Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from February 2003

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from February 2003

Stokes v. Miller.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court AEDPA -- Antiterrorism & Effective Death Penalty Act LAW LIBRARY Stokes v. Miller, 216 F.Supp.2d 169 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An offender convicted of second degree felony murder petitioned for habeas corpus relief....

Baskerville v. Blot.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court RETALIATION FOR LEGAL ACTION Baskerville v. Blot, 224 F.Supp.2d 723 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). A state prisoner field a [section] 1983 action alleging that corrections officers filed a frivolous misbehavior report against him...

Bell v. Johnson.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION Bell v. Johnson, 308 F.3d 594 (6th Cir. 2002). A former state inmate sued prison officers, alleging that they retaliated against him in violation of the First Amendment because he filed a civil rights...

Bond v. Aguinaldo.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court FILING FEE PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Bond v. Aguinaldo, 228 F.Supp.2d 918 (N.D.Ill. 2002). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action alleging neglect of his medical condition. The district...

Brown v. Croak.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Brown v. Croak, 312 F.3d 109 (3rd Cir. 2002). A state prisoner who was assaulted by other inmates brought a pro se action against prison officials alleging failure...

Foster v. Fulton County.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ACCESS TO ATTORNEY SCREENING Foster v. Fulton County, 223 F.Supp.2d 1301 (N.D.Ga. 2002). Inmates at a county jail, who had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), brought an action complaining...

Hemphill v. New York.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Hemphill v. New York, 198 F.Supp.2d 546 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that prison staff used excessive force against him....

Ligon v. Doherty.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Ligon v. Doherty, 208 F.Supp.2d 384 (E.D.N.Y. 2002). A former county jail inmate brought a civil rights action against corrections officers who allegedly...

Lindell v. Litscher.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRO SE Lindell v. Litscher, 212 F.Supp.2d 936 (W.D.Wis. 2002). A state inmate brought several civil rights actions against corrections officials on his own behalf, and on behalf of fellow inmates. The district...

Moore v. Plaster.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION EVIDENCE Moore v. Plaster, 313 F.3d 442 (8th Cir. 2002). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action asserting disciplinary retaliation and other claims. The district court granted summary...

Pearl v. Cason.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court RESTRAINTS Pearl v. Cason, 219 F.Supp.2d 820 (E.D. Mich. 2002). An offender petitioned for habeas corpus relief and the district court denied the petition. The court held that shackling the prisoner did not deprive...

Simpson v. Gallant.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ACCESS TO ATTORNEY PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE TELEPHONE Simpson v. Gallant, 231 F.Supp.2d 341 (D.Me. 2002). A pretrial detainee brought an action against county officials, alleging violations of his right...

Smith v. Franklin County.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court EX-OFFENDER PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Smith v. Franklin County, 227 F.Supp.2d 667 (E.D.Ky. 2002). A former county jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a county, alleging Eighth...

Tarpley v. Allen County, Indiana.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court LEGAL ASSISTANCE LAW LIBRARY Tarpley v. Allen County, Indiana, 312 F.3d 895 (7th Cir. 2002). A former inmate sued a county, alleging interference with his right to exercise his religion and denial of meaningful...

Todd v. Graves.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Todd v. Graves, 217 F.Supp.2d 958 (S.D.Iowa 2002). An African-American state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against past and current prison wardens, alleging that their...

U.S. v. Durham.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court STUN BELT U.S. v. Durham, 219 F.Supp.2d 1234 (N.D.Fla. 2002). A defendant moved to prohibit the use of a restraining device known as a "stun belt" during his trial. The district court denied the motion and the...

U.S. v. Flores.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ACCESS TO COUNSEL U.S. v. Flores, 214 F.Supp.2d 1193 (D.Utah 2002). A prisoner who was indicted for alleged Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) violations, filed a writ of habeas corpus...

Wilson v. Sargent.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court FILING FEE PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Wilson v. Sargent, 313 F.3d 1315 (11th Cir. 2002). A prisoner filed a [section]1983 suit and applied to proceed without prepayment of fees. The district court...

Brown v. Crowley.(ADMINISTRATION)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court INMATE FUNDS Brown v. Crowley, 312 F.3d 782 (6th Cir. 2002). A state prison inmate brought a [section]1983 action against prison officials, alleging that his prison account had been overcharged and that officials had...

