Retrial for Damages Alone Appropriate by Tommy Williams is a Missouri state prisoner who was stabbed several times by two other prisoners. Williams filed suit against a guard and several other officials claiming they were deliberately indifferent and acted with reckless disregard to his safety when they knew the prisoners …
Pre-Trial Detainees Don't Have to Work by Jorge Martinez is a federal pre-trial detainee. He filed suit claiming that while he was held at the US Medical Center for federal prisoners he was denied proper medical care for a dislocated shoulder, was force fed after seven days on hunger strike, …
Exposure to AIDS Contaminated Sewage Banned by Prisoners at a Missouri county jail were involved in the large scale cleanup of raw sewage at the jail hospital. The sewage was contaminated with the AIDS virus from AIDS patients in the jail hospital. Prisoners were not provided with protective clothing during …
Medical Treatment Cannot Be Delayed to Coerce Confession by Medical Treatment Cannot Be Delayed To Coerce Confession Wesley Taylor is a Missouri state prisoner who suffered a ruptured appendix. Upon arriving at the prison hospital, vomiting blood and in extreme pain, the prison doctor asked him if he had swallowed …
Due Process Requires Hearing Before Punishment by Keith Brown-El is a prisoner at the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP). He was infracted for staying in bed during count and staying in the shower too long. He was found guilty at a disciplinary hearing and sentenced to segregation, transferred to another prison …
Infracting Cop Cannot Hear Own Infraction by John Diercks is a prison informant in protective custody (PC) in Jefferson City, MO. While in PC Diercks approached a prison official and asked him to make the urine samples of two prisoners "disappear" in exchange for which Diercks would supply the names …
State May Retain Private Attorneys to Defend DOC by State May Retain Private Attorneys To Defend DOC A Missouri state prisoner filed suit claiming he was denied medical care by prison officials. The state attorney general then contracted a private law firm to represent the defendants prison officials. O'Connor, the …
Prisoner Can Receive Diploma in Mail by Bobby Griffin is a Missouri state prisoner who graduated from a college paralegal course. Upon graduation the college mailed him his diploma and grade transcript. This was rejected by prison officials who claimed prison regulations prohibited prisoners from having original diplomas and transcripts …
Prison Homophobia Challenged by A prisoner in a state prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit complaining that he was removed from his job as a prison bakery worker because he is a homosexual. The federal trial court, in determining whether the prisoner should be allowed to proceed with his …
Four Cons Die in Missouri Jail Fire by Four Cons Die In Missouri Jail Fire A fire that started in a malfunctioning generator sent thick smoke billowing into the Taney County Jail in Forsyth, MO, last September 14th, killing four prisoners. Thirteen other prisoners were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The …
Guards Liable for Harassing Searches of Cell by Guards Liable For Harassing Searches Of Cell Although searches of a prisoners' cell do not violate the fourth amendment, they can be "punishment" under the eighth amendment. Searches of a prisoner's cell conducted in order to harass the prisoner in retaliation for …
Can't Search Visitor Leaving Prison by Prison officials suspected that an inmate's minor sister had been smuggling marijuana in to him during her regular visits. An officer was posted to watch the inmate and his sister during the next visit. He did not see them pass anything. At the close …
No Warrantless Search of Departing Visitor by No Warrantless Search Of Departing Visitor Prison officials strip-searched a prisoner's sister at the conclusion of a visit because of a suspicion that she was smuggling marijuana to him. Nothing was found. She brought suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. The defendant prison …
X-Ray Searches of Prisoners Found Unlawful by X-Ray Searches Of Prisoners Found Unlawful A claim that a x-ray search was ordered by prison security officials without medical authorization was not frivolous. The failure to inquire into the plaintiff's medical history to consider the possible cumulative effect of x-rays, to get …
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 …
Pleading Supervisory Liability by Prisoner seeking to sue prison officials in section 1983 Civil Rights actions must allege either personal involvement and/or supervisory liability by administrators in order to state a claim. "To hold supervisors liable under section 1983," the court said at page 645, "a plaintiff must show that …
$241,000 Damages Upheld in Beating by $241,000 DAMAGES UPHELD IN BEATING A prisoner riot broke out when thirty prisoners forced their way into an area where they fought guards who were trying to remove a drunken prisoner. During the fight, one guard was fatally stabbed and several others wounded. When …
Filthy Cell Violates Eighth Amendment by . A prisoner brought a civil rights action against the supervisory officers at the facility at which he was confined, claiming a violation of his rights under the Eighth Amendment to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. A federal appeals court found in …
Christeson v. Roper, MO, Amicus Brief, Disability Discrimination. 2016 No. 16-02730 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT MARK A. CHRISTESON, Petitioner-Appellant v. DON ROPER, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, Respondent. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Western Division, Cause …
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