Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from May 2000

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from May 2000

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Booth v. Churner 206 F.3d 289 (3rd Cir. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging excessive use of force by prison officers and the district court dismissed the action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: LAW LIBRARY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Felder v. Johnson 204 F.3d 168 (5th Cir. 2000). An inmate sought habeas corpus relief and his petition was denied by the district court as time-barred. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the alleged inadequacies of the inmate's prison law...

U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS CONDITIONS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Kalwasinski v. Morse 201 F.3d 103 (2nd Cir. 1999). A prison inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging various violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed claims against some defendants and awarded summary...

U.S. District Court: LENGTH REVIEW.
May 1, 2000... McClary v. Coughlin, 87 F.Supp.2d 205 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A prisoner brought an action against prison officials alleging violation of his due process rights by failing to provide him with meaningful "periodic review" of his administrative...

U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Resnick v. Hayes, 200 F.3d 641 (9th Cir. 2000). A federal prisoner filed a [sections] 1983 action against a warden and four correctional officers claiming they violated his rights when they confined him in the prison's special housing unit...

U.S. District Court: CO-PAYMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Beerheide v. Suthers, 82 F.Supp.2d 1190 (D.Colo. 2000). Three state prisoners who were Orthodox Jews brought a [sections] 1983 action against state prison employees for failing to provide them with kosher meals. The district court granted a...

U.S. District Court: RESTITUTION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Phillips v. Booker, 76 F.Supp.2d 1183 (D.Kan. 1999). A prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition challenging the execution of his sentence because the Bureau of Prisons had delegated payments of court-ordered restitution through the Inmate...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act PARTIAL SUCCESS DETERMINATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Montcalm Pub. Corp. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 199 F.3d 168 (4th Cir. 1999). A publisher who was granted leave to intervene in a suit challenging prison regulations that prevented access to sexually explicit magazines moved to recover...

U.S. District Court: ATTORNEY FEE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Waterman v. Farmer. 84 F.Supp.2d 579 (D.N.J. 2000). Two prisoners at a facility for sex offenders who had exhibited repetitive and compulsive behavior challenged a state law that restricted their access to pornographic materials. The district...

U.S. District Court: BAIL REFORM ACT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... U.S. v. Lee 79 F.Supp.2d 1280 (D.N.M. 1999). In a highly publicized case, a federal judge denied pretrial release to a scientist who was charged with violating the Atomic Energy Act and Espionage Act. The judge held that "I conclude that at...

U.S. Appeals Court: ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act: HANDICAP.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Cassidy v. Indiana Dept. of Corrections, F.3d 374 (7th Cir. 2000). A blind inmate brought an action against the Indiana Department of Corrections alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Ant (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act. The...

U.S. District Court: RACIAL DISCRIM. EQUAL PROTECTION RELIGION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Mitchell v. Angelone, 82 F.Supp.2d 485 (E.D. Va. 1999). A non-Native American inmate sued corrections officials challenging the validity of a policy that prevented him from obtaining Native American spiritual items. The district court found...

U.S. District Court: PRIVACY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Paul P. v. Farmer, 80 F.Supp.2d 320 (D.N.J. 2000). A class action suit was brought by persons required to register under a sex offender notification law (Megan's Law). The appeals court held that the law did not violate the plaintiffs'...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEXUAL ABUSE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Schwenk v. Hartford, 204 P.3d 1187 (9th Cir. 2000). A prisoner who was a pre-operative male to female transsexual sued a state prison officer and other prison officials under [sections] 1983 and the Gender Motivated Violence Act (GMVA) alleging...

U.S. District Court: CLASSIFICATION RACIAL DISCRIM.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Simpson v. Horn. 80 F.Supp.2d 477 (E.D.Pa. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against state corrections officials challenging conditions of confinement at a crowded prison. The district court denied summary judgment for the...

U.S. Appeals Court: FAILURE TO PROTECT USE OF FORCE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Wolff v. Moore 199 F.3d 324 (6th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against current and former corrections officers alleging they used excessive use of force in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. A district court jury...

