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Article • December 15, 2007
1983 Action Deemed Successive Habeas Petition; Reversed by Supreme Court by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, alleging that death by lethal injection causes pain and unnecessary suffering that constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, is the "functional equivalent" of a habeas claim. …
Disciplinary Rule Description Rather than Title Controls by The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that "it is the content of what is contained under a title that is critical in most instances, not the title" of a "disciplinary rule"(DR). That ruling comes in the appeal of a …
Findings of Fact by Indiana Disciplinary Panel Not Entitled toPresumption of Correctness for Federal Habeas Purposes by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Seeking to clarify an "established proposition frequently ... overlooked in litigation arising from Indiana's prison system," the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the lower …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
California: Disciplinary Conviction Upheld Where Petitioner Argued Only Violation of Constitutional Rights, Not State Law Rights by John Dannenberg Strictly construing the U.S. Supreme Court's "some evidence" rule, the California Court of Appeal held that where one cellmate had secreted contraband razor blades in his cell property, his cellmate could …
Washington Prisoner Has Right to Due Process at Disciplinary Hearing by In an unpublished decision, the Washington Court of Appeals, Division One, held that pro se prisoner, Eric Felton, was denied his due process rights at a prison disciplinary hearing. In 1998, Felton was charged with arranging the assault of …
Threat at Disciplinary Hearing Raises Due Process Issue by The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that unresolved factual issues precluded summary judgment. A Pennsylvania prisoner brought a §1983 action alleging violations of his right to due process during a disciplinary hearing in which the disciplinary …
Article • May 15, 2007
Racial Discrimination Case Reversed and Remanded for Damages by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a U.S. district court's finding that a Nebraska prison official did not racially discriminate against a state prisoner and remanded for a damages hearing. Prisoner Plaintiff brought a §1983 action after …
Prisoner Stated Claim Due Process, Conditions Of Confinement Suit by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a Montgomery County, Texas, jail prisoner's pro se §1983 action alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations stemming from his confinement in solitary and the conditions thereof stated a claim. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Polygraph Results Admissible In Disciplinary Hearings But Additional Evidence Required by Polygraph Results Admissible In Disciplinary Hearings But Additional Evidence Required The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that while polygraph evidence could be used in prison disciplinary hearings, polygraph evidence alone was insufficient to find a …
Prison Disciplinary Conviction Creates Property Interest by The U.S. District Court for the State of New Jersey held that a state prisoner was entitled to due process in determining the amount of restitution owed in connection with a prison disciplinary conviction: Alexander Artway, a NJ state prisoner, was charged with …
Prisoner Presence at Disciplinary Hearing During Favorable Testimony Constitutionally Required by Prisoner Presence at Disciplinary Hearing During Favorable Testimony Constitutionally Required A New York federal district court held a prisoner is entitled to be present during the introduction of favorable testimony at a disciplinary hearing. This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 …
Unidentified Prisoner Informant's Testimony Not Substantial Evidence by The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, ordered a prisoner's disciplinary record expunged because the hearing officer's finding of guilt was not supported by substantial evidence. Kenneth Gaston, a New York state prisoner, was charged with organizing a food strike …
United States District Court Rules Alabama Department of Corrections Violates Prisoners' Fourteenth Amendment Rights with Its Segregation Policies by United States District Court Rules Alabama Department of Corrections Violates Prisoners' Fourteenth Amendment Rights with Its Segregation Policies Alabama state prisoner Robert McCray filed a §1983 suit against state prison officials …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York: Disciplinary Report's Erroneous Date Warrants Expungement of Charges by New York: Disciplinary Report's Erroneous Date Warrants Expungement of Charges The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, held that an erroneous incident date on a disciplinary report warranted expungement of charges. State prisoner Clifford Howard was charged …
New York: Witness Testimony Issues Violated Due Process by The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, held that a prisoner's Constitutional and state due process rights had been violated by disciplinary hearing procedures related to witness testimony. Douglas Burke, a prisoner at the Auburn Correctional Facility in New …
Tennessee: Fine Imposed on Prisoner for Refusing Drug Test Reversed by In this strongly-worded opinion decrying the state attorney general's litigation practices, the Tennessee Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's petition challenging the imposition of a fine for refusing to take a drug test stated a claim. On October …
U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Split Over Heck v. Humphrey, §1983 by U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Split Over Heck v. Humphrey, §1983 On February 25, 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a per curiam decision, resolved a split among U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal regarding the applicability of Heck v. Humphrey, …
NY Prisoner Entitled to Hearing Before Temporary Release Committee by The Supreme Court, New York County, held that the removal of a prisoner from a work release program without a hearing deprived him of a protected liberty interest. Simon Anderson was participating in the Lincoln Correctional Facility Work Release Program …
Article • May 15, 2007
Modification of Disciplinary Charge After Hearing Not Due Process Violation by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison reviewing authority did not deprive a prisoner of due process by modifying the charge of which the prisoner was found guilty. An Indiana Correctional Industrial Facility prisoner was investigated …
Physical, Mental Suffering Resulting from Extra Duty States Claim by In this apparently novel issue in which Louisiana prisoners alleged that extra duty imposed as a punishment for violating prison rules constituted cruel and unusual punishment, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the prisoners stated a claim …
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