Corrections Caselaw Quarterly articles from November 2004

Corrections Caselaw Quarterly archives from November 2004

Ippolito v. Buss.(in forma pauperis)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court Filing Fees PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Ippolito v. Buss, 293 F.Supp.2d 881 (N.D.Ind. 2003). A prisoner whose in forma pauperis [section] 1983 suit was dismissed for failure to state a claim, moved to...

Boyd v. Corrections Corp. of America.(prisoner abuse)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Boyd v. Corrections Corp. of America, 380 F.3d 989 (6th Cir. 2004). A group of prisoners at a private correctional facility brought an action against the operator...

Chandler v. Crosby.(violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Chandler v. Crosby, 379 F.3d 1278 (11th Cir. 2004). Death row inmates brought a class action against state prison officials, alleging that high temperatures in...

Deleon v. Doe.(violation of constitutional rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCE PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Deleon v. Doe, 361 F.3d 93 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that mail room personnel at a correctional...

Giano v. Goord.(violation of privacy rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Giano v. Goord, 380 F.3d 670 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state inmate, proceeding in forma pauperis, brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials asserting...

Lynch v. Leis.(violation of United States Constitution. 6th Amendment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court TELEPHONE ACCESS TO COUNSEL Lynch v. Leis, 382 F.3d 642 (6th Cir. 2004). A detainee joined a class action that challenged a county policy that allowed prisoners to make only collect telephone calls, which in...

Rumsey v. Michigan Dept. of Corrections.(violation of constitutional rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court PHOTOCOPYING Rumsey v. Michigan Dept. of Corrections, 327 F.Supp.2d 767 (E.D.Mich. 2004). An inmate filed a [section] 1983 action against librarians employed by a state corrections department, claiming he was...

Snyder v. Nolen.(violation of inmate's right of access to court)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court CIVIL SUIT ACCESS TO COURT LEGAL ASSISTANCE Snyder v. Nolen, 380 F.3d 279 (7th Cir. 2004). A state prison inmate who had attempted to file a pro se marriage dissolution action and temporary restraining...

U.S. v. Cooper.(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court LAW LIBRARY LEGAL ASSISTANCE U.S. v. Cooper, 375 F.3d 1041 (10th Cir. 2004). A defendant who was convicted of bank robbery appealed his conviction and alleged that he was deprived of due process by refusal of...

Witzke v. Femal.(deliberate indifference to medical needs)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court EXHAUSTION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Witzke v. Femal, 376 F. 3d 744 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner filed a pro se civil rights complaint alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. The...

Estevez-Yalcin v. Children's Village.(sexual abuse of juvenile)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court VOLUNTEERS Estevez-Yalcin v. Children's Village, 331 F.Supp.2d 170 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). A parent brought an action alleging that her children had been sexually abused by a volunteer at a county juvenile treatment...

Ginest v. Board of County Com'rs. of Carbon County.(deliberate indifference to the inmates' medical needs)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court RECORDS Ginest v. Board of County Com'rs. of Carbon County, 333 F.Supp.2d 1190 (D.Wyo. 2004). County jail inmates brought a class action against a county and sheriff, alleging deliberate indifference to the...

Givens v. Alabama Dept. of Corrections.(violation of consititutional rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court INMATE FUNDS Givens v. Alabama Dept. of Corrections, 381 F.3d 1064 (11th Cir. 2004). A former inmate who had participated in a work release program brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that a corrections policy...

Morales Feliciano v. Rullan.(violation of constituional rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court CONTRACT SERVICES Morales Feliciano v. Rullan, 378 F.3d 42 (1st Cir. 2004). The government moved to terminate an injunction issued pursuant to a consent decree that addressed unconstitutional conditions of an inmate...

Shaw v. Coosa County Com'n.(violation of civil rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court BUDGET Shaw v. Coosa County Com'n., 330 F.Supp.2d 1285 (M.D.Ala. 2004). The daughter and the administratrix of an estate brought a civil rights action against a county, sheriff and other persons after her father...

Kunze v. Rauser.(violation of constitutional rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court PLACEMENT LENGTH Kunze v. Rauser, 332 F.Supp.2d 1269 (D.N.D. 2004). A state prison inmate sued prison employees claiming his constitutional rights were violated when he was placed in, and continued to be held...

Powell v. Cusimano.(violation of prisoners rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court SEARCHES Powell v. Cusimano, 326 F.Supp.2d 322 (D. Conn. 2004). A former state prisoner brought a civil rights action against eight employees of the state corrections department. The district court entered summary...

