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Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
No Immunity for Photo Limit by The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in a per curium opinion, held that Arkansas prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity for promulgating a policy that allows prisoners to retain only five photographs in their cells. Len Davis, a federal prisoner …
Pubic Hair Search by Medical Personnel Constitutional by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has overturned a district court's order that held as unconstitutional a Sheriff's policy of searching a prisoner's pubic hair prior to release. PLN previously reported the district court's order. (See: Skurstenis v. Jones , …
Detainee's Strip Search Unconstitutional, But Qualified Immunity Granted by The court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a jail strip search of an arrestee without reasonable suspicion violates the Fourth Amendment, but granted qualified immunity. DeAngela Wilson was arrested at a checkpoint for driving under the influence …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Defendants Denied Summary Judgment in Wrongful Incarceration Suit by Defendants Denied Summary Judgment In Wrongful Incarceration Suit An Indiana federal district court has partially denied summary judgment and the qualified immunity defense to defendants at the Allen County (Indiana) Jail in a case involving wrongful imprisonment. Shakidi Johnson was arrested …
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials Who Upheld Grievance by In a scathing opinion written in the first person, Elaine Bucklo, a federal judge in Illinois, handed down a potentially far-reaching ruling which favored a prisoner complaining of inadequate medical care, denied qualified immunity to prison medical workers, and found …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Qualified Immunity Upheld for Probation Officer in HIV Privacy Action by The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has found that there is a right to privacy in non-disclosure of HIV status by government employees but granted qualified immunity to a probation officer since the law was not clearly …
Hitching Post Unconstitutional by David Reutter The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that handcuffing a prisoner to a hitching post for prolonged periods violates the Eighth Amendment, but granted guards qualified immunity. Alabama prisoner Larry Hope was assigned to the chain gang at Limestone Correctional Facility …
Sixth Circuit Finds Ohio Response to Jewish Prisoner's Hair 'Exaggerated' by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case addressing an Ohio prisoner's suit over the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's (DORC) hairlength restriction "as applied," has reversed the district court's denial of qualified immunity to DORC defendants, but …
No Qualified Immunity for Shackling Prisoner to Hospital Bed by Gregory May, a Cook County, Illinois, prisoner, filed a suit against the Sheriff and Sheriff's Department officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging their treatment of prisoners taken to Cook County Hospital is unconstitutional and violates the Americans with Disabilities …
Qualified Immunity Granted at Summary Judgment Stage in Prison Shooting Suit by John E Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that California prison guards who shot one prisoner in the neck during a yard riot, while allegedly aiming at another prisoner, were entitled to qualified immunity from …
Use of Force, Religious Diet Claims Set for Trial by A New York prisoner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit on First and Eighth Amendment violations survived three out of four summary judgment challenges by prison officials and moved closer to trial. On September 5, 1996, Abdul Majid, a prisoner at …
Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001
Denial of Treatment for Two Hours Defeats Qualified Immunity by Denial Of Treatment For Two Hours Defeats Qualified Immunity Afederal district court in Alabama has held a detainee's allegations that guards failed to take action on his complaints of chest pains for over two hours defeats qualified immunity. After being …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
Sandin Retroactive, But Not for Qualified Immunity; BOP Ad Seg Rule Creates Liberty Interest by The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a federal prisoner's due process rights were violated when he was placed in segregation without notice or a hearing and kept there for some 514 …
Hawaii Prison Doctors Denied Qualified Immunity by AU.S. district court found that Hawaii state prison physicians were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's medical needs and were not entitled to qualified immunity. Raymond Kenney filed suit in state court alleging denial of medication to control his seizures while he was a …
Summary Judgment Denied in Oklahoma Jail Beating by A federal district court in Oklahoma has denied summary judgment against a pretrial detainee's failure to protect and deliberate indifference to medical needs claims. On September 5, 1995, John Winton was booked into the Tulsa County Jail on shooting charges that were …
Qualified Immunity Denied in Washington Rape of Transsexual Prisoner by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Washington guard's claim of qualified immunity in sexually assaulting a transsexual prisoner. The Court also held the protection afforded by the Gender Motivated Violence Act (GMVA) extends to transsexuals, but upheld …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
Jury Awards $5,000 to Beaten Texas Prisoner by A federal court in Texas has upheld a jury award of $5,000 to a prisoner who was beaten by a guard, denying the guard's motion for judgment as a matter of law. Daniel Glenn Ostrander, a Texas state prisoner, filed suit against …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
Diabetic Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claim to Proceed to Trial by A federal district court in Alabama held that a diabetic pretrial detainee's medical neglect claim required a trial to resolve, overruling the defendants' motion for summary judgment. Wendi Flowers, a severe diabetic, was arrested and booked in the St. Clair …
Damages in Denial of Exercise Suit Reversed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a harshly worded opinion, reversed an Illinois federal district court judgment that a one-year loss of yard privileges suffered by a prisoner in disciplinary segregation was cruel and unusual punishment. Alex Pearson is a prisoner …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Six Month Denial of Exercise Presents Section 1983 Claim by An Illinois federal district court ruled that a prisoner's claim that he was denied out-of-cell exercise during a six month prison lockdown "present[ed] a cognizable claim despite the penological justification proffered by the defendants." The Court also ruled that Defendants …
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