Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from May 2001

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from May 2001

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act IN FORMA PAUPERIS.
May 1, 2001... Abdul-Akbar v. McKelvie, 239 F.3d 307 (3rd Cir. 2001). A prisoner moved for leave to file a [sections] 1983 complaint in forma pauperis and the district court denied the motion. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the three strikes rule of...

U.S. District Court: RECORDS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Advocacy Center v. Stalder, 128 F.Supp.2d 358 (M.D.La. 1999). An advocacy group for the rights of mentally ill persons, formed pursuant to the Protection and Advocacy for the Mentally Ill Individuals Act (PAMII Act), sued a state prison seeking...

U.S. District Court: PRIVILEGED CORRES.(correspondence)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ballance v. Young, 130 F.Supp.2d 762 (W.D.Va. 2000). A state prisoner brought a pro se federal civil rights suit against prison officials, arising out of their seizure of several items of his personal property. The district court held that the...

U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Prison Litigation Reform Act)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Concepcion v. Morton. 125 F.Supp.2d 111 (D.N.J. 2000). Prisoners brought an action against corrections officers and officials under [sections] 1983 asserting violation of their civil rights through the use of excessive force on two separate...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION FOR LEGAL ACTION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Dawes v. Walker. 239 F.3d 489(2nd Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a federal civil rights action against correctional officers, alleging retaliation in violation of his First Amendment rights in response to his successful appeal of a disciplinary...

U.S. District Court: RECORDS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Advocacy Center v. Stalder, 128 F.Supp.2d 358 (M.D.La. 1999). An advocacy group for the rights of mentally ill persons, formed pursuant to the Protection and Advocacy for the Mentally Ill Individuals Act (PAMII Act), sued a state prison seeking...

U.S. Appeals Court: LENGTH TRANSFER DUE PROCESS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Giano v. Selsky, 238 F.3d 223 (2nd Cir. 2001). A state prisoner brought an action alleging his placement in administrative segregation violated his due process rights. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants and the...

U.S. District Court: SEX DISCRIMINATION REGULATIONS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Deblasio v. Johnson, 128 F.Supp.2d 315 (E.D.Va. 2000). State prisoners brought a [sections] 1983 action challenging a state corrections departments grooming regulation that required all male inmates' hair to be no more than one inch thick and...

U.S. District Court: TRANSFERS PRIVACY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Doe v. Ward, 124 F.Supp.2d 900 (W.D.Pa. 2000). A convicted sex offender filed a complaint seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive relief in connection with the application of the Pennsylvania Registration of Sex Offenders Act, to the...

U.S. Appeals Court: RACIAL DISCRIM. RELIGION.
May 1, 2001... Morrison v. Garraghty, 239 F.3d 648(4th Cir. 2001). An inmate sued prison officials under [ss] 1983 alleging violation of his equal protection rights because of their refusal to consider his request to obtain Native American religious items...

U.S. Appeals Court: ALIEN.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Rosales-Garcia v. Holland. 238 F.3d 704 (6th Cir. 2001). A Cuban citizen petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his indefinite detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), following revocation of his immigration...

U.S. District Court: PRETRIAL DETAINESS PRIVACY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Wilson v. City of Kalamazoo 127 F.Supp.2d 855 (W.D.Mich. 2000). Arrestees who were allegedly detained in a city jail with any clothing or covering at all for varying periods of time, brought eight separate actions against the city and others....

U.S. District Court: SANITATION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Deblasio v. Johnson 128 F.Supp.2d 315 (E.D.Va. 2000). state prisoners brought a [ss] 1983 action challenging a state corrections department's grooming regulation that required all male inmates' hair to be no more than one inch thick and...

U.S. Appeals Court: DISCIPLINE RESTRAINTS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Hope v. Pelzer, 240 F.3d 975 (11th Cir. 2001). An inmate sued prison officers alleging violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The inmate had been handcuffed to a hitching post on two occasions, one of which lasted for seven...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Dawes v. Walker, 239 F.3d 489(2nd Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a federal civil rights action against correctional officers, alleging retaliation in violation of his First Amendment rights in response to his successful appeal of a disciplinary...

U.S. District Court: PUNISHMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Deblasio v. Johnson, 128 F.Supp.2d 315 (E.D.Va. 2000). State prisoners brought a [sections] 1983 action challenging a state corrections department's grooming regulation that required all male inmates' hair to be no more than one inch thick and...

