Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from February 2000

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from February 2000

U.S. Appeals Court: LEGAL MATERIALS.
February 1, 2000... Cosco v. Uphoff 195 F.3d 1221 (10th Cir. 1999). Prison inmates brought a civil rights complaint against several employees of a state corrections department claiming deprivation of property without due process and denial of access to the courts....

U.S. District Court: IN FORMA PAUPERIS FlLING FEES.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Drummer v.Luttrell, 75 F.Supp.2d 796 (W.D.Tenn. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging that a disciplinary action violated her due process and Eighth Amendment rights. The district court held...

U.S. Appeals Court: LEGAL ASSISTANCE JAIL HOUSE LAWYER.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Murphy v. Shaw, Shaw 195 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir. 1999). An inmate law clerk filed a [sections] 1983 action for injunctive and declaratory relief alleging he was punished in violation of his constitutional rights for sending a letter containing...

U.S. District Court: LAW LIBRARY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Rienholtz v. Campbell 64 F.Supp.2d 721 (W.D.Tenn. 1999). A prison inmate brought a pro so action under [section] 1983 alleging that termination from his prison law library position, his transfer to another facility, and his termination from a...

U.S. District Court: TYPEWRITE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Roberts v. Cohn 63 F.Supp.2d 921 (N.D. Ind. 1999). Prisoners brought a [section] 1983 action against a prison and prison officials alleging violation of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by a prison policy of prohibiting typewriters...

U.S. District Court: SELF-INCRIMINATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Searcy v. Simmons, 68 F.Supp.2d 1197 (D.Kan. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against correctional officials seeking a preliminary injunction to compel the officials to allow him to participate in a treatment program for sex...

U.S. District Court: LEGAL ASSISTANCE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Southern Christian Leadership v. Supreme Court 61 F.Supp.2d 499 (E.D.La. 1999). Community organizations, law school professors, student groups and others brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging that a state supreme court rule that imposed...

U.S. District Court: DUE PROCESS LENGTH.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Brown v. District of Columbia, 66 F.Supp.2d 41 (D.D.C. 1999). A former inmate brought a 1983 action seeking damages for being placed in administrative segregation without due process. The district court granted partial summary judgment for the...

U.S. Appeals Court: LENGTH CONDITIONS EXERCISE PRIVILEGES.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Sealey v. Giltner, 197 F.3d 578 (2nd Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a civil rights action alleging due process violations arising out of his administrative confinement in a segregated housing unit. Following a jury trial the inmate was awarded...

U.S. Appeals Court: EQUAL PROTECTION CONDITIONS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Welch v. Bartlett, 196 F.3d 389 (2nd Cir. 1999). An inmate sued prison officials under 1983 alleging his confinement in a prison's special housing unit for 90 days deprived him of liberty without due process of law. The district court entered...

U.S. District Court: COURT COSTS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Drummer v. Luttrell, 75 F.Supp.2d 796 (W.D.Tenn. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging that a disciplinary action violated her due process and Eighth Amendment rights. The district court held...

U.S. District Court: COST OF CONFINEMENT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Woodley v. of Corrections, 74 F.Supp.2d 623 (E.D.Va. 1999). An inmate petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his parole revocation and a policy of the parole board that required him to serve the total remaining time of his sentence...

U.S. Appeals Court: PREVAILING PARTY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Barnes v. Broward County Sheriffs Office 190 F.3d 1274 (11th Cir. 1999). An applicant for the position of detention deputy brought an action against a county sheriffs office under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Age...

U.S. District Court: PREVAILING PARTY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... D.M. v. Terhune, 67 F.Supp.2d 401 (D.N.J. 1999). Inmates brought a class action suit against correctional officials challenging the adequacy of mental health treatment. Following the submission of a proposed settlement agreement the district...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act LIMITATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Madrid v. Gomez, 190 F.3d 990(9th Cir. 1999). After numerous constitutional violations were found to exist, prisoners who had sued prison officials were ordered to collaborate with the prison officials to develop and implement a remedial plan....

