Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from August 2005

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from August 2005

Bell v. Johnson.
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION Bell v. Johnson, 404 F.3d 997 (6th Cir. 2005). A former state prisoner sued corrections officers, alleging that they had retaliated against him for filing a civil rights suit. The case was remanded by the...

Lashley v. Wakefield.(Lashley v. Wakefield, 367 F.Supp.2d 461)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LEGAL ASSISTANCE JAILHOUSE LAWYER RETALIATION Lashley v. Wakefield, 367 F.Supp.2d 461 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). A prison inmate sued officials claiming deprivation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court...

Ngo v. Woodford.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Ngo v. Woodford, 403 F.3d 620 (9th Cir. 2005). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action, challenging restrictions on his participation in special...

Nwaokocha v. Sadowski.(Nwaokocha v. Sadowski, 369 F.Supp.2d 362)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LEGAL MATERIAL Nwaokocha v. Sadowski, 369 F.Supp.2d 362 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A federal prisoner brought a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Bivens action challenging the conditions of his confinement and alleging the...

Rhodes v. Robinson.(Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION FOR LEGAL ACTION Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559 (9th Cir. 2005). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that they retaliated against him for exercising his...

Sanchez-Ramos v. Sniezek.(Sanchez-Ramos v. Sniezek, 370 F.Supp.2d 652, Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Sanchez-Ramos v. Sniezek, 370 F.Supp.2d 652 (N.D.Ohio 2005). A federal prisoner brought a Bivens action against prison officials alleging he was assaulted by a...

Shell v. Brzezniak.(Shell v. Brzezniak, 365 F.Supp.2d 362 )
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE Shell v. Brzezniak, 365 F.Supp.2d 362 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). A prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that correctional officers violated his First and Eighth Amendment rights. After...

Simkins v. Bruce.(Simkins v. Bruce, 406 F.3d 1239)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE TRANSFER Simkins v. Bruce, 406 F.3d 1239 (10th Cir. 2005). A prisoner brought a pro se [section] 1983 action alleging that corrections officials failed to forward his mail to him while...

Thomas v. Barker.(Thomas v. Barker, 371 F.Supp.2d 636, Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court FRIVOLOUS SUITS PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Thomas v. Barker, 371 F.Supp.2d 636 (M.D.Pa. 2005). A jail inmate brought a pro se civil rights suit seeking to challenge the propriety of charges of...

Thomsen v. Ross.(Thomsen v. Ross, 368 F.Supp.2d 961)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE Thomsen v. Ross, 368 F.Supp.2d 961 (D.Minn. 2005). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 civil rights action against a county and county employees, alleging he was wrongfully strip searched...

Torres v. Corrections Corp. of America.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Torres v. Corrections Corp. of America, 372 F.Supp.2d 1258 (N.D.Okla. 2005). A state prison inmate who was assaulted and battered by a prison officer brought a...

U.S. v. Basciano.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court ACCESS TO ATTORNEY U.S. v. Basciano, 369 F.Supp.2d 344 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A purported crime boss who was being held as a pretrial detainee petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his detention in a...

U.S. v. Paige.(U.S. v. Paige, 369 F.Supp.2d 1257 )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court EXHAUSTION U.S. v. Paige, 369 F.Supp.2d 1257 (D.Mont. 2005). A federal prisoner filed a habeas petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that precluded his placement in a community corrections center,...

Calhoun v. Ramsey.(Calhoun v. Ramsey, 408 F.3d 375 )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court POLICIES/PROCEDURES Calhoun v. Ramsey, 408 F.3d 375 (7th Cir. 2005). A former county jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff and the county's medical care contractor, alleging deliberate...

Crow v. Montgomery.(Crow v. Montgomery, 403 F.3d 598 )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court RECORDS Crow v. Montgomery, 403 F.3d 598 (8th Cir. 2005). A pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 and a [section] 1988 action against officials at a county detention center, alleging violations of the Fifth,...