U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS EVIDENCE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Gaither v. Anderson 236 F.3d 817(7th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner who was disciplined for theft petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court denied the petition and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court found that a security...

U.S. Appeals Court: INTERPRETER GOOD TIME.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Gonzales-Perez v. Harper, 241 F.3d 633 (8th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate who was a Spanish-speaking native of Cuba brought a [sections] 1983 action against a prison hearing officer who conducted disciplinary hearings which led to the revocation...

U.S. Appeals Court: PUNISHMENT RESTRAINTS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Hone v. Pelzer. 240 F.3d 975 (11th Cir. 2001). An inmate sued prison officers alleging violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The inmate had been handcuffed to a hitching post on two occasions, one of which lasted for seven...

U.S. Appeals Court: EVIDENCE PUNISHMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Hudson v. Johnson, 242 F.3d 534(5th Cir. 2001). A prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition alleging that he was unconstitutionally incarcerated because a prison disciplinary board, without any evidence, found him guilty of committing riot and...

U.S. Appeals Court: PUNISHMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Pearson v. Ramos, 237 F.3d 881 (7th Cir. 2001). A state prisoner brought a [ss] 1983 action against the superintendent of a prisons' disciplinary segregation unit, seeking damages for harm allegedly suffered as the result of being denied access...

U.S. Appeals Court: NOTICE DUE PROCESS INFORMANTS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Taylor v. Rodriguez, 238 F.3d 188 (2nd Cir. 2001). An inmate brought a suit alleging that various prison officials deprived him of due process in placing him in close custody, a housing status that involved severely restricted privileges, for...

U.S. District Court: WITNESS RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Williams v. Wilkinson 132 F.Supp.2d 601 (S.D.Ohio 2001). An inmate brought a [ss] 1983 action against correctional institution officials alleging his right to procedural due process was violated when he was not permitted to call a desired...

U.S. Appeals Court: OUTDOOR EXERCISE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Pearson v. Ramos. 237 F.3d 881 (7th Cir. 2001). A state prisoner brought a 1983 action against the superintendent of a prison's disciplinary segregation unit, seeking damages for harm allegedly suffered as the result of being denied access to...

U.S. District Court: SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Doe v. Lee, 132 F.Supp.2d 57 (D.Conn. 2001). A purportedly non-dangerous sex offender brought due process and ex post facto challenges to the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry Act. The district court held that the act violated due process since...

U.S. Supreme Court: SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Seling v. Young, 121 S.Ct. 727(2001). An inmate who was being held under a state sexually violent predator statute petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of the law. The case eventually reached the United...

U.S. Appeals Court: THREATS PROTECTION FROM HARM.
May 1, 2001... Benefield v. McDowall, 241 F.3d 1267(10th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate brought a Bivens action against prison officials alleging that he had been exposed to a risk of harm at the hands of other inmates after an officer labeled him as a "snitch."...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.
May 1, 2001... Brown v. Harris 240 F.3d 383 (4th Cir. 2001). The father of a detainee who committed suicide in a jail brought state tort claims and [ss] 1983 claims against county officials. The district court granted judgment as a matter of law to the...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.
May 1, 2001... Domino v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 239 F.3d 752(5th Cir. 2001). A prison psychiatrist appealed the decision of a federal district court that denied his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The appeals court reversed...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Gregoire v. Class. 236 F.3d 413(8th Cir. 2000). The estate of a state prisoner who committed suicide brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials. The district court denied summary judgment for the prisoner's case manager and the case...

U.S. Appeals Court: PROTECTION FROM HARM.
May 1, 2001... Thornton v. Phillips County, Arkansas. 240 F.3d 728 (8th Cir. 2001). A jail inmate brought a 1983 suit against a county, police officers and paramedics based on his treatment after he was injured in a fall that was allegedly caused by a jail...

U.S. Appeals Court: USE OF FORCE MEDICAL CARE.
May 1, 2001... Young v. City of Mount Ranier. 238 F.3d 567(4th Cir. 2001). The parents of a boy who died in custody brought state law negligence and wrongful death claims, and constitutional claims under [ss] 1983, arising from the death of their son....

U.S. Appeals Court: ASBESTOS SANITATION.
May 1, 2001... Herman v. Holiday 238 F.3d 660(5th Cir. 2001). An inmate brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials alleging constitutional violations, including unhealthful conditions and exposure to asbestos. The district court entered summary...

