Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from May 2004

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from May 2004

U.S. district court: PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act exhaustion; Wallace v. Burbury.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Wallace v. Burbury, 305 F.Supp.2d 801 (N.D.Ohio 2003). A Jewish inmate brought an action against prison officials, alleging that the officials unconstitutionally refused to accommodate his religious beliefs. The district court entered summary...

U.S. district court: PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act exhaustion; Blackmon v. Crawford.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Blackmon v. Crawford, 305 F.Supp.2d 1174 (D.Nev. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against prison officials for violation of his Eighth Amendment rights, when they allegedly failed to provide adequate medical...

U.S. district court: initial appearance due process.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Bunyon v. Burke County, 306 F.Supp.2d 1240 (S.D.Ga. 2004). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 action stemming from his arrest and the alleged refusal of jail authorities to release him on bail. The court denied summary judgment for the...

U.S. appeals court: exhaustion PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Carroll v. Yates, 362 F.3d 984 (7th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 Eighth Amendment action against corrections officials. The district court dismissed the action on the grounds of failure to exhaust administrative...

U.S. district court: PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act exhaustion; Jenkins v. Raub.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Jenkins v. Raub, 310 F.Supp.2d 502 (W.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action, alleging that he had been assaulted by correctional officers. The district court denied summary judgment for the officers, finding...

U.S. appeals court: law library photocopying.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Johnson v. Unknown Dellatifa, 357 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2004). A pro se state prisoner brought separate [section] 1983 actions against various prison officials and staff. The district court dismissed the actions and the prisoner appealed. The...

U.S. district court: law library PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... LaPlante v. Pepe, 307 F.Supp.2d 219 (D.Mass. 2004). A state prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that prison officials had interfered with his right of access to courts by denying him physical access to the prison's law library....

U.S. appeals court: legal materials other state.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Lehn v. Holmes, 364 F.3d 862 (7th Cir. 2004). A pro se state prisoner sued a state, alleging denial of access to the courts and living conditions that violated the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner...

U.S. appeals court: PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... McEachin v. McGuinnis, 357 F.3d 197 (2nd Cir. 2004). A prisoner, proceeding in forma pauperis, brought a civil rights complaint against prison officials. The district court dismissed the action under the screening provisions of the Prison...

U.S. appeals court: pro se litigation 42 U.S.C.A. sec. 1983.(Access to Courts)
May 1, 2004... Thomson v. Washington, 362 F.3d 969 (7th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a pro se civil rights action against prison officials. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded. The...

U.S. district court: budget.(Administration)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. district court: records.(Administration)
May 1, 2004... Ginest v. Board of County Com'rs. of Carbon County, 306 F.Supp.2d 1158 (D.Wyo. 2004). A motion was filed seeking to hold a board of county commissioners in contempt for violating the requirements of a 1987 consent decree concerning inmate...

U.S. appeals court: records inmate funds prisoner accounts.(Administration)
May 1, 2004... Maydak v. U.S., 363 F.3d 512 (D.C.Cir. 2004). Inmates brought an action against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) alleging that the BOP violated the Privacy Act and the statute that established Inmate Trust Funds by maintaining secret file...

U.S. appeals court: due process assignment.(Administrative Segregation)
May 1, 2004... Jackson v. Carey, 353 F.3d 750 (9th Cir. 2003). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that his transfer to a security housing unit violated his due process rights. The district court...

U.S. appeals court: due process conditions length.(Administrative Segregation)
May 1, 2004... Palmer v. Richards, 364 F.3d 60 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a pro se civil rights action under [section] 1983, alleging that an officer used excessive force to subdue him in an altercation that followed a pat frisk search. The...

U.S. district court: diet exercise privileges religious services visits.(Administrative Segregation)
May 1, 2004... Wrinkles v. Davis, 311 F.Supp.2d 735 (N.D.Ind. 2004). Death row inmates at a state prison brought a [section] 1983 action in state court, alleging that a 79-day lockdown of the death row area violated their constitutional rights. The lockdown...

