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DE FOIA's Citizens-Only Clause Declared Unconstitutional by In 2003, Matthew Lee, a New York attorney and consumer advocacy journalist, requested under Delaware's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Del. Code Ann. § 10003 et seq., documents relating to Delaware's joining a deceptive lending practice settlement. The Delaware State Solicitor, Malcom Cobin, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Class Certification Can Be Bifurcated for Liability and Damages by The court rejects the Fifth Circuit rule that an action cannot be certified under Rule 23(b)(2), Fed.R.Civ.P., if the class claims include compensatory and punitive damages other than "incidental" damages. (These are damages that are capable of objective calculation and …
Color Blind Bus Driver Not Disabled Under ADA by A city bus driver disqualified from driving city buses based on color blindness was not disabled within the meaning of the ADA because he was not substantially limited in the major life activity of seeing and was therefore not disabled under …
Releasing Disabled Prisoner into Cold Weather Upheld by The plaintiff alleged that he was released in January into freezing cold temperatures without a coat or a ride home, despite his disability. The plaintiff's ADA claim is dismissed based on sovereign immunity, since Title II of the ADA is not congruent …
BOP Prisoners Habeas Hepatitis Suit Dismissed by The bottom line of this opinion, 59 pages in Westlaw, is that the court treats the plaintiff's medical care claim, filed as a habeas petition, as a civil rights action, denies appointment of counsel, holds the prisoner partially exhausted, and grants summary judgment …
FTCA Doesn't Apply to BOP Surgeon Contractor by The plaintiff federal prisoner sued his surgeon for malpractice; the court substituted the United States as defendant per the Federal Tort Claims Act; the U.S. said that the surgeon is an independent contractor, not a federal employee, so the substitution was wrong …
Article • May 15, 2007
RLUIPA and RFRA Substantial Burden Defined by RLUIPA and RFRA Substantial Burden Defined Substantial burden is a necessary element of claims under RLUIPA and RFRA; that term is "akin to significant pressure which directly coerces the religious adherent to conform his or her behavior accordingly. Thus, a substantial burden can …
Article • May 15, 2007
NY Food Load Suit Dismissal Reversed Under RLUIPA by The plaintiff alleged that an officer ordered him to return his food tray and cup while he was performing salat, knowing that his religious beliefs prohibited his responding, and issued a misbehavior report. The plaintiff was subjected to a week of …
Prisoner Can Block Repayment of Social Security Payments in Court by The plaintiff was imprisoned and the Social Security Administration notified him that it was stopping his retirement benefits and seeking $9,577 in overpayments received before they figured out he was locked up. SSA refused to waive the overpayment under …
No Authority for ADA to Prohibit Fee for Disabled Parking Placards by The Commerce Clause does not empower Congress, via Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, to prohibit a $2.00 charge for placards authorizing the use of parking spaces reserved for the disabled. The court prescribes an "as …
Article • May 15, 2007
ADA Injunctions Allowed Under 11th Amendment by State officials can be sued in their official capacities for injunctive relief under the ADA notwithstanding the Eleventh Amendment. The court declines to decide the constitutionality of the statute on an interlocutory appeal from the denial of Eleventh Amendment immunity. See: McCarthy v. …
Exhaustion Required in Title VII Suits by The plaintiff asserted hostile work environment and violation of merit system claims under Title VII, and defendants asserted she did not exhaust them. However, the plaintiff said that she had grieved her alleged retaliatory discharge and that the arbitrator heard all the underlying …
Right to Privacy Survives Death under FOIA by The Freedom of Information Act's exemption for law enforcement records the disclosure of which "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" is not limited to disclosure of records concerning the person whose privacy is at issue. Here, …
New Exhaustion Not Required for Enforcement of IDEA Remedy by An IDEA plaintiff who exhausted administrative remedies but remained aggrieved because the resulting IEP was not carried out was not required to exhaust again to enforce the initial decision. The fact that an IEP is supposed to be updated once …
FTCA Does Not Apply to Prisoner's Property Mailed Outside Prison by Affirming the District Court of Kansas, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) does not apply to a federal prisoner's personal property mailed outside of prison. Samuel Haywood Myles, a prisoner …
Brief • May 11, 2007
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Kuperman v. NH DOC, NH, Order Adopting Magistrate Rec., 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Albert Kuperman v. 06-cv-420-JD Warden, NH State Prison ORDER I herewith approve the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Muirhead dated April 18, 2007, no objection having been filed, for …
Brief • April 20, 2007
Massey v. Galley, MD, SJ Memo & Order, FOIA PIA censorship, 2007 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND RICHARD MASSEY, JR. #190-754 Plaintiff v. CIVIL ACTION NO. C-02-20975 JON GALLEY, WARDEN Defendant MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Before the Court are the parties Cross Motions for Summary Judgment. The Court …
Brief • April 18, 2007
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Kuperman v. NH DOC, NH, Report and Rec., Kosher Food Case, 2007 - Nh - Kosher Food Case - Rr 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Albert Kuperman v. Civil No. 06-cv-420-JD New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Plaintiff Albert Kuperman …
Hawaii Settles DOJ Suit Over Unconstitutional Juvenile Facility by The State of Hawaii settled a suit brought by the United States government, resolving a suit over unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Hawaii Youth Corrections Facility (HYCF) in Kailua, Hawaii. On August 16, 2004, the United States Department of Justice …
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