Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from November 2000

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from November 2000

U.S. District Court: COURT COSTS PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Losee v. Maschner, 113 F.Supp.2d 1343 (S.D.Iowa 1998). An inmate brought an action against a warden alleging that the state was violating the provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLEA) by improperly collecting payments from his...

U.S. Appeals Court: ACCESS TO ATTORNEY ACCESS TO COURT.
November 1, 2000... May v. Sheahan, 226 F.3d 876 (7th Cir. 2000). A pretrial detainee who suffered from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and was hospitalized brought an action against a county and county officials. The district court denied summary...

U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act FILING FEES.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Miller v. Campbell, 108 F.Supp.2d 960 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging due process violations arising out of disciplinary proceedings, her segregation and her loss of job or...

U.S. District Court: PHOTOCOPYING.
November 1, 2000... Scott v. Kelly 107 F.Supp.2d 706 (E.D.Va. 2000). A prisoner brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action alleging denial of access to court. The district court dismissed the case, finding that the prisoner's failure to specify how corrections...

U.S. Appeals Court: LAW LIBRARY.
November 1, 2000... Zimmerman v. Tribble 226 F.3d 568 (7th Cir. 2000). An inmate brought a pro se civil rights action against state prison officials complaining about prison conditions. The district court dismissed the complaint under the Prison Litigation Reform...

U.S. District Court: POLICY/PROCEDURES.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Estate of Cills v. Kaftan 105 F.Supp.2d 391 (D.N.J. 2000). The estate of a county jail inmate who committed suicide in his cell sued the county and officials under [sections] 1983. The district court held that lower level jail personnel who...

U.S. District Court: CONDITIONS EXERCISE RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Williams v. Goord. 111 F.Supp.2d 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations. The district court held that the conditions and duration of the prisoner's...

U.S. District Court: COURT COSTS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Losee v. Maschner, 113 F.Supp.2d 1343 S.D.Iowa 1998). An inmate brought an action against a warden alleging that the state was violating the provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) by improperly collecting payments from his inmate...

U.S. District Court: COURT COSTS PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Miller v. Campbell, 108 F.Supp.2d 960 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging due process violations arising out of disciplinary proceedings, her segregation and her loss of job or...

U.S. Appeals Court: COST OF CONFINEMENT.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Tillman v. Lebanon County Correctional Facility. 221 F.3d 410 (3rd Cir. 2000). An inmate brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action against a county correctional facility and its warden, challenging the levying and collection of a fee for housing...

U.S. Appeals Court: EVIDENCE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Webb v. Anderson. 224 F.3d 649 (7th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus after he lost 90 days of good time credit for drug use. The district court denied the petition and the appeals court affirmed. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: COST OF CONFINEMENT EXCESSIVE FINES CLAUSE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Wright v. Riveland 219 F.3d 905 (9th Cir. 2000). An inmate brought a class action suit against the secretary of a state corrections department challenging a state law that authorized a 35% MENT deduction from all funds received by inmates from...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Boivin v. Black, 225 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2000). After a pretrial detainee prevailed in a civil rights action against a correctional officer the district court granted his application for attorney fees and the officer appealed. The appeals court...

U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Janes v. Hernandez, 215 F.3d 541 (5th Cir. 2000). A traffic offender sued a county to recover for alleged violation of his civil rights based upon a sheriffs policy of confining all manner of arrestees, including those with prior felony...

U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act PARTIAL SUCCESS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... McLindon v. Russell 108 F.Supp.2d 842 (S.D.Ohio 1999). A prison inmate brought an excessive force claim against an officer and a deliberate indifference claim against a supervisor and was awarded $201 in damages ($1 actual damages and $200...

U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Wolff v. Moore 104 F.Supp.2d 892 (S.D. Ohio 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against current and former corrections officers alleging that they used excessive force against him. The district court entered a verdict in favor of...

U.S. District Court: REVOCATION.
November 1, 2000... U.S. v. Rivera, 104 F.Supp.2d 159 (D.Mass. 2000). After a defendant was found to have possessed and used marijuana not more than ten days after he appeared at a revocation hearing and received a stern warning from the judge, the court revoked...

U.S. Appeals Court: DISCIPLINE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... DeWalt v. Carter, 224 F.3d 607 (7th Cir. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against correctional employees for alleged violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the complaint. The appeals court...

U.S. District Court: MEDICAL CARE ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act AIDS.
November 1, 2000... Hallett v. New York State Dent, of Correct. Serv., 109 F.Supp.2d 190 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A former inmate brought an action against state correctional officials alleging he was denied access to special programs while incarcerated due to his status...

U.S. Appeals Court: PROGRAMS SELF-INCRIMINATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Lile v. McKune, 224 F.3d 1175 (10th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought [sections] 1983 claims against prison officials alleging that a sexual abuse treatment program and corresponding regulations and policies violated his Fourth Amendment...

