Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from August 2000

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from August 2000

U.S. District Court: ACCESS TO COUNSEL.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Coe v. Bell, 89 F.Supp.2d 962 (M.D.Tenn. 2000). A prisoner sentenced to death sought a temporary restraining order to compel a warden to allow his counsel to have access to him during his last hour of his life and to witness his execution. The...

U.S. District Court: RIGHT TO COUNSEL.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Dabney v. Anderson, 92 F.Supp.2d 801 (N.D.Ind. 2000). A prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his disciplinary sentence of three years in disciplinary segregation. The district court denied the petition, finding that...

U.S. District Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Nicholas v. Tucker. 89 F.Supp.2d 475 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a state corrections department and officials alleging that he was improperly subjected to prison discipline. The district court held that a...

U.S. District Court: CONTRACT SERVICES POLICIES & PROCED.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Andrews v. Camden County, 95 F.Supp.2d 217 (D.N.J. 2000). A former inmate brought an action alleging that jail officials were deliberately indifferent to his need for medical treatment for a life-threatening infection that caused him to suffer...

U.S. District Court: EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS STAFF DISIOPLINE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Brown v. Youth Services Intern, of South Dakota, 89 F.Supp.2d 1095 (D.S.D. 2000). Residents of a juvenile treatment facility who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a counselor brought an action alleging negligent hiring, supervision and...

U.S. Appeals Court: POLICIES & PROCED.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Chavez v. Cady, 207 F.3d 901 (7th Cir. 2000). A former pretrial detainee brought a [sections] 1983 action against a sheriff, jail administrator, correctional officers and nurse practitioner who supervised the jail clinic, alleging deliberate...

U.S. District Court: INMATE FUNDS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Schneider v. California Dept. of Corrections, 91 F.Supp.2d 1316 (N.D.Cal. 2000). Current and former state inmates brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging that the California Department of Corrections (CDC) violated the takings clause and the...

U.S. District Court: POLICIES & PROCED.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Thornhill v. Breazeale 88 F. Supp.2d 647 (S.D.Miss. 2000). Survivors of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide while in custody brought a [sections] 1983 and wrongful death action. The district court held that a sheriff and deputy did not...

U.S. District Court: PROTECTIVE CUSTODY EXERCISE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Miller v. Shelby County. 93 F.Supp.2d 892 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A county jail inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county alleging injuries suffered in an attack by fellow inmates were the result of the jail's practice of permitting...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLACEMENT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443 (9th Cir. 2000). A federal prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action claiming that a warden and correctional officers violated his constitutional rights when they confined him in the prison's special housing unit....

U.S. Appeals Court: LENGTH REVIEW DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Shoats v. Horn, 213 F.3d 140 (3rd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging that his confinement for eight years in administrative segregation violated due process. The district court...

U.S. District Court: RESTRICTIONS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Spellman v. Hopper 95 F.Supp.2d 1267 (M.D.Ala. 1999). An inmate in administrative segregation in a state prison sued corrections officials challenging the corrections department's policy that prohibited prisoners from receiving subscription...

U.S. District Court: PLACEMENT CONDITIONS DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Valentin v. Murphy, 95 F.Supp.2d 99 (D.Conn. 2000). A pretrial detainee who was a former law enforcement officer charged with drug crimes, challenged his pretrial conditions of confinement in a state prison. The district court granted summary...

U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act, CONSENT DECREE-DETERMINATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Lozeau v. Lake County. Mont., 98 F.Supp.2d 1157 (D.Mont. 2000). Jail inmates filed an action to enforce the provisions of a consent decree that governed prison conditions. After the suit was resolved by a settlement, the inmates sought attorney...

U.S. District Court: LIMITATION PLEA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Morrison v. Davis 88 F.Supp.2d 799 (S.D.Ohio 2000). A prisoner who prevailed on a [sections] 1983 excessive force action against corrections officers moved for an attorney fee award and brought an equal protection challenge against the Prison...

U.S. District Court: ATTORNEY FEESU.S.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Turner v. Wilkinson 92 F.Supp.2d 697 (S.D.Ohio 1999). An inmate and her husband brought an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to require prison officials to allow the husband to attend the birth of the couple's child. The district...