Handberry v. Thompson.(prisoners claim administration's failure to provide adequate educational services)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court COMMISSARY STAFFING LEVELS EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS Handberry v. Thompson, 219 F.Supp.2d 525 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). Prison inmates who were between the ages of 16 and 21 brought a class action against city prison...

Koch v. Lewis.(administrative segregation and solitary confinement)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CONDITIONS DUE PROCESS LENGTH PROGRAMMING Koch v. Lewis, 216 F.Supp.2d 994 (D.Ariz. 2001). An inmate brought an action against a state corrections department alleging that his indefinite detention in...

Gayle v. Gonyea.(prisoner files administrative segregation complaint)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION Gayle v. Gonyea, 313 F.3d 677 (2nd Cir. 2002). A prisoner sued prison officials under [section]1983 alleging that they filed a false misbehavior report and subjected him to solitary confinement for...

Loeber v. County Of Albany.(administrative segregation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEARCHES Loeber v. County Of Albany, 216 F.Supp.2d 20 (N.D.N.Y. 2002). An arrestee who was strip searched several times after being arrested brought an action under [section] 1983, alleging numerous constitutional...

Ortiz v. Voinovich.(inmate sues correction officers alleging sexual assaul and administrative segregation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PLACEMENT CONDITIONS Ortiz v. Voinovich, 211 F.Supp.2d 917 (S.D.Ohio 2002). An inmate sued state officials alleging that she was sexually assaulted by a corrections officer and that she was subjected to cruel...

Simpson v. Gallant.(administrative segregation, prisoners access to telephone and mail services deprived)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court TELEPHONE MAIL Simpson v. Gallant, 223 F.Supp.2d 286 (D.Me. 2002). A pretrial detainee filed a [section] 1983 action alleging his constitutional rights were violated when county jail officials denied him access...

Simpson v. Gallant.(violation of civil rights)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ACCESS TO COURT TELEPHONE MAIL Simpson v. Gallant, 231 F.Supp.2d 341 (D.Me. 2002). A pretrial detainee brought an action against county officials, alleging violations of his right of access to telephone...

Smith v. U.S.(federal prisoner complains administrative segregation of Bureau of Prisons)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CONDITIONS Smith v. U.S., 207 F.Supp.2d 209 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). A federal prisoner filed an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that the Bureau of Prisons breached its duty to provide him with...

U.S. v. Flores.(ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION)(Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PLACEMENT RESTRICTIONS TELEPHONE MAIL FREE SPEECH U.S. v. Flores, 214 F.Supp.2d 1193 (D.Utah 2002). A prisoner who was indicated for alleged Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act...

Word v. Croce.(solitary confinement and civil rights claim)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CONTAGIOUS DISEASES Word v. Croce, 230 F.Supp.2d 504 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). An inmate sued state corrections officials alleging violation of her constitutional rights when she was left in segregated housing after she...

Allen v. Leis.(county jail's pay-for-stay program unauthorized)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court COST OF CONFINEMENT PRETRIAL DETAINEE DUE PROCES Allen v. Leis, 213 F.Supp.2d 819 (S.D. Ohio 2002). A former pretrial detainee brought a class action under [section] 1983 challenging the constitutionality...

Payton v. County of Kane.(jails charged bond fee beyond the set bail amount)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court FEES Payton v. County of Kane, 308 F.3d 673 (7th Cir. 2002). Arrestees brought an action against two county jails that charged a bond fee, above and beyond the set bail amount, as a condition of their release. The...

Carruthers v. Jenne.(attorney fees)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Carruthers v. Jenne, 209 F.Supp.2d 1294 (S.D.Fla. 2002). A consent agreement was entered, calling for improvements in conditions of county jails. The county ceased payment of...

Foster v. Fulton County.(inadequate medical care and misdemeanor)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court BAIL REVIEW Foster v. Fulton County, 223 F.Supp.2d 1301 (N.D.Ga. 2002). Inmates at a county jail, who had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), brought an action complaining of their conditions of...

U.S. v. Ciccone.(bail and pretrial release, racketeering and money laundering case)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court BAIL REFORM ACT U.S. v. Ciccone, 312 F.3d 535 (2nd Cir. 2002). A defendant who was indicted on multiple racketeering and money laundering charges challenged denial of his pretrial release. The district court denied...

U.S. v. Goba.(conspiracy and terrorism, bail)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court BAIL REFORM ACT ALIEN U.S. v. Goba, 220 F.Supp.2d 182 (W.D.N.Y. 2002). Prosecutors asked a federal district court to order the detention of defendants who were charged with conspiracy to provide material...

