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Article • May 15, 2007
Beating States Claim, Medical Misdiagnosis Doesn't by A federal district court in Rhode Island held that a prisoner had stated an Eighth amendment claim that he had been hit in the ribs and groin by three guards. Court held that a misdiagnosis of leukemia did not state an Eighth amendment …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Medical, Amputations
Leg Amputation Requires Trial by A federal district court in New York held that disputed factual issues requiring a trial existed as to whether prison and jail officials were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's medical needs after a broken bone became infected, requiring the amputation of the prisoner's leg. See: …
Article • May 15, 2007
Infliction of Fear with Tasers Unconstitutional by Infliction of Fear With Tasers Unconstitutional A federal district court in Nevada held that a prisoner had stated an Eighth amendment claim when he alleged that a guard had threatened to shoot him with a taser gun for no apparent reason. Guards cannot …
Article • May 15, 2007
Race Discrimination in Hobby-craft Privileges Unconstitutional by A federal district court in Nevada held that prison officials were not entitled to summary judgment on a prisoner's claim that he was denied hobby-craft privileges because of his race. Such discrimination violates the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments. Summary judgment was denied to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Retaliation Suit Wrongly Dismissed by The court of appeals for the Tenth circuit held that a district court in Kansas wrongly dismissed a federal prisoners retaliation suit. The court applied the Turner v. Safley reasonableness test to a retaliation claim. Plaintiff claimed he was placed in segregation with no due …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoners Win Conditions Suit by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit affirmed a lower court ruling enjoining overcrowding, inadequate medical care, ad seg procedures and other assorted constitutional violations in a Missouri prison. See: Burks v. Teasdale, 603 F.2d 59 (8th Cir. 1979).
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoners Can't Represent Each Other in Court by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that a Texas prisoner could not be represented on appeal by a fellow prisoner and co-plaintiff who was not licensed to practice law. To be valid, the notice of appeal had to be …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Clergy
Prison Chaplains Limited in Authority by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a BOP prisoner in New York had stated a valid establishment clause claim when he alleged that a prison chaplain exercised non religious powers and functions within the prison. This is not a ruling …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Ordered Closed by The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit affirmed a lower court ruling ordering a prison closed down because of overcrowding and other unconstitutional conditions. The lower court rulings are reported at: Johnson v. Levine, 450 F. Supp. 648 (D MD 1978) and Nelson v. Collins, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Due Process for Control Unit Placement by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that confinement in the Marion control unit, in and of itself, did not violate the Eighth amendment. The court affirmed most of a district court injunction ordering the BOP to improve various conditions as …
Article • May 15, 2007
California Jail Strip Search States Claim by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that jail strip search policies must be based on reasonable suspicion that the individual arrestee is concealing contraband on their person. A misdemeanor arrest requires "some other justification" for a strip search beyond the …
Prison Conditions Injunction Must View Totality of Conditions by The court of appeals for the Sixth circuit held that cruel and unusual prison conditions existed in a Michigan prison when inadequate showers, exercise, religious services and due process for ad seg placement existed. The court emphasized that "what is the …
Confidential Informant Testimony Must Be Reliable by Confidential Informant Testimony Must be Reliable The court of appeals for the Sixth circuit held that in prison disciplinary hearings, the hearing officer must provide written findings for the decision and a written summary of the evidence relied upon. When confidential informant testimony …
Article • May 15, 2007
Religious Name Changes Allowed by The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit held that a Virginia statute prohibiting prisoners from changing their names while imprisoned was unconstitutional. Prisoners were forbidden from changing their names for religious or other reasons and would have their mail rejected if they did. The …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sheriff Liable for Guard Hiring in Suicide by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that a Montana sheriff was liable for hiring a deputy sheriff with a history of abusive violence towards prisoners. The hiring was the proximate cause of the suicide of a Native American jail …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner Entitled to Staff Assistance at Disciplinary Hearing by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a New York prisoner was entitled to staff assistance in a prison disciplinary hearing. However, the court granted the defendants in this case qualified immunity from damages by noting the law …
Article • May 15, 2007
Damage Award Upheld in Vaginal Search by The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit upheld a damage award of $4,000 to a Virginia prisoner who forcibly had her vagina searched by male and female guards for matches. Lower court held search was otherwise reasonable, but not with male guards …
Article • May 15, 2007
Jail Conditions Unconstitutional by Indiana Jail Conditions Unconstitutional The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that conditions in an Indiana state prison which housed pretrial detainees in protective custody were unconstitutional. As the plaintiffs had not been convicted of a crime, their claims were properly analyzed under the …
MS Jail Conditions Unconstitutional by In a seminal jail conditions case, the court of appeals for the Fifth circuit, en banc, set forth standards for future jail litigation. The court gives an extensive discussion of unconstitutional conditions in this Mississippi jail including: racial segregation of prisoners, overcrowding, prisoner run housing …
Article • May 15, 2007
Protective Custody Conditions Suit Remanded by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a lower court erred when it dismissed as frivolous a lawsuit that Missouri prisoners in Protective Custody (PC) were deprived of religious services, only received 45 minutes of exercise a week, were denied adequate …
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