Sira v. Morton.(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court DUE PROCESS Sira v. Morton, 380 F.3d 57 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought an action against various correctional officials, alleging that his due process rights were violated by his placement in a special...

U.S. v. Catalan-Roman.(administrative segregation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court PLACEMENT IN SEGREGATION U.S. v. Catalan-Roman, 329 F.Supp.2d 240 (D.Puerto Rico 2004). Two pretrial detainees filed a motion contesting their placement in administrative segregation after they were certified as...

Withrow v. Donnelly.(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court CONDITIONS Withrow v. Donnelly, 333 F.Supp.2d 108 (W.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 due process action alleging that he had been improperly denied the right to present witnesses at a...

Ippolito v. Buss.(ASSESSMENT OF COSTS)(in forma pauperis)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court COURT COSTS PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Ippolito v. Buss, 293 F.Supp.2d 881 (N.D.Ind. 2003). A prisoner whose in forma pauperis [section] 1983 suit was dismissed for failure to state a claim, moved to...

Lynn v. Maryland.(violation of constitutional rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court DETERMINATION PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Lynn v. Maryland, 295 F.Supp.2d 594 (D.Md. 2003). An arrestee sued state prison officials alleging excessive force. The district court entered judgment in the...

Lynch v. Leis.(prisoners right to counsel, and 6th amendment violation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court ATTORNEY FEES Lynch v. Leis, 382 F.3d 642 (6th Cir. 2004). A detainee joined a class action that challenged a county policy that allowed prisoners to make only collect telephone calls, which in combination with the...

Riley v. Kurtz.(violation of prisoners rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PREVAILING PARTY PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act Riley v. Kurtz, 361 F.3d 906 (6th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought an action against a corrections officer, alleging that his legal mail was opened by the...

Galen v. County of Los Angeles.(violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court EXCESSIVE BAIL Galen v. County of Los Angeles, 322 F.Supp.2d 1045 (C.D.Cal. 2004). A detainee arrested for domestic violence brought a [section] 1983 Eighth Amendment action alleging that bail of $1 million was...

Beebe v. Heil.(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court SEX OFFENDER Beebe v. Heil, 333 F.Supp.2d 1011 (D.Colo. 2004). A prison inmate sued a state, claiming that his due process rights were violated when he was expelled, without notice or explanation, from a sex...

Graves v. North Dakota State Penitentiary.(racial discrimination)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Graves v. North Dakota State Penitentiary, 325 F.Supp.2d 1009 (D.N.D. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his civil rights were violated when he was shown a...

Oken v. Sizer.(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court EXECUTION Oken v. Sizer, 321 F.Supp.2d 658 (D.Md. 2004). A condemned prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against a state corrections department, challenging the manner of his pending execution. The prisoner was...

Wirsching v. Colorado.(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court SELF--INCRIMINATION SEX OFFENDER Wirsching v. Colorado, 360 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 2004). A convicted sex offender who refused to comply with the requirements of a treatment program filed a [section] 1983 claim....

Adler v. Menifee.(violation of ex post facto laws)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court CUSTODY LEVEL TRANSFER Adler v. Menifee, 293 F.Supp.2d 363 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A federal prisoner sought an order compelling the federal Bureau of Prisons to disregard the statutory requirement that limits the...

Colton v. Ashcroft.(petition for habeas corpus relief)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court CUSTODY LEVEL TRANSFER Colton v. Ashcroft, 299 F.Supp.2d 681 (E.D.Ky. 2004). A federal prisoner filed a petition for habeas corpus relief alleging that the federal Bureau of Prison's new regulation, which would...

U.S. v. Catalan-Roman.(pretrial detention, prisoners challenges their placement in administrative segregation )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court SEGREGATION PRETRIAL DETAINEE U.S. v. Catalan-Roman, 329 F.Supp.2d 240 (D.Puerto Rico 2004). Two pretrial detainees filed a motion contesting their placement in administrative segregation after they were...

U.S. v. Lopez.(pretrial confinement)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court PRETRIAL DETAINEE SEGREGATION U.S. v. Lopez, 327 F.Supp.2d 138 (D.Puerto Rico 2004). A pretrial detainee who was placed in a special housing unit because he faced the death penalty, filed a motion for an...