U.S. v. Gotti.(bail refused)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court BAIL REFORM ACT U.S. v. Gotti, 219 F.Supp.2d 296 (E.D.N.Y. 2002). A defendant who had been indicted on multiple racketeering and money laundering charges was refused release from pretrial detention. The district...

U.S. v. McKinley.(delay in bringing the defendant before a magistrate )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court INITAL APPEARANCE U.S. v. McKinley, 228 F.Supp.2d 1158 (D.Or. 2002). A defendant charged with murder was arrested and detained at 10:40 a.m. on Friday and was not arraigned until the following Monday. The district...

Arlt v. Missouri Department of Corrections.(prisoner loss the job after correction officers failed to provide accomodation for writing test)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court REHABILITATION ACT ADA -- Americans with Disabilities Act Arlt v. Missouri Department of Corrections, 229 F.Supp.2d 938 (D.Mo. 2002). An inmate brought an action under Title II of the Americans with...

Calhoun v. Hargrove.(civil rights, and punitive damages lawsuit, verbal harassment )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court VERBAL HARASSMENT Calhoun v. Hargrove, 312 F.3d 730 (5th Cir. 2002). A state prisoner field a pro se civil rights action seeking compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief. The district court dismissed...

Gonzalez-Jimenez De Ruiz v. U.S.(prisoner's family files lawsuit under civil rights and conditions of confinement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court DEATH FREE SPEECH AND ASSOCIATION Gonzalez-Jimenez De Ruiz v. U.S., 231 F.Supp.2d 1187 (M.D.Fla. 2002). Survivors of a federal prison inmate who died while in custody brought claims under the Federal Tort...

Habtegaber v. Jenifer.(alien files civil rights lawsuit)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ALIEN Habtegaber v. Jenifer, 213 F.Supp.2d 792 (E.D.Mich. 2002). An alien filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the constitutionality of a statute that requires detention of criminal aliens...

Valdivia v. Davis.(parole revocation and right to due process)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PAROLE DUE PROCESS Valdivia v. Davis, 206 F.Supp.2d 1068 (E.D.Cal. 2002). Parolees filed a class action challenging a state's parole revocation procedures, and alleging violation of their due process rights....

Koch v. Lewis.(solitary confinement and right to due process)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court GANGS SEGREGATION Koch v. Lewis, 216 F.Supp.2d 994 (D.Ariz. 2001). An inmate brought an action against a state corrections department alleging that his indefinite detention in near solitary confinement, based...

Burrell v. Hampshire County.(deliberate indifference and violation of the Fourteenth Amendment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRETRIAL DETAINEE SEPARATION Burrell v. Hampshire County, 307 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002). A pretrial detainee who was severely beaten by a fellow detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a county and county...

Montalvo v. Snyder.(prisoners alleges Bureau of Prisons for wrongfull classification of crime)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEX OFFENDERS Montalvo v. Snyder, 207 F.Supp.2d 581 (E.D.Ky. 2002). A prisoner sued the federal Bureau of Prisons claiming that he was wrongfully classified as a sexual offender and subjected to a statutory...

Munoz v. Kolender.(sex offenders, strip searches)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEX OFFENDERS Munoz v. Kolender, 208 F.Supp.2d 1125 (S.D.Cal. 2002). A civil detainee who was confined in a county jail under the provisions of California's Sexually Violent Predator Act brought a [section] 1983...

Smith v. Muccino.(prisoner cell assignment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CELL ASSIGNMENT Smith v. Muccino, 223 F.Supp.2d 396 (D.Conn. 2002). A state prisoner brought a pro se action alleging that the practice of housing him with violent inmates, sometimes in retaliation for his...

Koch v. Lewis.(conditions of confinement)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEGREGATION OUT OF CELL TIME VIEW WINDOWS Koch v. Lewis, 216 F.Supp.2d 994 (D.Ariz. 2001). An inmate brought an action against a state corrections department alleging that his indefinite detention in...

Foster v. Fulton County, Georgia.(conditions of confinement, prison administration lawsuit)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CROWDING MEDICAL CARE PRETRIAL DETAINEE Foster v. Fulton County, Georgia, 223 F.Supp.2d 1292 (N.D.Ga. 2002). Inmates at a county jail, who had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),...