U.S. District Court: CONDITIONS HOME DETENTION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... U.S. v. Agnello. 101 F.Supp.2d 108 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). The government sought the review of a Magistrate Judge's order permitting a defendant to be released upon satisfaction of certain conditions and the defendant sought review of a release...

U.S. District Court: ALIEN BAIL.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Welch v. Reno. 101 F.Supp.2d 347 (D.Md. 2000). An alien petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his continued detention without a bail hearing. The district court granted the petition, finding that the statute denying a bail hearing...

U.S. District Court: CONDITIONS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... U.S. v. Walters. 89 F.Supp.2d 1217 (D.Kan. 2000). After a magistrate judge granted pretrial release for a defendant indicted on drug conspiracy charges, the government appealed. The district court affirmed, finding that the defendant had...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLASSIFICATION RACIAL DISCRIMIN.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Johnson v. State of Cal., 207 F.3d 650 (9th Cir. 2000). A state inmate brought a pro se action for damages and declaratory relief alleging violation of his rights because officials segregated inmates by race and extorted money from inmates by...

U.S. District Court: SELF INCRIMINATION PROGRAMS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Searcy v. Simmons 97 F.Supp.2d 1055 (D.Kan. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials challenging reduction of his privileges following his refusal to participate in a sexual abuse treatment program. The...

U.S. District Court: HANDICAP.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act Spurlock v. Simmons 88 F.Supp.2d 1189 (D.Kan. 2000). A deaf and mute inmate brought an action against prison officials alleging violation of his civil rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

U.S. District Court: SEARCH CORRESPONDENCE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... U.S. v. Rollack 90 F.Supp.2d 263 (S.D.N.Y. 1999). A defendant moved to suppress evidence seized in prison mail and cell searches that occurred during his pretrial detention. The district court held that the defendant had a reasonable...

U.S. Appeals Court: CUSTODY LEVEL DUE PROCESS REVIEW LIBERTY INTEREST.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Abed v. Armstrong. 209 F.3d 63 (2nd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for habeas corpus relief and the district court granted summary judgment against the prisoner. The appeals court affirmed, finding that a state prison administrative...

U.S. District Court: SEX OFFENDERS FAILURE TO PROTECT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Arnold. v. County of Nassau. 89 F.Supp.2d 285 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). A county jail inmate who was beaten by fellow inmates because he was arrested for sexual assault sued the county alleging state and federal claims. A jury awarded the inmate...

U.S. Appeals Court: RACIAL DISCRIMIN.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Johnson v. State of Cal., 207 F.3d 650 (9th Cir. 2000). A state inmate brought a pro se action for damages and declaratory relief alleging violation of his rights because officials segregated inmates by race and extorted money from inmates by...

U.S. District Court: GANGS CUSTODY LEVEL.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Koch v. Lewis. 96 F.Supp.2d 949 (D.Ariz. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison authorities alleging violation of the due process clause and unlawful retaliation. The district court held that a prison policy that...

U.S. District Court: PROTECTIVE CUSTODY SEPARATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Miller v. Shelby County, 93 F.Supp.2d 892 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A county jail inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county alleging injuries suffered in an attack by fellow inmates were the result of the jail's practice of permitting...

U.S. District Court: CUSTODY LEVEL DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Rivera Borrero v. Rivera Correa, 93 F.Supp.2d 122 (D.Puerto Rico 2000). An inmate brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action against Puerto Rico corrections officials alleging that he had been unjustifiably kept in maximum security custody for...

U.S. District Court: HEARING IMPAIRED.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Chisolm v. Manimon, 97 F.Supp.2d 615 (D.N.J. 2000). A former jail detainee sued the official in charge of a county detention center alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The district court held that under state law,...

U.S. District Court: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
August 1, 2000... Faulder v. Johnson, 99 F.Supp.2d 774 (S.D.Tex. 1999). A prisoner filed a [sections] 1983 action alleging that he had been subjected to psychological torture as the result of repeated stays of his execution and that his right to consult with...

U.S. District Court: ACCESS TO COURTS COUNSEL.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Dabney v. Anderson, 92 F.Supp.2d 801 (N.D.Ind. 2000). A prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his disciplinary sentence of three years in disciplinary segregation. The district court denied the petition, finding that...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEGREGATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Edwards v. Johnson, 209 F.3d 772 (5th Cir. 2000). A detainee alleged he was deprived of his due process and First Amendment rights when he was given fifteen days of disciplinary segregation after being found to have had unauthorized contact...

