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Article • May 15, 2007
$167,500 Awarded For Failure To Treat Fatal Colon Cancer in California Prisoner by In 1994, a California State prisoner had noticed some weight loss and lower abdominal pain then later that year intermittent rectal bleeding. An internist initially prescribed antibiotics and later a barium enema was performed by a radiologist. …
Article • May 15, 2007
$183,000 Awarded To California Deputy District Attorney Attacked During Parole Hearing by $183,000 Awarded To California Deputy District Attorney Attacked During Parole Hearing In 1980, a California Deputy District Attorney (Savitt) was attacked and stabbed multiple times by a maximum security prisoner during a parole hearing. The prisoner had a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Private Medical Company Not Municipality Subject to Punitive Damages by The plaintiff, who had had repeated shoulder surgery, reinjured his shoulder in jail. He got an x-ray but no treatment except pain killers and referrals to mental health. After release, he had to have two additional surgeries on his shoulder. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Jail Doctor Given Qualified Immunity For Involuntarily Catheterizing Prisoner by The plaintiff was involuntarily catheterized to remove urine (unsuccessfully, since he was struggling) because the doctor was concerned that he might have a neurological injury. The plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim is rejected. At 1116: "Invasions of the body for medical …
Injured Jail Prisoner Denied Crutches, Lower Cell States Claim by The plaintiff, who had had a serious leg injury, was forced to stand, walk, and/or hop for several hours after he was arrested and the police refused to retrieve his crutches. Upon entering jail, he had to do the same …
Article • May 15, 2007
Law Library Claims Must Be Brought Under § 1983 by Law Library Claims Must Be Brought Under § 1983 Prisoners are entitled to sufficient law library access to "enable them to research law and to determine what facts may be necessary to state a cause of action." However, such a …
Parole Condition Barring Contact With Religious Sect Upheld by The plaintiff, Yahweh ben Yahweh, was directed to have no direct or indirect contact with members of the Nation of Yahweh ("Black Hebrews") without approval by his parole officer upon his mandatory release on his RICO conviction for involvement in activities …
Police Chief Approval of Report Exonerating Brutal Cops is Municipal Policy by Police Chief Approval of Report Exonerating Brutal Cops is Municipal Policy The plaintiff arrestee suffered massive injuries in police custody. The police said he fell down, though the details of their claim changed as the extent of injury …
WI Mental Health Records Ordered Disclosed by The plaintiff, a Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) organization, sought records from a private mental health facility about two patients who choked to death on food. The facility didn't want to produce them. Notwithstanding defendants' claim that the question …
Threats for Filing Suit Actionable by The plaintiff alleged that an officer repeatedly threatened him because he had brought a lawsuit against the officer's brother. A claim for retaliation for a lawsuit need not meet the requirements for an access to courts claim.The alleged death threats are "malicious and sadistic" …
Sex Offender's Suit Over Conditions and Attack Dismissed by The plaintiff, known as a sex offender, was assaulted by other prisoners and was provided inadequate medical care. His medical claim fails because he sued the wrong people, and his inmate assault claim fails because the relevant events were time-barred. Also, …
Article • May 15, 2007
11th Amendment Bars Damages Under Rehabilitation Act by Damage claims under the Rehabilitation Act are barred by the Eleventh Amendment. Prior authority holding that the acceptance of federal funds constitutes a waiver of Eleventh Amendment protection under the Spending Clause is overruled by the Supreme Court's decision in College Savings …
Article • May 15, 2007
Delay in Processing Administrative Claims Okay by Extended delays by the state Division of Human Rights in processing discrimination claims did not deny due process. A legal cause of action is property. However, procedural deficiencies that do not finally dispose of that cause of action are not a deprivation of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Medical Claim Requires Administrative Exhaustion by The plaintiff's claim of deprivation of medical care is a "prison conditions" claim even under the now-overruled holding of Nussle, since the complaint did not suggest that he was singled out for the denial of medical services Cases must be dismissed, rather than stayed, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: International, Terrorism
Designation as Terrorist Organization Requires Due Process by Designation as Terrorist Organization Requires Due Process Designating an entity as a "foreign terrorist organization" and freezing its assets, prohibiting support for it, and barring its members from entering the country requires due process protections by providing notice of the planned action …
Article • May 15, 2007
Minor Injury Suit Against Police Dismissed by The plaintiff was forcibly arrested after an hour long stand off with the police, in which he variously threatened suicide and invited the police to kill him while pointing a gun at them. He complained of being beaten in the ambulance taking him …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
$10,001 NY False Arrest Verdict Upheld by At 155: . . . [T]he direct physical participation of a defendant in the constitutional violation is not alone a sufficient basis for holding the defendant liable if the defendant had no awareness or notice of the facts that rendered the action illegal. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Nominal Damages Verdict Against Nevada Police Upheld by The plaintiff was arrested, but the district attorney declined to prosecute. The plaintiff then filed an excessive force complaint. The officer accused of excessive force notified the district attorney's office, which then filed misdemeanor battery charges against her. The court affirms a …
South Carolina Jail Prisoner Awarded $2,000 In Mediation For Work-Related Injury by South Carolina Jail Prisoner Awarded $2,000 In Mediation For Work-Related Injury In December 1997, a Horry County, South Carolina, prisoner was awarded $2,000 in mediation for injuries he sustained while working at a county landfill. The prisoner claimed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Restrained Juvenile Prisoner Settles Injury Claim For $1,000 by After filing suit in August 1997, a juvenile female prisoner who suffered emotional distress and facial bruising while being forcibly restrained by personnel at the Marygrove Residential Treatment Facility settled her claim for $1,000. The girl had alleged in her suit, …
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