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Jenner v. Stommel-123 Fed. Appx. 900 (10th Cir. 2005).

Case • 2005

Cir. 1993). Mr. Jenner has not alleged in what manner the general population inmates tampered with his food or that the adulterated food was dangerous to his health. [29] Likewise, Mr. Jenner's ...

State ex rel. D.B.-57 P.3d 1102 (Utah App. 2002).

Case • 2002

. 2002) states: "The court may terminate all parental rights with respect to a parent if it finds any one of the following: . . . (c) that the parent is unfit or incompetent[.]" As to what a court must ...

Nelson v. Collins-659 F.2d 420 (4th Cir. 1981) (en banc)

Case • 1981

of the Jessup Annex and the Reception Center. From this order, too, the defendants appeal. Since all three of the cases, consolidated in two actions, involve a single state-wide prison system, in which what ...

Johnson v. Coombe-156 F.Supp.2d 273 (S.D.N.Y. 2001),

Case • 2001

Division annulled the prison disciplinary decision. What is less clear is whether the challenge to the conditions of confinement accrued [**7] at the same time or [*277] could have been pursued separately ...

Hudson v. Hardy-412 F.2d 1091 (D.C. Cir. 1968).

Case • 1968

in appellant's circumstances fairly to apprise him of what is required. [16] Merely providing notice of the technical requirements of the summary judgment rule, of course, cannot be expected in every case ...

Murphy v. Carroll-202 F.Supp.2d 421 (D.Md. 2002)

Case • 2002

be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Wilson, 526 U.S. at 614-15; Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1997). Importantly, the right must ...

Skelskey v. Deboo-332 F.Supp.2d 485 (D.Conn. 2004)

Case • 2004

: substantive or legislative rules "create new law, rights, or duties, in what amounts to a legislative act," while interpretive rules "clarify an existing statute or regulation." White v. Shalala, 7 F.3d 296 ...

Stack v. Jaffee-306 F.Supp.2d 137 (D.Conn. 2003)

Case • 2003

"approaches the limits of what we would deem consistent with constitutional constraints." Id. at 164. In Lee v. Edwards, 101 F.3d 805 (2d Cir. 1996), the jury awarded nominal damages of $ 1.00 for malicious ...

United States v. House-808 F.2d 508 (7th Cir. 1986)

Case • 1986

. The parties did not strike a bargain under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 (e) (1) (C) fixing the complete terms of the sentence; they bargained for a recommendation by the prosecutor. House got what he bargained ...

Kinney v. Indiana Youth Center-950 F.2d 462 (7th Cir. 1991)

Case • 1991

, "Boys, what are you doing?," but the inmates did not respond. They continued to head towards a gate in the first fence, climbed over it, and dropped to the other side. Fifty-two feet away was a gate ...

Hughes v. Joliet Correctional Center-931 F.2d 425 (7th Cir. 1991)

Case • 1991

for summary judgment, since by submitting evidence with their motion the defendants shifted to the plaintiff the burden of producing his own evidence. Clearly what was needed was an affidavit from the plaintiff ...

Martyr v. Bachik-755 F.Supp. 325 (D OR 1991)

Case • 1991

of free speech and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The question of what restrictions may be imposed by the state on mail sent by a patient confined to a state mental ...

North Carolina v. Harris-361 N.C. 400, 646 S.E.2d 526 (N.C. 2007)

Case • 2007

that the defendant has willfully violated a valid condition of probation." State v. Hewett, 270 N.C. 348, 353, 154 S.E.2d 476, 480 (1967). Thus, what might be sufficient evidence to reasonably satisfy a judge ...

Wreaking Medical Mayhem in Washington Prisons

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Medical Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

want to make it a reward process, is what Counselor Walls told me. You are locked back there twenty-four hours a day." Wood also said that one-on-one provokes flashbacks of childhood abuse and being ...

GAO Reports Available: Private and Public Prisons

Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Reviews

of service." The report concludes that the studies "offer little generalizable guidance about what to expect regarding ... costs and quality of service [from] privatizing correctional facilities." To obtain ...

No Administrative Exhaustion Required for Monetary Claims; No Qualified Immunity for the Malicious Use of Force

Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999

Filed under: Strip Searches, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Qualified Immunity

section 1997e(a) to mean other than what it says: the prisoner must exhaust his 'administrative remedies' as that term is conventionally understood, but need not exhaust state judicial remedies before ...

The Mental Torture of American Prisoners: Cheaper Than Lab Rats, Part 2

Article • April 15, 1999 • from PLN April, 1999

Filed under: Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

. The reason he keyed on this as a powerful coercive mechanism, is that to varying degrees we all perceive our existence as human beings from what is reflected back to us by those living beings we come ...

Goodwyn v. Roop-2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144780 (W.D. Va.)

Case • 2022

testifying, he was able to provide a reasonably clear account of what he alleges occurred, and he was able to question defendants' witnesses concerning potential weaknesses or inconsistencies in their versions ...

The Death Penalty in Black and White

Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Victims, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty

in the judicial system, we cannot allow race to be a factor in determining who lives and who dies. What can you do to help? Several organizations are working hard to rid our country of capital punishment. Contact ...

LaVergne v. Stutes-82 F.4th 433 (5th Cir. 2023)

Case • 2023

] at *1. LaVergne was "moved into the LSP dorms in June 2017," where he encountered what he claimed were objectionable conditions, including inmate drug use, overcrowding, and uncleanliness. Ibid. In 2018 ...