Gilmore v. County of Douglas, State of Neb.(Gilmore v. County of Douglas, State of Neb., 406 F.3d 935)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court COMMISSION TELEPHONE COSTS Gilmore v. County of Douglas, State of Neb., 406 F.3d 935 (8th Cir. 2005). The relative of a former jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that a 45% commission, paid to...

Davidson v. Murray.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court TELEPHONE Davidson v. Murray, 371 F.Supp.2d 361 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against a state corrections department, officers and prison officials, alleging unconstitutional...

Gonzalez v. Narcato.(Gonzalez v. Narcato, 363 F.Supp.2d 486 )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PLACEMENT SEARCHES Gonzalez v. Narcato, 363 F.Supp.2d 486 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging violation of his First and Fourth Amendment rights. The...

King v. Frank.(King v. Frank, 371 F.Supp.2d 977)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRIVILEGES King v. Frank, 371 F.Supp.2d 977 (W.D.Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials, alleging undue restrictions on telephone usage and access to written...

Lekas v. Briley.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court CONDITIONS Lekas v. Briley, 405 F.3d 602 (7th Cir. 2005). A state inmate sued several prison officials under [section] 1983, alleging constitutional violations stemming from his placement and confinement in...

U.S. v. Basciano.(U.S. v. Basciano, 369 F.Supp.2d 344)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LENGTH DUE PROCESS ACCESS TO COURTS U.S. v. Basciano, 369 F.Supp.2d 344 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A purported crime boss who was being held as a pretrial detainee petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging...

Castellini v. Lappin.(ASSESSMENT OF COSTS)(Castellini v. Lappin, 365 F.Supp.2d 197 )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court APA -- Administrative Procedures Act Castellini v. Lappin, 365 F.Supp.2d 197 (D.Mass. 2005). A federal prisoner sued the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons seeking a preliminary injunction to bar the...

Slade v. Hampton Roads Regional Jail.(Slade v. Hampton Roads Regional Jail, 407 F.3d 243)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court DUE PROCESS COST OF CONFINEMENT PRETRIAL DETAINEE Slade v. Hampton Roads Regional Jail, 407 F.3d 243 (4th Cir. 2005). A pretrial detainee sued a jail, challenging the constitutionality of a one-dollar per...

5. Attorney fees.
August 1, 2005... No cases.

U.S. v. Marcello.(U.S. v. Marcello, 370 F.Supp.2d 745)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRETRIAL RELEASE VICTIM U.S. v. Marcello, 370 F.Supp.2d 745 (N.D.Ill. 2005). In a pretrial detention hearing, the government asked the court for permission to have the son of the murder victim offer an oral...

Copeland v. County of Macon, Ill.(Copeland v. County of Macon, Ill., 403 F.3d 929)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court CONSPIRACY FAILURE TO PROTECT Copeland v. County of Macon, Ill., 403 F.3d 929 (7th Cir. 2005). A former pretrial detainee who had been beaten by another inmate sued a county seeking indemnification under the...

Doe v. Moore.(Doe v. Moore, 410 F.3d 1337)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SEX OFFENDER CLASSIFICATION Doe v. Moore, 410 F.3d 1337 (11th Cir. 2005). Florida sex offenders filed a class action challenging the constitutionality of Florida's sex offender registration and notification...

Gilmore v. County of Douglas, State of Neb.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court TELEPHONE COSTS Gilmore v. County of Douglas, State of Neb., 406 F.3d 935 (8th Cir. 2005). The relative of a former jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that a 45% commission, paid to the county by...

Jackson v. Jamrog.(Jackson v. Jamrog, 411 F.3d 615)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PAROLE VICTIMS Jackson v. Jamrog, 411 F.3d 615 (6th Cir. 2005). A state prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of a Michigan statute that permits prosecutors and...

Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT WORK Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs, 370 F.Supp.2d 892 (E.D.Mo. 2005). Homeless persons brought a [section] 1983 action against a city police captain and a city, claiming that their...

K.M. v. Alabama Dept. of Youth Services.(cases of sexual assault)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SEXUAL HARASSMENT K.M. v. Alabama Dept. of Youth Services, 360 F.Supp.2d 1253 (M.D.Ala. 2005). Former juvenile detainees sued the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS), a former DYS employee, and others under...

