Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from August 2003

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from August 2003

Concepcion v. Morton.(corrections officials used excessive force)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act EXHAUSTION Concepcion v. Morton, 306 F.3d 1347 (3rd Cir. 2002). Prisoners brought an action alleging that corrections officials used excessive force in two separate...

Davis v. Milwaukee County.(prisoner alleges violation of his right of access to the courts )
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court LEGAL MATERIALS EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act FRIVOLOUS SUITS Davis v. Milwaukee County, 225 F.Supp.2d 967 (E.D.Wis. 2002). A state prisoner filed a pro se [section] 1983 action...

U.S. v. Johnson.(transfer interferes detainee's right to counsel)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court TRANSFER U.S. v. Johnson, 225 F.Supp.2d 982 (N.D.Iowa 2002). A pretrial detainee charged with murder while engaged in a conspiracy moved to be transferred to a different facility. The district court denied the...

Abodeen v. Bufardi.(access to the court, prisoner's rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court LAW LIBRARY Abodeen v. Bufardi, 75 Fed.Appx. 822 (2nd Cir. 2003) [unpublished]. A pro se inmate brought an action against prison officials under [section] 1983, alleging that the officials denied him his...

Boddie v. New York State Division of Parole.(violation of prisoner's equal protection rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court TELECONFERENCING Boddie v. New York State Division of Parole, 277 F.Supp.2d 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A state prisoner filed a pro se petition for a write of habeas corpus, challenging his conviction. The district court...

Boyd v. Anderson.(prisoner alleges corrections officials for violating federally-protected rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court LAW LIBRARY VISITS ACCESS TO ATTORNEY Boyd v. Anderson, 265 F.Supp.2d 952 (N.D.Ind. 2003). Prisoners filed a complaint in state court, alleging that state corrections officials had violated their...

Days v. Johnson.(prisoner seeking damages from a slip and fall accident in the prison premises)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Days v. Johnson, 322 F.3d 863 (5th Cir. 2003). A state prison inmate who had sustained a broken hand in a slip and fall in the prison's dining area brought a pro...

Konigsberg v. Lefevre.(prisoner alleges correctional officials for denial of access to the courts)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court TRANSFER LEGAL MATERIAL Konigsberg v. Lefevre, 267 F.Supp.2d 255 (N.D.N.Y. 2003). A state inmate brought two civil rights actions against state correctional officials and employees, alleging denial of access to...

Lovett v. Seniff.(prisoner sues jail officials for inadequate medical treatment)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1983 Lovett v. Seniff, 277 F.Supp.2d 896 (N.D.Ind. 2003). A jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that jail officials failed to provide him with adequate...

Oregon Advocacy Center v. Mink.(state mental hospital delays treatment of mentally incapacitated criminal )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court EVALUATION DUE PROCESS Oregon Advocacy Center v. Mink, 322 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2003). Nonprofit organizations sued state officials, contending that delays by a state mental hospital in accepting mentally...

Roberts v. Champion.(prisoner sues prison officials of constitutional violations )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court LAW LIBRARY Roberts v. Champion, 255 F.Supp.2d 1272 (N.D.Okla. 2003). An inmate brought a claim under [section] 1983 against prison officials, alleging multiple constitutional violations arising from the inmate's...

Tafoya v. McCall.(prisoner alleges prison officials of not providing access to law library)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court LAW LIBRARY Tafoya v. McCall, 76 Fed.Appx. 266 (10th Cir. 2003) [unpublished]. A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that prison officials failed to provide sufficient access to an adequate law...

White v. Kautzky.(prisoner alleges correction officials of violating his access to courts rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court LAW LIBRARY LEGAL ASSISTANCE White v. Kautzky, 269 F.Supp.2d 1054 (N.D.Iowa 2003). A state inmate brought an action against a director of a state corrections department and the warden of a state penitentiary,...

Hatfield v. Scott.(prisoner alleges criminal justice department not paying interest on his inmate trust fund )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court INMATE FUNDS PRISONER ACCOUNTS Hatfield v. Scott, 306 F.3d 223 (5th Cir. 2002). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a state's criminal justice department, alleging that failure to pay...

Dennison v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections.(ADMINISTRATION)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court RECORDS Dennison v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections, 268 F.Supp.2d 387 (M.D.Pa. 2003). A discharged employee sued a state corrections department and co-workers, asserting claims that included violation of Title...

Shepard v. Wapello County, Iowa.(corrections officer sues sheriff alleging wrongful termination)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court BUDGET OVERTIME Shepard v. Wapello County, Iowa, 250 F.Supp.2d 1112 (S.D.Iowa, 2003). A former county corrections officer sued a county and a sheriff, alleging wrongful termination as the result of his...

