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Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Consent Decree, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 45 Filed 09/25/01 Page 1 of 18 F·- 11'··~ L::. ·-.. r·) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 01SEP25 PM 3: 32 NORTHEASTERN DMSION U.S. DiS: r.;~: N.O. OF AL …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Six Month Denial of Exercise Presents Section 1983 Claim by An Illinois federal district court ruled that a prisoner's claim that he was denied out-of-cell exercise during a six month prison lockdown "present[ed] a cognizable claim despite the penological justification proffered by the defendants." The Court also ruled that Defendants …
ADA Settlement at Washington Special Commitment Center by Hank Balson By Hank Balson In December 2000, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) settled a lawsuit brought by seven disabled residents of the Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC), the state's civil …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Complaint, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 1 Filed 04/05/01 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA C. / "~i - 3 i.. ; ~·: NORTHERN DMSION JOHNNY MAYNOR, Anthony Murphree, Christopher Nichols, Yvette Barbee, …
Iowa Segregation Suit Settled by James Quigley A federal district court in Iowa held that after nearly a decade of unconstitutional conditions, state prison officials have finally submitted an acceptable plan to remedy substantive due process violations relating to extraordinarily longterm lockup, and various Eighth Amendment violations in a segregation …
Illinois Supermax Hunger Strike by Dan Pens By Dan Pens Displaying remarkable solidarity while encaged under unimaginably oppressive conditions, more than half of the 273 prisoners at the Tamms Supermax prison in downstate Illinois began a hunger strike by refusing their breakfast on May 1,2000. Prison officials said 173 prisoners …
$100,000 Awarded Under ICCPR in GA Jail Suit by On February 24, 2000, a federal jury In Augusta, Georgia awarded 1100,000 in damages to a Danish citizen who was denied medical care and phone calls to his family in Denmark while he was awaiting trial in the Lincoln county jail …
Retaliation Claim Remanded for Hearing on Qualified Immunity by Ronald Young Retaliation Claim Remanded For Hearing On Qualified Immunity By Ronald Young The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a district court's denial of summary judgement to prison guards on grounds of qualified immunity required remand to …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Washington Jail Settles Exercise Suit by On October 12, 1999, the King County (Seattle) jail in Washington settled a class action suit concerning the amount of outdoor exercise provided to ultra high security (UHS) prisoners and detainees. In 1997 a class action suit was filed challenging the classification process and …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
PLRA Dismissals for Failure to Plead Physical Injury Reviewed De Novo by The Tenth Circuit court of appeals has held that prisoner suits dismissed for failure to plead a physical injury, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), must be reviewed de novo. Darren Eugene Perkins, an HIV-positive …
Denial of Exercise Is "Atypical and Significant" by Denial of Exercise Is "Atypical and Significant" The U.S. court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that Florida state prisoners, who are being held in Close Management (CM) status, have a state-created liberty interest in outdoor exercise, which is protected by …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
No Court Access Right to Litigate Civil Forfeiture by The U.S. court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that prisoners do not have an access-to-court right to defend against civil forfeiture. The court also accorded qualified immunity, sua sponte, to all defendants on the prisoner's conditions of confinement claims. …
Article • January 15, 1999 • from PLN January, 1999
Utah Strip Search Suit Settled by On January 21, 1998, the Utah Department of Corrections settled a strip search lawsuit with prisoner David Hansen. Hansen had filed suit claiming his Fourth amendment rights were violated when he was handcuffed and subjected to a strip search where prison guards manipulated his …
Article • November 15, 1998 • from PLN November, 1998
PLRA Termination Provision Constitutional in Eleventh Circuit by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit held that the termination provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3626(b)(2), does not violate the separation-of-powers doctrine, the due process clause, nor the equal protection clause of the fifth …
Conditions in Camden County Jail Unconstitutional by In 1992 and 1993 numerous' present and former CCJ prisoners filed civil rights complaints in federal court alleging an assortment of constitutional violations. Because the issues mirrored those involved in Camden County Jail Inmates v. Parker , 123 F.R.D. 490 (DNJ 1988), a …
Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998
Weights Banned in California by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely On January 2, 1998, Gregory Harding, Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Corrections, issued an Administrative Bulletin announcing the end of weightlifting in the free world's largest prison system. The weightlifting ban includes prisons, Community Correctional Facilities, and …
Turning the Screws in California by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Each year, the California Department of Corrections asks the Legislature for an ever-increasing piece of the state's tax pie based in part on claims that violence in the prison system is increasing. The truth is, violent incidents inside have …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
No Qualified Immunity for Denial of Exercise by A federal district court in Illinois held that prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity from money damages for denying segregation prisoners all opportunity for out of cell exercise for one year. McNeal Watts, an Illinois state prisoner, was placed in …
No Immunity for Denial of Exercise by The court of appeals for the second circuit held that prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity from money damages for denying a prisoner in medical segregation all opportunity for exercise. Bobby Williams is a New York state prisoner who refused to …
Florida Paradox of Prisons, Politics and Profits by For the past three years the Florida state legislature has surfed the get-tough wave, enacting laws to clamp down on Florida's 65,000 state prisoners. They have enacted laws to remove weights and recreation equipment, eliminate funding for prison TV sets, and were …
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