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
May 1, 2001... Dry v. U.S., 235 F.3d 1249 (10th Cir. 2000). Members of an Indian tribe brought a [ss] 1983 and Federal Tort Claims Act against tribal law enforcement officers who allegedly committed torts when arresting them. The district court dismissed the...

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Scull v. New Mexico 236 F.3d 588(10th Cir. 2000). A detainee sued state and local officials alleging he was unlawfully detained for 30 days without initiation of extradition proceedings. The appeals court found that the detainee, who had...

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Streit v. County of Los Angeles, 236 F.3d 552(9th Cir. 2001). Detainees brought a [ss] 1983 action against a county and sheriffs department seeking damages for overdetention. The district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss and the...

U.S. District Court: SEARCHES.
May 1, 2001... Mason v. Village of Babylon, New York 124 F.Supp.2d 807 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). An arrestee who was taken into custody based on a traffic warrant that was later determined to have been recalled, filed an action under [ss] 1983 alleging false arrest...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEARCHES.
May 1, 2001... Skurstenis v. Jones 236 F.3d 678(11th Cir. 2000). A female detainee brought an action against a county sheriff and sheriffs department staff, alleging that a strip search of her pelvic region violated her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights....

U.S. District Court: TRANSSEXUAL.
May 1, 2001... Wolfe v. Horn, 130 F.Supp.2d 648 (E.D.Pa. 2001). A pre-operative transsexual inmate brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials and medical professionals, alleging that their failure to permit him to continue hormone treatment therapy...

U.S. Appeals Court: SANITATION TEMPERATURE.
May 1, 2001... Herman v. Holiday, 238 F.3d 660(5th Cir. 2001). An inmate brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials alleging constitutional violations, including unhealthful conditions and exposure to asbestos. The district court entered summary...

U.S. District Court: HAIR.
May 1, 2001... Deblasio v. Johnson, 128 F.Supp.2d 315 (E.D.Va. 2000). State prisoners brought a [ss] 1983 action challenging a state corrections department's grooming regulation that required all male inmates' hair to be no more than one inch thick and...

U.S. District Court: HAIR.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Deblasio v. Johnson, 128 F.Supp.2d 315 (E.D.Va. 2000). State prisoners brought a [ss] 1983 action challenging a state corrections department's grooming regulation that required all male inmates' hair to be no more than one inch thick and...

U.S. Appeals Court: MAIL PUBLICATIONS.
May 1, 2001... Prison Legal News v. Cook, 238 F.3d 1145 (9th Cir. 2001). Prisoners and the publisher of a nonprofit newsletter brought a [ss] 1983 action against corrections officials, challenging a corrections department policy that prohibited prisoners from...

U.S. Appeals Court: REVOCATION.
May 1, 2001... Closs V. Weber 238 F.3d 1018(8th Cir. 2001). A federal district court ordered that a prisoner's good-time credits be restored, after they had been revoked, along with his conditional parole, for refusal to take psychotropic medication. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: REVOCATION EQUAL PROTECTION.
May 1, 2001... Gonzales-Perez v. Harper, 241 F.3d 633(8th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate who was a Spanish-speaking native of Cuba brought a [sections] 1983 action against a prison hearing officer who conducted disciplinary hearings which led to the revocation...

U.S. Appeals Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Dawes v. Walker. 239 F.3d 489(2nd Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a federal civil rights action against correctional officers, alleging retaliation in violation of his First Amendment rights in response to his successful appeal of a disciplinary...

U.S. Appeals Court: DISCIPLINE.
May 1, 2001... Gaither v. Anderson. 236 F.3d 817(7th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner who was disciplined for theft petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court denied the petition and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court found that a security...

U.S. Appeals Court: DISCIPLINE GOOD TIME.
May 1, 2001... Hudson v. Johnson, 242 F.3d 534(5th Cir. 2001). A prisoner filed a habeas corpus petition alleging that he was unconstitutionally incarcerated because a prison disciplinary board, without any evidence, found him guilty of committing riot and...

U.S. Supreme Court: RELEASE DATE.
May 1, 2001... Lopez v. Davis 121 S.Ct. 714 (2001). A federal prisoner convicted of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regulation. The regulation...