Phillips v. Gordich.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Phillips v. Gordich, 408 F.3d 124 (2nd Cir. 2005). An inmate brought a pro se civil rights action against several correctional officials. The district court dismissed the case and the inmate...

Esmont v. City of New York.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SEPARATION Esmont v. City of New York, 371 F.Supp.2d 202 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). An arrestee filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that city health inspectors and police officers violated her constitutional rights during...

King v. Frank.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRIVILEGES King v. Frank, 371 F.Supp.2d 977 (W.D. Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials, alleging undue restrictions on telephone usage and access to written...

McRoy v. Cook County Dept. of Corrections.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RELIGION McRoy v. Cook County Dept. of Corrections, 366 F.Supp.2d 662 (N.D.Ill. 2005). A Muslim inmate at a county correctional facility brought a civil rights action under [section] 1983, alleging that his...

Scarver v. Litscher.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court ISOLATION Scarver v. Litscher, 371 F.Supp.2d 986 (W.D. Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate sued officials seeking damages for their alleged indifference to his illness and challenging his conditions of confinement....

Scott v. Garcia.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court TRANSFER Scott v. Garcia, 370 F.Supp.2d 1056 (S.D.Cal. 2005). An inmate brought a suit against a state corrections department alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and against individual...

Thomas v. Ferguson.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court USE OF FORCE Thomas v. Ferguson, 361 F.Supp.2d 435 (D.N.J. 2004). A state prison inmate sued prison officials, alleging that officers inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on him in violation of the Eighth...

Calhoun v. Thomas.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court FLOOR-SLEEPING USE OF FORCE Calhoun v. Thomas, 360 F.Supp.2d 1264 (M.D.Ala. 2005). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff and deputy sheriff in their individual capacities, raising...

King v. Frank.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LIGHTING King v. Frank, 371 F.Supp.2d 977 (W.D. Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials, alleging undue restrictions on telephone usage and access to written...

Larson v. Kempker.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SMOKE Larson v. Kempker, 405 F.3d 645 (8th Cir. 2005). A state inmate brought an action under [section] 1983 and the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), alleging that he was not adequately protected from exposure...

Scarver v. Litscher.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court ISOLATION LIGHTING Scarver v. Litscher, 371 F.Supp.2d 986 (W.D.Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate sued officials seeking damages for their alleged indifference to his illness and challenging his conditions of...

Talal v. White.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SMOKE VENTILATION Talal v. White, 403 F.3d 423 (6th Cir. 2005). An inmate brought an action against a state corrections department and individual officials alleging that his exposure to environmental tobacco...

King v. Frank.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LIGHTING King v. Frank, 371 F.Supp.2d 977 (W.D.Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials, alleging undue restrictions on telephone usage and access to written...

Lekas v. Briley.(conditions of confinement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court CONDITIONS OF SEGREGATION Lekas v. Briley, 405 F.3d 602 (7th Cir. 2005). A state inmate sued several prison officials under [section] 1983, alleging constitutional violations stemming from his placement and...

Phelps v. Tucker.(civil rights action )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court EVIDENCE DUE PROCESS Phelps v. Tucker, 370 F.Supp.2d 792 (N.D.Ind. 2005). A state prisoner brought a civil rights action against prison personnel alleging violating of his Fourteenth Amendment procedural due...

Rodriguez v. Briley.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PUNISHMENT FOOD Rodriguez v. Briley, 403 F.3d 952 (7th Cir. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials, alleging that they refused to let him out of his cell for...

Shell v. Brzezniak.(DISCIPLINE)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court WITNESS Shell v. Brzezniak, 365 F.Supp. 2d 362 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). A prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that correctional officers violated his First and Eighth Amendment rights. After partial summary...

Henderson v. Berge.(EXERCISE AND RECREATION)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court TELEVISION Henderson v. Berge, 362 F.Supp.2d 1030 (W.D. Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials for the alleged violation of his rights under the First Amendment...

