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Article • April 15, 2011
10th Circuit: Prisoner Mail Protected by First Amendment by Jimmie Franks By Jimmy Franks In a decision filed December 18, 2008, the 10th Circuit reversed a district court dismissal of a §1983 claim brought by a prisoner in the Saline County Detention Center in Salina, Kansas. The prisoner, Kendall Trent …
Article • April 15, 2011
Prisoners Who Fear for Their Safety Must Give Details to Prison Officials, Seventh Circuit Decides by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample Prisoners who feel that their safety is in danger must do more than make generalized assertions of potential harm, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided …
Article • April 15, 2011
Offense of Conviction Need Not Be Sexual to Receive Sex Offender Restrictions by by Brandon Sample Sex offender restrictions may be imposed on offenders whose offense of conviction did not involve sexual misconduct, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided December 18, 2008. The Court of Appeals …
PLRA Does Not Require Exhaustion When Prison Officials Cannot Afford Any Relief "Whatsoever," D.C. Circuit Decides by PLRA Does Not Require Exhaustion When Prison Officials Cannot Afford Any Relief "Whatsoever," D.C. Circuit Decides By Brandon Sample The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not require exhaustion of administrative remedies when …
Article • April 15, 2011
Texas Court Must File Prisoner Suit if Unpaid Previous Indigent Case on Appeal by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On November 26, 2008, a Texas court of appeals held that a state district court must file a prisoner's civil suit petition even if he had not paid for the court-ordered …
Alaska Prisoner’s Action to Overturn DR Not Moot if Relief Sought Greater than Obtained by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Alaska Supreme Court has held that a prisoner’s action to reverse a disciplinary charge is not moot where the relief sought is greater than that afforded by prison …
Article • April 15, 2011
Self-Defense Available to Prisoners in Federal Guard Assault Cases by A federal prisoner charged with assaulting a guard may claim self-defense in limited circumstances, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided January 12, 2010. Michael Gore got into a fight with Lieutenant Kevin Jensen and CO Gregory …
Article • April 15, 2011
Purposeful Exposure to Ultraviolet Light Warrants Denial of Qualified Immunity by On March 25, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit affirmed in part a summary judgment denial is a 42U.S.C. §1983 suit that alleges Arkansas prison guards maliciously and out of retaliation exposed a prisoner to …
Article • April 15, 2011
D.C. Court of Appeals Upholds $450,000 Verdict for Motorist in Traffic Accident with Cop by On May 13, 2010, the D.C. Court of Appeals upheld a $450,000 verdict against two D.C. cops who were involved in the arrest of a motorist following a traffic accident with an off-duty D.C. cop. …
Judicial Review of Disciplinary Conviction Not Moot Upon Prisoner’s Release by On December 9, 2008, the Tennessee Court of Appeals at Nashville found that a former prisoner’s petition was not moot strictly because he had been released from custody. The appellate court remanded the case for a complete review of …
LCS Granted Writ of Mandamus on the Basis of Res Judicata by The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled on December 19, 2008 that res judicata was established in a prisoner’s First Amendment case that was previously adjudicated by a Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction. On October 3, 2006, Carl Braxton …
Article • April 15, 2011
ICE Settles Deliberate Indifference Lawsuit for $47,500 by The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) paid $47,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to a detainee’s medical needs. A Haitian woman, identified only as “Rosemarie M.” in court documents, had suffered daily bleeding for months in the summer …
Article • April 15, 2011
Missouri Man Awarded $300,000 Following Taser Incident by In December 2009, officials in Missouri City, Missouri agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement to prevent future litigation relative to a July 2008 incident in which Phillip Lee McDuffy, 46, was critically injured after being Tasered by police. Kansas City attorney Todd …
Washington State: Polygraphs Not Required for Relief from Sex Offender Registration by As juveniles, Jeffrey Hooper and Terry Felice were found guilty of sex crimes that required them to register as sex offenders. In 2008, as adults, they each filed petitions asking the Spokane County Superior Court to relieve them …
Article • April 15, 2011
California: Operator of Community Detention Facility Settles Suit for $200,000 by In October 2009, Alternative Programs, Inc. (API) entered into a settlement agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), which API had sued for breach of contract. The settlement released CDCR from any and all liability in …
Subjective Knowledge that Object is a “Weapon” Not Required to Convict Federal Prisoner of Violating Contraband Statute by On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a federal prisoner’s conviction for possessing a weapon while in prison. Eric Holmes was charged with violating 18 …
Article • April 15, 2011
Underfunding, Excessive Caseload Not Adequate Basis for Public Defender to Withdraw in Florida by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal held on May 13, 2009 that public defenders cannot withdraw from representing defendants on the grounds that a conflict of interest exists due to underfunding, excessive caseload, or the prospective …
California: $2,005,000 Verdict for Wrongful Death Caused by Police Officers’ Excessive Force by After four days of trial and five hours of deliberations, on April 11, 2011, a federal jury found that defendant police officers had used excessive force against a mentally ill man, which caused his death. The jury …
Article • April 15, 2011
Transient Sex Offender Not Required to Provide Address by On July 18, 2009, Washington State charged Phillip Flowers with failure to register as a sex offender as required by RCW 9A.44.130(11)(a). Flowers subsequently filed a Knapstead motion, which was granted by the district court. The State then appealed that ruling. …
Article • April 15, 2011
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Virginia Prisoner’s 8th Amendment Claims Dismissed by From January 1994 to September 1994, Darrell Coppage was a prisoner at the Rappahanock Security Center (RSC) in Virginia. For several months of his stay at RSC, Coppage experienced pain, paralysis, and incontinence due to an undiagnosed cancerous tumor at the base of …
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