Brown v. Mitchell.(violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court CROWDING SANITATION MEDICAL CARE VENTILATION Brown v. Mitchell, 327 F.Supp.2d 615 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of the estate of a jail inmate who contracted and died from bacterial meningitis...

Chandler v. Crosby.(cruel and unusual punishment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court TEMPERATURE Chandler v. Crosby, 379 F.3d 1278 (11th Cir. 2004). Death row inmates brought a class action against state prison officials, alleging that high temperatures in their prison cells during the summer months...

Gates v. Cook.(violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court LIGHTING HYGIENE TEMPERATURE LAUNDRY Gates v. Cook, 376 F.3d 323 (5th Cir. 2004). A death row prisoner brought a suit on behalf of himself and other prisoners confined to death row, alleging that...

Jones-El v. Berge.(violation of prisoners' rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court TEMPERATURE Jones-El v. Berge, 374 F.3d 541 (7th Cir. 2004). Prisoners of a "supermax" prison brought a suit challenging their conditions of confinement. After the plaintiff class was certified and a preliminary...

King v. Frank.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court LIGHTS NOISE King v. Frank, 328 F.Supp.2d 940 (W.D. Wis. 2004). An inmate sued a state correctional institutional claiming that conditions of confinement violated his constitutional rights. The district court...

Magluta v. Samples.(CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court CELLS SEGREGATION Magluta v. Samples, 375 F.3d 1269 (11th Cir. 2004). A former pretrial detainee brought an action against federal officials asserting constitutional claims relating to the conditions of his...

Oken v. Sizer.(prisoner alleges corrections department of pending execution)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court DEATH PENALTY Oken v. Sizer, 321 F.Supp.2d 658 (D.Md. 2004). A condemned prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action against a state corrections department, challenging the manner of his pending execution. The prisoner...

Phiffer v. Columbia River Correctional Inst.(violation of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Rehabilitation Act of 1973)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE ADA -- Americans with Disabilities Act Phiffer v. Columbia River Correctional Inst., 384 F.3d 791 (9th Cir. 2004). A state inmate filed an action alleging that the state's failure to...

Cooper v. Rimmer.(cruel and unusual punishment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court LETHAL INJECTION Cooper v. Rimmer, 379 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner sentenced to death by lethal injection filed a [section] 1983 action, alleging that the lethal injection process violates the Eighth...

Harris v. Johnson.(Cruel and unusual punishment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court LETHAL INJECTION Harris v. Johnson, 323 F.Supp.2d 797 (S.D.Tex. 2004). A death row prison inmate brought a civil rights action under [section] 1983 alleging that the protocol for lethal injection used by Texas...

Reid v. Johnson.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court LETHAL INJECTION Reid v. Johnson, 333 F.Supp.2d 543 (E.D.Va. 2004). A death row inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging the means by which the state intended to carry out his execution violated the Eighth...

Sadler v. Young.(CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court RESTRAINTS Sadler v. Young, 325 F.Supp.2d 689 (W.D.Va. 2004). An inmate sued state prison officials under [section] 1983, claiming he was immobilized in restraints for a period of 47 hours and 20 minutes, with short...

Tyler v. McCaughtry.(habeas corpus claim)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court GOOD-TIME DUE PROCESS Tyler v. McCaughtry, 293 F.Supp.2d 920 (E.D.Wis. 2003). A state prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that his due process rights were violated when a prison...

Brown v. Braxton.(habeas corpus case)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court WITNESS GOOD-TIME Brown v. Braxton, 373 F.3d 501 (4th Cir. 2004). A prisoner petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief from the loss of good time credits in a prison disciplinary hearing. The district court...

Gamble v. Calbone.(habeas corpus case)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court EVIDENCE GOOD TIME Gamble v. Calbone, 375 F.3d 1021 (10th Cir. 2004). State inmates brought separate pro se actions for federal habeas corpus relief, each alleging that prison officials violated his due process...

Magluta v. Samples.(DISCIPLINE)(violation of constitutional rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRETRIAL DETAINEES SEGREGATION LENGTH OF SEGREGATION PUNISHMENT Magluta v. Samples, 375 F.3d 1269 (11th Cir. 2004). A former pretrial detainee brought an action against federal officials asserting...

Pizarro Calderon v. Chavez.(habeas corpus petition)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court WITNESS Pizarro Calderon v. Chavez, 327 F.Supp.2d 131 (D.Puerto Rico 2004). A federal prisoner sought a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the refusal of the federal Bureau of Prisons to reduce his sentence and loss...

