Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from February 2001

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from February 2001

U.S. Appeals Court: LEGAL ASSISTANCE LEGAL MATERIAL RETALIATION FOR LEGAL ACTION.
February 1, 2001... Allah v. Seiverling, 229 F.3d 220 (3rd Cir. 2000). A prisoner filed a complaint alleging he was being kept in administrative segregation in retaliation for filing civil rights lawsuits against prison officials, and that he was denied meaningful...

U.S. Appeals Court: SELF INCRIMINATION RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
February 1, 2001... McCall v. Pataki 232 F.3d 321 (2nd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action against state officials alleging that he was denied his constitutional rights during parole hearings. The district court dismissed the...

U.S. District Court: RECORDS.
February 1, 2001... McCabe v. Prison Health Services, 117 F.Supp.2d 443 (E.D.Pa. 1997). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against medical care providers and medical records personnel. The district court held that the prisoner failed to state a...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER ACCOUNTS.
February 1, 2001... Washlefske v. Winston, 234 F.3d 179 (4th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought a pro se action under [sections] 1983 alleging that prison officials took his property without just compensation when they expended the interest earned from his...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLACEMENT ACCESS TO COURTS.
February 1, 2001... Allah v. Seiverling, 229 F.3d 220 (3rd Cir. 2000). A prisoner filed a complaint alleging he was being kept in administrative segregation in retaliation for filing civil rights lawsuits against prison officials, and that he was denied meaningful...

U.S. District Court: CONDITIONS RESTRICTIONS PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
February 1, 2001... Graham v. Perez, 121 F.Supp.2d 317 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). Protective custody inmates at a state prison brought a [sections] 1983 action challenging their conditions of confinement. The district court dismissed the case, finding that the inmates...

U.S. Appeals Court: CONDITIONS LENGTH RESTRAINTS.
February 1, 2001... Sims v. Artuz, 230 F.3d 14 (2nd Cir. 2000). A former inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against state prison officials alleging that they used, or condoned the use of, excessive force against him in connection with disciplinary proceedings...

U.S. Appeals Court: LIBERTY INTEREST LENGTH DUE PROCESS.
February 1, 2001... Tellier v. Fields, 230 F.3d 502 (2nd Cir. 2000). A prisoner who was confined in administrative detention for 514 days brought a Bivens action against federal prison officials alleging violation of his due process rights. The district court...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act Limitation.
February 1, 2001... Hadix v. Johnson, 230 F.3d 840 (6th Cir. 2000). Prisoners who had prevailed in a [sections] 1983 action challenging their conditions of confinement filed fee petitions for compliance monitoring. The district court applied the Prison Litigation...

U.S. District Court: LIMITATIONS PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.
February 1, 2001... Johnson v. Daley. 117 F.Supp.2d 889 (W.D.Wis. 2000). An inmate who had prevailed in a civil rights action against a prison official moved for award of attorney fees and costs, challenging the constitutionality of the fee limits imposed by the...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ABUSE.
February 1, 2001... Garcia v. Condarco 114 F.Supp.2d 1158 (D.N.M. 2000). A female detainee filed a Fair Housing Act claim alleging that the city jail in which she had been confined was a "dwelling" within the meaning of FHA. The district court granted the...

U.S. Appeals Court: PAROLE SELF-INCRIMINATION.
February 1, 2001... McCall v. Pataki, 232 F.3d 321 (2nd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action against state officials alleging that he was denied his constitutional rights during parole hearings. The district court dismissed the...

U.S. Appeals Court: EXECUTION.
February 1, 2001... Miller ex rel. Jones v. Stewart, 231 F.3d 1248(9th Cir. 2000). An attorney with a county public defenders officer moved to proceed as next friend to stay the execution of a prisoner who had declined to seek federal habeas corpus relief and...

U.S. District Court: HANDICAP ADA--Americans with Disabilities Act.
February 1, 2001... Parkinson v. Goord, 116 F.Supp.2d 390 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A prison inmate who was missing a leg sued prison officials claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment rights and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) arising out of their...

U.S. District Court: PRETRIAL DETENTION FAILURE TO PROTECT.
February 1, 2001... Burciaga v. County of Lenawee, 123 F.Supp.2d 1076 (E.D.Mich. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought a civil rights action against county officials, alleging harm as the result of housing him with another assaultive prisoner. The district court...