U.S. Appeals Court: DRUG TESTING GOOD TIME.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Henson v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 213 F.3d 897 (5th Cir. 2000). A federal prisoner petitioned for habeas corpus relief challenging the loss of good time credit as the result of a disciplinary proceeding. The district court denied the petition...

U.S. Appeals Court: GOOD TIME PUNISHMENT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Malchi v. Thaler, 211 F.3d 953 (5th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner filed a petition for habeas corpus relief based on the alleged denial of his due process rights in connection with a disciplinary proceeding. The district court granted the...

U.S. District Court: EVIDENCE GOOD TIME.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Mayers v. Anderson, 93 F.Supp.2d 962 (N.D.Ind. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the loss of good time credits. The district court found that the prison adjustment board violated the prisoner's due...

U.S. District Court: RETALIATION RULES.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Nicholas v. Tucker, 89 F.Supp.2d 475 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a state corrections department and officials alleging that he was improperly subjected to prison discipline. The district court held that a...

U.S. District Court: EVIDENCE DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Piggie v. Hanks, 98 F.Supp.2d 1003 (N.D.Ind. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus after a prison conduct adjustment board found him guilty of sexual assault and sentenced him to disciplinary segregation and recommended...

U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... U.S. v. Chappel, 208 F.3d 1069 (8th Cir. 2000). An inmate challenged disciplinary actions in a [sections] 1983 suit. The district court dismissed the case and the inmate appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded, finding that the...

U.S. District Court: TELEVISION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Chisolm v. Manimon, 97 F.Supp.2d 615 (D.N.J. 2000). A former jail detainee sued the official in charge or a county detention center alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The district court held that under state law,...

U.S. District Court: SEGREGATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Miller v. Shelby County. 93 F.Supp.2d 892 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A county jail inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county alleging injuries suffered in an attack by fellow inmates were the result of the jail's practice of permitting...

U.S. District Court: CLAIMS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Schneider v. California Dept. of Corrections 91 F.Supp.2d 1316 (N.D.Cal. 2000). Current and former state inmates brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging that the California Department of Corrections (CDC) violated the takings clause and the...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Arnold. v. County of Nassau 89 F.Supp.2d 285 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). A county jail inmate who was beaten by fellow inmates because he was arrested for sexual assault sued the county alleging state and federal claims. A jury awarded the inmate $475,000...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT JUVENILES.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Brown v. Youth Services Intern, of South Dakota 89 F.Supp.2d 1095 (D.S.D. 2000). Residents of a juvenile treatment facility who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a counselor brought an action alleging negligent hiring, supervision and...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Frake v. City of Chicago, 210 F.3d 779 (7th Cir. 2000). The administrator for the estate of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide in a police lockup sued the city in state court and under [sections] 1983. After removing the action the city...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Marsh v. Butler County. Ala.. 212 F.3d 1318 (11th Cir. 2000). Inmates brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county and sheriff to recover for injuries they sustained when they were beaten by other prisoners. The district court dismissed...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Miller v. Shelby County 93 F.Supp.2d 892 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A county jail inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county alleging injuries suffered in an attack by fellow inmates were the result of the jail's practice of permitting...

U.S. District Court: OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Santiago v. C.O. Campisi Shield #4592., 91 F.Supp.2d 665 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought a [sections] 1983 action against a city corrections department alleging that an officer assaulted him in his cell. The district court granted...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Thornhill v. Breazeale 88 F.Supp.2d 647 (S.D.Miss. 2000). Survivors of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide while in custody brought a [sections] 1983 and wrongful death action. The district court held that a sheriff and deputy did not act...

U.S. Appeals Court: FURNISHINGS SAFETY.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Brown v. Bargery, 207 F.3d 863 (6th Cir. 2000). An inmate sought permission to proceed in forma pauperis in his [sections] 1983 action that alleged violation of his Eighth Amendment rights because his sleeping bunk was installed upside down...

U.S. District Court: SEARCHES.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Wilson v. Shelby County. Ala., 95 F.Supp.2d 1258 (N.D.Ala. 2000). A female arrestee who was strip searched before being placed in jail following her arrest on charges of driving under the influence sued county officials for damages. The...

