Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from May 2005

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from May 2005

Allah v. Brown.(ACCESS TO COURT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE Allah v. Brown, 351 F.Supp.2d 278 (D.N.J. 2004). Inmates sued state prison officials, claiming that their policy of opening and inspecting their legal mail looking for contraband,...

Brewster v. Nassau County.(access to court, prisoner abuse)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court APPOINTED ATTORNEY PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Brewster v. Nassau County, 349 F.Supp.2d 540 (E.D.N.Y. 2004). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court dismissed the complaint,...

Hewes v. Magnusson.(prisoner rights violated)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LAW LIBRARY EXPERT WITNESS Hewes v. Magnusson, 350 F.Supp.2d 222 (D.Me. 2004). A state inmate brought an action asserting that prison officials violated his rights. The district court granted summary judgment...

Jackson v. Wiley.(inmate's access to court right deprived)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LAW LIBRARY LEGAL ASSISTANCE Jackson v. Wiley, 352 F.Supp.2d 666 (E.D.Va. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action alleging that prison officials denied him adequate medical care and...

Butler v. Adams.(prisoner appeals Modification Or Accommodation Request)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION ADA -- Americans with Disabilities Act PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Butler v. Adams, 397 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 2005). A vision-impaired inmate brought an action under the Americans with...

Goldsmith v. White.(prisoner brought civil rights action)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Goldsmith v. White, 357 F.Supp.2d 1336 (N.D.Fla. 2005). An inmate brought a federal civil rights action, alleging that a correctional officer took his contact...

Johnson v. Hornung.(prisoners' right of access to courts deprived)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE Johnson v. Hornung, 358 F.Supp.2d 910 (S.D.Cal. 2005). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that he was deprived of his right of access to courts when a prison official...

Moore v. Schuetzle.(prisoner complains his access to court and First Amendment rights violated)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE Moore v. Schuetzle, 354 F.Supp.2d 1065 (D.N.D. 2005). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials and against a physician, alleging that his legal...

U.S. v. Johnson.(prisoner complains of court delay)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court INITIAL APPEARANCE U.S. v. Johnson, 352 F.Supp.2d 596 (D.Md. 2005). A detainee challenged his two-and-a-half day delay in being presented to a judicial officer after his arrest. The court found that the delay was...

U.S. v. Martin.(federal inmates files false financial papers )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court CIVIL SUITS LIENS U.S. v. Martin, 356 F.Supp.2d 621 (W.D.Va. 2005). The United States filed a complaint alleging that federal inmates knowingly filed financial papers in which they falsely identified themselves...

Woloszyn v. County of Lawrence.(right of action and wrongful death claims)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court EXPERT WITNESS Woloszyn v. County of Lawrence, 396 F.3d 314 (3rd Cir. 2005). The administratrix of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide in jail brought a [section] 1983 action and wrongful death claims against...

Taylor v. Sebelius.(prisoner claims violation of civil rights under ex post facto clause)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRISONER ACCOUNTS Taylor v. Sebelius, 350 F.Supp.2d 888 (D.Kan. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a civil rights action against state officials, alleging that a state regulation imposing a $25 monthly supervision...

Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County.(prison administration of inmate-on-inmate assaults and inmate funds)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court COMMISSARY INMATE FUNDS Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, 400 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2005). The mother of a county jail inmate who died after he was beaten and injured by three other inmates...

Hewes v. Magnusson.(ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PLACEMENT Hewes v. Magnusson, 350 F.Supp.2d 222 (D.Me. 2004). A state inmate brought an action asserting that prison officials violated his rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the...

Banks v. Beard.(ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court FREE SPEECH PRIVILEGES REGULATIONS Banks v. Beard, 399 F.3d 134 (3rd Cir. 2005). A state inmate brought a free speech challenge to a state corrections policy on behalf of himself and other similarly...

Rose v. Saginaw County.(cases of solitary confinement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court CONDITIONS SURVEILLANCE SEARCHES Rose v. Saginaw County, 353 F.Supp.2d 900 (E.D.Mich. 2005). Twenty-two pretrial detainees sued a county, sheriff's department, sheriff and individual police officers,...