U.S. District Court: CUSTODY LEVEL.
February 1, 2001... Posey v. Dewalt, 86 F.Supp.2d 565 (E.D.Va. 1999). A federal inmate petitioned for habeas corpus relief challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons decision to deny him minimum custody status based on a state detainer that had been filed against...

U.S. Appeals Court: PROTECTIVE CUSTODY SEPARATION.
February 1, 2001... Weiss v. Cooley, 230 F.3d 1027 (7th Cir. 2000). A suspect in a highly publicized rape case, who had been assaulted by fellow inmates while detained in a county jail, brought a [sections] 1983 action against the sheriff, jail commander and a...

U.S. District Court: OUT OF CELL TIME EXERCISE.
February 1, 2001... Delaney v. Detella, 123 F.Supp.2d 429 (N.D.Ill. 2000). A prison inmate filed a [section tab [ss] 1983 action against a warden and other correctional officials alleging that denial of exercise opportunities during a six-month lockdown violated...

U.S. Appeals Court: PUNITIVE SEGREGATION DISCIPLINE.
February 1, 2001... Sims v. Artuz, 230 F.3d 14(2nd Cir. 2000). A former inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against state prison officials alleging that they used, or condoned the use of, excessive force against him in connection with disciplinary proceedings...

U.S. District Court: PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
February 1, 2001... Graham v. Perez 121 F.Supp.2d 317 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). Protective custody inmates at a state prison brought a [sections] 1983 action challenging their conditions of confinement. The district court dismissed the case, finding that the inmates failed...

U.S. Appeals Court: DISCIPLINE RESTRAINTS SEPARATION.
February 1, 2001... Sims v. Artuz, 230 F.3d 14 (2nd Cir. 2000). A former inmate brought a [sections] ction against state prison officials alleging that they used, or condoned the use of, excessive force against him in connection with disciplinary proceedings that...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION.
February 1, 2001... Johnson v. Stovall, 233 F.3d 486(7th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner filed a pro se [sections] 1983 action alleging that prison employees violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and that a prison nurse retaliated against him for his...

U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS PUNISHMENT.
February 1, 2001... Sims v. Artuz, 230 F.3d 14 (2nd Cir. 2000). A former inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against state prison officials alleging that they used, or condoned the use of, excessive force against him in connection with disciplinary proceedings...

U.S. District Court: WITNESS.
February 1, 2001... Williams v. Wilkinson, 122 F.Supp. 2d 894 (S.D.Ohio 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against correctional institution officials alleging violation of his due process right when he was not permitted to bring witnesses during his...

U.S. District Court: OUTDOOR EXERCISE.
February 1, 2001... Delaney v. Detella, 123 F.Supp.2d 429 (N.D.Ill. 2000). A prison inmate filed a [sections] 1983 action against a warden and other correctional officials alleging that denial of exercise opportunities during a six-month lockdown violated his...

U.S. District Court: CLAIMS PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.
February 1, 2001... Burton v. City of Philadelphia, 121 F.Supp.2d 810 (E.D.Pa. 2000). A former inmate brought a state court action against a city and city officials under [section 1983 and state law to recover for injuries he allegedly Sustained as a result of the...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.
February 1, 2001... Burciaga v. County of Lenawee 123 F.Supp.2d 1076 (E.D.Mich. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought a civil rights action against county officials, alleging harm as the result of housing him with another assaultive prisoner. The district court...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFICE ON PRISONER ASSAULT.
February 1, 2001... Daniels v. Delaware, 120 F.Supp.2d 411 (D.Del. 2000). A state inmate who had been raped by a correctional officer and became pregnant as a result, sued prison officials under [sections] 1983 and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.
February 1, 2001... Daskalea v. District of Columbia, 227 F.3d 433 (D.C.Cir. 2000). A farmer District of Columbia jail inmate who had been forced to perform a striptease in front of other prisons and male and female guards, sued the District and corrections...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.
February 1, 2001... Delph v. Trent 86 F.Supp.2d 572 (E.D.Va. 2000). A state inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against supervising officials at a correctional facility, alleging that they created or condoned official policies, procedures and customs that...

U.S. District Court: SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
February 1, 2001... Garcia v. City of Boston 115 F.Supp.2d 74 (D.Mass. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought an action against a city, a hospital and the hospitals emergency psychiatric services program, alleging excessive force and denial of medical and...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.
February 1, 2001... Jacobs v. West Feliciana Sheriffs Dept., 228 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2000). Survivors of an arrestee who had committed suicide brought a [sections] 1983 action against a sheriffs department and against the sheriff and deputies. The district court...