Munoz v. Kolender.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(California. Sexually Violent Predators Act)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CIVIL COMMITMENT Munoz v. Kolender, 208 F.Supp.2d 1125 (S.D.Cal. 2002). A civil detainee who was confined in a county jail under the provisions of California's Sexually Violent Predator Act brought a [section] 1983...

Napier v. Preslicka.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court EMOTIONAL DISTRESS Napier v. Preslicka, 314 F.3d 528 (11th Cir. 2002). A prisoner brought a pro se action against police officers for emotional injury allegedly resulting from mistaken arrest on a charge unrelated to...

Reilly v. Grayson.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court SMOKE Reilly v. Grayson, 310 F.3d 519 (6th Cir. 2002). A prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials alleging violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual...

Smith v. Muccino.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(violation of constitutional rights)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court DOUBLE-CELLING CLASSIFICATION Smith v. Muccino, 223 F.Supp.2d 396 (D.Conn. 2002). A state prisoner brought a pro se action alleging that the practice of housing him with violent inmates, sometimes in...

Smith v. U.S.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(ureau of Prisons breached its duty)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court TEMPERATURE Smith v. U.S., 207 F.Supp.2d 209 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). A federal prisoner field an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that the Bureau of Prisons breached its duty to provide him with...

Koch v. Lewis.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(violation of right to due process)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEGREGATION VIEW Koch v. Lewis, 216 F.Supp.2d 994 (D.Ariz. 2001). An inmate brought an action against a state corrections department alleging that his indefinite detention in near solitary confinement, based on...

Reilly v. Grayson.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT Reilly v. Grayson, 310 F.3d 519 (6th Cir. 2002). A prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials alleging violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and...

Smith v. Muccino.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court DOUBLE-CELLING FAILURE TO PROTECT Smith v. Muccino, 223 F.Supp.2d 396 (D.Conn. 2002). A state prisoner brought a pro se action alleging that the practice of housing him with violent inmates, sometimes in...

Brown v. Crowley.(retaliation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION Brown v. Crowley, 312 F.3d 782 (6th Cir. 2002). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that his prison account had been overcharged and that officials...

Dixon v. Goord.(prisoner abuse case)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CONDITIONS OF SEGREGATION Dixon v. Goord, 224 F.Supp.2d 739 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action alleging cruel and unusual punishment. The district court granted summary judgment in...

Gayle v. Gonyea.(DISCIPLINE)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court RETALIATION Gayle v. Gonyea, 313 F.3d 677 (2nd Cir. 2002). A prisoner sued prison officials under [section] 1983 alleging that they filed a false misbehavior report and subjected him to solitary confinement for...

Sand v. Steele.(inmate alleges cruel and unusual punishment by correction officers)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court DUE PROCESS RECORDS Sand v. Steele, 218 F.Supp.2d 788 (E.D.Va. 2002). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officers, alleging cruel and unusual punishment in connection with...

Simpson v. Gallant.(violation of consitutional rights)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRETRIAL DETAINEE PUNITIVE SEGREGATION MAIL Simpson v. Gallant, 223 F.Supp.2d 286 (D.Me. 2002). A pretrial detainee filed a [section] 1983 action alleging his constitutional rights were violated when...

Simpson v. Gallant.(violation of civil rights)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRETRIAL DETAINEE SEGREGATION Simpson v. Gallant, 231 F.Supp.2d 341 (D.Me. 2002). A pretrial detainee brought an action against county officials, alleging violations of his right of access to telephone and mail...

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February 1, 2003... No Cases.

Kenney v. Paderes.(EX-OFFENDERS)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CLAIMS Kenney v. Paderes, 217 F.Supp.2d 1095 (D.Hawai'i 2002). A former prison inmate sued prison doctors, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs while he was incarcerated. The district...

Smith v. Franklin County.(violation of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CLAIMS PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Smith v. Franklin County, 227 F.Supp.2d 667 (E.D.Ky. 2002). A former county jail inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a county, alleging Eighth Amendment...

U.S. v. Scales.(civil rights restoration)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CIVIL RIGHTS U.S. v. Scales, 231 F.Supp.2d 437 (E.D.Va. 2002). A federal district court held that a defendant failed to show that his civil rights had been restored under Virginia law in connection with a prior...

Via v. Taylor.(EX-OFFENDERS)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court ASSOCIATION Via v. Taylor, 224 F.Supp.2d 753 (D.Del. 2002). A former correctional officer brought an action against corrections officials alleging that she was wrongfully terminated because of her off-duty...

