Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from August 2001

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from August 2001

U.S. district court frivolous suits. (Access to Court).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Brashear v. Simms, 138 F.Supp.2d 693 (D.Md. 2001). A state inmate challenged policies banning smoking and sale of tobacco products and possession of tobacco by inmates in state prisons. The district court dismissed the action as frivolous,...

U.S. appeals court exhaustion PLRA-Prison litigation reform act. (Access to Court).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Curry v. Scott 249 F.3d 493 (6th Cir. 2001). African-American inmates at a state prison sued corrections officers and supervisors under [section] 1983 alleging violation of their Eighth Amendment rights. Defendants' motions to dismiss and for...

U.S. district court PLRA-Prison litigation reform act in forma Pauperis. (Access to Court).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Lewis v. Sullivan 134 F.Supp.2d 964 (W.D.Wis. 2001). A prisoner sued the State of Wisconsin challenging the constitutionality of the in farina pauperis provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). The district court held that the...

U.S. district court PLRA-Prison litigation reform act. (Access to Court).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Shaheed-Muhammad v. Dipaolo, 138 F.Supp.2d 99 (D.Mass. 2001). A prisoner brought a pro se civil rights action against employees of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections for alleged violation of his right to practice his Muslim religion....

U.S. appeals court exercise. (Administrative Segregation).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Robinson v. Prunty, 249 F.3d 862 (9th Cir. 2001). A prisoner filed a civil rights action alleging that operation of integrated exercise yards in prison administrative segregation units constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of...

U.S. district court exercise restraints. (Administrative Segregation).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Williams v. Goord, 142 F.Supp.2d 416 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). An inmate who was confined in segregation brought a [section] 1983 suit alleging constitutional violations and seeking declaratory relief, compensatory damages and punitive damages. The...

U.S. district court medical costs. (Assessment of Costs).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Canell v. Multnomah County, 141 F.Supp.2d 1046 (D.Or. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement in a county jail violated his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

U.S. district court conditions. (Bail).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Halikipoulos v. Dillion 139 F.Supp.2d 312 (E.D.N.Y. 2001). Two defendants charged with petit larceny sought federal habeas corpus relief challenging a condition of their bail under which they were required to enroll in, and complete, a one-day...

U.S. district court AIDS. (Classification).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Canell v. Multnomah County 141 F.Supp.2d 1046 (D.Or. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement in a county jail violated his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

U.S. appeals court separation. (Classification).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Wilson v. Jones 251 F.3d 1340 (11th Cir. 2001). A female arrestee brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff challenging her strip search following her arrest for driving under the influence. The district court denied the sheriffs...

U.S. district court equal protection. (Conditions of Confinement).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Brashear v. Simms, 138 F.Supp.2d 693 (D.Md. 2001). A state inmate challenged policies banning smoking and sale of tobacco products and possession of tobacco by inmates in state prisons. The district court dismissed the action as frivolous,...

U.S. district court double bunking. (Conditions of Confinement).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Canell v. Multnomah County" 141 F.Supp.2d 1046 (D.Or. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement in a county jail violated his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

U.S. district court temperature. (Conditions of Confinement).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Covillion v. Alsop, 145 F.Supp.2d 75 (D.Me. 2001). An arrestee brought a [section] 1988 action alleging excessive use of force while he was confined. The district court found that the arrestee failed to show excessive use of force based on the...

U.S. appeals court sanitation temperature plumbing. (Conditions of Confinement).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Gaston v. Coughlin, 249 F.3d 156 (2nd Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement violated the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The...

U.S. district court smoking. (Cruel and Unusual Punishment).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Brashear v. Simms, 138 F.Supp.2d 693 (D.Md. 2001). A state inmate challenged policies banning smoking and sale of tobacco products and possession of tobacco by inmates in state prisons. The district court dismissed the action as frivolous,...

U.S. appeals court due process evidence informant. (Discipline).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Broussard v. Johnson, 253 F.3d 874 (5th Cir. 2001). A state prisoner applied for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a prison disciplinary conviction on due process grounds. The district court granted the petition conditionally, and the appeals...

U.S. appeals court "BAD" time liberty interest punishment. (Discipline).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Diaz v. Kinkela, 253 F.3d 241 (6th Cir. 2001). A prisoner applied for habeas corpus relief, challenging his incarceration for the "bad time" portion of his sentence. The district court dismissed the application and the appeals court affirmed,...

