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Removal Not Precluded By Single Eleventh Amendment Barred Claim by The United States Supreme Court held that a single claim barred by the Eleventh Amendment doctrine of sovereign immunity did not preclude removal to federal court. Keith Schacht, a former guard employed by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, was fired …
Publication, Postage Stamp Ban States Claim by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held the rejection of a prisoner's publication and refusal to allow him to receive postage stamps through the mail may violate the prisoner's First Amendment rights. This action was filed by a prisoner at New York's Clinton …
No Punishment for Possession of Radical Religious Literature by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner's complaint was sufficient to defeat summary judgment and require a trial. The civil rights action was filed by a New York prisoner who spent 7 of his 15 years in prison in …
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida Statute Decreasing Gain-Time Award Unconstitutional by The Supreme Court of Florida held that a revised gain-time statute was Constitutional as to increased gain-time award, but violated ex post facto as to decreased gain time award. Donald Waldrup, a Florida state prisoner sentenced to 15 years for 1980 and 1982 …
Work Release Removal May State Claim by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner's complaint that alleged due process and. equal protection claims relative to his removal from work release stated a claim. The civil rights action filed by a prisoner held at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Center sought …
Article • May 15, 2007
Marshalls Liable for Delay in Treating Detainee's Broken Arm by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that delay in treatment for a broken arm is actionable. This action was filed by a federal prisoner awaiting trial on federal bank robbery charges and held in the Alexandria, Virginia local jail …
Article • May 15, 2007
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Due Process Required In Florida Forfeiture Actions by The Supreme Court of Florida held that the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act (FCFA) was constitutional as long as it was applied in comportment with state due process requirements. After his arrest on drug trafficking charges, the state initiated forfeiture proceedings against Charles …
Article • May 15, 2007
Former Prisoner Paralegal's Entry Into BOP Upheld by The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) may prohibit a former prisoner with a record of disruptive proclivities from entering BOP prisons as a paralegal to interview prisoners. This action was brought …
Article • May 15, 2007
Muslim Prisoners' Allegation Of Forced Pork Handling States Claim by In this brief opinion, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Muslim prisoners who brought a civil rights suit against prison officials for allegedly forcing them to handle pork stated a claim upon which relief could be granted. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner's Dismissed § 1983 Complaint Reversed in Part by Prisoner's Dismissed § 1983 Complaint Reversed in Part The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a California state prisoner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint dismissed by a federal district court. California prisoner Alvin Ronnel Ross sued state prison …
Washington: Sanctions For Insolent/Threatening Language In Grievances Constitutional by Washington: Sanctions For Insolent/Threatening Language In Grievances Constitutional The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division I, held that sanctions resulting from a prisoner's use of insolent and threatening language on an administrative grievance did not violate the First …
Article • May 15, 2007
Drug Addicted WA Prisoners not Entitled to Treatment by The Washington Supreme Court held that state prisoners do not have a constitutional right to treatment for drug addiction. Bradley Bresolin, a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary, filed a petition for writ of mandamus claiming that prison officials had breached …
Article • May 15, 2007
Alcoholic WA Prisoners not Entitled to Individualized Treatment by The Washington Supreme Court held that prisoners were not entitled to "individualized comprehensive treatment modalities" for alcoholism. Four prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary filed petitions for writs of mandamus, claiming that state law guaranteed them the right to comprehensive alcoholism …
Article • May 15, 2007
Decision Enjoining New York DOC Beard Ban Vacated, Remanded by The United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded a Second Circuit ruling that enjoined the New York Department of Corrections (DOC) from enforcing a rule banning beards in excess of one inch in length against a Jewish prisoner. Yevgen Fromer, …
7th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Raped Prisoner's Eighth Amendment Claims by In this civil rights lawsuit brought by an Illinois prisoner who alleged prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him from being raped and then by denying him prompt medical attention., the U.S. Seventh Circuit …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prevailing Party Entitled to Attorney Fees in Most Cases by The Washington Supreme Court held that a prevailing party in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action is generally entitled to attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, unless special circumstances exist which would render the award of such fees unjust. …
Article • May 15, 2007
United States Supreme Court: Laws Prohibiting Homosexuality Are Unconstitutional by United States Supreme Court: Laws Prohibiting Homosexuality Are Unconstitutional In an historic 6-3 decision overturning legal precedents and numerous cultural presumptions, the United States Supreme Court held that laws prohibiting private, consensual sex acts between consenting adults of the same …
Article • May 15, 2007
New Jersey Supreme Court Orders Parole, Halfway House Placement by The Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered a prisoner to be released on parole after satisfactory completion of 12 months in a halfway house. Thomas Trantino, a New Jersey state prisoner, was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1963. …
New York DOCS Sick Leave Policy Violates ADA by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York held that a New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) sick leave policy requiring employees to provide general diagnoses following certain absences from work violated the Americans With Disabilities Act …
PLRA: Exhaustion Of Nonexistent Administrative Remedies Not Required by The United States District Court for the District of Colorado held that class certification for prisoners suing a county jail for unconstitutional mental health care was inappropriate, and that the prisoners were not required to exhaust administrative remedies pursuant to the …
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