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Charging Prisoner for Injured Guard’s Medical Expenses Upheld by Charging Prisoner for Injured Guard's Medical Expenses Upheld The plaintiff complained that money was taken out of his account to pay medical expenses of an officer injured in a disturbance he was disciplined for, and that the procedures were deficient. However, …
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Judgment, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 537 Filed 12/07/2007 Page 1 of 2 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 537 Filed 12/07/2007 Page 2 of 2
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Order 2, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 538 Filed 12/07/2007 Page 1 of 2 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 538 Filed 12/07/2007 Page 2 of 2
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Opinion, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 534 Filed 11/20/2007 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY HAWA ABDI JAMA, et al. : : Plaintiffs, : : v. : : ESMOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, : INC., et …
California DOC Federal Healthcare Receiver Issues Master Remedial Plan by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg "Good care is less costly than bad care." This maxim, from prison healthcare Receiver Robert Sillen, set the tone when he announced his master plan on May 10, 2007 to constitutionally repair the California …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Indiana DOC Agrees to Remove Mentally Ill Prisoners from Control Units by The Indiana Department of Corrections (IDC) settled a class action lawsuit brought by mentally ill prisoners whose Eighth Amendment rights had been trampled since 1993 by IDC policy that placed them in long-term disciplinary housing instead of treating …
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Jury Questionnair, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page 1 of 9 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page 2 of 9 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page 3 of 9 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Collection-Rate of Appellate Costs Taxed to Prisoner Reduced to Rate for PLRA Filing-Fees by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the payment of $1,619 in costs owed to Michigan state by an unsuccessful prisoner litigator could not be deducted from his …
Sixth Circuit Now Permits § 1983 Complaint to Proceed Even if Prisoner Did Not Initially Plead Exhaustion Below by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has vacated its precedent which held that a prisoner had an affirmative burden to plead exhaustion of administrative …
A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE by A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE A Review of …
Federal Court Awards Illinois Prisoner $7,116 in Fees, Costs by Michael Rigby By Michael Rigby On August 18, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois awarded $7,116.35 in attorney's fees and costs to a state prisoner who prevailed in his civil rights claim against prison officials. …
Illinois Administrative Remedies Exhausted When Prison Officials Lost Grievance by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an Illinois prisoner ?took all steps necessary to exhaust? his administrative remedies when prison officials misplaced his timely grievance and did not instruct him to re-file an ?untimely grievance.? On March …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Disallowing Printed E-Mail Responses To Wisconsin Prisoner’s Web Page Raised Triable Issues of Fact by John Dannenberg Disallowing Printed E-Mail Responses To Wisconsin Prisoner's Web Page Raised Triable Issues of Fact by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections? (WDOC) …
New York Jail’s Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court by New York Jail's Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal court may only grant relief in a civil rights action filed by a prisoner on federal law claims …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
The Political Economy of Prison and Jail Litigation by Margo Schlanger by Margo Schlanger* This article explores the practical effects of the prisoner civil rights docket on conditions of incarceration for the 2.2 million people in American jails and prisons on any given day.1 The analysis takes on a great …
Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Another state prison system that subjected itself to the experiment of privatized medical services has learned the same hard lesson suffered by other states: a trail of inadequate care that leaves prisoners dead …
Michigan's Prison Health Care System Found Contemptuous by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "Step on a man's foot once, and a polite apology will do. Do it twice, and a profuse apology is in order. Do it thrice, and you have left the land of apology and entered the …
Michigan's In-Cell Restraints Considered Torture; Injunction Issued by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court has held that the use of in-cell restraints for punitive reasons constitutes torture. In reaching that conclusion, the Court reopened its previous judgment concerning mental health claims and issued a preliminary …
Dismissal of Retaliation Claim Reversed by The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin of a prisoner's retaliation claim. Tony Walker, a Wisconsin prisoner, sued prison officials under 42 U.S.C. §1983 claiming that officials conspired to retaliate …
Article • May 15, 2007
Dismissal Reversed Where Record Unclear on Administrative Remedy Exhaustion by The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights suit by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin where the record was unclear regarding exhaustion of administrative remedies. John M. Howe, …
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