U.S. District Court: EXERCISE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Williams v. Goord, 111 F.Supp.2d 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations. The district court held that the conditions and duration of the prisoner's...

U.S. Appeals Court: EQUAL PROTECTION DISCRIMINATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Yates v. Stalder, 217 F.3d 332 (5th Cir. 2000). Three male state prisoners brought a [sections] 1983 action against the secretary of a state corrections department alleging they were discriminated against based on their gender because living...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEPARATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Curry v. Crist 226 F.3d 974 (8th Cir. 2000). Heirs of an inmate who was murdered by fellow prisoners while the two were alone in an unsupervised area of a prison brought a civil rights action against the prison warden. The district court...

U.S. District Court: AIDS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Hallett v. New York State Dept. of Correct. Serv., 109 F.Supp.2d 190 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A former inmate brought an action against state correctional officials alleging he was denied access to special programs while incarcerated due to his status...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRETRIAL DETENTION SEPARATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Janes v. Hernandez. 215 F.3d 541 (5th Cir. 2000). A traffic offender sued a county to recover for alleged violation of his civil rights based upon a sheriffs policy of confining all manner of arrestees, including those with prior felony...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Lile v. McKune, 224 F.3d 1175 (10th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought [sections] 1983 claims against prison officials alleging that a sexual abuse treatment program and corresponding regulations and policies violated his Fourth Amendment...

U.S. District Court: SEX OFFENDER.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Martinez Diaz v. Olsen, 110 F.Supp.2d 295 (D.N.J. 2000). An offender petitioned for habeas corpus relief challenging the constitutionality of sex offender registration and notification requirements. The district court denied the petition,...

U.S. District Court: AIDS SEPARATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin 104 F.Supp.2d 626 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: SEPARATION PRETRIAL DETENTION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin, 104 F.Supp.2d 643 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: CLOTHING.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Ashann-Ra v. Corn. Of Virginia, 112 F.Supp.2d 559 (W.D.Va. 2000). A prisoner sued state officials alleging various constitutional violations. The court held that the prisoner's claim that correctional officers failed to provide him with...

U.S. Appeals Court: SANITATION USE OF FORCE FOOD TEMPERATURE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Johnson v. Lewis 217 F.3d 726 (9th Cir. 2000). Inmates who bad been held out-of-doors while prison officials searched buildings after quelling disturbances brought two class actions against prison officials under [sections] 1983, asserting that...

U.S. District Court: CROWDING FOOD BEDDING TOILETS SANITATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin, 104 F.Supp.2d 626 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who wan awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: SANITATION FIRE SAFETY SEPARATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin 104 F.Supp.2d 643 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: BEDDING FLOOR-SLEEPING TEMPERATURE VENTILATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin 104 F.Supp.2d 654 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: CLOTHING.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Ashann-Ra v. Com. Of Virginia, 112 F.Supp.2d 559 (W.D.Va. 2000). A prisoner sued state officials alleging various constitutional violations. The court held that the prisoner's claim that correctional officers failed to provide him with...

U.S. District Court: RESTRAINTS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Fountain v. Talley, 104 F.Supp.2d 1345 (M.D.Ala. 2000). A prisoner who had been placed in a horizontal restraint device known as the "hitching post" sued officials claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court held that...

U.S. District Court: DEATH PENALTY.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Henderson v. Collins, 101 F.Supp.2d 866 (S.D.Ohio 1999). A convicted offender petitioned for habeas corpus relief alleging that Ohio's execution process constituted cruel and unusual punishment. The district court held that Ohio's process, in...

U.S. Appeals Court: SANITATION RESTRAINTS TEMPERATURE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Johnson v. Lewis. 217 F.3d 726 (9th Cir. 2000). Inmates who had been held out-of-doors while prison officials searched buildings after quelling disturbances brought two class actions against prison officials under [sections] 1983, asserting...

U.S. District Court: TEMPERATURE FOOD.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Leach v. Dufrain. 103 F.Supp.2d 542 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prison inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. The...

U.S. District Court: THREATS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Warren v. Westchester County Jail, 106 F.Supp.2d 559 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county jail, administrators and officers, alleging Eighth Amendment violations. The district granted summary judgment for...

U.S. District Court: EXERCISE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Williams v. Goord 111 F.Supp.2d 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations. The district court held that the conditions and duration of the prisoner's...

U.S. Appeals Court: WORK.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... DeWalt v. Carter. 224 F.3d 607 (7th Cir. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against correctional employees for alleged violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the complaint. The appeals court...