U.S. Appeals Court: OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.
February 1, 2001... Sims v. Artuz, 230 F.3d 14 (2nd Cir. 2000). A former inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against state prison officials alleging that they used, or condoned the use of, excessive force against him in connection with disciplinary proceedings...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.
February 1, 2001... Ster1ing v. Borough of Minersville, 232 F.3d 190 (3rd Cir. 2000). The executrix for the estate of' an arrestee who committed suicide after an officer threatened to disclose his suspected sexual orientation brought a 1983 action asserting...

U.S. District Court: SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
February 1, 2001... Stewart v. Robinson 115 F.Supp.2d 188 (D.N.H. 2000). The guardian of a pretrial detainee brought a civil rights action against police and county officials to recover for injuries sustained by the detainee as the result of a suicide attempt...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.
February 1, 2001... Weiss v. Cooley. 230 F.3d 1027 (7th Cir. 2000). A suspect in a highly publicized rape case, who had been assaulted by fellow inmates while detained in a county jail, brought a [sections] 1983 action against the sheriff, jail commander and a...

U.S. District Court: PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Graham v. Perez, 121 F.Supp.2d 317 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). Protective custody inmates at a state prison brought a [sections] 1983 action challenging their conditions of confinement. The district court dismissed the case, finding that the inmates...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.
February 1, 2001... Jacobs v. West Feliciana Sheriffs Dept., 228 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2000). Survivors of an arrestee who had committed suicide brought a [sections] 1983 action against a sheriffs department and against the sheriff and deputies. The district court...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT VAWA-Violence Against Women Act.
February 1, 2001... Daniels v. Delaware 120 F.Supp.2d 411 (D.Del. 2000). A state inmate who had been raped by a correctional officer and became pregnant as a result, sued prison officials under [sections] 1983 and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEXUAL HARASSMENT FAILURE TO PROTECT.
February 1, 2001... Daskalea v. District of Columbia. 227 F.3d 433 (D.C.Cir. 2000). A former District of Columbia jail inmate who had been forced to perform a striptease in front of other prisons and male and female guards, sued the District and corrections...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT.
February 1, 2001... Garcia v. Condarco, 114 F.Supp.2d 1158 (D.N.M. 2000). A female detainee filed a Fair Housing Act claim alleging that the city jail in which she had been confined was a "dwelling" within the meaning of FHA. The district court granted the...

U.S. Appeals Court: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
February 1, 2001... Fisher v. King, 232 F.3d 391 (4th Cir. 2000). A state inmate brought [sections] 1983 action against a county court clerk in his individual and official capacities, alleging that the clerk's refusal to make a recording of a 911 call available...

U.S. Appeals Court: REVOCATION EX POST FACTO.
February 1, 2001... Warren v. Baskerville, 233 F.3d 204 (4th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for habeas relief and was denied by the district court. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the state parole board did not violate the Ex Post Facto clause...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Johnson v. Stovall, 233 F.3d 486 (7th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner filed a pro se [sections] 1983 action alleging that prison employees violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and that a prison nurse retaliated against him for his...

U.S. Supreme Court: AEDPA-Antiterrorism & Effective Death Penalty Act.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Artuz v. Bennett, 121 S.Ct. 361 (2000). The United States Supreme Court held that an application for state postconviction relief or collateral review is 'properly filed" as required to toll the period under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEX OFFENDER.
February 1, 2001... Burr v. Snider, 234 F.3d 1052 (8th Cir. 2000). After his conviction for violating North Dakota's sex offender registration statute was affirmed, an offender petitioned for habeas corpus relief in federal district court. The court denied the...

U.S. District Court: TRANSFER.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Evans v. Holm, 114 F.Supp.2d 706 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A prisoner who had been transferred to a privately-operated out-of-state prison petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court denied the petition, finding that the transfer did not...

U.S. District Court: CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT TRANSFER.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Posey v. Dewalt, 86 F.Supp.2d 565 (E.D.Va. 1999). A federal inmate petitioned for habeas corpus relief challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons decision to deny him minimum custody status based on a state detainer that had been filed against...

U.S. District Court: PAROLE GOOD TIME.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Warren v. Baskerville, 233 F.3d 204 (4th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner petitioned for habeas relief and was denied by the district court. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the state parole board did not violate the Ex Post Facto clause...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Jacobs v. West Feliciana Sheriff's Dept., 228 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2000). Survivors of an arrestee who had committed suicide brought a [sections] 1983 action against a sheriffs department and against the sheriff and deputies. The district court...

