the first time on appeal. …
Prisoner Prevailing Party, Awarded Attorney Fees by A mental patient imprisoned at a treatment center run by the Massachusetts DOC brought a § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations relating to, among other things, inadequate telephone privileges, right to unopened privileged mail and right to treatment. A Superior Court issued an …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Prisoner Union Entitled to Protection by A North Carolina federal district court held that prisoners may solicit membership into a prisoner "labor union." This action was filed by the North Carolina Prisoners Labor Union, challenging a prison regulation that prohibited prisoners from soliciting membership into the union. The district court …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner's Haircut Raises Constitutional & Discovery Issues by Prisoner's Haircut Raises Constitutional & Discovery Issues The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's decision to allow defendants' second motion for summary judgment after their first motion was denied. Mark Lee Pollock sought to enjoin prison officials from cutting …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Family, Fathers in Prison
Segregated Prisoner Allowed Visits with His Children by A federal District Court in Wisconsin held that refusing to grant visitation with a prisoner's minor children was unconstitutional. A Wisconsin state prisoner filed a civil rights action challenging a prison's denial of visitation with his two minor children because he was …
Sixth Circuit Holds Prisoner's Access to Court Not Violated by Affirming a Tennessee federal district court decision, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a state prisoner incarcerated in a private prison suffered no violation of his right to meaningful access to courts. Danny Ray Thomas is a …
Summary Judgment Partly Reversed for Refusing Amended Complaint Filing by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Arizona federal district court for refusing to allow a federal prisoner to file an amended complaint. Michael Satz, a prisoner in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Summary Judgment Reversed on Former Prisoner's Gender Dysphoria Claim by The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a split decision, reversed a grant of summary judgment to California prison officials in a claim brought by a former state prisoner alleging that officials were deliberately indifferent to her gender dysphoria. …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Parole Violation for Working with Ex-Prisoners by The U.S. Supreme Court held that a parolee's work at a business that employed other ex-convicts did not provide "satisfactory evidence" of a parole violation. After his parole was revoked, a federal prisoner filed a writ of habeas corpus which was denied …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Colorado DOC Miscalculates Parole Eligibility Date by The Colorado Court of Appeals has found that the Department of Corrections (DOC) miscalculated a prisoner's sentence reduction credits for crimes committed before the 1979 change in law. Ronald Vashone-Caruso, in his fourth decade of a 94 years-to¬-life sentence, sought a declaratory judgment …
Disciplinary Findings Do Not Preclude Subsequent Factual Litigation; QI Denied by A Federal District Court in Michigan has held that findings made in prisoner disciplinary hearings should not be given preclusive effect when litigating factual issues in § 1983 claims. Qualified immunity was denied as untimely. Arthur Johnson claimed James …
Dismissal and QI Denied in Cross-Gender Pat Searches by The Federal District Court in Connecticut has found that fact issues remain regarding the constitutionality of cross gender pat searches and whether appropriate steps were taken to protect a female prisoner after she reported sexual assaults by a guard. Qualified immunity …
Failure to Accommodate Blind Prisoner Violates ADA by A Florida federal district court has held that a private medical contractor, EMSA Correctional Care, Inc. (EMSA), and Sheriff Ken Jenne violated a blind prisoner's rights under the Eight Amendment and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they failed to provide …
New Jersey DOC Must Clarify Disciplinary Hearing Record by The Supreme Court of New Jersey remanded a prison disciplinary proceeding to the state Department of Corrections for clarification of whether a prisoner was denied the opportunity to cross-examine and confront witnesses. Gallimore McDonald, a New Jersey state prisoner, was charged …
Article • May 15, 2007
9th Circuit Invalidates Prisoner-to-Prisoner Mail Ban by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a complete ban on prisoner-to-prisoner mail violated the First Amendment rights of both prisoners. The court also held that a Washington state prisoner did not have a constitutional right to the services of a prison …
Prison Programs Receive Federal Funds Under Civil Rights Restoration Act Definition by Prison Programs Receive Federal Funds Under Civil Rights Restoration Act Definition The U.S. District Court for the District of Arkansas held that Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) "programs or activities" received federal funds for 'purposes of a prisoner's …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Has Duty to Appoint Counsel in Appropriate Civil Cases by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a district court to exercise its discretion to request counsel for a civil litigant and inquire whether the litigant was incompetent, which required action be taken to protect his rights. This action …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Constitutional Right Created By State Jail Standards by The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas jail standards did not create a constitutional right and therefore were not enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards was created by the Texas Legislature to …
South Dakota Prison Conditions Unconstitutional by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that double ceiling may violate the Eighth Amendment in light of other serious deficient conditions of confinement, and a district court may use expert testimony to set prison maximum capacity. This was a class action filed by …
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