More from this issue:

1. Law Librarian Liable for Access Violations
2. Choice Between Exercise and Access Struck Down
3. Officer's Family Awarded $120,000 for Contracting TB
4. Service Complete When Delivered to Prison Officials
5. Non-Stenographic Depositions, by Paul Wright
6. Federal Tort Claims Act Requires Exhaustion
7. No Waiver of Witness Fees for IFP Litigants
8. No Cause of Action for Defamation
9. Opening Legal Mail States Claim
10. Some Evidence Standard Meets Due Process
11. Rules for Appointment of Counsel Clarified
12. Disobeying State Court Order Basis for Section 1983 Liability
13. Texas Studies Housing Prisoners in Foreign Countries, by F Lee Weiss
14. Sanctions Against Pro Se Litigant Reversed
15. Ad-Seg WACs Do Not Create Liberty Interest
16. Section 1988 Attorney Fee Awards Explained
17. Texas Proposes to Build State "Jails"
18. California Visitor Search Ruling Modified
19. The Federal SRA: A Social Experiment Gone Astray, by Lee Alphonso Moore
20. No Right to Cross Dress
21. Increasing Parole Review Time is Ex Post Facto
22. Shackling Plainitff Violates Right to Fair Trial
23. Money Damages Available for Consent Decree Violations
24. US Marshals Liable for Beating
25. Probation Officers Only Entitled to Qualified Immunity
26. 9th Circuit Announces New Qualified Immunity Rule
27. Dismissal Error for Failing to Obey Local Rules
28. Ad Seg Right to Eyeglasses and Toilet Paper
29. WA Repeals Cons Tolling Statute
30. Retaliatory Transfer States Claim
31. Default Appropriate for Obstructing Discovery
32. Overcrowding Emergency Measures Get Old
33. California Prisons Grow
34. Court Reporters Entitled to Only Qualified Immunity
35. Prisoners Retain Right of Bodily Privacy
36. Disciplinary Isolation Triggers Due Process
37. Florida Conditions Lawsuit Settled After 21 years
38. Periodical Reviews
39. City of Refuge, by David Finney

More from these topics:

• Minnesota Supreme Court Says Randy Guard Must Face Prisoner’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Claims, Feb. 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Federal Tort Claims Act, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
• Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement, Jan. 1, 2024. Failure to Protect (General), Fire Hazards, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Evidentiary Ruling, Administrative Exhaustion.
• Florida Prisoners Not Required to File Rulemaking Petition to Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, Jan. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion, RLUIPA, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Right to Grow a Beard.
• Fourth Circuit: Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Making Rehabilitation Act Claim Must Exhaust Both BOP Grievance Process and Justice Department’s EEO Complaint Process, Aug. 15, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Rehabilitation Act.
• Seventh Circuit Allows Illinois Prisoner to Prove Administrative Remedy Was “Unavailable” in Double-Celling Complaint, June 15, 2023. Overcrowding, Administrative Exhaustion, Administrative Procedures Act (State).
• Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, May 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Exhaustion of Remedies.
• New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, April 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion.
• Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion, April 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Electronically Stored Information, Access Devices.
• Second Circuit: N.Y. Detainee Didn’t Fail to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Jail Grievance Procedure Excluded Matter Forming Basis of Claim, Jan. 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances.
• Ninth Circuit: New Suit Not Required After Curing Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, Nov. 30, 2022. Administrative Exhaustion, Exhaustion of Remedies.