U.S. District Court: SCREENING SUICIDE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Stewart v. Robinson, 115 F.Supp.2d 188 (D.N.H. 2000). The guardian of a pretrial detainee brought a civil rights action against police and county officials to recover for injuries sustained by the detainee as the result of a suicide attempt...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLASSIFICATION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Weiss v. Cooley 230 F.3d 1027 (7th Cir. 2000). A suspect in a highly publicized rape case, who had been assaulted by fellow inmates while detained in a county jail, brought a [sections] 1983 action against the sheriff, jail commander and a jail...

U.S. Appeals Court: PROGRAMS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Brian B. ex rel. Lois B. v. Com. Dept. of Educ., 230 F.3d 582 (3rd Cir. 2000). School-aged youths brought a class action challenging a Pennsylvania statute which limits the education available to youths convicted as adults and incarcerated in...

U.S. District Court: USE OF FORCE MEDICAL CARE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Jackson v. Johnson, 118 F.Supp.2d 278 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). Representatives of a juvenile who was incarcerated in a youth center sought damages for injuries sustained by the juvenile when he was subjected to a physical restraint technique (PRT). The...

U.S. District Court: VAWA - Violence Against Women Act Failure To Train Failure To Train.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Daniels v. Delaware, 120 F.Supp.2d 411 (D.Del. 2000). A state inmate who had been raped by a correctional officer and became pregnant as a result, sued prison officials under [sections] 1983 and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The...

U.S. Appeals Court: PUNITIVE DAMAGES COMPENSATORY DAMAGES DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Daskalea v. District of Columbia, 227 F.3d 433 (D.C.Cir. 2000). A former District of Columbia jail inmate who had been forced to perform a striptease in front of other prisons and male and female guards, sued the District and corrections...

U.S. District Court: RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Delaney v. Detella, 123 F.Supp.2d 429 (N.D.Ill. 2000). A prison inmate filed a [sections] 1983 action against a warden and other correctional officials alleging that denial of exercise opportunities during a six-month lockdown violated his...

U.S. District Court: FAIR HOUSING ACT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Garcia v. Condarco, 114 F.Supp.2d 1158 (D.N.M. 2000). A female detainee filed a Fair Housing Act claim alleging that the city jail in which she had been confined was a "dwelling" within the meaning of FHA. The district court granted the...

U.S. District Court: PRIVATE OPERATOR BIVENS CLAIM.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Lawson v. Liburdi 114 F.Supp.2d 31 (D.R.I. 2000). A federal pretrial detainee filed a complaint against employees of a private company that operated a detention facility alleging violation of his First Amendment free exercise rights. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: CONSENT DECREE TERMINATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Sharp v. Weston 233 F.3d 1166 (9th Cir. 2000). Officials moved to dissolve an injunction against a state commitment center for persons civilly committed as sexually violent predators. The district court denied relief and issued an order...

U.S. District Court: SUPERVISORY LIABILITY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Souffront v. Alvarado, 115 F.Supp.2d 237 (D.Puerto Rico 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court found that the prisoner stated...

U.S. District Court: DENTAL CARE.
February 1, 2001... Burton v. City of Philadelphia, 121 F.Supp.2d 810 (E.D.Pa. 2000). A former inmate brought a state court action against a city and city officials under [sections] 1983 and state law to recover for injuries he allegedly sustained as a result of...

U.S. District Court: DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cornelia v. Laib. 117 F.Supp.2d 754 (N.D.Ill. 2000). A detainee alleged that medical personnel were deliberately indifferent to his diabetic condition. The district court granted partial summary judgment to the defendants, finding that a nurse...

U.S. District Court: PRIVACY INTERPRETER.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cortes v. Johnson 114 F.Supp.2d 182 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A Spanish-speaking inmate brought a civil rights action against a prison superintendent alleging violation of his right to privacy. The district court granted summary judgment to the...

U.S. District Court: INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Dancy v. Simms, 116 F.Supp.2d 652 (D.Md. 2000). A state prison inmate sued correctional officials and others, alleging they forcibly administered psychotropic medication without his consent. The court granted summary judgment for the...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE MENTAL HEALTH SUICIDE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Garcia v. City of Boston 115 F.Supp.2d 74 (D.Mass. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought an action against a city, a hospital and the hospital's emergency psychiatric services program, alleging excessive force and denial of medical and...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Jackson v. Johnson. 118 F.Supp.2d 278 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). Representatives of a juvenile who was incarcerated in a youth center sought damages for injuries sustained by the juvenile when he was subjected to a physical restraint technique (PRT). The...