U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act: LIMITATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Walker v. Bain, 65 F.Supp.2d 591 (E.D.Mich. 1999). An inmate moved for an attorney fee award under 1988 after recovering damages totaling $426 in an action against correctional officers. The inmate sought $36,046 in attorney fees, but under...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ABUSE.
February 1, 2000... Carrigan v. Davis, 70 F.Supp.2d 448 (D.Del. 1999). A female prison inmate brought a 1983 action a former correction officer alleging he sexually assaulted her. After a jury trial the district court entered judgment for the inmate as a matter...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEXUAL ABUSE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Liner v. Goord, 196 F.3d 132 (2nd Cir. 1999). A prisoner brought a 1983 action against prison officials alleging he was sexually assaulted on three separate occasions by correctional officers. The district court dismissed the complaint and the...

U.S. Appeals Court: ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act: DISCRIMINATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Murdock v. Washington, 193 F.3d 510 (7th Cir. 1999). An inmate sued prison officials alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and denial of due process as the result of their refusal to allow him to participate in a...

U.S. Appeals Court: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Powells v. Minnehaha County Sheriff Dept., 198 F.3d 711 (8th Cir. 1999). A Black jail inmate filed separate actions under [sections] 1983 alleging violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed all five actions and the...

U.S. Appeals Court: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RELIGION TRANSFERS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Rouse v. Benson, 193 F.3d 936(8th Cir. 1999). A state prisoner brought a civil rights action against prison officials alleging that his transfer from one prison to another was in retaliation for his exercise of his Native American religion and...

U.S. District Court: ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act: HANDICAP CONDITIONS CROWDING.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Schmidt v. Odell, 64 F.Supp.2d 1014 (D.Kan. 1999). A former county jail inmate, a double amputee without legs from a point below his knees, brought a civil rights action against jail officials asserting asserting claims under the Eighth...

U.S. District Court: VERBAL HARASSMENT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Shabazz v. Cole 69 F.Supp.2d 177 (D.Mass. 1999). An inmate who worked in a prison library sued the prison librarian and the prison superintendent challenging his treatment by the librarian and the propriety of a disciplinary proceeding. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: USE OF FORCE BRUTALITY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... U.S. v. Walsh, 194 F.3d 37 (2nd Cir. 1999). A corrections officer who was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. [sections] 42, which makes it a criminal act to willfully deprive a person of rights protected by the Constitution or laws of the United...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Kirby v. Siegelman, 195 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1999). In separate cases, state prisoners challenged the application of a sex offender community notification statute to them in [sections] 1983 actions. The cases were dismissed by the district...

U.S. District Court: AIDS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Roop v. Squadrito, 70 F.Supp.2d 868 (N.D.Ind. 1999). An inmate who was HIV-positive and incarcerated in a county jail on an outstanding arrest warrant brought a [sections] 1983 claim and a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

U.S. District Court: CONDITIONS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Abarca v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 75 F.Supp.2d 566 (E.D.Tex. 1999). Prison employees and prison inmates, more than 1,000 total, sued the owner and operator of a pipeline and contractors who sold, installed and maintained the pipeline's valves,...

U.S. Appeals Court: SMOKE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Henderson v. Sheahan, 196 F.3d 839(7th Cir. 1999). A pretrial detainee who was held in a county jail for four-and-one-half years brought a [sections] 1983 action against the sheriff and corrections officials claiming injuries allegedly...

U.S. Appeals Court: BEDDING CLOTHING HEATING HYGIENE LABOR ODORS SANITATION TEMPERATURE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Palmer v. Johnson, 193 F.3d 346(5th Cir. 1999). A state inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action for monetary and injunctive relief against correctional officials, alleging violation of his constitutional rights when he was forced to spend a...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROTECT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Peddle v. Sawyer, 64 F.Supp.2d 12 (D.Conn. 1999). An inmate sued prison officials alleging sexual abuse by a correctional officer. The district court held that the complaint stated a claim, under the theory of supervisory liability, for...

U.S. District Court: DEATH PENALTY EQUAL PROTECTION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Riley v. Snyder, 72 F.Supp.2d 456 (D.Del. 1999). A death row inmate who was confined to the maximum security unit of a state prison challenged his conditions of confinement and moved for a temporary restraining order. The district court denied...