U.S. Appeals Court: PAROLE.
May 1, 2001... Maddox v. Elzie. 238 F.3d 437 (D.C.Cir. 2001). After his parole was revoked and he was reincarcerated, a prisoner sought a writ of habeas corpus challenging the parole boards decision. The district court granted the petition in part and the...

U.S. Appeals Court: ALIEN.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Rosales-Garcia v. Holland, 238 F.3d 704 (6th Cir. 2001). A Cuban citizen petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his indefinite detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), following revocation of his immigration...

U.S. District Court: CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED.
May 1, 2001... Russo v. Johnson. 129 F.Supp.2d 1012 (S.D.Tex. 2001). A state prisoner petitioned for habeas corpus relief and the district court denied the petition. The court found that absent a state statute, the prisoner bad no federal constitutional right...

U.S. Supreme Court: SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Seling v. Young 121 S.Ct. 727(2001). An inmate who was being held under a state sexually violent predator statute petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of the law. The case eventually reached the United States...

U.S. District Court: RAZORS HAIR.
May 1, 2001... Deblasio v. Johnson, 128 F.Supp.2d 315 (E.D. Va. 2000). State prisoners brought a [ss] 1983 action challenging a state corrections department's grooming regulation that required all male inmates' hair to be no more than one inch thick and...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLOTHING HOT WATER.
May 1, 2001... Herman v. Holiday 238 F.3d 660(5th Cir. 2001). An inmate brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials alleging constitutional violations, including unhealthful conditions and exposure to asbestos. The district court entered summary...

U.S. Appeals Court: BIVENS CLAIM QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.
May 1, 2001... Benefield v. McDowall, 241 F.3d 1267(10th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate brought a Bivens action against prison officials alleging that he had been exposed to a risk of harm at the hands of other inmates after an officer labeled him as a "snitch."...

U.S. Appeals Court: ELEVENTH AMENDMENT.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Strait v. County of Los Angeles. 236 F.3d 552(9th Cir. 2001). Detainees brought a [ss] 1983 action against a county and sheriffs department seeking damages for overdetention. The district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss and the...

U.S. Appeals Court: IDENTIFICATION PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Lee v. County of Los Angeles. 240 F.3d 754(9th Cir. 2001). A former prisoner and his mother sued under [ss] 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that city and county officials ignored the prisoner's obvious mental...

U.S. District Court: SEARCHES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Mason v. Village of Babylon. New York. 124 F.Supp.2d 807 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). An arrestee who was taken into custody based on a traffic warrant that was later determined to have been recalled, filed an action under [ss] 1983 alleging false arrest...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEARCHES.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Roberts v. Rhode Island 239 F.3d 107 (1st Cir. 2001). A detainee challenged the constitutionality of policies of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections that require all males committed to state prison to be subjected to strip searches and...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEARCHES MEDICAL SCREENING.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Skurstenis v. Jones 236 F.3d 678(11th Cir. 2000). A female detainee brought an action against a county sheriff and sheriffs department staff, alleging that a strip search of her pelvic region violated her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights....

U.S. District Court: CLOTHING.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Wilson v. City of Kalamazoo. 127 F.Supp.2d 855(W.D.Mich. 2000). Arrestees who were allegedly detained in a city jail with any clothing or covering at all for varying periods of time, brought eight separate actions against the city and others....

U.S. Appeals Court: BIVENS CLAIM QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Benefield v. McDowall, 241 F.3d 1267 (10th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate brought a Bivens action against prison officials alleging that he had been exposed to a risk of harm at the hands of other inmates after an officer labeled him as a...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act CONSENT DECREE-TERMINATION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Castillo v. Cameron County, Tex., 238 F.3d 339(5th Cir. 2001). Pretrial detainees and convicted inmates held at a jail brought a class action under [sections] 1983 against a county, state and various individuals, alleging that overcrowding at...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act CONSENT DECREE-TERMINATION.
May 1, 2001... Ruiz v. U.S., 243 F.3d 941 (5th Cir. 2001). Texas prison officials moved to terminate a judgment that found aspects of the prison system to be in violation of prisoners' constitutional rights. The district court found that provisions of the...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLASS ACTION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Streit v. County of Los Angeles, 236 F.3d 552 (9th Cir. 2001). Detainees brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county and sheriffs department seeking damages for overdetention. The district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss...