U.S. District Court: ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act DISCRIMINATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Yeskey v. Pennsylvania, 76 F.Supp.2d 572 (M.D.Pa. 1999). A prisoner sued a state and prison officials alleging that their denial of his admission to a boot camp program, allegedly due to his high blood pressure, violated the Americans with...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEX OFFENDERS DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Chambers v. Colorado Dept. of Corrections, 205 F.3d 1237 (10th Cir. 2000). An inmate challenged his classification as a sex offender by a state corrections department and the district court granted summary judgment to the department. The...

U.S. District Court: CUSTODY LEVEL TRANSFER.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Posey v. Dewalt, 86 F.Supp.2d 565 (E.D.Va. 1999). A federal inmate filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a decision by the federal Bureau of Prisons to deny him minimum custody status on the basis of a state detainer that had...

U.S. District Court: RACIAL DISCRIM.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Simpson v. Horn 80 F.Supp.2d 477 (E.D.Pa. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against state corrections officials challenging conditions of confinement at a crowded prison. The district court denied summary judgment for the...

U.S. District Court: VENTILATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Sarro v. Essex County Correctional Facility 84 F.Supp.2d 175 (D.Mass. 2000). A state prison inmate sued prison officials under [sections] 1983 for violation of the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. The district court granted summary judgment for...

U.S. District Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Gaston v. Coughlin, 81 F.Supp.2d 381 (N.D.N.Y. 1999). In a [sections] 1983 suit a state prisoner alleged retaliation in violation of his constitutional rights for his complaints about work conditions. The district court found that prison...

U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS SEGREGATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Kalwasinski v. Morse 201 F.3d 103 (2nd Cir. 1999). A prison inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging various violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed claims against some defendants and awarded summary...

U.S. Appeals Court: WORK EQUAL PROTECTION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Shehee v. Luttrell, 199. F.3d 295 (6th Cir. 1999). A prisoner sued prison employees and officials claiming violation of his constitutional rights in connection with his termination from a prison work assignment. The district court denied the...

U.S. Appeals Court: OUTDOOR EXERCISE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Lopez v. Smith 203 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials alleging numerous violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed in part and entered summary...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLAIMS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Bowen v. Hood, 202 F.3d 1211 (9th Cir. 2000). Dozens of federal prisoners brought separate actions for habeas corpus relief challenging the decision of the federal Bureau of Prisons that prisoners whose crime of conviction involved possession,...

U.S. District Court: PRIVACY SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Paul P. v. Farmer 80 F.Supp.2d 320 (D.N.J. 2000). A class action suit was brought by persons required to register under a sex offender notification law (Megan's Law). The appeals court held that the law did not violate the plaintiffs'...

U.S. District Court: CLAIMS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Perez v. County of Westchester 83 F.Supp.2d 435 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A former prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county and county jail physicians alleging that he was not properly treated for depression and other psychological...

U.S. District Court: SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Ellis v. Washington County, Tenn., 80 F.Supp.2d 791 (E.D.Tenn. 1998). The mother and the minor child of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide while confined brought a [sections] 1983 wrongful death action against a city, county and jail...

U.S. Appeals Court: OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Schwenk v. Hartford, 204 F.3d 1187 (9th Cir. 2000). A prisoner who was a pre-operative male to female transsexual sued a state prison officer and other prison officials under [sections] 1983 and the Gender Motivated Violence Act (GMVA) alleging...

U.S. District Court: SUICIDE WRONGFUL DEATH.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Thornton v. City of Montgomery, 78 F.Supp.2d 1218 (M.D.Ala. 1999). The relatives of a jail inmate who committed suicide while in custody filed a wrongful death action. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Williams v. Kelso, 201 F.3d 1060 (8th Cir. 2000). The executor of the estate of a jail inmate who committed suicide while in custody sued jail employees under [sections] 1983. The district court dismissed state law claims against health care...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Wolff v. Moore, 199 F.3d 324 (6th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against current and former corrections officers alleging they used excessive use of force in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. A district court...

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT FALSE ARRST.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Anaya v. Crossroads Managed Care Systems. Inc. 195 F.3d 584 (10th Cir. 1999). Detainees who were seized by police, transported to an alcohol detoxification facility and then detained, brought a [sections] 1983 action against the operator of the...