U.S. appeals court segregation. (Exercise and Recreation).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Robinson v. Prunty, 249 F.3d 862 (9th Cir. 2001). A prisoner filed a civil rights action alleging that operation of integrated exercise yards in prison administrative segregation units constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of...

U.S. district court segregation restraints. (Exercise and recreation).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Williams v. Goord, 142 F.Supp.2d 416 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). An inmate who was confined in segregation brought a [section] 1983 suit alleging constitutional violations and seeking declaratory relief, compensatory damages and punitive damages. The...

U.S. district court claims. (Ex-Offenders).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Davis v. City of New York, 142 F.Supp.2d 461 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). A former inmate brought [section] 1983 claims against a city and various public officials to recover damages allegedly suffered when he was kept in medical isolation for a seven-day...

U.S. appeals court sex offenders. (Ex-Offenders).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Doe v. Otte, 248 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2001). Convicted sex offenders who were subject to the requirements of the Alaska Sex Offender Registration Act, which had been enacted after they were convicted, brought a [section] 1983 action challenging...

U.S. district court release. (Ex-Offenders).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Nelson v. Stalder. 135 F.Supp.2d 745 (E.D.La. 2001). A former prison inmate sued prison officials under [section] 1983 for being incarcerated longer than his sentence, even after he repeatedly complained about the issue. The district court...

U.S. district court claims. (Ex-Offenders).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ramsey v. Schauble, 141 F.Supp.2d 584 (W.D.N.C. 2001). A former detainee whose finger tip as severed after a sheriff's deputy allegedly shut a cell window on it, brought a pro se complaint against the deputy and a sheriff. The district court...

U.S. district court prisoner on prisoner assault. (Failure to Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Canell v. Multnomah County, 141 F.Supp.2d 1046 (D.Or. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement in a county jail violated his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

U.S. district court officer on prisoner assault sexual assault. (Failure to Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Colman v. Vasquez, 142 F.Supp.2d 226 (D.Com. 2001). A female inmate placed in a special prison unit for victims of sexual abuse filed a [section] 1988 action against prison officials alleging that she was sexually abused by a male guard, and...

U.S. appeals court protection from harm prisoner on prisoner assault. (Failure to Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Curley v. Perry, 246 F.3d 1278 (l0th Cir. 2001). A state inmate brought a pro se civil rights action seeking to restrict inmate-to-inmate correspondence in the state's prison system. The district court dismissed the complaint and the inmate...

U.S. appeals court officer on prisoner assault. (Failure to Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Curry v. Scott. 249 F.3d 493 (6th Cir. 2001). African-American inmates at a state prison sued corrections officers and supervisors under [section] 1983 alleging violation of their Eighth Amendment rights. Defendants' motions to dismiss and for...

U.S. district court officer on prisoner assault use of force. (Failure to Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Lewis v. Board of Sedgwick County Com'rs 140 F.Supp.2d 1125 (D.Kan. 2001). A detainee brought a federal civil rights suit against a county alleging that jail officers used excessive force against him. A jury returned a verdict of $500,000 in...

U.S. district court sexual assault. (Failure & Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Paz v. Weir, 137 F.Supp.2d 782 (S.D.Tex. 2001). A female jail inmate brought an action against a county under [section] 1983 and other federal and state laws for violations of her rights resulting from an alleged sexual assault by the jail's...

U.S. district court protection from harm. (Failure & Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ramsey v. Schauble, 141 F.Supp.2d 584 (W.D.N.C. 2001). A former detainee whose finger tip was severed after a sheriff's deputy allegedly shut a cell window on it, brought a pro se complaint against the deputy and a sheriff. The district court...

U.S. appeals court prisoner on prisoner assault. (Failure & Protect).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Robinson v. Prunty, 249 F.3d 862 (9th Cir. 2001). A prisoner filed a civil rights action alleging hat operation of integrated exercise yards in prison administrative segregation units constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the...

U.S. appeals court safety equipment. (Facilities).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Brown v. Bargery, 207 F.3d 863 (6th Cir. 2000). An inmate brought an in forma pauperis [section] 1983 action against prison officials alleging they violated his Eighth Amendment rights by improperly installing his sleeping bunk upside down....

U.S. district court temperature. (Facilities).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Covillion v. Alsop, 145 F.Supp.2d 75 (D.Me. 2001). An arrestee brought a [section] 1983 action alleging excessive use of force while he was confined. The district court found that the arrestee failed to show excessive use of force based on the...

U.S. appeals court plumbing sanitation. (Facilities).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Gaston v. Coughlin, 249 F.3d 156 (2nd Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement violated the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The...

