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$7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s “Nuisance Suit” by In January 2016, Pennsylvania’s Northumberland County agreed to pay $7,500 to settle a former prisoner’s lawsuit alleging he was denied access to the courts, visitation, recreation and receipt of incoming publications. While at the Northumberland County Prison, Charles Picarella, Jr., who is …
Wisconsin Jail Policies Unconstitutional But Not Enjoined by Mark Wilson A Wisconsin federal court held that a jail's disciplinary, mail, and publication rules were unconstitutional. The court declined to enjoin those practices, however, essentially rendering its holding a mere advisory opinion. On September 29, 1970 pretrial detainees of the Milwaukee …
Washington Jail Denied Good Time without Due Process; Rehearing Ordered by The Washington Court of Appeals held in an unpublished opinion that a prisoner was denied good time credits without adequate due process protections. Allen Michael Knoll was held in the Skagit County jail between March 2011 and August 30, …
Tennessee CCA Warden Denied Summary Judgment for Excessive Force by A Tennessee federal court denied a private prison warden summary judgment on an excessive force claim for assaulting a handcuffed prisoner. James Ingram was a prisoner at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections …
D.C. District Court Partially Dismisses Lawsuit by BOP CMU Prisoners by A lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners held in Communication Management Units (CMUs) at federal prisons in Terre Haute, Indiana and Marion, Illinois, which alleged violations of their Constitutional rights due to placement in the CMUs, as well as …
Article • September 15, 2011
Washington Jail's Denial of Good Time Without Hearing Violates Due Process by Division 3 of the Washington State Court of Appeals has held that the Ferry County Jail’s denial of good time credits to a prisoner without notice or a hearing violated the federal Due Process Clause. Kenneth Atwood, a …
Fifth Circuit Reverses Pre-Filing Injunction; No Notice or Hearing Given by The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a district court’s injunction prohibiting a prisoner from filing suit without first obtaining court permission. Nasir Qureshi was enjoined by U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes from filing …
Arkansas Prisoner Awarded $1 a Day Plus Costs for Unconstitutional Lockdown by On June 19, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas awarded $182 to a Benton County prisoner who spent 6 months in disciplinary segregation without a hearing or periodic reviews. Plaintiff Phetpinthong Senesackda claimed …
Seventh Circuit Upholds False Disciplinary Charges; Due Process Violation in Transfer to Supermax Voluntarily Dismissed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order dismissing a prisoner’s claim that guards violated his due process rights by fabricating a disciplinary charge and then finding him guilty based upon …
Loss of Good Time Credits Without Notice Warrants Habeas Relief by The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Oklahoma Federal District Court's denial of a state prisoner's 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for habeas corpus relief and granted a certificate of appealability (COA) to him. Rayford Mayberry …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoners May Have Right to Notice and Hearing Before Transfer by The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded a Florida prisoner's complaint that alleged he was transferred from a medium security prison to a close custody confinement prison without notice or a hearing. The court …
Qualified Immunity Denied In Pretrial Detainee's 3-Year Segregation Without Due Process by Qualified Immunity Denied In Pretrial Detainee's 3-Year Segregation Without Due Process A Federal District Court in Illinois has found a pretrial detainee's rights were violated when he was placed in segregation for nearly three years without a hearing …
Drug Program Removal Requires Due Process by The Eastern District Court of New York held that prisoners in New York States High Impact Incarceration Program had a state created liberty interest in remaining in the program. Removal from the program required due process. Michael Galloway was a state parole violator …
Supreme Court Addresses Mail, Good-Time, Legal Aid, Disciplinary Issues by The U.S. Supreme Court held that restoration of good-time was unavailable under § 1983; some constitutional rights are retained in prison disciplinary proceedings; minimal due process is required if loss of good-time is a possibility; disciplinary due process procedures ordered …
Case Remanded for Expungement of Seg Record and Damages Hearing by The Seventh Circuit court of appeals ruled that an Illinois federal prisoner was entitled to relief in the form of expungement of the record of his confinement to segregation where federal prison officials had been ordered to give the …
No Immunity for 10 Day Cell Confinement by The court of appeals for the Second circuit affirmed and remanded a district court's ruling denying qualified immunity to New York state prison officials who placed a prisoner in cell confinement for ten days without notice or hearing. Upon being denied qualified …
Damages in Disciplinary Hearing Case Upheld by The court of appeals for the First circuit upheld a lower court's award of damages to a Massachusetts prisoner denied due process in a disciplinary hearing. The lower court awarded plaintiff $390 in damages, 370 F. Supp. 1071 (D MA 1974). Prisoner was …
Challenges to Systematic Prison Disciplinary Procedures Cognizable Under § 1983 by The United States Court of Appeals from the Fifth Circuit held that habeas corpus is not the sole remedy for challenging prison disciplinary actions, and the amount of process due is not contingent on the actual punishment imposed, but …
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