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Jones v. City of Jackson. 203 F.3d 875 (5th Cir. 2000). A detainee sued a sheriff and deputy alleging they violated state laws by detaining him. The district court denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment and they appealed. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEXUAL ASSAULT TRANSSEXUAL.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Schwenk v. Hartford. 204 F.3d 1187 (9th Cir. 2000). A prisoner who was a pre-operative male to female transsexual sued a state prison officer and other prison officials under [sections] 1983 and the Gender Motivated Violence Act (GMVA) alleging...

U.S. District Court: SEARCHES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Skurstenis v. Jones 81 F.Supp.2d 1228 (N.D.Ala. 1999). A female non-felony detainee brought a 1983 action against a sheriff and jail personnel alleging that a strip serach of her pelvic region violated her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment...

U.S. District Court: RELIGIOUS DIET.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Beerheide v. Suthers 82 F.Supp.2d 1190 (D.Colo. 2000). Three state prisoners who were Orthodox Jews brought a [sections] 1953 action against state prison employees for failing to provide them with kosher meals. The district court granted a...

U.S. Appeals Court: MUSIC PUBLICATIONS OBSCENITY MAIL.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Frost v. Symington 197 F.3d 348 (9th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a suit seeking damages from Arizona Department of Corrections officials who allegedly withheld issues of pornographic magazines and returned without authorization music CDs he...

U.S. Appeals Court: RELIGION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Sasnett v. Litscher, 197 F.3d 290 (7th Cir. 1999). State inmates brought a civil rights action seeking to enjoin a prison regulation that limits their possession of crosses. The district court found that the regulation violated the provisions...

U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Chambers v. Colorado Dept. of Correction, 205 F.3d 1237 (10th Cir. 2000). An inmate challenged his classification as a sex offender by a state corrections department and the district court granted summary judgment to the department. The appeals...

U.S. Appeals Court: EXHAUSTION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Booth v. Churner, 206 F.3d 289 (3rd Cir. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging excessive use of force by prison officers and the district court dismissed the action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Shehee v. Luttrell, 199 F.3d 295 (6th Cir. 1999). A prisoner sued prison employees and officials claiming violation of his constitutional rights in connection with his termination from a prison work assignment. The district court denied the...

U.S. Appeals Court: EXHAUSTION MONETARY DAMAGES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Wolff v. Moore, 199 F.3d 324 (6th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against current and former corrections officers alleging they used excessive use of force in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. A district court...

U.S. Appeals Court: ALIEN AEDPA- Antiterrorism & Effective Death Penaly Act.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Almon v. Reno, 192 F.3d 28 (1st Cir. 1999). An alein brought a habeas corpus action seeking relief from a deportation order and arguing that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) violated his equal protection rights by...

U.S. Appeals Court: AEDPA- Antiterrorism & Effective Death Penaly Act ALIEN.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Chow v. Reno, 193 F.3d 892 (7th Cir. 1999). An alien who had been found deportable based on convictions for controlled substance and firearms violations filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted the petition but...

U.S. District Court: PAROLE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Closs v. Weber, 87 F.Supp.2d 921 (D.S.D. 1999). A prisoner challenged the revocation of his parole with a habeas corpus petition. The district court granted the petition, finding that the prisoner's due process rights were violated when his...

U.S. Appeals Court: ACCESS TO COURT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Felder v. Johnson. 204 F.3d 168 (5th Cir. 2000). An inmate sought habeas corpus relief and his petition was denied by the district court as time-barred. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the alleged inadequacies of the inmate's prison...

U.S. District Court: TRANSFER.
May 1, 2000... Gibson v. Puckett. 82 F.Supp.2d 992 (E.D.Wis. 2000). A prisoner sought habeas corpus relief challenging his transfer to another facility which allegedly did not have facilities to accommodate his disability. The district court granted the...

U.S. District Court: RELEASE DATE PAROLE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Goldberg v. Beeler 82 F.Supp.2d 302 (D.N.J. 1999). A prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition challenging the calculation of his minimum length of sentence. The district court denied the petition finding that even if the prisoner's pre-sentence...

U.S. District Court: PAROLE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Lee. v. Withrow 76 F.Supp.2d 789 (E.D.Mich. 1999). A state prisoner challenged his denial of parole with a habeas corpus petition alleging violations of his due process rights. The district court denied the petition, finding that the denial of...

U.S. District Court: ALIEN.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Nguven v. Fasano 84 F.Supp.2d 1099 (S.D.Cal. 2000). Aliens who were subject to final orders of deportation challenged their continued detention awaiting deportation with a habeas petition. The district court held that when the removal of a...

