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Filing • May 29, 2012
Filed under: Injunctions
Prison Legal News v. Columbia County, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00071-SI Document 64 Filed 05/29/12 Page 1 of 26 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Case No.: 3:12-cv-00071-SI Plaintiff, OPINION …
Class Certified in Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at CCA-operated Indiana Jail, but Case Dismissed on Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Indiana federal district court certified a class and allowed claims to proceed that challenged unsafe conditions, lack of medical privacy and an alleged incentive scheme that …
Idaho Population Caps Continue; Class Counsel & Representatives Reappointed by Idaho Population Caps Continue; Class Counsel & Representatives Reappointed On December 18, 2007, a federal court in Idaho re-appointed Class Representatives and ordered attorney fees for Plaintiffs' counsel in a long-running Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) overcrowding case. In 1987, …
Filing • January 10, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2012 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/10/12 Entry Number 197 Page 1 of 16 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/10/12 Entry Number 197 Page 2 of 16 2:10-cv-02594-SB -BM Date Filed 01/10/12 Entry Number 197 Page 3 of 16 2:10-cv-02594-SB …
Ninth Circuit Holds California Prison Officials Responsible for Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Disabled Prisoners and Parolees Held in County Jails by In the latest chapter of a legal saga spanning 16 years, on September 7, 2010 the Ninth Circuit rejected a renewed attempt by California prison officials to shirk their …
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of BOP Failure to Protect Suit by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a failure to protect suit filed by a federal prisoner who claimed that he was attacked by a guard for participating in a prison investigation. “John …
Federal Court Continues Oversight of Wyoming State Penitentiary by A Wyoming federal district court had entered an order that continues its supervision of the Wyoming State Penitentiary. That supervision began in October 2003 as the result of a class action civil rights action, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement that failed …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Ninth Circuit Reverses Grant of Injunctive Relief in Ex Post Facto Challenge to Marsy’s Law by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court abused its discretion in granting preliminary injunctive relief to a group of California life-term prisoners who challenged, …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
California DOC Complies With Population Reduction Order in Plata v. Brown by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 7, 2011, a scant seven days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling affirming a three-judge panel’s order to reduce overcrowding in California’s state prisons (Brown v. Plata, No. 09-1233 …
California: Court Monitoring of Conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison Terminated by On March 21, 2011, the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of California, issued an order terminating all remaining aspects of federal court monitoring of conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison. In …
Louisiana Court Of Appeals Overturns Strip Tier Cell InjunctionOverturns by Matthew Clarke Louisiana Court Of Appeals Overturns Strip Tier Cell Injunction By Matt Clarke On June 20, 2007, a Louisiana state court of appeals overturned a district court’s granting of an injunction against prison officials placing the prisoner into a …
California Federal Court Refuses to Dissolve Most of Orantes Injunction by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On July 23, 2007, a federal district court in California issued an opinion declining to dissolve the injunction issued in Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese, 685 F.Supp. 1488 (C.D.CA 1988), 919 F.2d 549 (9th Cir. 1990), …
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Alleging Retaliatory Attack by Guard by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On April 26, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a failure to protect suit filed by a federal prisoner who claimed that he was attacked …
Fifth Circuit Reverses Pre-Filing Injunction; No Notice or Hearing Given by The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a district court’s injunction prohibiting a prisoner from filing suit without first obtaining court permission. Nasir Qureshi was enjoined by U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes from filing …
Illinois Supermax Placement Procedures Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court has held that existing Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) procedures for placing prisoners at the Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms) are inadequate to protect the liberty interest of IDOC prisoners to avoid confinement at …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State Prisoner Who Requested Public Records Entitled to Joinder in Non-Disclosure Injunctive Action by The Supreme Court for the State of Washington has held that a person who requests public records must be joined in an action that seeks to prevent the disclosure of those records. The Court’s May …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Kentucky Law Retroactively Applied to Award Street Credit by The Kentucky Supreme Court has held that a law that applies “street credit” to released prisoners effectively suspends existing statutory law that specifies time spent on parole does not count towards a prisoner’s maximum sentence. The Court accepted transfer of appeals …
Utah Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated by On August 20, 2009, a Utah federal court lifted the injunction it had previously issued against the Utah sex offender registry requiring registered sex offenders to register their internet names and passwords. John Doe is the pseudonym for a man who was convicted …
New Mexico Prisoner Vindicates Native American Religious Rights with Injunction, Fees and Damages by A New Mexico prisoner has prevailed in a religious freedom case that vindicated his right to practice his Native American beliefs. The lawsuit resulted in a settlement in April 2009 that specified the religious practices prison …
Cook County Strip, Body Cavity Searches Held Unconstitutional; Other Suits Pending by Brandon Sample On February 23, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew F. Kennelly granted partial summary judgment to the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging certain strip and visual body cavity searches conducted at Illinois’ Cook County …
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