Bell v. Johnson.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court CLAIMS Bell v. Johnson, 404 F.3d 997 (6th Cir. 2005). A former state prisoner sued corrections officers, alleging that they had retaliated against him for filing a civil rights suit. The case was remanded by the...

Calhoun v. Ramsey.(medical care)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court CLAIMS Calhoun v. Ramsey, 408 F.3d 375 (7th Cir. 2005). A former county jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff and the county's medical care contractor, alleging deliberate indifference to his...

Copeland v. County of Macon, Ill.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Copeland v. County of Macon, Ill., 403 F.3d 929 (7th Cir. 2005). A former pretrial detainee who had been beaten by another inmate sued a county seeking indemnification under the "scope of...

Crow v. Montgomery.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT STAFFING Crow v. Montgomery, 403 F.3d 598 (8th Cir. 2005). A pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 and a [section] 1988 action against officials at a county detention center,...

Gonzales v. Martinez.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SEXUAL ASSAULT Gonzales v. Martinez, 403 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir. 2005). A female inmate who was sexually assaulted at a county jail brought a civil rights action against the county, county sheriff and jail officials....

K.M. v. Alabama Dept. of Youth Services.(cases of sexual harassment)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SEXUAL ASSAULT JUVENILES K.M. v. Alabama Dept. of Youth Services, 360 F.Supp.2d 1253 (M.D.Ala. 2005). Former juvenile detainees sued the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS), a former DYS employee, and...

Merrriweather v. Marion County Sheriff.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Merrriweather v. Marion County Sheriff, 368 F.Supp.2d 875 (S.D.Ind. 2005). A county jail detainee who was beaten and raped by fellow detainees sued a sheriff, claiming deprivation of his...

Orwat v. Maloney.(cases of prisoner abuse)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Orwat v. Maloney, 360 F.Supp.2d 146 (D.Mass. 2005). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against correctional officers and officials and a state corrections department, alleging...

Ziemba v. Rell.(class action lawsuits)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SUICIDE Ziemba v. Rell, 409 F.3d 553 (2nd Cir. 2005). A prisoner brought a purported class action against correctional officials, alleging that the execution of another prisoner would violate his constitutional...

King v. Frank.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LIGHTS King v. Frank, 371 F.Supp.2d 977 (W.D.Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials, alleging undue restrictions on telephone usage and access to written...

Scarver v. Litscher.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LIGHTS WINDOWS Scarver v. Litscher, 371 F.Supp.2d 986 (W.D.Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate sued officials seeking damages for their alleged indifference to his illness and challenging his conditions of...

16. False imprisonment/arrest.
August 1, 2005... No Cases.

Atkins v. County of Orange.(FEMALE PRISONERS)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court MEDICAL CARE RESTRAINTS HYGIENE Atkins v. County of Orange, 372 F.Supp.2d 377 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). Jail inmates brought a [section] 1983 action against a county and corrections officers, alleging indifference...

Esmont v. City of New York.(right of privacy)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RESTRAINTS PRIVACY Esmont v. City of New York, 371 F.Supp.2d 202 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). An arrestee filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that city health inspectors and police officers violated her constitutional...

K.M. v. Alabama Dept. of Youth Services.(FEMALE PRISONERS)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SEXUAL ASSAULT K.M. v. Alabama Dept. of Youth Services, 360 F.Supp.2d 1253 (M.D.Ala. 2005). Former juvenile detainees sued the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS), a former DYS employee, and others under...

Atkins v. County of Orange.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SERVING Atkins v. County of Orange, 372 F.Supp.2d 377 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). Jail inmates brought a [section] 1983 action against a county and corrections officers, alleging indifference to their mental health needs and...

Rodriguez v. Briley.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court DENIAL OF Rodriguez v. Briley, 403 F.3d 952 (7th Cir. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials, alleging that they refused to let him out of his cell for meals and...

Brown Ex Rel. Indigenous Inmates v. Schuetzle.(civil rights action )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RELIGION Brown Ex Rel. Indigenous Inmates v. Schuetzle, 368 F.Supp.2d 1009 (D.N.D. 2005). Native American inmates at a state prison brought a civil rights action alleging they were being deprived of their right to...