Sulton v. Wright.(prisoners knee surgery delay violates Eighth Amendment rights )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Sulton v. Wright, 265 F.Supp.2d 292 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A prison inmate sued physicians and a state corrections department's medical director, alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights were...

Vance v. Barrett.(prisoners sues prison officials for violating their constitutional rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ACCOUNTS INMATE FUNDS Vance v. Barrett, 345 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2003). Two state prisoners brought separate [section] 1983 actions, alleging that prison officials violated their constitutional rights by...

Boyd v. Anderson.(prisoners allegs violation of federally-protected rights)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court DUE PROCESS CONDITIONS EXERCISE RECREATION ACCESS TO COURTS WORK Boyd v. Anderson, 265 F.Supp.2d 952 (N.D.Ind. 2003). Prisoners filed a complaint in state court, alleging that state...

Lewis v. Washington.(prisoners alleges violation of their constitutional rights )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PROTECTIVE CUSTODY EQUAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS RELIGIOUS SERVICES Lewis v. Washington, 265 F.Supp.2d 939 (N.D.Ill. 2003). State inmates filed a class action under [section] 1983 alleging that prison...

Serrano v. Francis.(inmate alleges correctional officer for administrative segregation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court HANDICAP CONDITIONS DUE PROCESS Serrano v. Francis, 345 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 2003). A physically disabled black prison inmate appealed an order that granted summary judgment in favor of a correctional...

Skundor v. McBride.(prisoner challenges visual body cavity searches violates his Fourth Amendment rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court RECREATION SEARCHES Skundor v. McBride, 280 F.Supp.2d 524 (S.D.W.Va. 2003). An inmate brought claims against corrections officials, challenging visual body cavity searches. The district court granted summary...

Sutton v. Rasheed.(administrative segregation, prisoner alleges infringement upon free exercise clause of the First Amendment rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RELIGION RESTRICTIONS Sutton v. Rasheed, 323 F.3d 236 (3rd Cir. 2003). State prisoners brought a [section] 1983 action alleging infringement upon their rights under the free exercise clause of the First...

Vance v. Barrett.(ASSESSMENT OF COSTS)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ACCOUNTS Vance v. Barrett, 345 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2003). Two state prisoners brought separate [section] 1983 actions, alleging that prison officials violated their constitutional rights by conditioning...

5. Attorney fees.
August 1, 2003... No cases.

Alaka v. Elwood.(alien files writ of habeas corpus)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ALIEN BOND Alaka v. Elwood, 225 F.Supp.2d 547 (E.D.Pa. 2002). A lawful permanent resident alien filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging her continued detention by the Immigration and...

Doan v. I.N.S.(Immigration and Naturalization Service, alien's bail and release)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court ALIEN BOND Doan v. I.N.S., 311 F.3d 1160 (9th Cir. 2002). A removable alien sought an injunction prohibiting the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from imposing a bond upon him as a condition of his...

U.S. v. Al-Arian.(detention of terrorism suspects without bail)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court BAIL REFORM ACT CONDITIONS U.S. v. Al-Arian, 280 F.Supp.2d 1345 (M.D.Fla. 2003). Alleged members of a terrorist organization were charged with various violent crimes, including conspiracy to commit...

Al Odah v. U.S.(aliens alleges legality and conditions of confinement, and access of court)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court ALIENS ACCESS TO COURT Al Odah v. U.S., 321 F.3d 1134 (D.C.Cir. 2003). Aliens being detained by the United States government at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, brought actions contesting the...

Atkins v. County of Orange.(mentally ill inmate alleges violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court EQUAL PROTECTION MENTAL ILLNESS ADA -- Americans with Disabilities Act Atkins v. County of Orange, 251 F.Supp.2d 1225 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). Mentally ill county jail inmates brought an action alleging violations...

Jarno v. Lewis.(civil rights suit against jail authority)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Jarno v. Lewis, 256 F.Supp.2d 499 (E.D.Va. 2003). An immigration detainee who was held in a regional jail pursuant to a contract with federal authorities brought a civil rights suit against the...

Rosales-Garcia v. Holland.(cuban aliens detention)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court ALIEN Rosales-Garcia v. Holland, 322 F.3d 386 (6th Cir. 2003). Two Cuban citizens filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that their indefinite detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service...

Serrano v. Francis.(racial discrimination and administrative segregation of disabled black inmate)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court DISCIPLINE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Serrano v. Francis, 345 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 2003). A physically disabled black prison inmate appealed an order that granted summary judgment in favor of a correctional officer on...

