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Article • May 15, 2007
7th Circuit Holds $60,000 Illinois Strip Search Award Not Excessive by On Nov. 29, 1983, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a strip-search claimant's $60,000 jury award against the City of Chicago was not excessive even though it was larger than awards in similar cases. Four female …
Article • May 15, 2007
Missouri Attaches Prisoner's Award Against CMS, 8th Cir Remands by On July 28, 2003, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a district court to reconsider whether the State of Missouri could confiscate a prisoner's judgment against a prison medical provider under the state's cost of incarceration statute. Acting …
Prisoner Crippled In Texas Jail Settles For $2.25 Million by On May 12, 2000, the City of Harlingen, Texas, paid $2,250,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who was rendered quadriplegic following an assault in the city jail. In his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Illinois Prisoners Win Ex Post Facto Good Time Claim by The Illinois Court Of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the circuit court should not have dismissed a prisoner's law suit against the Department of Corrections for denial of good time credits. Prisoners of an Illinois state prison filed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Alaska: 1991Tort Reform Legislation Facially Constitutional by The Supreme Court of Alaska held that tort reform legislation enacted by the Alaska Legislature was facially constitutional, Plaintiffs, persons considering tort actions, sought declaratory judgment voiding the legislation. The 26, SLA 1997 legislation "included many new tort law including including caps on …
Article • May 15, 2007
Pennsylvania Prisoner Allowed Untimely Appeal Of Disciplinary Decision by The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that a state prisoner should be allowed to file an out of time appeal because he had received no answer regarding the administrative disposition of his appeal of a disciplinary decision. Eric Tulio, a prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Prejudgment Interest Awarded To Washington Prison Contractor Prior To Court Judgment by No Prejudgment Interest Awarded To Washington Prison Contractor Prior To Court Judgment Flour Daniel, Inc., a contractor, challenged an arbitrator's award of six million dollars to build the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Washington State. Flour characterized …
Article • May 15, 2007
Louisiana Sheriff Sues Parish For Revenue Generated From Jail Operation by Bob Williams By Bob Williams On December 1, 2004, the Louisiana Supreme Court held the Caddo Parish Sheriff's (Steve Prator) state court lawsuit against Caddo Parish was decided in error by the State appellate court. Prator alleged in his …
Disabled Prisoner Claim Not Actionable Under Federal Civil Rights Action by State prisoner Timothy Reaves filed a State court action alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the U.S. and Massachusetts Constitutions. Reaves is a quadriplegic with a brain injury suffered in a …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Unconstitutional Deprivation for County Jail Overcrowding by Daniel Sams, a prisoner sentenced to the West Virginia State Department of Corrections, and five other similarly-situated prisoners, filed a State court mandamus action to compel their transfer out of county jail to D.O.C. due to overcrowding. The State Supreme Court appointed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Seizure of Prisoner's Pretrial Discovery Materials Upheld by State prisoner David Savage filed a motion for relief from prosecutorial misconduct alleging Macon County Illinois jail officials confiscated discovery materials given to him by his counsel prior to trial. The confiscation was based upon advice from the State Attorney's Office that …
NCDOC Discriminates Against Female Guards by In December of 1993, the United States filed suit against the North Carolina Department of Correction (NCDOC) in a federal district court. The suit alleged that the NCDOC was discriminating against women in terms of its promotion and hiring practices, in violation of U.S.C. …
SD Prisoner's 1983 Action Dismissed for Not Moving to Add Parties Within the Allotted Time by SD Prisoner's 1983 Action Dismissed for Not Moving to Add Parties Within the Allotted Time On April 26, 2000 Gregory Kaubisch, a South Dakota prisoner, was beaten by his cellmate. George Kaubisch, as his …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA Guards Enjoined From Opening Legal Mail Outside Prisoners' Presence by Ralph Fourmont is a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) in Walla Walla. After WSP mailroom guards opened his legal mail outside his presence, he sought a preliminary injunction in a federal district court. The court enjoined anyone …
Aliens May Sue Private Detention Companies Under ATCA by A federal court in New Jersey became the first court to hold that corporations which operate privatized immigration detention facilities may be sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA). The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) contracted with Esmor Correctional Services, …
Kansas Strip-Search Suit Subject to Three-Year Statute of Limitation by Shawn McCormick was arrested in Lawrence Kansas where police subjected him to a strip search and a body cavity search. More than two years later, but less than three, he filed suit in state court under KSA § 22-2523, claiming …
Article • May 15, 2007
Regret Expression Issued for Improper Arrest by On December 15, 1995, Texas' Grand Prarie police SWAT team burst into 18-year-old Bryan McMillen's parents' house and put guns to McMillen's head while awaking him from bed. Their purpose was to arrest him for the murder of Adrianne Jones, whose boyfriend said …
Article • May 15, 2007
Indiana Law Prevents Prisoners From Direct Access to Personal Medical Records by An Indiana Appellate Court has held that Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) policy that restricts a prisoner's personal access to personal medical records does not violate state law or due process. This class action suit brought by prisoner …
Deposition Testimony Admissible in Beating Trial by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the defendants in a civil rights action were improperly precluded from entering evidence to support their defense, the deposition of an unavailable witness was properly admitted, and admitted statements of a prisoner to a treating …
Article • May 15, 2007
Denial of Class Certification Reversed by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal held that a district court used the wrong standard in denying class certification and remanded for consideration of the detainees' First Amendment claim. This action was filed by pretrial detainees at Tennessee's Warren County Jail, alleging constitutional violations …
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