Owens v. Sebelius.(ASSESSMENT OF COSTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PAROLE Owens v. Sebelius, 357 F.Supp.2d 1281 (D.Kan. 2005). A state prison inmate who had been returned to custody after violating his parole sued officials, challenging a deduction from his prison trust account for...

Young v. Wall.(ASSESSMENT OF COSTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court INMATE FUNDS Young v. Wall, 359 F.Supp.2d 84 (D.R.I. 2005). A state prison inmate sued the director of a state corrections department, claiming that the practice of not crediting accrued interest to his inmate...

5. Attorney fees.
May 1, 2005... No Cases.

6. Bail.
May 1, 2005... No Cases.

Akridge v. Wilkinson.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court DISCRIMINATION HOMOSEXUALS Akridge v. Wilkinson, 351 F.Supp.2d 750 (S.D.Ohio 2004). A prison chaplain brought a civil rights action against prison officials for their alleged retaliation against him for...

Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT FALSE ARREST INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE PRETRIAL DETAINEES Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs, 351 F.Supp.2d 929 (E.D.Mo. 2004). Homeless persons sued a city board of police commissioners...

Laxton v. Watters.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court CIVIL COMMITMENT SEX OFFENDERS Laxton v. Watters, 348 F.Supp.2d 1024 (W.D.Wis. 2004). A patient who was civilly detained under Wisconsin's treatment program for sexually violent persons, brought a civil rights...

Munera v. Metro West Detention Center.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(case regarding verbal harassment and lack of medical treatment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court VERBAL HARASSMENT HARASSMENT Munera v. Metro West Detention Center, 351 F.Supp.2d 1353 (S.D.Fla. 2004). A former pretrial detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a county correctional officer who...

Wilson v. Watters.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(casec regarding sex offender and his rights as patient)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court CIVIL COMMITMENT SEX OFFENDER CONDITIONS Wilson v. Watters, 348 F.Supp.2d 1031 (W.D.Wis. 2004). A patient confined as a sex offender brought an action alleging he was deprived of his due process rights....

Brown v. Budz.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(case regarding racial discrimination and equal protection)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court FAILURE TO PROTECT EQUAL PROTECTION RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Brown v. Budz, 398 F.3d 904 (7th Cir. 2005). A white detainee at a state facility for sexually violent persons brought a [section] 1983 action...

Ornelas v. Giurbino.(CIVIL RIGHTS)(case regarding sexual harassment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SEXUAL HARASSMENT VERBAL HARASSMENT PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Ornelas v. Giurbino, 358 F.Supp.2d 955 (S.D.Cal. 2005). A prisoner filed a pro se in forma pauperis action against several...

Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County.(CLASSIFICATION & SEPARATION)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SEPARATION CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, 400 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2005). The mother of a county jail inmate who died after he was beaten and injured by three other...

Pack v. Artuz.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court ASBESTOS Pack v. Artuz, 348 F.Supp.2d 63 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prisoner brought a pro se [section] 1983 action alleging failure to protect him from exposure to potentially dangerous levels of asbestos. The...

Board v. Farnham.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court VENTILATION HYGIENE Board v. Farnham, 394 F.3d 469 (7th Cir. 2005). Arrestees who were detained in a county jail following their arrest on murder charges brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff...

Cochran v. Pinchak.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(case regarding pisoners rights)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court HANDICAPPED INMATE ADA -- Americans with Disabilities Act Cochran v. Pinchak, 401 F.3d 184 (3rd Cir. 2005). A blind inmate filed an action alleging that state prison officials violated his rights under Title II...

Kelley v. Hicks.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SMOKE Kelley v. Hicks, 400 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2005). A prisoner brought an action under [section] 1983 alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his future health by allowing him to be...

Beardslee v. Woodford.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court LETHAL INJECTION Beardslee v. Woodford, 395 F.3d.1064 (9th Cir. 2005). A death row inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that his execution pursuant to a state's lethal injection protocol would violate his...

Kelley v. Hicks.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT Kelley v. Hicks, 400 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2005). A prisoner brought an action under [section] 1983 alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his future health by allowing...

