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Seventh Circuit: No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner's First Amendment Retaliation Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 4, 2009, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that a prisoner who alleges retaliation for free speech was not required to show that the speech engaged in concerned a …
Article • July 15, 2011
California Parole Procedures Upheld by By Brandon Sample The California Court of Appeals for the Sixth District has rejected a constitutional challenge to the Board of Parole Hearings' (Board) procedures and regulations. The controversy over the Board's parole procedures arose after Donald Lewis, Morriss Bragg, Viet Ngo, Donnell Jameison, and …
California Recognizes “Special Relationship” Between Jailer and Prisoner by Michael Brodheim By Michael Brodheim A California Court of Appeal has held that there is a "special relationship" between jailer and prisoner, which gives rise to a duty of care to protect the prisoner from foreseeable harm and thus can support …
Fifth Circuit: No First Amendment Right to Use Vulgarity in Legal Mail by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On June 8, 2009, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals held that a Texas prisoner has no First Amendment right to use profanity in legal mail directed at opposing counsel and the …
Article • July 15, 2011
Life Sentence for Failure to Comply with Registration Requirement May Violate Eighth Amendment by Michael Brodheim By Michael Brodheim Finding that a "Three strikes" sentence of 28 years to life imprisonment was so grossly disproportionate to an "entirely passive, harmless, and technical violation of the registration law" that it violates …
Article • July 15, 2011
Ninth Circuit Reverses Untimely California Exhaustion Dismissal in Failure to Protect Suit by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a California prisoner’s §1983 action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. California prisoner Leonard Marella was stabbed by fellow prisoners. …
Article • July 15, 2011
No Refund or Waiver of Appellate Filing Fee by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson In three consolidated cases, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that voluntary dismissal of appeals does not result in refunds of the Appellants’ $455 filing fees. The court also held that it has no authority …
Article • July 15, 2011
Seventh Circuit: No Right to Jury Trial in Exhaustion Dispute by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner is not entitled to a jury trial to resolve factual disputes about his exhaustion of administrative remedies. Indiana prisoner Christopher Pavey sued several guards …
Article • July 15, 2011
Utah Prison Van Accident States “Unnecessary Rigor” Claim by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Utah Supreme Court found that a prisoner sufficiently alleged an “unnecessary rigor” claim under the State Constitution for injuries sustained in a transport van accident. Yet, the Court suggested that dismissal may be proper for …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Controversy Involving North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Crime lab analysts and agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) have been accused of pushing the limits of accepted science and police procedures to provide pro-prosecution results. The accusations appeared …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to BOP’s Implementation of Second Chance Act by On December 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against federal prisoners who argued that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was not properly implementing the Second Chance Act (SCA), a law designed …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Federal Cell Phone Ban Becomes Law; California Bill Vetoed, then Re-Introduced by Brandon Sample Legislation barring the possession or use of cell phones by federal prisoners, the Cell Phone Contraband Act (S.1749), was signed into law by President Obama in August 2010. The legislation comes in response to a rising …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Sanctions Against Prisoner for Alleged “Frivolous” Habeas Petition Improper, Tenth Circuit Decides by Sanctions imposed by an Oklahoma trial court on a state prisoner who filed a “frivolous” habeas petition were improper, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held in an unpublished opinion. Alvin Parker is a …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Ohio: Mixed Verdicts Against Guards Involved in Prisoner’s Death by Brandon Sample On December 3, 2010, Lucas County, Ohio Sheriff James Telb was acquitted of all criminal charges related to the death of a prisoner. Telb and three sheriff’s employees were indicted after Lucas County jail prisoner Carlton Benton, 25, …
Texas Prison System Must Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Visitors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 2, 2010, a Texas federal court entered summary judgment in favor of a visitor to a state prisoner who had sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for failing to adequately accommodate his disability. …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Wisconsin County Jail Administrator Charged with Stealing Jail Funds by The administrator of the jail in Washburn County, Wisconsin was charged in November 2010 in connection with a scheme to defraud public funds. Bruk L. Sweeney, 37, was arrested on four counts of misconduct in office and two counts of …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Lawsuit on Hygiene Versus Court Access for Second Time by Bob Williams For the second time, the Tenth Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a pro se prisoner’s lawsuit alleging he was denied basic hygiene items when his available money was spent on court-related expenses. Colorado state …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Remembering the High Point of Prisoner Rights by David Hudson by David L. Hudson, Jr. Thirty-seven years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396 (1974), a ruling that has since proven to be the high-water mark for prisoner rights. On April 29, 1974, the high …
Department of Justice Reports on Sexual Victimization in U.S. Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released a report on the most recent national survey of prisoners on the topic of sexual victimization in prisons …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
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Uncollected Court Debts Piling Up in Tennessee by Over the past several years, counties in Middle Tennessee have had a difficult time collecting court fees and fines. The outstanding debts, from both civil and criminal cases, amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. Davidson County (with Nashville as the county …
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