U.S. District Court: TOTALITY OF CONDIT. TOILETS EXERCISE FLOOR-SLEEPING SANITATION SEGREGATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Roop v. Squadrito, 70 F.Supp.2d 868 (N.D.Ind. 1999). An inmate who was HIV-positive and incarcerated in a county jail on an outstanding arrest warrant brought a [sections] 1983 claim and a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

U.S. District Court: HANDICAPPED INMATES.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Schmidt v. Odell 64 F.Supp.2d 1014 (D.Kan. 1999). A former county jail inmate, a double amputee without legs from a point below his knees, brought a civil rights action against jail officials asserting claims under the Eighth Amendment. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: SMOKE SMOKE-FREE ENVIRON.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Warren v. Keane, 196 F.3d 330 (2nd Cir. 1999). State inmates brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging that they were subjected to cruel and unusual punishment through exposure to second-hand smoke. The district court denied summary judgment...

U.S. Appeals Court: SMOKE-FREE ENVIRON. SMOKE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Henderson v. Sheahan, 196 F.3d 839(7th Cir. 1999). A pretrial detainee who was held in a county jail for four-and-one-half years brought a [sections] 1983 action against the sheriff and corrections officials claiming injuries allegedly...

U.S. Appeals Court: BEDDING CLOTHING LABOR SANITATION TEMPERATURE TOILETS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Palmer v. 193 F.3d 346 (5th Cir. 1999). A state inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action for monetary and injunctive relief against correctional officials, alleging violation of his constitutional rights when he was forced to spend a night on a...

U.S. District Court: SEGREGATION DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Brown v. District of Columbia, 66 F.Supp.2d 41 (D.D.C. 1999). A former inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action seeking damages for being placed in administrative segregation without due process. The district court granted partial summary...

U.S. Appeals Court: RULES.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Murphy v. Shaw, 195 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir. 1999). An inmate law clerk filed a [section] 1983 action for injunctive and declaratory relief alleging he was punished in violation of his constitutional rights for sending a letter containing legal...

U.S. District Court: EXERCISE.
February 1, 2000... Roop v. Squadrito, 70 F.Supp.2d 868 (N.D.Ind. 1999). An inmate who was HIV-positive and incarcerated in a county jail on an outstanding arrest warrant brought a [sections] 1983 claim and a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

U.S. District Court: OUTDOOR RECREATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Schmidt v. Odell, 64 F.Supp.2d 1014 (D.Kan. 1999). A former county jail inmate, a double amputee without legs from a point below his knees, brought a civil rights action against jail officials asserting claims under the Eighth Amendment. The...

U.S. District Court: CLAIMS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Brown v. District of Columbia, 66 F.Supp.2d 41 (D.D.C. 1999). A former inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action seeking damages for being placed in administrative segregation without due process. The district court granted partial summary...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act: CLAIMS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Harris v. Garner, 190 F.3d 1279 (11th Cir. 1999). Five inmates and six former inmates brought a civil rights action for damages and injunctive relief alleging violations of their constitutional rights during a prison "shakedown." The district...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Carrigan v. Davis, 70 F.Supp.2d 448 (D.Del. 1999). A female prison inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a former correction officer alleging he sexually assaulted her. After a jury trial the district court entered judgment for the...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Ednev v. Karrigan, 69 F.Supp.2d 540 (S.D.N.Y. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a prison supervisor and a correctional officer alleging they failed to protect him from an attack by another prisoner. The district court...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Ellis v. Washington County and Johnson City, Tenn., 198 F.3d 225 (6th Cir. 1999). A mother and a minor child of a deceased pretrial detainee brought a wrongful death action under [sections] 1983 against a city, county, and jailers after the...

U.S. Appeals Court: OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Giron v. Corrections Corp. of America, 191 F.3d 1281 (10th Cir. 1999). A female inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against officers at a correctional facility alleging that she had been raped by a prison guard and that she was denied...

U.S. Appeals Court: MEDICAL CARE USE OF FORCE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Grayson v. Peed, 195 F.3d 692 (4th Cir. 1999). The administrator for the estate of a deceased detainee sued officers and county officials under [sections] 1983 asserting constitutional violations, negligence, gross negligence, negligent...

U.S. Appeals Court: OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Liner v. Goord, 196 F.3d 132(2nd Cir. 1999). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials alleging he was sexually assaulted on three separate occasions by correctional officers. The district court dismissed the...