Williams v. Meyer.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court CIVIL COMMITMENT SEX OFFENDER Williams v. Meyer, 346 F.3d 607 (6th Cir. 2003). A state prisoner who was committed under Michigan's Criminal Sexual Psychopath Act sought habeas relief. The district court denied...

Washington v. LaPorte County Sheriff's Dept.(prisoner alleges officers of deliberate indifference)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court CELL ASSIGNMENT GANGS Washington v. LaPorte County Sheriff's Dept., 306 F.3d 515 (7th Cir. 2002). A pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 due process claim against a jail and its officers, alleging that...

Atkins v. County of Orange.(mental illness)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court MENTALLY ILL Atkins v. County of Orange, 251 F.Supp.2d 1225 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). Mentally ill county jail inmates brought an action alleging violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment, [section] 1983, the...

Hoover v. Keating.(prison discipline)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court LOWER BUNK Hoover v. Keating, 59 Fed.Appx. 288 (10th Cir. 2003) [unpublished]. A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that his disciplinary citations should have been reversed for his refusal to...

West v. Schwebke.(sex offenders sues correction facility)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court SEX OFFENDERS West v. Schwebke, 333 F.3d 745 (7th Cir. 2003). Civilly committed sex offenders brought a [section] 1983 action against employees of a state treatment facility, alleging that therapeutic seclusion as...

Williams v. Meyer.(habeas corpus petition)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court SEX OFFENDER Williams v. Meyer, 346 F.3d 607 (6th Cir. 2003). A state prisoner who was committed under Michigan's Criminal Sexual Psychopath Act sought habeas relief. The district court denied the petition and the...

Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.(prisoner complains conditions of confinement, and violation of 8th amendment rights )
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court BEDS FLOOR-SLEEPING BEDDING TOILETS SANITATION OUT OF CELL TIME CROWDING Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections, 225 F.Supp.2d 450 (D.N.J. 2002). Former inmates brought an action...

Oliver v. Powell.(conditions of confinement, prisoner complains violation of Eighth Amendment rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court NOISE SANITATION Oliver v. Powell, 250 F.Supp.2d 593 (E.D.Va. 2002). A prisoner brought a civil rights action alleging various constitutional violations. The prisoner and the defendants moved for summary...

Al Odah v. U.S.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court ALIENS Al Odah v. U.S., 321 F.3d 1134 (D.C.Cir. 2003). Aliens being detained by the United States government at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, brought actions contesting the legality and conditions of...

Davis v. Milwaukee County.(prison discipline)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRETRIAL DETAINEE PUNISHMENT RESTRAINTS Davis v. Milwaukee County, 225 F.Supp.2d 967 (E.D.Wis. 2002). A state prisoner filed a pro se [section] 1983 action claiming that his constitutional right of access...

Childers v. Maloney.(prisoner sues prison officials for violating his due process rights )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court WORK TRANSFER LIBERTY INTEREST Childers v. Maloney, 247 F.Supp.2d 32 (D.Mass. 2003). A state prisoner sued prison officials alleging violation of his due process rights during a prison disciplinary...

Serrano v. Francis.(DISCIPLINE)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court WITNESS DUE PROCESS EQUAL PROTECTION Serrano v. Francis, 345 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 2003). A physically disabled black prison inmate appealed an order that granted summary judgment in favor of a correctional...

Vance v. Barrett.(DISCIPLINE)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION WORK Vance v. Barrett, 345 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2003). Two state prisoners brought separate [section] 1983 actions, alleging that prison officials violated their constitutional rights by conditioning...

Skundor v. McBride.(searches)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEGREGATION Skundor v. McBride, 280 F.Supp.2d 524 (S.D.W.Va. 2003). An inmate brought claims against corrections officials, challenging visual body cavity searches. The district court granted summary judgment in...

Hatton v. Bonner.(sex offender petitioned for habeas corpus relief)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court SEX OFFENDER Hatton v. Bonner, 346 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 2003). An offender petitioned for habeas relief, asserting ex post facto and due process violations. The district court denied the petition and the petitioner...

McCoy v. Goord.(ex-inmate sues corrections department for violating his constitutional rights )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CLAIMS McCoy v. Goord, 255 F.Supp.2d 233 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A former inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against 26 officials and employees of a state corrections department, alleging that his...

Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.(Former inmates sues Camden County Correctional Department for conditions of confinement and violation of Eighth Amendment rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections, 225 F.Supp.2d 450 (D.N.J. 2002). Former inmates brought an action against county officials alleging that conditions of confinement violated...