U.S. District Court: SENTENCE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Phillips v. Booker 76 F.Supp.2d 1183 (D.Kan. 1999). A prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition challenging the execution of his sentence because the Bureau of Prisons had delegated payments of court-ordered restitution through the Inmate...

U.S. Appeals Court: SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Jones v. City of Jackson, 203 F.3d 875 (5th Cir. 2000). A detainee sued a sheriff and deputy alleging they violated state laws by detaining him. The district court denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment and they appealed. The...

U.S. District Court: SUICIDE SCREENING.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Ellis v. Washington County, Tenn., 80 F.Supp.2d 791 (E.D.Tenn. 1998). The mother and the minor child of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide while confined brought a [sections] 1983 wrongful death action against a city, county and jail...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE SCREENING.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Williams v. Kelso, 201 F.3d 1060 (8th Cir. 2000). The executor of the estate of a jail inmate who committed suicide while in custody sued jail employees under [sections] 1983. The district court dismissed state law claims against health care...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Cassidy v. Indiana Dept. of Corrections, 199 F.3d 374 (7th Cir. 2000). A blind inmate brought an action against the Indiana Department of Corrections alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Ant (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Ant....

U.S. District Court: PUNITIVE DAMAGES DAMAGES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Gaston v. Coughlin 81 F.Supp.2d 381 (N.D.N.Y. 1999). In a [sections] 1983 suit a state prisoner alleged retaliation in violation of his constitutional rights for his complaints about work conditions. The district court found that prison...

U.S. District Court: DAMAGES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... McClary v. Coughlin 87 F.Supp.2d 205 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A prisoner brought an action against prison officials alleging violation of his due process rights by failing to provide him with meaningful "periodic review" of his administrative...

U.S. District Court: CONTRACT SERVICES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Skurstenis v. Jones 81 F.Supp.2d 1228 (N.D.Ala. 1999). A female non-felony detainee brought a [sections] 1983 action against a sheriff and jail personnel alleging that a strip serach of her pelvic region violated her Fourth and Fourteenth...

U.S. Appeals Court: DAMAGES PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Wolff v. Mcore 199 F.3d 324 (6th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against current and former corrections officers alleging they used excessive use of force in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. A district court jury...

U.S. Appeals Court: CONFISCATION PACKAGES REJECTING MAIL.
May 1, 2000... Frost v. Symington, 197 F.3d 348 (9th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a suit seeking damages from Arizona Department of Corrections officials who allegedly withheld issues of pornographic magazines and returned without authorization music CDs he...

U.S. Appeals Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE SPECIAL DIETS.
May 1, 2000... Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials alleging numerous violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed in part and entered summary...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE.
May 1, 2000... Ralk v. Lincoln County, GA., 81 F.Supp.2d 1372 (S.D.Ga. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought an action alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that the county...

U.S. Appeals Court: DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE INTAKE SCREENING.
May 1, 2000... Williams v. Kelso, 201 F.3d 1060 (5th Cir. 2000). The executor of the estate of a jail inmate who committed suicide while in custody sued jail employees under [sections] 1983. The district court dismissed state law claims against health care...

U.S. District Court: SEGREGATION FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE.
May 1, 2000... Perez v. County of Westchester. 83 F.Supp.2d 435 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A former prisoner brought a 1983 action against a county and county jail physicians alleging that he was not properly treated for depression and other psychological problems...

U.S. District Court: PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION.
May 1, 2000... Closs v. Weber 87 F.Supp.2d 921 (D.S.D. 1999). A prisoner challenged the revocation of his parole with a habeas corpus petition. The district court granted the petition, finding that the prisoners due process rights were violated when his...

U.S. Appeals Court: COMMITMENT SEX OFFENDERS.
May 1, 2000... Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136 (9th Cir. 2000). A detainee who was civilly committed to a state hospital under California's Sexually Violent Predators Act applied to file an in forma pauperis [sections] 1983 action. The district court denied the...

U.S. Appeals Court: PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION.
May 1, 2000... U.S. v. Weston, 206 F.3d 9 (D.C.Cir. 2000). A district court upheld the decision of the federal Bureau of Prisons to involuntarily administer psychotropic medication to a pretrial detainee. The detainee appealed and the appeals court reversed...