U.S. district court searches sexual assault. (Female Prisoners).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Colman v. Vasquez, 142 F.Supp.2d 226 (D.Conn. 2001). A female inmate placed in a special prison unit for victims of sexual abuse filed a [section] 1983 action against prison officials alleging that she was sexually abused by a male guard, and...

U.S. district court searches. (Female Prisoners).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Gonzalez v. City of Schenectady, 141 F.Supp.2d 304 (N.D.N.Y. 2001). Male and female detainees sued a city claiming they were strip searched under an unconstitutional city policy. The district court held that the city policy of strip searching...

U.S. district court sexual harassment. (Female Prisoners).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Paz v. Weir, 137 F.Supp.2d 782 (S.D.Tex. 2001). A female jail inmate brought an action against a county under [section] 1983 and other federal and state laws far violations of her rights resulting from an alleged sexual assault by the jail's...

U.S. appeals court searches. (Female Prisoners).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Wilson v. Jones, 251 F.3d 1340 (11th Cir. 2001). A female arrestee brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff challenging her strip search following her arrest for driving under the influence. The district court denied the sheriffs...

U.S. appeals court religious diet. (Food).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Searles v. Van Bebber, 251 F.3d 869 (10th Cir. 2001). A state inmate sued corrections officials and a prison chaplain asserting violation of his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion by denying him approval for a kosher diet. The...

U.S. appeals court communication with prisoners. (Free Speech, Expression, Association).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Curley v. Perry, 246 F.3d 1278 (l0th Cir. 2001). A state inmate brought a pro se civil rights ac on seeking to restrict inmate-to-inmate correspondence in the state's prison system. The district court dismissed the complaint and the inmate...

U.S. appeals court regulations. (Free Speech, Expression, Association).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Dormire v. Wilkinson, 249 F.3d 801 (8th Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a First Amendment challenge to a prison policy that limited the number of personal photographs that inmates could retain in their cells to five. The district court denied...

U.S. district court media access. (Free Speech, Expression, Association).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... The Chicago Reader v. Sheahan, 141 F.Supp.2d 1142 (N.D.Ill. 2001). A newspaper publisher and a reporter brought a [section] 1983 suit against county officials, alleging First Amendment violations by refusing the reporter access to the jail in...

U.S. district court revocation. (Good Time).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Hinebaugh v. Wiley, 137 F.Supp.2d 69 (N.D.N.Y. 2001). A federal prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition seeking restoration of good time credits allegedly lost due to retaliatory filing of incident reports by prison personnel. The prisoner...

U.S. appeals court PLRA-prison litigation reform act exhaustion. (Grievance Procedures, Prisoner).(Prison Litigation Reform Act )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Curry v. Scott, 249 F.3d 493 (6th Cir. 2001). African-American inmates at a state prison sued corrections officers and supervisors under [section] 1983 alleging violation of their Eighth Amendment rights. Defendants' motions to dismiss and for...

U.S. district court right of access due process. (Guievance Procedure, Prisoner).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Nelson v. Stalder, 135 F.Supp.2d 745 (E.D.La. 2001). A former prison inmate sued prison officials under [section] 1983 for being incarcerated longer than his sentence, even after he repeatedly complained about the issue. The district court...

U.S. appeals court procedure retaliation. (Guievance, Procedure, Prisoner).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Smith v. Campbell, 250 F.3d 1032 (6th Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a 1983 action asserting a First Amendment retaliation claim against a prison counselor and another prison official. The district court dismissed portions of the case and...

U.S. appeals court discipline. (Habeas Corpus).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Broussard v. Johnson, 253 F.3d 874 (5th Cir. 2001). A state prisoner applied for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a prison disciplinary conviction on due process grounds. The district court granted the petition conditionally, and the appeals...

U.S. appeals court sentence reduction release date. (Habeas Corpus).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Diaz v. Kinkela, 253 F.3d 241 (6th Cir. 2001). A prisoner applied for habeas corpus relief, challenging his incarceration for the "bad time" portion of his sentence. The district court dismissed the application and the appeals court affirmed,...

U.S. district court good time. (Habeas Corpus).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Hinebaugh v. Wiley. 137 F.Supp.2d 69 (N.D.N.Y. 2001). A federal prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition seeking restoration of good time credits allegedly lost due to retaliatory filing of incident reports by prison personnel. The prisoner...

