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Lucas v. White, CA, Complaint, Abuse of Inmates, 1996 1 2 ROSEN, BIEN & ASARO MICHAEL W. BIEN - 096891 DONNA PETRINE - 154833 M.J. TONY PAIKEDAY - 176051 155 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone (415) 433-6830 3 4 5 LAW OFFICES OF GERI L. GREEN …
Retaliation Claims Survive Sandin, but PI Reversed by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has held that prisoner retaliation claims have survived the supreme court ruling in Sandin but that prisoners bear a heavy burden when seeking a preliminary injunction (PI) on a retaliation claim. In the December, …
Grievance Discipline Struck Down by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that found Oregon DOC rules that punished prisoners for using hostile, sexual, abusive or threatening language in their written grievances to be unconstitutional. Jeff Bradley, an Oregon state prisoner, was infracted for …
Jailhouse Lawyers Retain Right to Assist Prisoners by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has held that prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity when they punish a jailhouse lawyer for assisting another prisoner. Terry Newell, an Alaska state prisoner, was employed as a prison law library …
Discrimination Dismissal Reversed by The court of appeals for the eleventh circuit held that prisoners have a right to be free from racial discrimination and that direct evidence of such discrimination will usually make summary judgment inappropriate. Vincent Harris, a Florida state prisoner, filed suit against several prison guards and …
Grievance Retaliation Unlawful by A federal district court in Michigan has held that it is unlawful for prison officials to retaliate against prisoners who complain of misconduct by guards and for prison officials to read legal mail sent to prisoners from the courts. Those claims were set for trial and …
RFRA Applies to Retaliation Claims by A federal district court in Colorado has held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb(b)(1) applies to prisoners' retaliation claims. John Hall, a Colorado state prisoner, filed suit under the RFRA and § 1983 claiming prison officials retaliated against him …
Contempt Ruling Against LA Prisoncrats by U.S. district judge Frank Polozola ruled that Louisiana Secretary of Corrections Richard Stalder and Angola Warden Burl Cain be held in contempt. He ordered them each to contribute $1,000 to a victim compensation fund. Stalder, Cain, other wardens, assistant wardens and assorted prisoncrats were …
Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996
Law on Retaliation Clearly Established in 2nd Circuit by The court of appeals for the second circuit ruled that in 1990 the law in that circuit forbidding retaliation against prisoners who file grievances was clearly established and prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity from money damages. The court …
Ohio Update by John Perotti At Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) the warden, Dennis Baker, Major Mack, the Business Manager, and two guards were placed on administrative leave while the FBI and State Highway Patrol (SHP) investigated allegations they accepted gratuities and kickbacks from a prisoner, J. Crow, whom they allowed …
No Immunity for Retaliatory Discipline by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit has reaffirmed that prison officials who retaliate against prisoners who exercise their constitutional rights are not entitled to qualified immunity. The court also held that district court orders refusing to dismiss pendent state law claims are …
$7,639.20 Awarded in Retaliatory Transfer by Afederal district court in Iowa awarded $7,639.20 in compensatory and punitive damages to a prisoner who was transferred from an Iowa state prison to Arizona in retaliation for suing and filing grievances against Iowa prison officials. The plaintiff, Alfonso Sisneros, was largely successful on …
Washington DOC Costs Policy Enjoined by Past issues of PLN have reported the ongoing efforts by the Washington attorney general's office to intimidate prisoners who file civil rights suits. Part of this strategy has included seeking costs against prisoners who lose such suits then taking every last penny from the …
Fabricated Charges State Claim by The court of appeals for the second circuit has held that a prisoner alleging guards had planted contraband in his cell in retaliation for prior lawsuits had presented sufficient evidence to proceed to trial. The court also held that the federal § 1983 suit wasn't …
Sexual Extortion Violates Eighth Amendment by Afederal court in the District of Columbia held that a prisoner who was extorted for sex by a prison guard and labeled a snitch as a result states a claim for an eighth amendment violation and qualified immunity is not appropriate. Gregory Thomas is …
Job Discrimination States Claim by While prisoners have no right to a job or work assignment they may not be discriminated against on the basis of their race. Lawrence Quinn, a white Pennsylvania state prisoner, applied for the position of clerk in a prison shoe plant. The plant foreman told …
Withholding of Legal Papers Illegal by A federal district court in New York has held prison guards liable for withholding a prisoner's legal papers for more than two years. The court awarded the plaintiff one dollar in nominal damages and $500 in punitive damages to deter further conduct by prison …
Detainee States Claim for Retaliation and Med Needs by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit has held that pretrial detainees are entitled to adequate medical care and have a right to be free from retaliation for complaining of guard misconduct. Richard Murphy was a pretrial detainee in the …
NJ Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Staying in Population by The court of appeals for the third circuit has held that New Jersey state prisoners have a due process liberty interest, enforceable in federal court under § 1983, to remain in general population. David Sheehan is a PLN reader at …
Retaliatory Discipline Violates Due Process by A federal district court in New York has held that retaliatory infractions violate due process and that housing an asthmatic prisoner on an upper tier may violate the eighth amendment. Prison officials and detectives are also liable when they interrogate prisoners concerning crimes and …
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