Dorsey v. Givens.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEXUAL ASSAULT Dorsey v. Givens, 209 F.Supp.2d 850 (N.D.Ill. 2001). A former county jail inmate brought an action against a correctional officer, detention facility, and county sheriff, alleging she had been...

Brown v. Croak.(failure to protect and retaliation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Brown v. Croak, 312 F.3d 109 (3rd Cir. 2002). A state prisoner who was assaulted by other inmates brought a pro se action against prison officials alleging failure to protect and...

Burrell v. Hampshire County.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Burrell v. Hampshire County, 307 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002). A pretrial detainee who was severely beaten by a fellow detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a county and county...

Gatlin Ex Rel. Gatlin v. Green.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PROTECTION FROM HARM Gatlin Ex Rel. Gatlin v. Green, 227 F.Supp.2d 1064 (D.Minn. 2002). The estate of a cooperating witness in a murder investigation brought civil rights, civil rights conspiracy, and state law...

Gonzalez v. Cecil County, Maryland.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court MEDICAL CARE Gonzalez v. Cecil County, Maryland, 221 F.Supp.2d 611 (D.Md. 2002). The widow of a pretrial detainee who died while in custody filed a [section] 1983 action against a county, sheriff, and detention...

Gulett v. Haines.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(case regarding assault)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Gulett v. Haines, 229 F.Supp.2d 806 (S.D.Ohio 2002). A pretrial detainee brought an action against a sheriff, corrections officer, and a jail inmate asserting claims under [section] 1981...

Ortiz v. Voinovich.(sexual abuse by corrections officer)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT SEXUAL ASSAULT Ortiz v. Voinovich, 211 F.Supp.2d 917 (S.D.Ohio 2002). An inmate sued state officials alleging that she was sexually assaulted by a corrections officer and that she...

Perkins v. Lawson.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court MEDICAL CARE PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Perkins v. Lawson, 312 F.3d 872 (7th Cir. 2002). An inmate brought a state court action against a sheriff in his official capacity under [section] 1983, and under state...

Smith v. Muccino.(prisoner on prisoner assault)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Smith v. Muccino, 223 F.Supp.2d 396 (D.Conn. 2002). A state prisoner brought a pro se action alleging that the practice of housing him with violent inmates, sometimes in retaliation for...

Koch v. Lewis.(FACILITIES)(violation of civil rights by Arizona. Department of Corrections)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEPARATION VIEW WINDOWS Koch v. Lewis, 216 F.Supp.2d 994 (D.Ariz. 2001). An inmate brought an action against a state corrections department alleging that his indefinite detention in near solitary...

Burrel v. Hampshire County.(FACILITIES)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court CELL CAPACITY SEPARATION Burrell v. Hampshire County, 307 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002). A pretrial detainee who was severely beaten by a fellow detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a county and county...

Potts v. City of Philadelphia.(FALSE IMPRISONMENT/ARREST)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT Potts v. City of Philadelphia, 224 F.Supp.2d 919 (E.D.Pa. 2002). An arrestee sued a city and city officials asserting [section] 1983 claims. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of...

Bobbitt v. Detroit Edison Co.(FEMALE PRISONERS)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court CONDITIONS Bobbitt v. Detroit Edison Co., 216 F.Supp.2d 669 (E.D.Mich. 2002). An arrestee filed a [section] 1983 action in state court alleging that city police officers violated her constitutional rights in...

Hill v. McKinley.(FEMALE PRISONERS)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. Appeals Court PRIVACY RESTRAINTS Hill v. McKinley, 311 F.3d 899 (8th Cir. 2002). A prisoner brought [section] 1983 action alleging jail officers and a sheriff violated her Fourth Amendment right to privacy, and her privacy...

Ortiz v. Voinovich.(sexual assault case)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court SEXUAL ASSAULT Ortiz v. Voinovich, 211 F.Supp.2d 917 (S.D.Ohio 2002). An inmate sued state officials alleging that she was sexually assaulted by a corrections officer and that she was subjected to cruel and unusual...

Allah v. Al-Hafeez.(FOOD)(case regarding religious food)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... U.S. District Court RELIGIOUS DIET Allah v. Al-Hafeez, 208 F.Supp.2d 520 (E.D.Pa. 2002). A prisoner brought a civil rights action against prison officials. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The...