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Damages Awarded to HIV+ Jail Prisoner by Louise Nolley is an HIV+ prisoner held in the Erie County Jail in New York. She filed suit under § 1983 contending that various jail practices violated her rights. The objectionable practices included: automatically segregating HIV+ prisoners; denying HIV+ prisoners law library and …
Prisoners Win Suit Over Circulating Petition by Dennis Wolfel and three other Ohio state prisoners, including longtime PLN supporter John Perotti, were infracted and disciplined for circulating a petition complaining of brutal prison conditions. The petition was going to be sent to Amnesty International, the international human rights group, to …
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Attorney Fees by Adrian Lomax Since 1976, the Civil Rights Attorney Fees Award Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, has ensured that state officials would be forced to pay the attorney fees of the litigants who successfully sue state officials for violations of federal rights. This …
Guard Liable for Not Stopping Beating by Other Guards by Guard Liable For Not Stopping Beating by Other Guards Donnie Jones is a New York state prisoner who was beaten by prison guards after refusing to follow orders to go to a transit dorm. Jones was taken to the dorm …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Supreme Court To Define "Prevailing Party" for Purposes of Attorney Fees by Supreme Court To Define "Prevailing Party" For Purposes Of Attorney Fees Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a "prevailing party" in a federal civil rights suit may be awarded attorneys' fees. In civil rights cases such attorneys' fees may, …
New Ruling May Impact Prison Law Library Policies by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Arecent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit could have broad implications on policies governing the operation of inmate law libraries. The case addressed the common problems of proper training for …
Con Awarded $1,500 For Inadequate Book Access by A prisoner housed in a maximum security building at a Delaware prison filed a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of the legal resources available to him. The court found the legal resources provided constitutionally inadequate and awarded him $750 in compensatory and $750 …
Beating Violates Eighth Amendment by Alfred Flowers is a Louisiana state prisoner who was handcuffed and shackled after a disciplinary hearing, then beaten and kicked by three prison guards without provocation. Flowers suffered a sprained ankle, small abrasions and limited movement range of his limbs as a result of the …
Prison's TB Response Legally Inadequate by Prisoners at a Minnesota correctional facility filed a class action lawsuit challenging the tuberculosis screening and control procedures at the prison as so inadequate that they constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment. The trial court agreed with the inmates, …
Search of Legal Files Violates Consent Decree by Search Of Legal Files Violates Consent Decree A prisoner at the Iowa State Penitentiary filed a federal civil rights complaint in which he contended that the search of his legal papers by guards, outside his presence, violated a consent decree entered into …
Pro Se Litigants Entitled to Litigation Costs by Pro Se Litigants Entitled To Litigation Costs Benton Burt was a pretrial detainee in San Francisco who filed suit under 42 USC, §1983 in federal court claiming he was confined under illegal and unconstitutional conditions. At a bench trial Burt won his …
Prisoner Wins Ban on Military Catalog by A prisoner filed a civil rights complaint alleging that his constitutional guarantees were violated by prison officials refusing to allow him to receive a military surplus catalog. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff on the catalog issue, awarding him $1 in …
Prison Legal News vs. Corrections Corporation of America, Final Judgment, Sept. 2014
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Administrative Office of the United States Courts Implementation of Hourly Rate and Case Maximum Increases for Criminal Justice Act Attorneys Memorandum 2009 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS JAMES C. DUFF Director WASHINGTON, D.C. 20544 December 29, 2009 MEMORANDUM To: Judges, United States Courts of Appeals Judges, United States …
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Federal Judicial Center Awarding Atty Fees Mnging Fee Litigation 2005 Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Managing Fee Litigation Second Edition Alan Hirsch and Diane Sheehey Federal Judicial Center 2005 This Federal Judicial Center publication was undertaken in furtherance of the Center’s statutory mission to develop and conduct education programs for judicial …
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