U.S. District Court: CONFISCATION PRIVILEGED CORRES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ballance v. Young, 130 F.Supp.2d 762 (W.D.Va. 2000). A state prisoner brought a pro se federal civil rights suit against prison officials, arising out of their seizure of several items of his personal property. The district court held that the...

U.S. Appeals Court: PROHIBITIONS-PUBLICATIONS REGULATIONS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Prison Legal News v. Cook, 238 F.3d 1145 (9th Cir. 2001). Prisoners and the publisher of a non-profit newsletter brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials, challenging a corrections department policy that prohibited...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE NEGLIGENCE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Brown v. Harris 240 F.3d 383 (4th Cir. 2001). The father of a detainee who committed suicide in a jail brought state tort claims and [sections] 1983 claims against county officials. The district court granted judgment as a matter of law to the...

U.S. District Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Cameron v. Sarraf, 128 F.Supp.2d 906 (E.D.Va. 2000). An inmate, proceeding pro se, filed a [sections] 1983 action against a correctional center's medical director and treating physician, alleging violation of his Eighth Amendment right to...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE DELIBERATE INDIFF. MENTAL HEALTH.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Domino v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 239 F.3d 752 (5th Cir. 2001). A prison psychiatrist appealed the decision of a federal district court that denied his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The appeals court reversed...

U.S. Appeals Court: INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Fuller v. Dillon, 236 F.3d 876 (7th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate who had been given psychotropic medication against his will brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials and medical personnel alleging violation of his due process...

U.S. Appeals Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE TRANSFER DELAY OF CARE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Garvin v. Armstrong, 236 F.3d 896 (7th Cir. 2001). A county jail inmate brought a civil rights suit alleging that the jail medical director was deliberately indifferent to his need for an asthma inhaler. The district court entered summary...

U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE DELIBERATE INDIFF.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Gregoire v. Class 236 F.3d 413 (8th Cir. 2000). The estate of a state prisoner who committed suicide brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials. The district court denied summary judgment for the prisoner's case manager and the case...

U.S. Appeals Court: WORK ASSIGNMENT.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Lewis v. Lynn 236 F.3d 766 (5th Cir. 2001). A state prison inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against current and former prison officials, alleging he had been forced to do field work for which he was medically unfit due to asthma, in...

U.S. Appeals Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELIBERATE INDIFF.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Napier v. Madison County. KY. 238 F.3d 739(6th Cir. 2001). An arrestee who suffered from complete kidney failure and who was kept from scheduled dialysis treatment during his period of detention, brought a [sections] 1983 action against a...

U.S. Appeals Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELAY IN CARE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Oxendine v. Kaplan 241 F.3d 1272 (10th Cir. 2001). An inmate at a state correctional facility brought an action against prison medical professionals who performed emergency reattachment of his finger, alleging they provided him with inadequate...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEARCHES.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Skurstenis v. Jones. 236 F.3d 678(11th Cir. 2000). A female detainee brought an action against a county sheriff and sheriff's department staff, alleging that a strip search of her pelvic region violated her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment...

U.S. District Court: TRANSSEXUAL.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Wolfe v. Horn. 130 F.Supp.2d 648 (E.D.Pa. 2001). A pre-operative transsexual inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials and medical professionals, alleging that their failure to permit him to continue hormone treatment...

U.S. District Court: PAMII Act- Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act RECORDS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Advocacy Center v. Stalder. 128 F.Supp.2d 358 (M.D.La. 1999). An advocacy group for the rights of mentally ill persons, formed pursuant to the Protection and Advocacy for the Mentally Ill Individuals Act. (PAMII Act), sued a state prison...

U.S. Appeals Court: FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE SUICIDE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Domino v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 239 F.3d 752 (5th Cir. 2001). A prison psychiatrist appealed the decision of a federal district court that denied his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The appeals court reversed...

U.S. Appeals Court: PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Fuller v. Dillon 236 F.3d 876 (7th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate who had been given psychotropic medication against his will brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials and medical personnel alleging violation of his due process rights....

U.S. Supreme Court: SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Seling v. Young, 121 S.Ct. 727 (2001). An inmate who was being held under a state sexually violent predator statute petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of the law. The case eventually reached the United...

U.S. District Court: DISCRIMINATION TITLE VII DISCIPLINE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Allen v. Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corr., 128 F.Supp.2d 483 (S.D.Ohio 2001). An African-American probationary correctional officer brought an employment discrimination action against a state department of corrections and its officials...