U.S. District Court: OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Peddle v. Sawyer, 64 F.Supp.2d 12 (D.Conn. 1999). An inmate sued prison officials alleging sexual abuse by a correctional officer. The district court held that the complaint stated a claim, under the theory of supervisory liability, for...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Randolph v. State, 74 F.Supp.2d 537 (D.Md. 1999). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Smith v. Blue, 67 F.Supp.2d 686 (S.D.Tex. 1999). The parents of a juvenile who committed suicide while in custody at a juvenile detention center operated by a county sued the county and facility supervisors under [sections] 1983. The district...

U.S. District Court: HANDICAPPED.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Schmidt v. Odell, 64 F.Supp.2d 1014 (D.Kan. 1999). A former county jail inmate, a double amputee without legs from a point below his knees, brought a civil rights action against jail officials asserting claims under the Eighth Amendment. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Estate of Brooks Ex Rel. Brooks v. U.S., 197 F.3d 1245 (9th Cir. 1999). A federal detainee who was held by a county in pretrial detention for 12 days without being arraigned or brought before a federal judicial officer brought a [sections] 1983...

U.S. District Court: FALSE ARREST FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Miller v. Kennebec County. 63 F.Supp.2d 75 (D.Me. 1999). An arrestee and her husband brought a [sections] 1983 action against a town, police officer, county, county sheriff and county corrections officer. The district court granted summary...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL HARASSMENT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Cain v. Rock, 67 F.Supp.2d 544 (D.Md. 1999). A female prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against county officials. The district court held that the county's policy of allowing cross-gender supervision did not violate the prisoner's...

U.S. District Court: SEARCHES.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Carlin v. Manu, 72 F.Supp.2d 1177 (D.Or. 1999). Female state prison inmates challenged skin searches that were being observed by male correctional officers. The district court granted qualified immunity to the officers, noting that observation...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Carrigan v. Davis, 70 F.Supp.2d 448 (D.Del. 1999). A female prison inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a former correction officer alleging he sexually assaulted her. After a jury trial the district court entered judgment for the...

U.S. District Court: SEARCHES PRIVACY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Drummer v. Luttrell, 75 F.Supp.2d 796 (W.D.Tenn. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging that a disciplinary action violated her due process and Eighth Amendment rights. The district court held...

U.S. District Court: TRANSSEXUAL.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Farmer v. Hawk-Sawyer, 69 F.Supp.2d 120 (D.D.C. 1999). A transsexual prisoner brought an equal protection action against the federal Bureau of Prisons challenging medical treatment policies. The district court granted summary judgment for the...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Giron v. Corrections Corp. of America, 191 F.3d 1281 (10th Cir. 1999). A female inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against officers at a correctional facility alleging that she had been raped by a prison guard and that she was denied...

U.S. Appeals Court: PROGRAMMING EQUAL PROTECTION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Glover v. Johnson, 198 F.3d 557 (6th Cir. 1999). Prison officials moved to terminate the district court's continuing jurisdiction over a plan to remedy equal protection violations identified in a 20-year-old action by female inmates. The...

U.S. District Court: PRIVACY SEARCHES.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Miller v. Kennebec County, 63 F.Supp.2d 75 (D.Me. 1999). An arrestee and her husband brought a [sections] 1983 action against a town, police officer, county, county sheriff and county corrections officer. The district court granted summary...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Peddle v. Sawyer, 64 F.Supp.2d 12 (D.Conn. 1999). An inmate sued prison officials alleging sexual abuse by a correctional officer. The district court held that the complaint stated a claim, under the theory of supervisory liability, for...

U.S. Appeals Court: DENIAL OF.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Berry v. Brady, 192 F.3d 504 (5th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a correctional officer alleging violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court dismissed the claims as frivolous and...

U.S. Appeals Court: INSPECTION OF MAIL.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Altizer v. Deeds, 191 F.3d 540 (4th Cir. 1999). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging interference with his outgoing mail. The district court granted partial summary judgment to the prisoner and the defendants appealed. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: FREE SPEECH.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Murphy v. Shaw, 195 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir. 1999). An inmate law clerk filed a [sections] 1983 action for injunctive and declaratory relief alleging he was punished in violation of his constitutional rights for sending a letter containing legal...

U.S. Appeals Court: MAIL CORRESPONDENCE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Rowe v. Shake, 196 F.3d 778(7th Cir. 1999). A state prisoner and a person who was his frequent correspondent filed a [sections] 1983 complaint against prison employees alleging violations of their First Amendment rights and of the prisoner's...