U.S. Appeals Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE.
May 1, 2000... Williams v. Kelso, 201 F.3d 1060 (8th Cir. 2000). The executor of the estate of a jail inmate who committed suicide while in custody sued jail employees under [sections] 1983. The district court dismissed state law claims against health care...

U.S. Appeals Court: FREE SPEECH.
May 1, 2000... Andersen v. McCotter, 205 F.3d 1214 (10th Cir. 2000). A student intern at a halfway house for sex offenders was terminated for giving a television interview that was critical of a proposed policy change at the facility. The intern brought a...

U.S. Appeals Court: FREE SPEECH DISCIPLINE.
May 1, 2000... Flores v. San Diego County, 206 F.3d 845 (9th Cir. 2000). A corrections deputy sued a county sheriff and others under [sections] 1983 alleging violations of his rights to free speech and due process. The district court dismissed the claim and...

U.S. District Court: TERMINATION.
May 1, 2000... O'Connell v. County of Northampton, 79 F.Supp.2d 529 (E.D.Pa. 999). A former warden of a county prison brought an action claiming that certain county defendants violated his civil rights and that all defendants defamed him in violation of...

U.S. District Court: TERMINATION FREE SPEECH UNION.
May 1, 2000... Orr v. Trumbull County, 77 F.Supp.2d 853 (N.D.Ohio A former county corrections officer brought a [sections] 1953 action against a county and a sheriff alleging that he was discharged, in violation of his right to free speech and association, in...

U.S. Appeals Court: TERMINATION ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act.
May 1, 2000... Renaud v. Wyoming Dept. of Family Services, 203 F.3d 723 (10th Cir. 2000). The terminated superintendent of a state juvenile corrections facility brought an action against the state for breach of contract and violations of the Americans with...

U.S. District Court: SEARCH TERMINATION.
May 1, 2000... Robinson v. Metts, 86 F.Supp.2d 557 (D.S.C. 1997). A state corrections officer who pleaded guilty to charges of distributing contraband to prisoners and misconduct in office brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county sheriff and other...

U.S. District Court: HIRING/QUALIFICATIONS SEX DISCRIMINATION.
May 1, 2000... Rucker v. City of Kettering, 84 F.Supp.2d 917 (S.D.Ohio 2000). A female applicant for a civilian jailer position asserted claims under [sections] 1983 and a state law prohibiting gender discrimination in employment. The district court denied...

U.S. Appeals Court: FREE SPEECH TERMINATION.
May 1, 2000... Sowards v. Loudon County, 203 F.3d 426 (6th Cir. 2000). A former jailer brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county and sheriff alleging she was terminated for exercising her First Amendment rights of political and intimate association....

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT FALSE ARREST.
May 1, 2000... Anaya v. Crossroads Managed Care Systems, Inc. 195 F.3d 584 (10th Cir. 1999). Detainees who were seized by police, transported to an alcohol detoxification facility and then detained, brought a [sections] 1983 action against the operator of the...

U.S. Appeals Court: RESTRAINTS PRE-SENTENCE DETENTION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Fuentes v. Wagner. 206 F.3d 335 (3rd Cir. 2000). An inmate who had been detained in a county prison while awaiting sentencing sued corrections officers and prison officials under [sections] 1983 for the alleged use of excessive force. A...

U.S. District Court: SEGREGATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Love v. Cook County 82 F.Supp.2d 911 (N.D.Ill. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county and jail officials after he was transferred to a segregation unit for 30 months for his suspected involvement in the...

U.S. District Court: MEDICAL CARE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Ralk v. Lincoln County. GA. 81 F.Supp.2d 1372 (S.D.Ga. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought an action alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that the county...

U.S. District Court: SUICIDE MEDICAL CARE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Thornton v. City of Montgomery. 78 F.Supp.2d 1218 (M.D.Ala. 1999). The relatives of a jail inmate who committed suicide while in custody filed a wrongful death action. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that...

U.S. Appeals Court: MEDICAL CARE.
May 1, 2000... U.S. v. Weston 206 F.3d 9 (D.C.Cir. 2000). A district court upheld the decision of the federal Bureau of Prisons to involuntarily administer psychotropic medication to a pretrial detainee. The detainee appealed and the appeals court reversed...