4. Assessment of costs.
May 1, 2004... No Cases

U.S. district court sec. 1988: determination PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Attorney Fees)
May 1, 2004... LaPlante v. Pepe, 307 F.Supp.2d 219 (D.Mass. 2004). A state prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that prison officials had interfered with his right of access to courts by denying him physical access to the prison's law library....

U.S. appeals court: limitations PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Attorney Fees)
May 1, 2004... Torres v. Walker, 356 F.3d 238 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging excessive force. The parties agreed on a settlement, which included $1,000 in damages and unspecified attorney fees. The district...

U.S. district court: denial of bail.(Bail)
May 1, 2004... Bunyon v. Burke County, 306 F.Supp.2d 1240 (S.D.Ga. 2004). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 action stemming from his arrest and the alleged refusal of jail authorities to release him on bail. The court denied summary judgment for the...

U.S. district court: conditions medical care.(Civil Rights)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. appeals court: free speech.(Civil Rights)
May 1, 2004... Clement v. California Dept. of Corrections, 364 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that a regulation prohibiting inmates from receiving mail that contained material downloaded from the Internet...

U.S. appeals court: harassment.(Civil Rights)
May 1, 2004... Johnson v. Unknown Dellatifa, 357 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2004). A pro se state prisoner brought separate [section] 1983 actions against various prison officials and staff. The district court dismissed the actions and the prisoner appealed. The...

U.S. appeals court: privacy.(Civil Rights)
May 1, 2004... Maydak v. U.S., 363 F.3d 512 (D.C.Cir. 2004). Inmates brought an action against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) alleging that the BOP violated the Privacy Act and the statute that established Inmate Trust Funds by maintaining secret file...

U.S. appeals court: voting.(Civil Rights)
May 1, 2004... Muntaqim v. Coombe, 366 F.3d 102 (2nd Cir. 2004). A convieted felon imprisoned in New York brought a pro se complaint alleging that New York's felon disenfranchisement statute violated the Voting Rights Act. The district court granted summary...

U.S. district court: separation transfer.(Classification & Separation)
May 1, 2004... Ashford v. District of Columbia, 306 F.Supp.2d 8 (D.D.C. 2004). A prisoner brought a civil rights action against the District of Columbia and its employees, alleging they were liable to him for injuries resulting from an attack by other...

U.S. district court: classification separation failure to protect.(Classification & Separation)
May 1, 2004... Carmichael v. Richards, 307 F.Supp.2d 1014 (S.D.Ind. 2004). A county jail prisoner who was injured by his cellmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff in his individual and official capacities, claiming that the sheriff failed to...

U.S. appeals court: smoking.(Classification & Separation)
May 1, 2004... Lehn v. Holmes, 364 F.3d 862 (7th Cir. 2004). A pro se state prisoner sued a state, alleging denial of access to the courts and living conditions that violated the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner...

U.S. district court: crowding sanitation medical care ventilation.(Conditions of Confinement)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D. Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. appeals court: capital punishment lethal injection.(Cruel and Unusual Punishment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Cooper v. Rimmer, 358 F.3d 655 (9th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner, sentenced to death by lethal injection, filed a [section] 1983 action seeking a temporary restraining order. The district court denied relief and the prisoner appealed. The...

U.S. appeals court: harassment.(Cruel and Unusual Punishment)
May 1, 2004... Johnson v. Unknown Dellatifa, 357 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2004). A pro se state prisoner brought separate [section] 1983 actions against various prison officials and staff. The district court dismissed the actions and the prisoner appealed. The...

U.S. appeals court: segregation due process; Jackson v. Carey.(Discipline)
May 1, 2004... Jackson v. Carey, 353 F.3d 750 (9th Cir. 2003). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that his transfer to a security housing unit violated his due process rights. The district court...

U.S. appeals court: evidence due process.(Discipline)
May 1, 2004... Luna v. Pico, 356 F.3d 481 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against hearing officers, alleging that they deprived him of due process in disciplinary proceedings. The district court denied cross-motions for...