Gilmore v. County of Douglas, State of Neb.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court TELEPHONE FAMILY Gilmore v. County of Douglas, State of Neb., 406 F.3d 935 (8th Cir. 2005). The relative of a former jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that a 45% commission, paid to the county...

Henderson v. Berge.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RELIGION Henderson v. Berge, 362 F.Supp.2d 1030 (W.D.Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials for the alleged violation of his rights under the First Amendment...

Lindell v. Casperson.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RELIGIOUS LITERATURE PUBLICATIONS Lindell v. Casperson, 360 F.Supp.2d 932 (W.D.Wis. 2005). An inmate brought an action against correctional officials and employees alleging violation of the First and Fourteenth...

McElroy v. Lopac.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court FREE SPEECH RETALIATION McElroy v. Lopac, 403 F.3d 855 (7th Cir. 2005). An inmate brought a civil rights action against prison officials, alleging that he was fired from his prison job in retaliation for...

Willson v. Buss.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PUBLICATIONS REGULATIONS Willson v. Buss, 370 F.Supp.2d 782 (N.D.Ind. 2005). A former inmate sued a prison superintendent, claiming that a rule that denied him receipt of magazines having homosexual content...

Sample v. Morrison.(habeas corpus petition)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court GOOD TIME CREDIT Sample v. Morrison, 406 F.3d 310 (5th Cir. 2005). A federal prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition asserting that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was calculating his good time credit in a manner that...

Davis v. Castleberry.(GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, PRISONER)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court DUE PROCESS Davis v. Castleberry, 364 F.Supp.2d 319 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). An inmate brought a civil rights action against a corrections officer who allegedly touched his penis during a pat frisk, and prison employees who...

Gonzalez v. Narcato.(GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, PRISONER)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RIGHT OF ACCESS Gonzalez v. Narcato, 363 F.Supp.2d 486 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging violation of his First and Fourth Amendment rights. The district...

Lashley v. Wakefield.(GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, PRISONER)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RETALIATION Lashley v. Wakefield, 367 F.Supp.2d 461 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). A prison inmate sued officials claiming deprivation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court entered partial summary judgment in favor...

Lindell v. Casperson.(cases of retaliation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court RETALIATION Lindell v. Casperson, 360 F.Supp.2d 932 (W.D.Wis. 2005). An inmate brought an action against correctional officials and employees alleging violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendment, and the...

Rhodes v. Robinson.(GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, PRISONER)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559 (9th Cir. 2005). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that they retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment...

Pindle v. Poteat.(cases of habeas corpus )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PAROLE EX POST FACTO Pindle v. Poteat, 360 F.Supp.2d 17 (D.D.C. 2003). A District of Columbia prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus after the rules pertaining to his eligibility for parole were...

Collins v. Hendrickson.(habeas corpus petition)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PAROLE Collins v. Hendrickson, 371 F.Supp.2d 1326 (M.D.Fla. 2005). A prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus appealing the revocation of his control release supervision. The district court granted the...

Jackson v. Jamrog.(HABEAS CORPUS)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PAROLE Jackson v. Jamrog, 411 F.3d 615 (6th Cir. 2005). A state prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of a Michigan statute that permits prosecutors and crime...

Pimentel v. Gonzales.(cases of habeas corpus )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court TRANSFER Pimentel v. Gonzales, 367 F.Supp.2d 365 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A prisoner brought a pro-se petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that limited his transfer to a...

Sample v. Morrison.(habeas corpus petition)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court GOOD TIME Sample v. Morrison, 406 F.3d 310 (5th Cir. 2005). A federal prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition asserting that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was calculating his good time credit in a manner that was...

Thomas v. Barker.(HABEAS CORPUS)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... U.S. District Court HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF Thomas v. Barker, 371 F.Supp.2d 636 (M.D.Pa. 2005). A jail inmate brought a pro se civil rights suit seeking to challenge the propriety of charges of escape and other crimes. The district court...