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Article • May 15, 2007
$345,000 Awarded To Gay California Prison Guard For Sexual Orientation Harassment And Discrimination by $345,000 Awarded To Gay California Prison Guard For Sexual Orientation Harassment And Discrimination A gay California prison guard sued the California Department of Corrections (CDC) for on-the-job sexual orientation discrimination and harassment he had suffered at …
Article • May 15, 2007
US Parole Commission Amendment Upheld by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that application of a 1987 amendment to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA) does not violate the due process rights of federal prisoners. The court also held that the amendment is not an unlawful Bill of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Presentence Investigation Reports Accessible Under Freedom Information Act by The U.S. Supreme Court held that prisoners could receive copies of their presentence investigation reports under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In two separate incidents prisoners filed suit after their requests for copies of their presentence investigation reports were denied …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Disciplinary Mandamus Petition Exempt from Prisoner Indigency Statute by The Florida Supreme Court has held a writ of mandamus filed by prisoner Daniel K. Schmidt, challenging the loss of gain time incurred as a disciplinary sanction, is a collateral criminal proceeding" that is exempt from Florida's Prisoner Indigency Statute …
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
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Serious Medical Need by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a jury may find that obsessive-compulsive disorder is a serious medical need that must be recognized by arresting officers and jail officials. This 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action asserted claims for excessive force, unlawful arrest, deliberate …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ohio Prisoner Injured in Fall Loses State Negligence Suit by On August 24, 2004 an Ohio magistrate judge held that a state prisoner, who was injured in a fall while being escorted, failed to prove her negligence claim against the prison. Jennifer Wysong, a prisoner at the Ohio Reformatory for …
Article • May 15, 2007
Order Closing Missouri's Platte County Jail Affirmed on Appeal by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's order closing the Platte County Jail. Platte County Jail prisoners brought an action against the jail for violation of their Eighth Amendment right against cruel …
Article • May 15, 2007
Order Halting Sex Offender Registration Reversed by The Colorado Court of Appeals has reversed a district court's order that allowed a sex offender to stop registering. A former state juvenile probationer, C.C.V., petitioned a state district court to discontinue his duty to register as a sex offender two years after …
Oregon Protesters Awarded $845,000 in Excessive Force Actions by The City of Portland, Oregon has paid $300,000 in damages and $545,000 in attorney's fees to twelve protesters who brought excessive force actions against the Portland Police Bureau. On August 22, 2002, President Bush visited Portland. As a Republican fundraiser was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Paraplegic Granted Injunction Requiring Proper Medical Treatment by A Kansas federal district court granted a prisoner at the Kansas State Penitentiary a preliminary injunction requiring prison officials to provide him with proper medical treatment. The prisoner was confined at the Wyandotte County Jail, when a guard appeared and without warning …
Article • May 15, 2007
Paraplegic Prisoner's Medical Neglect Claim Upheld on Appeal by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, in a lawsuit filed by Larry M. Leach, a paraplegic prisoner. Leach sued the Mayor and Sheriff of Shelby County …
Article • May 15, 2007
Parole Board Decision One Time Act That Fails to Toll Statute of Limitations by Parole Board Decision One Time Act That Fails to Toll Statute of Limitations The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a parole board's setting of a parole date is a one time act and not a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Parole Hearing Does Not Estopp False Arrest Suit by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment, holding that the facts found at the plaintiff's parole hearing did not have collateral estoppel effect, and that a genuine issue of fact existed in excessive force …
Public Defender's Party Association Protected Activity by The U.S. Supreme Court has held that a public defender who is satisfactorily performing his job may not be terminated based upon political party affiliation. This action was brought by two assistant public defenders in Rockland County, New York who were issued termination …
Article • May 15, 2007
Racial Segregation in Kansas Jail Unconstitutional by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that racial segregation of prisoners at Kansas' Wyandotte County Jail was unconstitutional. The District Court found "assignment to one of the two tanks [an East tank and a West tank] is made upon a racial basis, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Racial Segregation in Nebraska Prison Unconstitutional by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that racial segregation at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex was unconstitutional. All facilities at the prison were integrated but one. That cell block housed 50 prisoners who objected to living with or housing with blacks. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Release-Dismissal Agreement Bars Future Suit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Northern District of Indiana district court's order granting summary judgment, which held that a release agreement dismissing criminal charges in exchange for release from liability in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action was valid and barred …
Retaliatory Transfer for Assisting Prisoners with Litigation States Claim by The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a California prisoner stated a claim of retaliation that should not have been dismissed on the lower court's summary order before process was served on the defendants. The plaintiff alleged …
Review Board Required for Minnesota Sex Offender Treatment Facilities by The Supreme Court of Minnesota held that the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services was required to establish review boards for the state's Sex Offender Program (SOP) treatment facilities. Appellants, sex offenders civilly committed to SOP facilities as sexually …
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