Richards v. Dretke.(DISCIPLINE)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court EVIDENCE LIBERTY INTEREST GOOD-TIME Richards v. Dretke, 394 F.3d 291 (5th Cir. 2004). The district court granted habeas corpus to an inmate who challenged a guilty finding against him in a prison...

Terrell v. Bassett.(DISCIPLINE)(case regarding segregation in prison )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court APPEAL EXPUNGEMENT SEGREGATION Terrell v. Bassett, 353 F.Supp.2d 658 (E.D.Va. 2005). A prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging violation of his due process rights when...

12. Exercise and recreation.
May 1, 2005... No Cases.

13. Ex-offenders.
May 1, 2005... No Cases.

Hewes v. Magnusson.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(case regarding prisoner abuse)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Hewes v. Magnusson, 350 F.Supp.2d 222 (D.Me. 2004). A state inmate brought an action asserting that prison officials violated his rights. The district court granted summary judgment in...

Stewart ex rel. Estate of Stewart v. Waldo County.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SUICIDE Stewart ex rel. Estate of Stewart v. Waldo County, 350 F.Supp.2d 215 (D.Me. 2004). The estate of a deceased inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that a county violated the inmate's constitutional...

Alsina-Ortiz v. Laboy.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court RIOT MEDICAL CARE Alsina-Ortiz v. Laboy, 400 F.3d 77 (1st Cir. 2005). The parent of a deceased inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against correctional administrators and staff, alleging Eighth Amendment...

Brown v. Budz.(cases of prisoner abuse)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Brown v. Budz, 398 F.3d 904 (7th Cir. 2005). A white detainee at a state facility for sexually violent persons brought a [section] 1983 action against officials and employees, alleging...

Cook Ex Rel. Tessier v. Sheriff of Monroe County.(prisoner suicide case)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SUICIDE Cook Ex Rel. Tessier v. Sheriff of Monroe County, 402 F.3d 1092 (11th Cir. 2005). The personal representative of the estate of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide while incarcerated brought an action...

Estate of Moreland v. Dieter.(use of force, prisoner abuse)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT USE OF FORCE Estate of Moreland v. Dieter, 395 F.3d 747 (7th Cir. 2005). Family members of a county jail detainee who died in custody, brought a [section] 1983 action alleging the use...

Gray v. City of Detroit.(suicide case)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SUICIDE Gray v. City of Detroit, 399 F.3d 612 (6th Cir. 2005). The personal representative of the estate of a pretrial detainee who had committed suicide while in a police cell at a hospital brought a [section] 1983...

Harvey v. County of Ward.(suicide case)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SUICIDE Harvey v. County of Ward, 352 F.Supp.2d 1003 (D.N.D. 2005). The surviving spouse of a jail inmate who died after a suicide attempt brought an action under [section] 1983 and state law, alleging deliberate...

Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT STAFFING Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, 400 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2005). The mother of a county jail inmate who died after he was beaten and injured by three other...

Velez v. Johnson.(cases of prisoner assault)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT SUPERVISION Velez v. Johnson, 395 F.3d 732 (7th Cir. 2005). A county jail detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a county correctional officer, alleging that the officer...

Watts v. McKinney.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT BRUTALITY Watts v. McKinney, 394 F.3d 710 (9th Cir. 2005). A state inmate filed a civil rights action alleging that a prison guard violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The district...

Woloszyn v. County of Lawrence.(prisoner suicide suit)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court SUICIDE Woloszyn v. County of Lawrence, 396 F.3d 314 (3rd Cir. 2005). The administratrix of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide in jail brought a [section] 1983 action and wrongful death claims against and...

Board v. Farnham.(civil rights action )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court VENTILATION Board v. Farnham, 394 F.3d 469 (7th Cir. 2005). Arrestees who were detained in a county jail following their arrest on murder charges brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff and jail staff...

Hubbard v. Taylor.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court CELL CAPACITY CROWDING Hubbard v. Taylor, 399 F.3d 150 (3rd Cir. 2005). Pretrial detainees filed a suit under [section] 1983, challenging the conditions of their confinement on Fourteenth Amendment due process...

Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs.(cases of false imprisonment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court FALSE ARREST FALSE IMPRISONMENT Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs, 351 F.Supp.2d 929 (E.D.Mo. 2004). Homeless persons sued a city board of police commissioners and a police captain, claiming harassment with the...

Arline v. City of Jacksonville.(FALSE IMPRISONMENT/ARREST)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court UNLAWFUL DETENTION Arline v. City of Jacksonville, 359 F.Supp.2d 1300 (M.D.Fla. 2005). A suspect who was acquitted of murder brought a [section] 1983 action challenging a delay in his release after he was acquitted....

Lingenfelter v. Bd. Of County Com'rs of Reno Cty.(FALSE IMPRISONMENT/ARREST)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT DUE PROCESS Lingenfelter v. Bd. Of County Com'rs of Reno Cty., 359 F.Supp.2d 1163 (D.Kan. 2005). A detainee filed a civil rights complaint alleging that he was arrested without a warrant and...

Hart v. Sheahan.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court FAILURE TO PROTECT CONDITIONS SEARCHES Hart v. Sheahan, 396 F.3d 887 (7th Cir. 2005). Female pretrial detainees brought an action against a county and jail superintendent alleging deprivation of liberty...

18. Food.
May 1, 2005... No Cases.

Koutnik v. Brown.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court MAIL CENSORSHIP Koutnik v. Brown, 351 F.Supp.2d 871 (W.D.Wis. 2004). A state prisoner sued prison officials under [section] 1983 alleging that they violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by refusing...

Banks v. Beard.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court NEWSPAPERS PUBLICATIONS PHOTOS Banks v. Beard, 399 F.3d 134 (3rd Cir. 2005). A state inmate brought a free speech challenge to a state corrections policy on behalf of himself and other similarly situated...

Prison Legal News v. Lehman.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court MAIL PUBLICATIONS Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 397 F.3d 692 (9th Cir. 2005). A nonprofit corporation that published and distributed prison-related publications sued a state corrections department and its...

Williams v. Wade.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATION)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court HAIR RELIGION Williams v. Wade, 354 F.Supp.2d 894 (W.D.Wis. 2005). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that requiring him to cut his dreadlocks off violated his freedom...

Richards v. Dretke.(due process of law )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court LIBERTY INTEREST DUE PROCESS Richards v. Dretke, 394 F.3d 291 (5th Cir. 2004). The district court granted habeas corpus to an inmate who challenged a guilty finding against him in a prison disciplinary hearing,...

Perez-Olivo v. Chavez.(imprisonment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court GOOD TIME CREDIT Perez-Olivo v. Chavez, 394 F.3d 45 (1st Cir. 2005). A federal prisoner challenged the calculation of his good time credit by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The district court denied the...

21. Grievance procedures, prisoner.
May 1, 2005... No Cases.

Ash v. Reilly.(habeas corpus suit)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court PAROLE Ash v. Reilly, 354 F. Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004). A prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his detention on the basis that his rights were violated at his parole revocation hearing. The...

Laws v. Barron.(cases of habeas corpus)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court TRANSFER Laws v. Barron, 348 F.Supp.2d 795 (E.D.Ky. 2004). A federal prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the determination of the federal Bureau of Prisons that he was ineligible to enter a...

Bell v. True.(cases of habeas corpus)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court DEATH PENALTY AEDPA -- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Bell v. True, 356 F.Supp.2d 613 (W.D.Va. 2005). A state prisoner sentenced to death for murder gave notice that he intended to file a...

Boutwell v. Keating.(habeas corpus suit)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PAROLE Boutwell v. Keating, 399 F.3d 1203 (10th Cir. 2005). A state inmate brought an action under [section] 1983 or alternately for habeas corpus relief, challenging the denial of his placement into a state's...

Perez-Olivo v. Chavez.(HABEAS CORPUS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court GOOD TIME Perez-Olivo v. Chavez, 394 F.3d 45 (1st Cir. 2005). A federal prisoner challenged the calculation of his good time credit by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The district court denied the petition and...