Washington v. LaPorte County Sheriff's Dept.(due process claim )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Washington v. LaPorte County Sheriff's Dept., 306 F.3d 515 (7th Cir. 2002). A pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 due process claim against a jail and its officers, alleging that...

Cook v. Roth.(jail officials show deliberate indifference)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRISONER SUICIDE Cook v. Roth, 264 F.Supp.2d 1062 (S.D.Fla. 2003). In an action that alleged deliberate indifference by jail officials to an inmate's risk of suicide, officials moved to exclude expert witness...

Gray v. Tunica County, Mississippi.(inmate suicide case)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRISONER SUICIDE Gray v. Tunica County, Mississippi, 279 F.Supp.2d 789 (N.D.Miss. 2003). The estate of a jail inmate and his relatives brought a suit against a county and a jailer, alleging federal civil rights...

Jarno v. Lewis.(civil rights claim)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Jarno v. Lewis, 256 F.Supp.2d 499 (E.D.Va. 2003). An immigration detainee who was held in a regional jail pursuant to a contract with federal authorities brought a civil rights suit...

Marquez v. Gutierrez.(prisoner sues officer for shooting during an assault)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT USE OF FORCE Marquez v. Gutierrez, 322 F.3d 689 (9th Cir. 2003). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that an officer's act of shooting him during an...

Smith v. Michigan.(prisoner sues state for failure to provide medical care)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court MEDICAL CARE Smith v. Michigan, 256 F.Supp.2d 704 (E.D. Mich. 2003). The estate of a prison inmate sued the state and individuals, alleging that their failure to respond to the inmate's requests for medication and...

Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.(prisoner alleges conditions of confinement violated their Eighth Amendment rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PLUMBING CELL SIZE Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections, 225 F.Supp.2d 450 (D.N.J. 2002). Former inmates brought an action against county officials alleging that conditions of confinement violated their...

Disability Advocates, Inc. v. McMahon.(arrest, discriminating against persons with mental disabilities)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ARREST AND DETENTION Disability Advocates, Inc. v. McMahon, 279 F.Supp.2d 158 (N.D.N.Y. 2003). An advocacy group for disabled persons, and an individual subjected to a mental hygiene pickup, brought an action under...

Laube v. Campbell.(Female inmates alleges violation of Eighth Amendment, and conditions of confinement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CONDITIONS Laube v. Campbell, 255 F.Supp.2d 1301 (M.D.Ala. 2003). Female inmates brought an action alleging that conditions in a state prison system violated the Eighth Amendment. The district court preliminarily...

18. Food.
August 1, 2003... No Cases.

Hargis v. Foster.(prisoner alleges prison officals of violation of First and Eighth Amendment rights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court FREE SPEECH Hargis v. Foster, 312 F.3d 404 (9th Cir. 2002). A state prisoner who suffered from a neurological disorder brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials in their individual and official...

Canadian Coalition Against Death Penalty v. Ryan.(prisoner rights advocacy group seeking declaration on communication mediums of prisoners)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court INTERNET MAIL Canadian Coalition Against Death Penalty v. Ryan, 269 F.Supp.2d 1199 (D.Ariz. 2003). A prisoner rights advocacy group that maintained Internet websites brought an action seeking a declaration that...

Cline v. Fox.(Freedom of the press, obscenity)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PUBLICATIONS OBSCENITY Cline v. Fox, 266 F.Supp.2d 489 (N.D.W.Va. 2003). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that state corrections officials violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment...

Kimberlin v. Quinlan.(freedom of expression, prisoner alleges violation of his First Amendment)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court MEDIA ACCESS Kimberlin v. Quinlan, 251 F.Supp.2d 47 (D.D.C. 2003). An inmate sued the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and the chief of public affairs of the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming violation...

Johnson v. Ward.(prisoner seeking monetary and injunctive relief)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court DUE PROCESS Johnson v. Ward, 76 Fed.Appx 858 (10th Cir. 2003) [unpublished]. A state prisoner brought an in forma pauperis [section] 1983 action against prison officials, seeking monetary and injunctive relief,...

Davis v. Milwaukee County.(grievance procedures, Prisoner alleges violation of right of access to the courts )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court EXHAUSTIONS PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Davis v. Milwaukee County, 225 F.Supp.2d 967 (E.D.Wis. 2002). A state prisoner filed a pro se [section] 1983 action claiming that his constitutional right of...