U.S. appeals court: religion.(Discipline)
May 1, 2004... McEachin v. McGuinnis, 357 F.3d 197 (2nd Cir. 2004). A prisoner, proceeding in forma pauperis, brought a civil rights complaint against prison officials. The district court dismissed the action under the screening provisions of the Prison...

U.S. appeals court: segregation due process; Palmer v. Richards.(Discipline)
May 1, 2004... Palmer v. Richards, 364 F.3d 60 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a pro se civil rights action under [section] 1983, alleging that an officer used excessive force to subdue him in an altercation that followed a pat frisk search. The...

U.S. district court: witness evidence due process.(Discipline)
May 1, 2004... Thomas v. McBride, 306 F.Supp.2d 855 (N.D.Ind. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a habeas proceeding to challenge a finding of guilt at a prison disciplinary hearing. The district court denied habeas relief. The court held that the prison...

13. Ex-offenders.
May 1, 2004... No Cases

U.S. district court: prisoner on prisoner assault; Ashford v. District of Columbia.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Ashford v. District of Columbia, 306 F.Supp.2d 8 (D.D.C. 2004). A prisoner brought a civil rights action against the District of Columbia and its employees, alleging they were liable to him for injuries resulting from an attack by other...

U.S. appeals court: prisoner on prisoner assault.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Berry v. Sherman, 365 F.3d 631 (8th Cir. 2004). An inmate who was attacked by his cellmate brought a civil rights suit against correctional officers, alleging violation of his equal protection rights and failure to protect. The district court...

U.S. district court: officer on prisoner assault.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Broner v. Flynn, 311 F.Supp.2d 227 (D.Mass. 2004). A state prisoner brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff, alleging violation of his rights as the result of injuries he received during an assault by another prisoner. The...

U.S. district court: wrongful death medical care.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D. Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. district court: prisoner on prisoner assault; Carmichael v. Richards.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Carmichael v. Richards, 307 F.Supp.2d 1014 (S.D.Ind. 2004). A county jail prisoner who was injured by his cellmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff in his individual and official capacities, claiming that the sheriff failed to...

U.S. district court: prisoner suicide; Dipace v. Goord.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Dipace v. Goord, 308 F.Supp.2d 274 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). The estate and survivors of a state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that corrections and mental health officials were deliberately indifferent to the inmate's serious mental...

U.S. appeals court: protection from harm.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Gatlin ex rel. Gatlin v. Green, 362 F.3d 1089 (8th Cir. 2004). The estate of a cooperating witness in a murder investigation brought an action against a police officer and city. The witness was murdered after police allegedly released a...

U.S. appeals court: medical care wrongful death.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Graham ex rel. Estate v. County of Washtenaw, 358 F.3d 377 (6th Cir. 2004). The estate of an arrestee, who died after secretly ingesting cocaine upon his arrest, brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that a county policy regarding provision...

U.S. district court: unlawful detention.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Green v. Baca, 306 F.Supp.2d 903 (C.D.Cal. 2004). An arrestee sued a county sheriff, seeking damages for his alleged over-detention. The district court denied summary judgment for the sheriff, in part. The court held that fact issues as to the...

U.S. district court: prisoner suicide; Strickler v. McCord.(Failure to Protect)
May 1, 2004... Strickler v. McCord, 306 F.Supp.2d 818 (N.D.Ind. 2004). A pretrial detainee sued jail officials under [section] 1983, alleging they were deliberately indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court granted summary judgment in...

U.S. district court: crowding sanitation ventilation.(Facilities)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. appeals court: false arrest.(False Imprisonment/Arrest)
May 1, 2004... Escalera v. Lunn, 354 F.3d 198 (2nd Cir. 2004). A county corrections officer who had been arrested for official misconduct brought a [section] 1983 claim, alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution in connection with an investigation that...

17. female prisoners.
May 1, 2004... No Cases

U.S. appeals court: religious diet; Madison v. Riter.(Food)
May 1, 2004... Madison v. Riter, 355 F.3d 310 (4th Cir. 2003). A state prisoner brought an action against prison officials and others under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), challenging denial of his requests for kosher meals....

