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Matzker v. Herr-748 F.2d 1142 (7th Cir. 1984)

Case • 1984

for guarding Cell Block A on the day Matzker was assaulted. Further, according to the complaint, Matzker alleges he was beaten for fifteen to twenty minutes before Pearsall "came to see what was happening ...

United States v. Silverstein-732 F.2d 1338 (7th Cir. 1984)

Case • 1984

the Aryan Brotherhood. To qualify for membership in the Aryan Brotherhood you must "make bones." As one prisoner explained, "In effect what it means is you will kill somebody. They distinguish the weed [sic ...

Johnson v. Glick-481 F.2d 1028 (2nd Cir. 1973)

Case • 1973

, Officer Fuller reprimanded Johnson and other men for a claimed failure to follow instructions; that when Johnson endeavored to explain that they were doing only what another officer had told them to do ...

Weaver v. Lincoln County, Nebraska-388 F.3d 601 (8th Cir. 2004).

Case • 2004

at the jail and what, if any, preventive steps may have been taken following those suicides. Carmen's motion and accompanying brief similarly omitted any discussion of liability he may have as a supervisor ...

Heit v. Van Ochten-126 F.Supp.2d 487 (WD MI 2001)

Case • 2001

in determining whether a proposed settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable are: (1) the strength of the class's case compared to what is offered in the proposed settlement, (2) the presence or absence ...

United States v. Lopez-340 F.3d 169 (3rd Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

?... [57] THE WITNESS: Yes, that's what we continued to do. [58] Finally, Mr. Haggerty invoked the above-excerpted testimony during his closing argument: [59] If I could for a minute, I ...

Maydak v. United States-363 F.3d 512 (D.C. Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

Decl. ¶ ¶ 4-5 (McKean). [17] Proceeding pro se, appellants filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging (among other things) that BOP's maintenance of what they call ...

Bausch v. Sumiec-139 F.Supp.2d 1029 (ED WI 2001)

Case • 2001

of religion test, and found that there was neither excessive government entanglement in or endorsement of religion. The court found it significant that "the individual has a choice over what program to attend ...

Natale v. Camden County Correctional Facility-318 F.3d 575 (3rd Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

Natale's Fourteenth Amendment right to adequate health care while detained. [44] 2. Liability of PHS for Its Employees' Violations of Natale's Constitutional Right [45] What remains ...

Forchion v. Intensive Supervised Parole-240 F.Supp.2d 302 (D NJ 2003)

Case • 2003

and home confinement. While installing the electronic surveillance the ISP officers at Plaintiff's home demanded that he turn over to them what they claim resembled a cellular telephone but was instead ...

Chatin v. Coombe-186 F.3d 82 (2nd Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

if a statute is unconstitutionally vague as applied: [36] "[A] court must first determine whether the statute gives the person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited ...

Nusbaum v. Terrangi-210 F.Supp.2d 784 (ED VA 2002)

Case • 2002

in a generalized form, but "the contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson, 483 U.S. at 640; see also Swanson v ...

Ayers v. Ryan-152 F.3d 77 (2nd Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

but he did. What's Strap doing here he don't know what the fucks going on, he's just trying to smooth things over. The bottom line is I'm not going for double bunking. Alot [sic] of Dudes won't retalliate ...

Norman v. Taylor-25 F.3d 1259 (4th Cir. 1994)(en banc)

Case • 1994

representation that Norman was creating a disturbance. [22] Robertson's affidavit did not address what had occurred before Norman was allegedly hit, although it did corroborate Norman's allegation ...

Elliott v. Cummings-49 Fed.Appx. 220 (10th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

the administrative history of what happened to the December 1999 issue is somewhat long and tortured, the prison authorities ultimately determined that it too was properly censored as obscene under the applicable ...

Straub v. Monge-815 F.2d 1467 (11th Cir. 1987)

Case • 1987

of representation, but access. The state may not bar access to the courts no matter what form it utilizes. [24] "Under Bounds, the government is obligated to provide prisoners 'with adequate legal libraries ...

Shocked and Stunned: The Growing Use of Tasers

Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005

Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints

contraction of the muscle tissue" allows the taser to physically debilitate a target regardless of pain tolerance or mental focus," says the company website. The tasers directly tell the muscles what to do ...

The History of Prison Legal News

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Media, PLN Litigation, Censorship

by criminal justice policies, but were also the ones almost entirely absent from what passed as debate. There was also a lack of political consciousness and awareness among prisoners and widespread ignorance ...

Michigan's Dirty Little Secret: Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners Pervasive, Ongoing

Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Staffing, Guard Unions

changes protect the state from frivolous lawsuits. What they don't say is that they also provide immunity from legitimate claims. Supporters also wrongly maintain that state prisoners are protected ...

Collateral Damage: The Children of Prisoners

Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002

Filed under: Juveniles, Fathers in Prison, Mothers in Prison

is what I remember the mostI asked my mom if she could get us a new one. She went out to get the new Nintendo, and she never came back." Caridad and her husband ran a small travel agency and money ...