U.S. District Court: U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE RELEASE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Lugo v. Senkowski, 114 F.Supp.2d 111 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). A paroled state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court denied the defendants'...

U.S. District Court: TRANSFER RECORDS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... McCabe v. Prison Health Services, 117 F.Supp.2d 443 (E.D.Pa. 1997). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against medical care providers and medical records personnel. The district court held that the prisoner failed to state a...

U.S. District Court: HANDICAP PROSTHESES DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Parkinson v. Goord, 116 F.Supp.2d 390 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A prison inmate who was missing a leg sued prison officials claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment rights and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) arising out of their...

U.S. District Court: DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE INADEQUATE CARE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Petrichko v. Kurtz, 117 F.Supp.2d 467 (E.D.Pa. 2000). A county prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials and a doctor, alleging violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court denied summary judgment for...

U.S. District Court: DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Souffront v. Alvarado 115 F.Supp.2d 237 (D.Puerto Rico 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court found that the prisoner stated...

U.S. District Court: INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... U.S. v. Keeven 115 F.Supp.2d 1132 (E.D.Mo. 2000). A detainee sought judicial review of a determination that psychotropic medication could be administered involuntarily because she was a danger to herself and others, and to render her competent...

U.S. Appeals Court: AIDS FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELAY IN CAR.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Walker v. Peters, 233 F.3d 494 (7th Cir. 2000). A prisoner who suffered from various serious illnesses brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials and doctors, alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The...

U.S. District Court: PRIVACY RECORDS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Webb v. Goldstein, 117 F.Supp.2d 289 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). A state parolee brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action alleging civil rights violations in connection with his medical examination and the release of his prison medical records to law...

U.S. District Court: INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Dancy v. Simms, 116 F.Supp.2d 652 (D.Md. 2000). A state prison inmate sued correctional officials and others, alleging they forcibly administered psychotropic medication without his consent. The court granted summary judgment for the...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Garcia v. City of Boston, 115 F.Supp.2d 74 (D.Mass. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought an action against a city, a hospital and the hospital's emergency psychiatric services program, alleging excessive force and denial of medical and...

U.S. District Court: INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... U.S. v. Keeven, 115 F.Supp.2d 1132 (E.D.Mo. 2000). A detainee sought judicial review of a determination that psychotropic medication could be administered involuntarily because she was a danger to herself and others, and to render her competent...

U.S. District Court: SEXUAL HARASSMENT HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT TITLE VII SEX DISCRIMINATION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Gonzalez v. New York State Dept. of Correct. Ser., 122 F.Supp.2d 335 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). A Hispanic female corrections officer brought an action against a state corrections agency alleging race and sex discrimination under [sections] 1983, Title...

U.S. Appeals Court: TITLE VII TERMINATION ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Hoskins v. Oakland County Sheriffs Dept., 227 F.3d 719 (6th Cir. 2000). A female former deputy sheriff, who had been discharged after an injury rendered her unable to restrain inmates, brought an action against the sheriff's department alleging...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION.
February 1, 2001... Hudson v. Norris, 227 F.3d 1047 (8th Cir. 2000). An employee of a state corrections department sued department officials under [sections] 1983 and a state civil rights act alleging that the officials retaliated against him for giving testimony...

U.S. Appeals Court: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HARASSMENT HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT RETALIATION TITLE VII.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Ross v. Douglas County, Nebraska. 234 F.3d 391 (8th Cir. 2000). A black former correctional officer brought an action against a county under Title VII for disparate treatment, hostile work environment and retaliation. The district court entered...

U.S. District Court: SEPARATION PROTECTION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Burciaga v. County of Lenawee 123 F.Supp.2d 1076 (E.D.Mich. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought a civil rights action against county officials, alleging harm as the result of housing him with another assaultive prisoner. The district court...

U.S. District Court: MEDICAL CARE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cornelia v. Laib, 117 F.Supp.2d 754 (N.D.Ill. 2000). A detainee alleged that medical personnel were deliberately indifferent to his diabetic condition. The district court granted partial summary judgment to the defendants, finding that a nurse...