U.S. district court: medical diet.(Food)
May 1, 2004... Carrion v. Wilkinson, 309 F.Supp.2d 1007 (N.D.Ohio 2004). A state inmate filed an action under [section] 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging that prison officials failed to provide him with proper insulin-dependent...

U.S. appeals court: religious diet; Goff v. Graves.(Food)
May 1, 2004... Goff v. Graves, 362 F.3d 543 (8th Cir. 2004). State inmates brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging violation of their First Amendment rights because prison officials refused to permit inmates in lockup to receive food trays that were...

U.S. appeals court: mail publications.(Free Speech, Expression, Assoc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Bahrampour v. Lampert, 356 F.3d 969 (9th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner sued prison officials under [section] 1983, challenging a prison regulation that prohibited prisoners from receiving certain types of publications. The district court granted...

U.S. appeals court: internet mail.(Free Speech, Expression, Assoc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Clement v. California Dept. of Corrections, 364 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that a regulation prohibiting inmates from receiving mail that contained material downloaded from the Internet...

U.S. appeals court: privacy visits.(Free Speech, Expression, Assoc.)
May 1, 2004... Maydak v. U.S., 363 F.3d 512 (D.C.Cir. 2004). Inmates brought an action against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) alleging that the BOP violated the Privacy Act and the statute that established Inmate Trust Funds by maintaining secret file...

U.S. appeals court: voting.(Free Speech, Expression, Assoc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Muntaqim v. Coombe, 366 F.3d 102 (2nd Cir. 2004). A convicted felon imprisoned in New York brought a pro se complaint alleging that New York's felon disenfranchisement statute violated the Voting Rights Act. The district court granted summary...

20. good time.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... No Cases

U.S. appeals court: procedures PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Grievance Procedures, Prisoner)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Carroll v. Yates, 362 F.3d 984 (7th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 Eighth Amendment action against corrections officials. The district court dismissed the action on the grounds of failure to exhaust administrative...

U.S. district court: procedures PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Grievance Procedures, Prisoner)(Jenkins v. Raub, 310 F.Supp.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Jenkins v. Raub, 310 F.Supp.2d 502 (W.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action, alleging that he had been assaulted by correctional officers. The district court denied summary judgment for the officers, finding...

U.S. appeals court: alien.(Habeas Corpus)(Gonzalez v. O'Connell)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Gonzalez v. O'Connell, 355 F.3d 1010 (7th Cir. 2004). An alien petitioned for habeas corpus relief, alleging that a mandatory detention requirement was unconstitutional as applied to him. The district court granted the petition and the...

U.S. district court: discipline.(Habeas Corpus)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Thomas v. McBride, 306 F.Supp.2d 855 (N.D.Ind. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a habeas proceeding to challenge a finding of guilt at a prison disciplinary hearing. The district court denied habeas relief. The court held that the prison...

U.S. district court: toilets showers.(Hygiene-Prisoner Personal)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. appeals court: qualified immunity precedent; Bahrampour v. Lampert.(Immunity)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Bahrampour v. Lampert, 356 F.3d 969 (9th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner sued prison officials under [section] 1983, challenging a prison regulation that prohibited prisoners from receiving certain types of publications. The district court granted...

U.S. district court: individual capacity.(Immunity)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Broner v. Flynn, 311 F. Supp.2d 227 (D.Mass. 2004). A state prisoner brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff, alleging violation of his rights as the result of injuries he received during an assault by another prisoner. The...

U.S. appeals court: Eleventh Amendment.(Immunity)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Johnson v. Unknown Dellatifa, 357 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2004). A pro se state prisoner brought separate [section] 1983 actions against various prison officials and staff. The district court dismissed the actions and the prisoner appealed. The...

U.S. appeals court: qualified immunity; Luna v. Pico.(Immunity)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Luna v. Pico, 356 F.3d 481 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against hearing officers, alleging that they deprived him of due process in disciplinary proceedings. The district court denied cross-motions for...