U.S. District Court: TELEPHONE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Spurlock v. Simmons, 88 F.Supp.2d 1189 (D.Kan. 2000). A deaf and mute inmate brought an action against prison officials alleging violation of his civil rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding no...

U.S. District Court: HAIR.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Jackson v. District of Columbia, 89 F.Supp.2d 48 (D.D.C. 2000). Federal prisoners and District of Columbia prisoners who were serving their sentences in facilities operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections challenged the Department's...

U.S. District Court: FAMILY.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Turner v. Wilkinson, 92 F.Supp.2d 697 (S.D.Ohio 1999). An inmate and her husband brought an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to require prison officials to allow the husband to attend the birth of the couple's child. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: TELEPHONE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Johnson v. State of Cal., 207 F.3d 650 (9th Cir. 2000). A state inmate brought a pro se action for damages and declaratory relief alleging violation of his rights because officials segregated inmates by race and extorted money from inmates by...

U.S. District Court: PUBLICATIONS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Spellman v. Hopper 95 F.Supp.2d 1267 (M.D.Ala. 1999). An inmate in administrative segregation in a state prison sued corrections officials challenging the corrections department's policy that prohibited prisoners from receiving subscription...

U.S. Appeals Court: EX POST FACTO.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Abed v. Armstrong, 209 F.3d 63 (2nd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for habeas corpus relief and the district court granted summary judgment against the prisoner. The appeals court affirmed, finding that a state prison administrative...

U.S. Appeals Court: RELOCATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Henson v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 213 F.3d 897 (5th Cir. 2000). A federal prisoner petitioned for habeas corpus relief challenging the loss of good time credit as the result of a disciplinary proceeding. The district court denied the petition...

[0] U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Malchi v. Thaler, 211 F.3d 953 (5th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner filed a petition for habeas corpus relief based on the alleged denial of his due process rights in connection with a disciplinary proceeding. The district court granted the...

U.S. District Court: DUE PROCESS REVOCATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Mayers v. Anderson, 93 F.Supp.2d 962 (N.D.Ind. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the loss of good time credits. The district court found that the prison adjustment board violated the prisoner's due...

U.S. District Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Bowman v. City of Middletown, 91 F.Supp.2d 644 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An arrestee who was held for 19 days on suspicion of murder brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging false arrest, malicious prosecution and civil rights violations while...

[0] U.S. District Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Hunter v. Heath, 95 F.Supp.2d 1140 (D.Or. 2000). A prison inmate brought an action under [sections] 1983 for unlawfully terminating his prison job/assignment as an inmate legal assistant. The district court found that while the inmate's removal...

U.S. Appeals Court: MONETARY DAMAGES EXHAUSTION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Miller v. Menghini, 213 F.3d 1244 (10th Cir. 2000). An inmate brought numerous claims in a [sections] 1983 action related to his private industry work assignment. The district court dismissed the case for failure to exhaust administrative...

U.S. Appeals Court: GOOD TIME.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Abed v. Armstrong, 209 F.3d 63 (2nd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for habeas corpus relief and the district court granted summary judgment against the prisoner. The appeals court affirmed, finding that a state prison administrative...

U.S. Appeals Court: ALIEN.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Ma v. Reno, 208 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 2000). An alien petitioned for habeas corpus relief arguing that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) violated his due process rights by indefinitely detaining him after ordering him removed to...

U.S. Appeals Court: DISCIPLINE GOOD TIMES.
August 1, 2000... Malchi v. Thaler 211 F.3d 953 (5th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner filed a petition for habeas corpus relief based on the alleged denial of his due process rights in connection with a disciplinary proceeding. The district court granted the...

U.S. District Court: DISCIPLINE GOOD TIME.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Mayers v. Anderson 93 F.Supp.2d 962 (N.D.Ind. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the loss of good time credits. The district court found that the prison adjustment board violated the prisoner's due...

U.S. Appeals Court: TRANSFER.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Montez v. McKinna, 208 F.3d 862 (10th Cir. 2000). A prisoner brought a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his interstate transfers under state and federal law. The district court dismissed the claims and the appeals court...