U.S. District Court: TELEPHONE PRIVACY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... U.S. v. Peoples, 71 F.Supp.2d 967 (W.D.Mo. 1999). A defendant who was charged with killing a witness to prevent testimony moved to suppress recordings of telephone conversations and in-person meetings that he had with a prisoner. The district...

U.S. District Court: REVOCATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Woodley v. Department of Corrections, 74 F.Supp.2d 623 (E.D.Va. 1999). An inmate petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his parole revocation and a policy of the parole board that required him to serve the total remaining time of...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION.
February 1, 2000... Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781(8th Cir. 1999). A prisoner brought a prose [sections] 1983 action against a prison and medical services employees. The district court dismissed the case and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed in...

U.S. District Court: DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Rienholtz v. Campbell, 64 F.Supp.2d 721 (W.D.Tenn. 1999). A prison inmate brought a pro se action under [sections] 1983 alleging that termination from his prison law library position, his transfer to another facility, and his termination from a...

U.S. District Court: ALIEN.
February 1, 2000... Alikhani v. Fasano, 70 F.Supp.2d 1124 (S.D.Cal. 1999). An alien filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of his detention prior to deportation. The district court denied the petition, finding that the...

U.S. Appeals Court: AEDPA-Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act: ALIEN.(Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Bowrin v. U.S. I.N.S., 194 F.3d 483 (4th Cir. 1999). A permanent resident alien appealed the determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that he was ineligible for discretionary relief from deportation because he had committed a...

U.S. District Court: PAROLE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Jennings v. Parole Bd. of Virginia, 61 F.Supp.2d 471 (E.D.Va. 1999). An inmate who was denied parole petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court dismissed the petition finding that the parole board's failure to formally provide the...

U.S. Appeals Court: PAROLE SENTENCE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Noble v. U.S. Parole Com'n, 194 F.3d 152 (D.C.Cir. 1999). A prisoner sought a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he was entitled to credit for time spent on parole after his parole was revoked. The district court denied the writ and the...

U.S. District Court: PAROLE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Woodley v. Department of Corrections, 74 F.Supp.2d 623 (E.D. Va. 1999). An inmate petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his parole revocation and a policy of the parole board that required him to serve the total remaining time of...

U.S. Appeals Court: HYGIENE SHOWERS TOILETS WATER BEDDING.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Palmer v. Johnson, 193 F.3d 346 (5th Cir. 1999). A state inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action for monetary and injunctive relief against correctional officials, alleging violation of his constitutional rights when he was forced to spend a...

U.S. District Court: SHOWERS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Roop v. Squadrito 70 F.Supp.2d 868 (N.D.Ind. 1999). An inmate who was HIV-positive and incarcerated in a county jail on an outstanding arrest warrant brought a [sections] 1983 claim and a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

U.S. Appeals Court: SCREENING.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Grayson v. Peed, 195 F.3d 692 (4th Cir. 1999). The administrator for the estate of a deceased detainee sued officers and county officials under [sections] 1983 asserting constitutional violations, negligence, gross negligence, negligent...

U.S. District Court: SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Smith v. Blue, 67 F.Supp.2d 686 (S.D.Tex. 1999). The parents of a juvenile who committed suicide while in custody at a juvenile detention center operated by a county sued the county and facility supervisors under [sections] 1983. The district...

U.S. Appeals Court: SENTENCE RELEASE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... U.S. v. A.J., 190 F.3d 873 (8th Cir. 1999). After pleading guilty to an act of juvenile delinquency, involuntary manslaughter, a defendant was given probation until the age of 2l. The juvenile subsequently violated the terms of her probation,...

U.S. Appeals Court: CONSENT DEGREE-TERMINATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Glover v. Johnson, 198 F.3d 557(6th Cir. 1999). Prison officials moved to terminate the district court's continuing jurisdiction over a plan to remedy equal protection violations identified in a 20-year-old action by female inmates. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRIVATE PROVIDER QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.
February 1, 2000... Hinson v. Edmond, 192 F.3d 1342(11th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a jail's medical director who was an employee of a private, for-profit company that had contracted with the county to provide medical services...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act: FAILURE TO PROTECT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Liner v. Goord, 196 F.3d 132 (2nd Cir. 1999). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials alleging he was sexually assaulted on three separate occasions by correctional officers. The district court dismissed the...