Withrow v. Donnelly.(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court SEGREGATION PUNISHMENT Withrow v. Donnelly, 333 F.Supp.2d 108 (W.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 due process action alleging that he had been improperly denied the right to present...

Wirsching v. Colorado.(EXERCISE AND RECREATION)(violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court TELEVISION RECREATION Wirsching v. Colorado, 360 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 2004). A convicted sex offender who refused to comply with the requirements of a treatment program filed a [section] 1983 claim. The district...

Davis v. Hall.(due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court CLAIMS Davis v. Hall, 375 F.3d 703 (8th Cir. 2004). A former state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging due process violations in connection with his prolonged incarceration after...

Givens v. Alabama Dept. of Corrections.(EX-OFFENDERS)(violation of property right)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court CLAIMS Givens v. Alabama Dept. of Corrections, 381 F.3d 1064 (11th Cir. 2004). A former inmate who had participated in a work release program brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that a corrections policy that...

Powell v. Cusimano.(EX-OFFENDERS)(violation of civil rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court CLAIMS Powell v. Cusimano, 326 F.Supp.2d 322 (D.Conn. 2004). A former state prisoner brought a civil rights action against eight employees of the state corrections department. The district court entered summary...

Mladek v. Day.(prisoner abuse claim)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT SEARCHES Mladek v. Day, 293 F.Supp.2d 1297 (M.D.Ga. 2003). An arrestee brought a suit against county officials alleging they violated his Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment...

Brown v. Scott.(prison violence)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Brown v. Scott, 329 F.Supp.2d 905 (E.D.Mich. 2004). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that a resident unit manager at a correctional facility failed to protect him...

Carrasquillo v. City of New York.(prisoner transport)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court TRANSPORTATION Carrasquillo v. City of New York, 324 F.Supp.2d 428 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). A city prisoner brought a suit alleging he was injured in a bus accident while being transported to court. The district court...

Cooper v. Office of Sheriff of Will County.(medical care)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court MEDICAL CARE Cooper v. Office of Sheriff of Will County, 333 F.Supp.2d 728 (N.D.Ill. 2004). A pretrial detainee's surviving father brought an action against a county, sheriff, and deputies after his son died as the...

Davis v. Reilly.(accidental falls suit)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court PROTECTION FROM HARM Davis v. Reilly, 324 F.Supp.2d 361 (E.D.N.Y. 2004). A prisoner who was injured when he slipped and fell on a wet floor outside of a shower area brought a pro se [section] 1983 action, alleging...

Greene v. Bowles.(FAILURE TO PROTECT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Greene v. Bowles, 361 F.3d 290 (6th Cir. 2004). An inmate who was a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual who was incarcerated in a prison for males, brought a [section] 1983 action...

Hall v. Bennett.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PROTECTION FROM HARM Hall v. Bennett, 379 F.3d 462 (7th Cir. 2004). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 claim against prison supervisors alleging deliberate indifference following an incident in which the inmate...

Kelley v. County of Wayne.(prisoner suicide, civil rights action)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court PRISONER SUICIDE Kelley v. County of Wayne, 325 F.Supp.2d 788 (E.D.Mich. 2004). A pretrial detainee's survivor brought a civil rights action against two deputy marshals, alleging they were deliberately indifferent...

Montez Estate of Hearlson v. U.S.(cases of negligence)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Montez Estate of Hearlson v. U.S., 359 F.3d 392 (6th Cir. 2004). The administratrix of the estate of a murdered federal inmate brought a negligence claim against the United States under...

Riccardo v. Rausch.(sexual assault case)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSSAULT Riccardo v. Rausch, 375 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought a civil rights suite against a state prison guard for assigning a new cellmate who sexually assaulted the prisoner....

Stiltner v. Crouse.(cases of wrongful death)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court WRONGFUL DEATH Stiltner v. Crouse, 327 F.Supp.2d 667 (W.D.Va. 2004). The father of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide in jail brought a [section] 1983 action against jailers. The district court granted...

Turney v. Waterbury.(prisoner suicide suit)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER SUICIDE Turney v. Waterbury, 375 F.3d 756 (8th Cir. 2004). A mother brought a civil rights action to recover damages related to the in-custody suicide of her son. The district court granted summary judgment...

Whiting v. Marathon County Sheriff's Dept.(prisoner on prisoner assault)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Whiting v. Marathon County Sheriff's Dept., 382 F.3d 700 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought a suit against a sheriff's department, jail officials and guards for allegedly violating her...