U.S. District Court: PAROLE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Mulberry v. Neal, 96 F.Supp.2d 1149 (D.Colo. 2000). A state prisoner applied for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his denial of parole. The district court denied the application, finding that the decision of the state parole board to deny...

[0] U.S. District Court: DISCIPLINE GOOD TIME.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Piggie v. Hanks, 98 F.Supp.2d 1003 (N.D.Ind. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus after a prison conduct adjustment board found him guilty of sexual assault and sentenced him to disciplinary segregation and recommended...

U.S. District Court: ALIEN.
August 1, 2000... Rogowski v. Reno 94 F.Supp.2d 177 (D.Conn. 1999). A permanent resident alien sought a writ of habeas corpus claiming he was illegally detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The district court granted the summary judgment...

[0] U.S. District Court: ALIEN BAIL.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Welch v. Reno 101 F.Supp.2d 347 (D.Md. 2000). An alien petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his continued detention without a bail hearing. The district court granted the petition, finding that the statute denying a bail hearing...

U.S. Appeals Court: ELEVENTH ADMENDMENT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... DeGenova v. Sheriff of DuPage County. 209 F.3d 973 (7th Cir. 2000). An arrestee brought a [sections] 1983 action against a sheriff in his official capacity alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations. The district court denied the...

U.S. District Court: MEDICAL SCREENING.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Butler v. Coitsville Tp. Police Dept., 93 F.Supp.2d 862 (N.D.Ohio 2000). The administrator of a deceased detainee's estate brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging that the detainee's rights were violated by his arrest and detention. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: SCREENING SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Frake v, City of Chicago, 210 F.3d 779 (7th Cir. 2000). The administrator for the estate of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide in a police lockup sued the city in state court and under [sections] 1983. After removing the action the city...

U.S. District Court: SCREENING.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Thornton v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 93 F.Supp.2d 1057 (D.Minn. 2000). An inmate who was a federal prisoner incarcerated at a county jail sought damages arising from injuries he sustained while at the jail. The district court held that a nurse...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROTECT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Brown v. Youth Services Intern, of South Dakota, 89 F.Supp.2d 1095 (D.S.D. 2000). Residents of a juvenile treatment facility who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a counselor brought an action alleging negligent hiring, supervision and...

U.S. District Court: PROGRAM I.D.E.A.- Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, RIGHT TO TREATMENT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Handberry v. Thompson 92 F.Supp.2d 244 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). City prison inmates between the ages of 16 and 21 brought a class action against the city under [sections] 1983 and a state education code alleging failure to provide adequate educational...

U.S. District Court: CONTRACT SERVICES.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Andrews v. Camden County, 95 F.Supp.2d 217 (D.N.J. 2000). A farmer inmate brought an action alleging that jail officials were deliberately indifferent to his need for medical treatment for a life-threatening infection that caused him to suffer...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROTECT, FAILURE TO SUPERVISE, NEGLIGENT RETENTION, NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Brown v. Youth Services Intern. of South Dakota, 89 F.Supp.2d 1095 (D.S.D. 2000). Residents of a juvenile treatment facility who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a counselor brought an action alleging negligent hiring, supervision and...

U.S. Appeals Court: CONSENT DECREE TERMINATION, PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Hazen Ex Rel. LeGear v. Reazen 208 F.3d 697 (8th Cir. 2000). Iowa prison officials moved to terminate consent decrees that had regulated prison conditions. The district court terminated the decrees and the inmates appealed. The appeals court...

U.S. District Court: COMPENSATORY DAMAGES.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Kelleher v. New York State Trooper Fearon, 90 F.Supp.2d 354 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An arrestee brought a [sections] 1983 action against a police officer, alleging that he was subjected to an unlawful strip search. The district court held that the...

U.S. District Court: DAMAGES FAILURE TO PROTECT.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Miller v. Shelby County, 93 F.Supp.2d 892 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A county jail inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county alleging injuries suffered in an attack by fellow inmates were the result of the jail's practice of permitting...

U.S. District Court: DAMAGES, PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Morrison v. Davis, 88 F.Supp.2d 799 (S.D.Ohio 2000). A prisoner who prevailed on a [sections] 1983 excessive force action against corrections officers moved for an attorney fee award and brought an equal protection challenge against the Prison...