U.S. district court parole. (Habeas Corpus).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Hunterson v. Disabato, 137 F.Supp.2d 529 (D.N.J. 1998). A defendant convicted of murder and kidnapping petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus claiming his confinement pursuant to a parole revocation was retaliation by the state corrections...

U.S. district court qualified immunity. (Immunity).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Williams v. Goord, 142 F.Supp.2d 416 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). An inmate who was confined in segregation brought a [section] 1983 suit alleging constitutional violations and seeking declaratory relief, compensatory damages and punitive damages. The...

U.S. district court medical screening shower. (Intake and Admissions).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Canell v. Multnomah County, 141 F.Supp.2d 1046 (D.Or. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement in a county jail violated his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

U.S. district court medical screening. (Intake and Admissions).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Davis v. City of New York, 142 F.Supp.2d 461 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). A former inmate brought [section] 1983 claims against a city and various public officials to recover damages allegedly suffered when he was kept in medical isolation for a seven-day...

U.S. appeals court identification psychological screening. (Intake and Admissions).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001). A former prisoner and his mother sued under [section] 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that city and county officials ignored the prisoner's obvious mental...

U.S. appeals court conditions release. (Juveniles).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Huang v. Johnson, 251 F.3d 65 (2nd Cir. 2001). A mother brought a federal civil rights action on behalf of her son, a juvenile, seeking damages for violation of his liberty interest by placing him in a more constrictive facility without prior...

U.S. appeals court class action. (Liability).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Hawkins v. Comparet-Cassani, 251 F.3d 1230 (9th Cir. 2001). A convicted prisoner who had a "stun belt" placed on him, and activated, when he appeared in court for sentencing, brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court certified a class...

U.S. district court punitive damages failure to train deliberate indifference. (Liability).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Lewis v. Board of Sedgwick County Com'rs., 140 F.Supp.2d 1125 (D.Kan. 2001). A detainee brought a federal civil rights suit against a county alleging that jail officers used excessive force against him. A jury returned a verdict of $500,000 in...

U.S. appeals court PLRA-prison litigation reform act damages. (Liability).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Searles v. Van Bebber, 251 F.3d 869 (10th Cir. 2001). A state inmate sued corrections officials and a prison chaplain asserting violation of his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion by denying him approval for a kosher diet. The...

U.S. district court eleventh amendment official capacity. (Liability).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ramsey v. Schauble. 141 F.Supp.2d 584 (W.D.N.C. 2001). A former detainee whose finger tip was severed after a sheriff's deputy allegedly shut a cell window on it, brought a pro se complaint against the deputy and a sheriff. The district court...

U.S. appeals court deliberate indifference handicap cells. (Medical Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Beck v. Skon, 253 F.3d 330 (8th Cir. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that p son officials violated his constitutional rights by failing to relocate him to a different cell, failing to provide him with prescribed...

U.S. district court costs. (Medical Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Canell v. Multnomah County, 141 F.Supp.2d 1046 (D.Or. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement in a county jail violated his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

U.S. appeals court deliberate indifference failure to provided care. (Medical Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Chavez v. Cady, 207 F.3d 901 (7th Cir. 2000). A former pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff and jail personnel, alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while detained. The district court...

U.S. district court deliberate indifference medication. (Medical Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Flowers v. Bennett, 135 F.Supp.2d 1150 (N.D.Ala. 2000). A diabetic inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials for deliberate indifference, alleging they failed to provide her with useable insulin in a timely manner while...

U.S. district court failure to provide care. (Medical Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Lewis v. Sullivan 134 F.Supp.2d 954 (W.D.Wis. 2001), A prisoner sued the State of Wisconsin challenging the constitutionality of the in forma pauperis provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). The district court held that the...

U.S. district court deliberate indifference failure to provide care medication release. (Medical Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ramsey v. Schauble, 141 F.Supp.2d 584 (W.D.N.C. 2001). A former detainee whose finger tip was severed after a sheriff's deputy allegedly shut a cell window on it, brought a pro se complaint against the deputy and a sheriff. The district court...

U.S. appeals court deliberate indifference dental care medication failure to provide care. (Medical Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Wynn v. Southward, 251 F.3d 588(7th Cir. 2001). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations. The district court dismissed the case and the inmate appealed. The...

U.S. appeals court free speech religion discipline. (Personnel).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Altman v. Minnesota Dept. of Corrections. 251 F.3d 1199 (8th Cir. 2001). Employees at a state correctional facility brought an action against the state department of corrections alleging that reprimands they received for reading their Bibles...

