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Hoskins v. Lenear-395 F.3d 372 (7th Cir. 2005)

Case • 2005

there by Internal Affairs Officer Robert Bock, who told Hoskins that he did not know "what exactly he was investigating," and that he only knew that Hoskins and Officer Lenear were "not getting along ...

McDonald v. Hall-610 F.2d 16 (1st Cir. 1979)

Case • 1979

right of access to the courts. Otherwise, prison administrators would be free to accomplish exactly what plaintiff alleges here, the transfer of successful and, therefore, troublesome litigants ...

Martin v. Snyder-329 F.3d 919 (7th Cir. 2003).

Case • 2003

and have since been married. [12] Because the marriage has occurred and visitation is ongoing, plaintiffs' request for injunctive relief is moot. And what could be the damages from delay? Martin ...

People ex rel. Dir. of Corr. v. Booth-215 Ill. 2d 416 (Ill. 2005).

Case • 2005

. Accordingly, we shall proceed to the merits of the appeal. [24] We begin by pointing out what is not in dispute. No one questions that the state had the right to seek reimbursement from Booth under section ...

Haskins v. Lenear-395 F.3d 372 (7th Cir. 2005).

Case • 2005

there by Internal Affairs Officer Robert Bock, who told Hoskins that he did not know "what exactly he was investigating," and that he only knew that Hoskins and Officer Lenear were "not getting along ...

Beese v. Liebe-153 F.Supp.2d 967 (ED WI 2001)

Case • 2001

to this court, indicating, for instance, what procedures are or promptly will be established for collecting and forwarding the filing fees from Beese's trust account -- whether Beese is at North Fork, any ...

Pratt v. Hurley-79 F.3d 601 (7th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

library hours, along the lines of Lewis v. Casey, 43 F.3d 1261 (9th Cir. 1994), cert. granted, 115 S. Ct. 1997 (1995) (argued Nov. 29, 1995). They are not capable of compensating Pratt for what he lost ...

Watson v. Caton-984 F.2d 537 (1st Cir. 1993)

Case • 1993

and in what form that information is obtained is a matter for the district court to decide in the first instance; we note that the state has not yet filed an answer to this charge. [18] Watson's second ...

Gonyer v. McDonald-874 F. Supp. 464 (D MA 1995)

Case • 1995

what is to be considered cruel and unusual punishment, reference must be made to the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of society. Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86, 101, 2 L. Ed. 2d 630, 78 ...

Ingram v. Scott-WL 987841 (Tex.App. - Austin, 2001)

Case • 2001

contain sensitive security information and could lead to retaliation. The manual also lists what are grievable and non-grievable issues. The manual explains, [22] Offenders must state the nature ...

Agyeman v. Corrections Corporation of America-390 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2004).

Case • 2004

access to what Corrections Corporation on appeal has argued is the decisive standard for the restraints put on him prior to transfer for treatment of his emergency medical condition: the 16 pages ...

Carroll v. Detella et al-1999 WL 413475 (N.D. IL)

Case • 1999

therefore not be reasonable given plaintiff's limited success. The court also finds, however, that several circumstances justify a fee award somewhat larger than what might be granted otherwise. First ...

United States v. Richards-105 F.Supp.2d 256 (SD NY 2000)

Case • 2000

to furlough him to get the treatment at his own expense; instead, the facility was willing only to provide him with what it termed "necessary" and "acceptable" treatment -- extraction and a denture. 376 F. Supp ...

Samuels v. Mockry-142 F.3d 134 (2nd Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

to inform Samuels of the reason for his LPP assignment, neither of which gave a competent account of what transpired in the Program Committee meeting. [18] Finally, we noted that the Supreme Court's ...

United States v. Antonelli-371 F.3d 360 (7th Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

of the filing rather than its label. Gleash v. Yuswak, 308 F.3d 758, 761 (7th Cir. 2002); Godoski v. United States, 304 F.3d 761, 763 (7th Cir. 2002). And what Antonelli filed is not a motion in the 1978 criminal ...

Carter v. Robinson-211 F.R.D. 549 (E.D.Mich. 2003)

Case • 2003

for reconsideration to "ask the Court to rethink what [it] had already thought through--rightly or wrongly."). Courts will generally entertain a motion for reconsideration only "when there has been an intervening ...

Pozo v. McCaughtry-286 F.3d 1022 (7th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

the administrative process has failed to exhaust state remedies, and thus is foreclosed by sec.1997e(a) from litigating. Failure to do what the state requires bars, and does not just postpone, suit under sec.1983 ...

Seagroves v. TN Bd of Probation and Parole-39 Fed. Appx. 271 (6th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

or speedier release, but a new hearing utilizing what he considers the proper statutes and procedures. Seagroves first argues that the parole statutes currently in effect make it less likely that he would ...

Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars by James McGrath (Book Review)

Article • April 15, 1999 • from PLN April, 1999

Filed under: Reviews, Media, Prisoner Media

. In the book's introduction Morris outlines the frequent hostility of prison officials to prison publications, the censorship that occurs when prisoncrats are the de facto censors of what news is "appropriate ...

Juvenile Crime Still Pays -- But at What Cost?

Article • January 15, 1999 • from PLN January, 1999

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Rebound, Inc., GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)

Juvenile Crime Still Pays -- But at What Cost? by Alex Friedmann Juvenile Crime Still Pays – But at What Cost? by Alex Friedmann [Last February, PLN published a cover article, "Juvenile ...