Baker v. Haun.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court DOUBLE CELLING Baker v. Haun, 333 F.Supp.2d 1162 (D.Utah 2004). Injunctive relief was granted prohibiting the practice of double-celling in certain areas of a prison, in a state prison inmates' class action...

Gates v. Cook.(prison lighting)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court LIGHTS Gates v. Cook, 376 F.3d 323 (5th Cir. 2004). A death row prisoner brought a suit on behalf of himself and other prisoners confined to death row, alleging that certain conditions of confinement on death row...

Magluta v. Samples.(FACILITIES)(violation of civil rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court CELL SIZE Magluta v. Samples, 375 F.3d 1269 (11th Cir. 2004). A former pretrial detainee brought an action against federal officials asserting constitutional claims relating to the conditions of his confinement. The...

Davis v. Hall.(FALSE IMPRISONMENT/ARREST)(violation of United States Constitution. 14th Amendment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT Davis v. Hall, 375 F.3d 703 (8th Cir. 2004). A former state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging due process violations in connection with his prolonged...

Tinius v. Carroll County Sheriff Dept.(FALSE IMPRISONMENT/ARREST)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT Tinius v. Carroll County Sheriff Dept., 321 F.Supp.2d 1064 (N.D.Iowa 2004). A detainee filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that deputy sheriffs unlawfully detained him, and that medical...

Greene v. Bowles.(deliberate indifference to safety)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court TRANSSEXUAL FAILURE TO PROTECT Greene v. Bowles, 361 F.3d 290 (6th Cir. 2004). An inmate who was a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual who was incarcerated in a prison for males, brought a [section] 1983...

Whiting v. Marathon County Sheriff's Dept.(FEMALE PRISONERS)(violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court FAILURE TO PROTECT Whiting v. Marathon County Sheriff's Dept., 382 F.3d 700 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought a suit against a sheriff's department, jail officials and guards for allegedly violating her Eighth...

Hudson v. Maloney.(freedom of religion)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court RELIGIOUS DIET Hudson v. Maloney, 326 F.Supp.2d 206 (D.Mass. 2004). State prisoners brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that corrections officials violated their First Amendment right to free exercise of...

Demery v. Arpaio.(free speech rights)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court PRETRIAL DETAINEES PRIVACY Demery v. Arpaio, 378 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir. 2004). Pretrial detainees brought an action seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent a county sheriff from continuing to use world-wide web...

Lindell v. Frank.(civil rights suit)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court "PUBLISHER ONLY" RULE CLIPPINGS MAIL Lindell v. Frank, 377 F.3d 655 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought an in forma pauperis civil rights suit against state prison officials, alleging numerous...

Lynch v. Leis.(FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, ASSOC)(violation of United States Constitution. 6th Amendment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court TELEPHONE Lynch v. Leis, 382 F.3d 642 (6th Cir. 2004). A detainee joined a class action that challenged a county policy that allowed prisoners to make only collect telephone calls, which in combination with the...

Odenwalt v. Gillis.(civil rights case)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court VISITS Odenwalt v. Gillis, 327 F.Supp.2d 502 (M.D.Pa. 2004). A convicted sex offender filed a federal civil rights action alleging that state correctional officials had violated his constitutional rights by denying...

Rice v. Kempker.(corrections policy)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court EXECUTIONS Rice v. Kempker, 374 F.3d 675 (8th Cir. 2004). A religious organization and its members brought a suit challenging a state corrections policy that barred videotaping or recording of executions. The...

Tyler v. McCaughtry.(violation of due process of law, habeas corpus)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. District Court REVOCATION Tyler v. McCaughtry, 293 F.Supp.2d 920 (E.D. Wis. 2003). A state prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that his due process rights were violated when a prison disciplinary...

Brown v. Braxton.(habeas corpus, violation of due process of law)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court REVOCATION Brown v. Braxton, 373 F.3d 501 (4th Cir. 2004). A prisoner petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief from the loss of good time credits in a prison disciplinary hearing. The district court denied relief...

Glascoe v. U.S.(habeas corpus relief)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Appeals Court GOOD TIME CREDIT Glascoe v. U.S., 358 F.3d 967 (D.C.Cir. 2004). Prisoners who were serving indeterminate sentences of at least 15 years to life petitioned for habeas relief seeking the deduction of good time credits...