U.S. appeals court free speech retaliation. (Personnel).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Jeffes v. Barnes, 208 F.3d 49 (2nd Cir. 2000). Corrections officers who publicly criticized alleged assaults of county jail inmates by other officers, and who assisted in a federal investigation, brought a [section] 1983 action against the...

U.S. appeals court searches privacy. (Personnel).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Leverette v. Bell, 247 F.3d 160 (4th Cir. 2001). An employee of a state correctional institution brought a [section] 1983 action against an associate warden, alleging that a visual body cavity search of her person violated her Fourth Amendment...

U.S. district court FISA-fair labor standards act working conditions. (Personnel).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Luder v. Endicott, 86 F.Supp.2d 854 (W.D.Wis. 2000). State employees brought an action against Wisconsin correctional officials alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The district court held that correctional officials...

U.S. appeals court retaliation transfers sexual harassment title VII. (Personnel).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Strouss v. Michigan Dept. of Corrections, 250 F.3d 336 (6th Cir. 2001). A nurse brought an action alleging that a state corrections department and state officials violated Title VII and her due process and equal protection rights by retaliating...

U.S. appeals court free speech termination. (Personnel).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Weeks v. Bayer, 246 F.3d 1231 (9th Cir. 2001). A former employee of a state corrections department sued the director and the department alleging that his termination violated his First Amendment free speech rights. The district court granted...

U.S. appeals court title VII sexual harassment retaliation. (Personnel).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Weston v. Pennsylvania, 251 F.3d 420 (3rd Cir. 2001). A male culinary service officer brought an action against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and a female coworker, alleging hostile work environment, sexual harassment, and...

U.S. appeals court medical care. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Chavez v. Cady, 207 F.3d 901 (7th Cir. 2000). A former pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff and jail personnel, alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while detained. The district court...

U.S. district court conditions of confinement. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Covillion v. Alsop 145 F.Supp.2d 75 (D.Me. 2001). An arrestee brought a [section] 1983 action alleging excessive use of force while he was confined. The district court found that the arrestee failed to show excessive use of force based on the...

U.S. district court searches. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Gonzalez v. City of Schenectady, 141 F.Supp.2d 304 (N.D.N.Y. 2001). Male and female detainees sued a city claiming they were strip searched under an unconstitutional city policy. The district court held that the city policy of strip searching...

U.S. appeals court restraints use of force. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Hawkins v. Comparet-Cassani, 251 F.3d 1230 (9th Cir. 2001). A convicted prisoner who had a "stun belt" placed on him, and activated, when he appeared in court for sentencing, brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court certified a class...

U.S. appeals court restraints. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Kostrzewa v. City of Troy, 247 F.3d 633 (6th Cir. 2001). An arrestee sued a city and police officers asserting claims for use of excessive force. The district court dismissed the case but the appeals court reversed and remanded. The appeals...

U.S. district court use of force. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Lewis v. Board of Sedgwick County Com'rs., 140 F.Supp.2d 1125 (D.Kan. 2001). A detainee brought a federal civil rights suit against a county alleging that jail officers used excessive force against him. A jury returned a verdict of $500,000 in...

U.S. district court medical care release protection from harm. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ramsey v. Schauble, 141 F.Supp.2d 584 (W.D.N.C. 2001). A former detainee whose finger tip was severed after a sheriffs deputy allegedly shut a cell window on it, brought a pro se complaint against the deputy and a sheriff. The district court...

U.S. appeals court searches separation. (Pretrial Detention).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Wilson v. Jones, 251 F.3d 1340 (11th Cir. 2001). A female arrestee brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff challenging her strip search following her arrest for driving under the influence. The district court denied the sheriff's...

U.S. district court alcohol/drug. (Programs-Prisoner).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Bausch v. Sumiec, 139 F.Supp.2d 1029 (E.D.Wis. 2001). A parolee brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that mandatory attendance in a drug treatment program with religious components violated the Establishment Clause. The district court...

U.S. appeals court limitations. (Property-Prisoner Personal).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Dormire v. Wilkinson, 249 F.3d 801 (8th Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a First Amendment challenge to a prison policy that limited the number of personal photographs that inmates could retain in their cells to five. The district court denied...

U.S. district court parole-condition. (Release).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Bausch v. Sumiec, 139 F.Supp.2d 1029 (E.D.Wis. 2001). A parolee brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that mandatory attendance in a drug treatment program with religious components violated the Establishment Clause. The district court...