Pate v. Peel.(grievance procedures,)(prisoner alleges nurse of retaliation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court RETALIATION Pate v. Peel, 256 F.Supp.2d 1326 (N.D.Fla. 2003). A state inmate brought an action against a prison nurse practitioner, alleging retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and deliberate...

Vance v. Barrett.(retaliation suit)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION Vance v. Barrett, 345 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2003). Two state prisoners brought separate [section] 1983 actions, alleging that prison officials violated their constitutional rights by conditioning prison...

Alaka v. Elwood.(habeas corpus claim)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ALIEN Alaka v. Elwood, 225 F.Supp.2d 547 (E.D.Pa. 2002). A lawful permanent resident alien filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging her continued detention by the Immigration and Naturalization...

Al Odah v. U.S.(HABEAS CORPUS)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court ALIENS JURISDICTION Al Odah v. U.S., 321 F.3d 1134 (D.C.Cir. 2003). Aliens being detained by the United States government at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, brought actions contesting the legality...

Boddie v. New York State Division of Parole.(habeas corpus petition)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PAROLE Boddie v. New York State Division of Parole, 277 F.Supp.2d 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A state prisoner filed a pro se petition for a write of habeas corpus, challenging his conviction. The district court denied the...

Jarno v. Lewis.(civil rights suit )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ALIEN Jarno v. Lewis, 256 F.Supp.2d 499 (E.D.Va. 2003). An immigration detainee who was held in a regional jail pursuant to a contract with federal authorities brought a civil rights suit against the regional jail...

Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.(inmate alleges violation of Eighth Amendment rights, improper bedding leads to prisoner back injuries, )
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court TOILETS SHOWERS BEDDING Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections, 225 F.Supp.2d 450 (D.N.J. 2002). Former inmates brought an action against county officials alleging that conditions of confinement...

Boyd v. Anderson.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court HYGIENE Boyd v. Anderson, 265 F.Supp.2d 952 (N.D.Ind. 2003). Prisoners filed a complaint in state court, alleging that state corrections officials had violated their federally-protected rights while they were...

Bane v. Virginia Dept. of Corrections.(immunity)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY Bane v. Virginia Dept. of Corrections, 267 F.Supp.2d 514 (W.D.Va. 2003). An inmate brought action against a state corrections department and prison officials, stemming from injuries allegedly...

Pate v. U.S.(absolute immunity)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court QUASI-JUDICIAL ABSOLUTE Pate v. U.S., 277 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 2003). The government and a parole board official moved to dismiss a [section] 1983 claim against them, alleging failure to timely schedule a...

Serrano v. Francis.(IMMUNITY)
August 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court QUALIFIED IMMUNITY Serrano v. Francis, 345 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 2003). A physically disabled black prison inmate appealed an order that granted summary judgment in favor of a correctional officer on claims that...

25. Intake and admissions.
August 1, 2003... No cases.

Reynolds v. City of Anchorage.(juvenile alleges warrantless strip search)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEARCH Reynolds v. City of Anchorage, 225 F.Supp.2d 754 (W.D.Ky. 2002). A juvenile filed a suit against a juvenile officer under [section] 1983, alleging that the officer and others violated her constitutional...

U.S. v. D.R.(transfering the juvenile, accused of murder, to adult proceedings )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court TRIAL AS ADULT U.S. v. D.R., 225 F.Supp.2d 694 (E.D.Va. 2002). A juvenile was charged with an act of murder on United States Park Service land. The government moved to transfer the juvenile from juvenile to adult...

Laube v. Campbell.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Laube v. Campbell, 255 F.Supp.2d 1301 (M.D.Ala. 2003). Female inmates brought an action alleging that conditions in a state prison system violated the Eighth Amendment. The...

Sarro v. Cornell Corrections, Inc.(pretrial detainee brought a Bivens suit against Cornell Corrections Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRIVATE OPERATOR BIVENS CLAIM 42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1983 Sarro v. Cornell Corrections, Inc., 248 F.Supp.2d 52 (D.R.I. 2003). A federal pretrial detainee brought a Bivens and/or [section] 1983 suit against the...

Knight v. Keane.(prisoner sues superintendent of a correctional facility )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court OUTGOING MAIL Knight v. Keane, 247 F.Supp.2d 379 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). An inmate brought an action against the superintendent of a correctional facility and other officers and officials under [section] 1983. The court...

Oliver v. Powell.(prisoner alleges violation of his constitutional violations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... U.S. District Court LIMITATION CENSORSHIP INSPECTION OF MAIL READING OF MAIL Oliver v. Powell, 250 F.Supp.2d 593 (E.D.Va. 2002). A prisoner brought a civil rights action alleging various constitutional violations. The...