U.S. appeals court: qualified immunity; Palmer v. Richards.(Immunity)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Palmer v. Richards, 364 F.3d 60 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a pro se civil rights action under [section] 1983, alleging that an officer used excessive force to subdue him in an altercation that followed a pat frisk search. The...

U.S. district court: procedures.(Intake and Admissions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Edwards v. Oberndorf, 309 F.Supp.2d 780 (E.D.Va. 2003). A driver arrested for driving under the influence challenged his detention. The district court dismissed the action, finding that housing the driver in a holding cell for a minimal period...

U.S. district court: classification.(Intake and Admissions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Carmichael v. Richards, 307 F.Supp.2d 1014 (S.D.Ind.2004). A county jail prisoner who was injured by his cellmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff in his individual and official capacities, claiming that the sheriff failed to...

U.S. appeals court: length procedures.(Intake and Admissions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Chortek v. City of Milwaukee, 356 F.3d 740 (7th Cir. 2004). Arrestees brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that their arrests for violating a ticket-scalping ordinance was a violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. The district court...

U.S. appeals court: sentence.(Juveniles)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... U.S. v. Cuello, 357 F.3d 162 (2nd Cir. 2004). A defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm challenged his sentence. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the defendant's youthful offender adjudication under state law...

U.S. district court: consent decree ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act.(Liability)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Bolden v. Stroger, 306 F.Supp.2d 792 (N.D.Ill. 2004). Pretrial detainees brought an action challenging a county's policy of barring individuals with mental illness from various prerelease programs, and its policy of discharging mentally ill...

U.S. district court: deliberate indifference failure to train.(Liability)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. appeals court: injunctive relief PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Liability)(Clement v. California Dept. of Corrections)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Clement v. California Dept. of Corrections, 364 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that a regulation prohibiting inmates from receiving mail that contained material downloaded from the Internet...

U.S. district court: consent decree.(Liability)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Ginest v. Board of County Com'rs. of Carbon County, 306 F.Supp.2d 1158 (D.Wyo. 2004). A motion was filed seeking to hold a board of county commissioners in contempt for violating the requirements of a 1987 consent decree concerning inmate...

U.S. appeals court: consent decree-termination PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Liability)(Guajardo v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Guajardo v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 363 F.3d 392 (5th Cir. 2004). A state sought to terminate prospective relief provided by a consent decree that modified correspondence rules and practices in the state's prisons. The district court...

U.S. appeals court: private provider.(Liability)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Warren v. District of Columbia, 353 F.3d 36 (D.C.Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against the District of Columbia, alleging that he suffered constitutional violations while incarcerated in a private prison operated...

U.S. appeals court: bulk mail prohibitions-publications regulations.(Mail)
May 1, 2004... Bahrampour v. Lampert, 356 F.3d 969 (9th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner sued prison officials under [section] 1983, challenging a prison regulation that prohibited prisoners from receiving certain types of publications. The district court granted...

U.S. appeals court: prohibition regulation.(Mail)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Clement v. California Dept. of Corrections, 364 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that a regulation prohibiting inmates from receiving mail that contained material downloaded from the Internet...

U.S. appeals court: deliberate indifference failure to provide care.(Medical Care)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Missouri Dept. of Corrections, 353 F.3d 1038 (8th Cir. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that officials were liable for injuries he received in an accident while en route to a correctional facility, for...

U.S. district court: deliberate indifference failure to provide care.(Medical Care)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate's estate filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the inmate's death was the result of a city jail's overcrowding and jail officials' deliberate...

U.S. district court: deliberate indifference diet.(Medical Care)
May 1, 2004... Carrion v. Wilkinson, 309 F.Supp.2d 1007 (N.D.Ohio 2004). A state inmate filed an action under [section] 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging that prison officials failed to provide him with proper insulin-dependent...

U.S. district court: suidice emergency care.(Medical Care)
May 1, 2004... Dipace v. Goord, 308 F.Supp.2d 274 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). The estate and survivors of a state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that corrections and mental health officials were deliberately indifferent to the inmate's serious mental...