U.S. District Court: PUNISHMENT RESTRAINTS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Fountain v. Talley. 104 F.Supp.2d 1345 (M.D.Ala. 2000). A prisoner who had been placed in a horizontal restraint device known as the "hitching post" sued officials claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court held that...

U.S. District Court: DUE PROCESS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Madera v. Goord, 103 F.Supp.2d 536 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against a corrections commissioner and correctional officers, alleging due process violations arising from a cell search and disciplinary...

U.S. District Court: EXERCISE RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Williams v. Goord 111 F.Supp.2d 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations. The district court held that the conditions and duration of the prisoner's...

U.S. District Court: SEGREGATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Williams v. Goord, 111 F.Supp.2d 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations. The district court held that the conditions and duration of the prisoner's...

U.S. District Court: CLAIMS.
November 1, 2000... Hallett v. New York State Dept. of Correct. Serv., 109 F.Supp.2d 190 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A former inmate brought an action against state correctional officials alleging he was denied access to special programs while incarcerated due to his status...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLAIMS PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Janes v. Hernandez, 215 F.3d 541 (5th Cir. 2000). A traffic offender sued a county to recover for alleged violation of his civil rights based upon a sheriffs policy of confining all manner of arrestees, including those with prior felony...

U.S. District Court: CLAIMS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Kenney v. Hawaii. 109 F.Supp.2d 1271 (D.Hawai'i 2000). A former inmate brought actions against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations arising from their denial of medication to control his seizures. The district court held...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLAIMS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Marsh v. Butler County. Ala., 225 F.3d 1243 (11th Cir. 2000). Former county jail inmates brought a [sections] 1983 action to recover for injuries they sustained when they were beaten by other prisoners. The district court dismissed the action...

U.S. Appeals Court: CLAIMS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Randell v. Johnson, 227 F.3d 300 (5th Cir. 2000). A former prisoner brought a suit to recover damages under [sections] 1983 for his alleged unconstitutional confinement. The district court dismissed the case and the appeals court affirmed. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Anderson v. Simon 217 F.3d 472 (7th Cir. 2000). A widow of a county prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against a prosecutor alleging that he violated the prisoner's Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by failing to approve charges...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Brewer v. City of Daphne, 111 F.Supp.2d 1299 (S.D.Ala. 1999). The mother of a jail inmate who committed suicide brought a civil rights action against a city and city officials, alleging they failed to provide adequate psychological care to the...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Curry v. Crist, 226 F.3d 974 (8th Cir. 2000). Heirs of an inmate who was murdered by fellow prisoners while the two were alone in an unsupervised area of a prison brought a civil rights action against the prison warden. The district court...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Estate of Cills v. Kaftan 105 F.Supp.2d 391 (D.N.J. 2000). The estate of a county jail inmate who committed suicide in his cell sued the county and officials under [sections] 1983. The district court held that lower level jail personnel who...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Estate of Novack Ex Rel. Turbin v. County of Wood. 226 F.3d 525 (7th Cir. 2000). The estate and mother of an inmate who committed suicide filed a [sections] 1983 action against a county. The district court granted summary judgment to the county...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Marsh v. Butler County, Ala., 226 F.3d 1243 (11th Cir. 2000). Farmer county jail inmates brought a [sections] 1983 action to recover for injuries they sustained when they were beaten by other prisoners. The district court dismissed the action...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Pearson v. Vaughn, 102 F.Supp.2d 282 (E.D.Pa. 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging that prison officials failed to protect him against attacks from other inmates, in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Rangolan v. County of Nassau, 217 F.3d 77 (2nd Cir. 2000). An inmate who was beaten by fellow prisoners brought an action against the county and county sheriffs department alleging negligence and violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER SUICIDE JUVENILES.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Richards v. Southeast Alabama Youth Ser. Diversion 105 F.Supp.2d 1268 (M.D. Ala. 2000). The mother of a detainee who had committed suicide while in custody brought a civil rights action against city and county officials. The district court...

U.S. Appeals Court: MEDICAL CARE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Taylor v. Adams,. 221 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2000). In an action arising from the death of a pretrial detainee, the district court denied summary judgment to three firemedics and a jail nurse and they appealed. The appeals court reversed and...

U.S. District Court: THREATS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Warren v. Westchester County Jail. 106 F.Supp.2d 559 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county jail, administrators and officers, alleging Eighth Amendment violations. The district granted summary judgment for...

U.S. Appeals Court: PRISONER SUICIDE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Yellow Horse v. Pennington County 225 F.3d 923 (8th Cir. 2000). The administrator for the estate of an inmate who hanged himself in a county jail brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county, correctional officer and deputy sheriff. The...