Board v. Farnham.(HYGIENE-PRISONER PERSONAL)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court HYGIENE ITEMS TOOTHPASTE Board v. Farnham, 394 F.3d 469 (7th Cir. 2005). Arrestees who were detained in a county jail following their arrest on murder charges brought a civil rights action against a county...

Owens v. Sebelius.(HYGIENE-PRISONER PERSONAL)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court HYGIENE ITEMS Owens v. Sebelius, 357 F.Supp.2d 1281 (D.Kan. 2005). A state prison inmate who had been returned to custody after violating his parole sued officials, challenging a deduction from his prison trust...

Allah v. Brown.(IMMUNITY)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court QUALIFIED IMMUNITY Allah v. Brown, 351 F.Supp.2d 278 (D.N.J. 2004). Inmates sued state prison officials, claiming that their policy of opening and inspecting their legal mail looking for contraband, especially...

Cochran v. Pinchak.(IMMUNITY)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court ELEVENTH AMENDMENT Cochran v. Pinchak, 401 F.3d 184 (3rd Cir. 2005). A blind inmate filed an action alleging that state prison officials violated his rights under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

Dunbar v. County of Saratoga.(sexual harassment suit)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court QUALIFIED IMMUNITY Dunbar v. County of Saratoga, 358 F.Supp.2d 115 (N.D.N.Y. 2005). A female correctional officer at a county jail brought an action alleging sexual harassment in violation of Title VII and [section]...

Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County.(immunity)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court ELEVENTH AMENDMENT Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, 400 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2005). The mother of a county jail inmate who died after he was beaten and injured by three other inmates brought a...

Quint v. Cox.(cases of medical screening)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court MEDICAL SCREENING Quint v. Cox, 348 F.Supp.2d 1243 (D.Kan. 2004). A former jail detainee brought a [section] 1983 suit against a county sheriff, alleging that the sheriff showed deliberate indifference to the...

Daniels v. Woodside.(due process claim )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court PROGRAMS CONDITIONS SUICIDE SEPARATION Daniels v. Woodside, 396 F.3d 730 (6th Cir. 2005). A juvenile who had been detained at a county jail on a murder charge brought a [section] 1983 action alleging...

Smook v. Minnehaha County, S.D.(cases of strip searches)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court SEARCH Smook v. Minnehaha County, S.D., 353 F.Supp.2d 1059 (D.S.D. 2005). Former detainees at a county juvenile detention center brought a [section] 1983 action challenging the center's policy of strip-searching...

Brewster v. Nassau County.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court DAMAGES PLRA -- Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Brewster v. Nassau County, 349 F.Supp.2d 540 (E.D.N.Y. 2004). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court dismissed the complaint, finding that...

Cook Ex Rel. Tessier v. Sheriff of Monroe County.(respondeat superior, prisoner suicide case)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court VICARIOUS LIABILITY Cook Ex Rel. Tessier v. Sheriff of Monroe County, 402 F.3d 1092 (11th Cir. 2005). The personal representative of the estate of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide while incarcerated brought...

Estate of Moreland v. Dieter.(use of force)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Appeals Court COMPENSATORY DAMAGES PUNITIVE DAMAGES FAILURE TO PROTECT Estate of Moreland v. Dieter, 395 F.3d 747 (7th Cir. 2005). Family members of a county jail detainee who died in custody, brought a [section] 1983...

Allah v. Brown.(legal mail)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LEGAL MAIL Allah v. Brown, 351 F.Supp.2d 278 (D.N.J. 2004). Inmates sued state prison officials, claiming that their policy of opening and inspecting their legal mail looking for contraband, especially anthrax,...

Koutnik v. Brown.(censorship)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court CENSORSHIP OUTGOING MAIL Koutnik v. Brown, 351 F.Supp.2d 871 (W.D.Wis. 2004). A state prisoner sued prison officials under [section] 1983 alleging that they violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by...

Johnson v. Hornung.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. District Court LEGAL MAIL INTERFERENCE Johnson v. Hornung, 358 F.Supp.2d 910 (S.D.Cal. 2005). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that he was deprived of his right of access to courts when a prison official...