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Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Not Liable for Cold Cell by The court rejects the plaintiff's claim that he was kept in an unconstitutionally cold cell for two winters, since temperature measurements showed nothing colder than 64.6 degrees, except for a 24-hour period with no heat, and that period was too short to "cause …
Article • May 15, 2007
Mentally Ill Prisoner's Dehydration Death Disputed by The decedent, held in a prison mental health unit, died of severe dehydration after the water to his cell was turned off as a response to his flooding his cell believing that he smelled smoke. Four days later he was sent to an …
Wolff Applies to Jail Prisoner Disciplinary Hearings by At 678: "Pre-trial detainees may not be punished without due process of law. . . . A pre-trial detainee is entitled to the procedural protections of Wolff v. McDonnell . . ., before imposition of punishment for a disciplinary infraction." At 679: …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Qualified Immunity to Virginia DOC Officials in Smoking Suit by The plaintiff, a non-smoker with a respiratory condition, was double-celled over his objection with a habitual smoker of cigars. In response to his grievance, he was moved to a unit for "troublemakers" and assigned to a cell with a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Harassment and Verbal Abuse by Guards Legal under 8th Amendment by The plaintiff missed the 10-day deadline for his Rule 59 motions, and the district court properly denied his Rule 60(b) motion, since it merely reiterated his rejected arguments and did not fit the requirements of any subsection of the …
Releasing Disabled Prisoner into Cold Weather Upheld by The plaintiff alleged that he was released in January into freezing cold temperatures without a coat or a ride home, despite his disability. The plaintiff's ADA claim is dismissed based on sovereign immunity, since Title II of the ADA is not congruent …
Mentally Ill WI Prisoner Sues over Control Unit Conditions by The plaintiff raised various constitutional claims, discussed below, and moved for class certification. The court denies it because the case is pro se and absent class members are "entitled at least to the assurance of competent representation afforded by licensed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Pro Se Sewage Exposure Claim Dismissed by The plaintiff alleged that inmate workers had to handle quantities of sewage because of the deficiencies of the prison sewage system, and that she got some on her because her protective clothing was the wrong size and wasn't able to wash the sewage …
Article • May 15, 2007
Housing Rival Gang Members Together May Violate Constitution by The plaintiff was placed in a cell with members of a rival gang and was attacked. He said he told the deputy that he was gang affiliated, but there is no evidence he said which gang he was in or that …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Claim for Guard Ordering Prisoner to Touch his Penis by The plaintiff alleged that on two occasions an officer unzipped his clothing and instructed the plaintiff to grab his penis. He further alleged that the same officer turned off his water and power for five hours in connection with …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Modification of Mental Hospital Consent Decree by The defendants wanted to get out of a consent judgment governing a mental health facility, and the court doesn't let them, because even though the facility is closed, it is not established that the discharged patients have been treated consistently with the …
El Paso County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed a district court's order that found conditions at Texas' El Paso County Jail were unconstitutional and ordered injunctive relief to correct the violations. The district court ordered that exercise and recreational areas be installed; prisoner diets …
Raped Prisoner's § 1983 Suit States Claim by Raped Prisoner's § 1983 Suit States Claim The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada held that a prisoner's civil rights suit against county commissioners stated a claim. After allegedly being raped by fellow prisoners in the Washoe County (Nevada) Jail, …
Thompson v. Hamilton Co and CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate forced to assault other inmate, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0019 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0020 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0021 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0022 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0023 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0024 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0025 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0026 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) …
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Def MoL in Opposition of Plf Mot to Preclude DeLand Testimony, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 450 Filed 05/10/07 Page 1 of 34 PageID: 8228 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY Steven D. Weinstein New …
Scott v. DC, Settlement, Magbie jail death quadriplegic, 2007 .-. GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Office of the Corporation Counsel Generaluugarion Division ORDERED: lbat, pursuant to authority of Mayor's Order No. 88-238 the claim and lawsuit of Mary Scott, Social Security Number I iudi .dually and as personal representative …
Buford-Lewis v. Marion County, IN, Complaint, jail conditions, 2007 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 1 of 9 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 2 of 9 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 3 of 9 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 4 of 9 Case …
Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa's Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption plagues South African (SA) prisons at every level as prisoners suffer violence and torture from both prisoners and warders alike. Former high court judge Thabani Jali was …
Chicago Juvenile Detention Center Workers Resist Court-Ordered Reforms by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In June 1999, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) won a suit against Chicago?s Cook County to abate unconstitutionally sordid, unsafe and abusive conditions at its Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC), conditions that had been …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California Prisoner Fed Finger Settles with Florida Food Manufacturer by On January 31, 2006, a Florida food company reached a confidential settlement agreement with a California state prisoner who found a three-quarter inch long human finger tip in one of the company?s prepackaged meals. While confined in isolation at California?s …
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