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Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
EPA Fines Pennsylvania DOC $37,000 for Air Violations by For a violation of federal environmental laws, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) has been fined $37,510. That penalty came in a settlement agreement between PDOC and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agreement resulted from an administrative complaint for …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Pennsylvania Prisoner Wins $10,000 On Excessive Force Claim by A Pennsylvania state prisoner who was injured when a guard slammed the cell slot door on his arm after the prisoner didn?t retract his arm soon enough was awarded $10,000 in punitive damages by a federal jury on January 28, 2006. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Officials Liable for Holding Prisoner Past Release Date by The court of appeals for the Third circuit affirmed in part, reversed and remanded in part, a district court's ruling in favor of a Pennsylvania prisoner who was held nine months past his release date. The district court awarded $3,520 …
BOP Liable for Medical Neglect under State Tort Law by BOP Liable for Medical Neglect Under State Tort Law A federal district court in Pennsylvania held that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries a federal prisoner suffered as a result of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Searches, Drug Testing
No Chain of Custody Required for Urine Samples by The court of appeals for the Third circuit held in this class action suit by Pennsylvania prisoners, that due process was not violated when prison officials did not maintain a chain of custody record for urine samples purporting to show drug …
Punishment for Publishing Newsletter Unconstitutional by The court of appeals for the Third circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed a suit filed by Pennsylvania prisoners who were placed in segregation for publishing a prison newsletter. In reversing, the appeals court held that it is unconstitutional to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Visitation Denial Based on Race States Claim by The court of appeals for the Third circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed as frivolous a Pennsylvania prisoner's lawsuit claiming he was denied visits solely because of his race. See: Thomas v. Brierly, 481 F.2d 660 (3rd Cir. …
Disciplinary Hearing Officer Cannot Be Related to Infracting Guard by Disciplinary Hearing Officer Cannot be Related to Infracting Guard A federal district court in Pennsylvania granted summary judgment to a Pennsylvania state prisoner holding that a prison disciplinary hearing officer cannot be the father of the guard who wrote the …
Article • May 15, 2007
BOP Ordered to Provide Kosher Diet by A federal district court in Pennsylvania issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to provide a Hassidic Jewish prisoner with a kosher meal during Passover. The court found the BOP's attempt at providing kosher meals deficient and ordered …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Subpoena Required to Record Prison Phone Calls by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that federal prisoners at the USP in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, had received adequate notice that their phone calls were monitored and recorded. In this criminal prosecution for prison drug trafficking, the court held …
Prisoner Has Right to call Disciplinary Witnesses by Prisoner Has Right to Call Disciplinary Witnesses The court of appeals for the Third circuit held that a Pennsylvania prisoner was entitled to call witnesses on his behalf at a prison disciplinary hearing. Prison official's refusal to provide for the witnesses was …
Article • May 15, 2007
District Court Approves Victim Impact Evidence in Death Penalty Cases by The Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, upheld the Federal Death Penalty Act as constitutional and approved, with restrictions, the use of victim impact evidence in a federal death penalty case. Michael J. O'Driscoll, a federal …
Administrative Exhaustion Not Required Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by The United States Supreme Court held that it was not necessary for a prisoner to resort to state administrative remedies before seeking relief under 42 U.S. C. § 1983 for the violation of his constitutional rights. In this case, Pennsylvania …
Summary Judgment Precluded in Beating, Common Law Remedy for Confiscation Claim by A Pennsylvania prisoner brought a civil rights action against prison officials and guards alleging guard brutality and confiscation of his legal materials violated his constitutional rights. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held: 1) …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Upholds Mistreating Prisoners For Practice by Court Upholds Mistreating Prisoners For Practice The plaintiff alleges that the defendants authorized a "live exhibition/exercise" by CERT officers, with civilian witnesses, in which he was forcefully extracted from his cell and dragged to an exercise unit where he was placed in a …
Denial of Class Certification in Pennsylvania Conditions Suit Reversed by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court properly denied three prisoners' Eighth Amendment claim of unconstitutional conditions at the State Correctional Institute at Graterford, Pennsylvania, but erred in denying class certification and ruling on the …
Closure of Pennsylvania Prison Legal Clinic Enjoined by A Pennsylvania federal district court held that prison officials intent to close the Para-Professional Law Clinic (PPLC) at the State Correctional Institution in Graterford would violate prisoners' right to meaningful access to the courts. The PPLC is a non-profit corporation that has …
Article • May 15, 2007
15 Months Administrative Segregation Not Atypical and Significant Hardship by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that 15 months in administrative segregation is not an atypical and significant hardship that creates a procedural due process violation. Pennsylvania prisoner Jerome Griffin was placed in administrative segregation pending an investigation of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Over Detention Claim Must Show Knowledge or Failure to Act on Problem by A Pennsylvania federal district court held a prisoner failed to show prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his claims that he was over-detained. The SCI Graterford prisoner alleged prison officials violated his constitutional rights by detaining him …
Article • May 15, 2007
Slow, Incompetent Investigation Causing Over Detention Not Deliberate Indifference by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held a parole board' s misinterpretation of a sentencing court's order and a slow investigation into the order's meaning did not exhibit deliberate indifference. The plaintiff, a former prisoner of the Philadelphia County Prison, …
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