U.S. District Court: CROWDING SANITATION.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin. 104 F.Supp.2d 626 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against pariah jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: VENTILATION CROWDING.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin 104 F.Supp.2d 654 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Maurello v. U.S. 111 F.Supp.2d 475 (D.N.J. 2000). A prisoner brought a Federal Tort Claims Act action alleging that the federal Bureau of Prisons negligently delayed enrolling him in a statutory drug treatment program and caused his release to...

U.S. Appeals Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Miller v. Kennebec County. 219 F.3d 8 (1st Cir. 2000). An arrestee brought a 1983 action against an arresting officer, town, counties and county sheriffs alleging Fourth Amendment violations and state law claims arising out of her arrest and...

U.S. District Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Sampson v. City of Xenia, 108 F.Supp.2d 821 (S.D. Ohio 1999). A suspect who was mistakenly confined in a county jail for three months after all charges were dropped against him sued city officials in state court and under [sections] 1983 in...

U.S. Appeals Court: TRANSSEXUAL.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Cuoco v. Moritsugu, 222 F.3d 99 (2nd Cir. 2000). A pretrial detainee filed a pro se complaint alleging she was denied estrogen tablets necessitated by her status as a preoperative male to female transsexual. The appeals court dismissed the...

U.S. Appeals Court: SEARCHES.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Miller v. Kennebec County. 219 F.3d 8 (1st Cir. 2000). An arrestee brought a [sections] 1983 action against an arresting officer, town, counties and county sheriffs alleging Fourth Amendment violations and state law claims arising out of her...

U.S. District Court: TEMPERATURE.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Leach v. Dufrain, 103 F.Supp.2d 542 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prison inmate brought a sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging constitutional violations. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. The...

U.S. Appeals Court: RELIGIOUS DIET.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Love v. Reed 216 F.3d 682 (8th Cir. 2000). A prison inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging violation of his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion because prison officials refused to provide food from the prison's kitchen...

U.S. District Court: DENIAL OF.
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin. 104 F.Supp.2d 626 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: LITERATURE PUBLICATIONS.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Aiello v. Litacher. 104 F.Supp.2d 1068 (W.D.Wis. 2000). Prisoners brought an action on behalf of themselves and as representatives of a class of similarly situated prisoners contending that a policy enacted by the state corrections department...

U.S. District Court: MARRIAGE FAMILY.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Gerber v. Hickman 103 F.Supp.2d 1214 (E.D.Cal. 2000). A state prisoner serving 100 years to life brought a [sections]1983 action against a warden, alleging violation of his constitutional right to procreate by refusing to allow him to...

U.S. Appeals Court: NAME.(prisoners and prisons)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Hakim v. Hicks 223 F.3d 1244(11th Cir. 2000). A death row inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging violation of his right to free exercise of religion because prison officials refused to recognize his legally changed religious name within...

U.S. District Court: PRISONER ASSOCIATIONS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Nicholas v. Miller 109 F.supp.2d 152 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). A prisoner brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action against state prison officials alleging violation of his rights when they denied his request to form a prisoners advocacy center, seeking...

U.S. District Court: PUBLICATIONS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Oladipupo v. Austin. 104 F.Supp.2d 626 (W.D.La. 2000). A detainee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who was awaiting removal from the United States brought a [sections] 1983 action against parish jail officials challenging the...

U.S. District Court: RETALIATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Taylor v. Thornton 107 F.Supp.2d 1061 (W.D.Mo. 2000). A prisoner serving a federal sentence brought a civil rights action against the director of a halfway house alleging that his return to prison from the halfway house was in retaliation for...

U.S. Appeals Court: EX POST FACTO REVOCATION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Smith v. Scott. 223 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 2000). A prison inmate sought a writ of habeas corpus challenging the decision of a state corrections department that rescinded some of his earned time credits. The district court denied the petition,...

U.S. Appeals Court: LIBERTY INTEREST.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Zimmerman v. Tribble. 226 F.3d 568 (7th Cir. 2000). An inmate brought a pro se civil rights action against state prison officials complaining about prison conditions. The district court dismissed the complaint under the Prison Litigation Reform...

U.S. District Court: EXHAUSTION.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act A.N.R. Ex Rel. Reed v. Caldwell, 111 F.Supp.2d 1294 (M.D.Ala. 2000). A 16-year-old detainee at a county jail sued the sheriff alleging inadequate provision of educational programs. The district court...

U.S. District Court: RIGHT OF ACCESS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Ashann-Ra v. Com. Of Virginia, 112 F.Supp.2d 559 (W.D.Va. 2000). A prisoner sued state officials alleging various constitutional violations. The court held that the prisoner's claim that correctional officers failed to provide him with...

U.S. District Court: RIGHT OF ACCESS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Blagman v. White, 112 F.Supp.2d 534 (E.D.Va. 2000). A Muslim inmate who was participating in a hoot camp program brought a civil rights action alleging denial of equal protection, violation of his free exercise rights, and intimidation. The...