×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Constitutional
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1999
by James Quigley
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1999, page 16
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the "Limitation on Recovery" provision (physical injury rule) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), does not violate a prisoner's rights to equal protection or access to courts. The court also determined that the provision ...
Filed under:
HIV/AIDS,
Medical Records,
Physical Injury Rule,
Court Access,
Damages,
Injunctions,
Disclosure of Records.
Location:
Washington.
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Wreaking Medical Mayhem in Washington Prisons, by Tara Herivel
- A Foul Trend Emerges, by Tara Herivel
- Is Health Care Too Much to Ask For?, by Silja JA Talvi
- Ex-Prisoner Gets $850,000 for Broken Neck
- Arkansas Department of Corruption Revealed
- County Jail Political Shenanigans, Corruption Revealed
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- Crime and Punishment in America, by Elliot Currie (Review), by H Bruce Franklin
- The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground, by Ron Jacobs (Review), by Paul Wright
- Texas Prison Warehouses (Letter), by DG "Tex" Hoffman
- Beaten Connecticut Jail Detainee Awarded $2.07 Million
- Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement
- New Mexico Riot Rooted in Religious Rights
- Rikers Island Detainee Shot
- Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds Private Prison Disciplinary Procedures
- Prison Realty Board Member Settles Ethics Complaints
- West Virginia DOC Commissioner Resigns After Beating Wife
- Pro Se Pennsylvania Prisoner Awarded $100,000 in Guard Attack
- Texas Jail Whistleblower Awarded $3.3 Million
- Washington 35% Spousal Suit Update
- Arizona DOC Settles Kosher Diet Suit
- US Supreme Court Holds Media Ride-Alongs Unconstitutional
- Transsexual Awarded $755,000 in Jail Strip Search
- PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Constitutional, by James Quigley
- Tobacco Smoke Exposure Requires Trial
- DC Circuit Lifts Injunction on BOP Porn Ban
- De Novo Review for § 1915A Dismissals
- Third Circuit Holds 28 USC § 1915(g) Does Not Apply Retroactively
- Three Strikes Upheld by Ninth Circuit
- Administrative Exhaustion Required in all Cases
- State Court Dismissals Don't Count as Strikes
- Automatic Stay Provision Unconstitutional
- Total Administrative Exhaustion Not Required
- No Exhaustion Required in Wisconsin When Only Money Damages Are Sought
- No Written Screening or Administrative Exhaustion Required
- Physical Injury Requirement Doesn't Apply to Court Access Claims
- Fact Issue of Physical Injury Precludes Summary Judgment, by Ronald Young
- Wright Dismissed on Remand
- Private Prison Denied Wiretap Exception
- No Court Access Right to Litigate Civil Forfeiture
- Prisoners Have First Amendment Right to Private Conversations with Their Attorneys
- Liberty Interest in Erroneous Parole Release, by Ronald Young
- Prisoner Suing Prison Physician for Deliberate Indifference
- Prisoner Can Attend His Civil Trial at Government Expense
- Stun Belts in Court Unconstitutional
- Federal Parolee Has Right to Hearing Under 18 USC § 4211(a)(2)
- Lack of Standing Eviscerates Court Access Class Action
- News in Brief
- PLRA Dismissals for Failure to Plead Physical Injury Reviewed De Novo
- Denial of Exercise Is "Atypical and Significant"
More from James Quigley:
- BOP Ban on R-Rated Movies Challenged, July 15, 2003
- Alabama DOC Settles Mental Health Class Action, July 15, 2003
- AZ Medical Copayment Not Retroactive, Jan. 15, 2001
- Iowa Segregation Suit Settled, Jan. 15, 2001
- Irradiation Limitation Remains Unsettled, Nov. 15, 2000
- HIV+ Prisoners Not Qualified For Rehabilitation Act Benefits, April 15, 2000
- PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Constitutional, Sept. 15, 1999
- $60,000 Judgement Against Florida DOC Reinstated, May 15, 1998
- Florida PRIDE Employees Denied Minimum Wages, Feb. 15, 1998
- Eleventh Circuit Approves and Applies the PLRA, Dec. 15, 1997
More from these topics:
- ‘Fictional Pleas’ and ‘Hidden Departures’: Failure to Collect Data on Binding Federal Plea Bargains Hinders Researchers, Feb. 15, 2025. Databases, Disclosure of Records, Public Records Act, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
- California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants May Obtain Brady Evidence From Police Officers’ Personnel Files in Advance of § 1172.6 Hearing Requesting Vacatur of Conviction and Resentencing for Certain Types of Murder Convictions, Feb. 15, 2025. Disclosure of Records, Police, Brady Violations, Murder/Felony Murder, Resentencing, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration, Evidence - Admissibility.
- Seventh Circuit Lets BOP Restrict Access to Federal Register from Prison in Illinois, Dec. 15, 2024. Court Access, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- California Prisoner Wins Round Before Magistrate in Lawsuit Over Marriage Application Delayed Two Years, Dec. 15, 2024. Disclosure of Records, Visiting, Marriage.
- Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
- California Prisoner Wins Challenge to Overbroad CDCR Records Request Made Prior to Resentencing, Sept. 15, 2024. Disclosure of Records, Resentencing.
- Washington Prisoner’s Sentence Vacated After Attorney Calls and Visits Were Recorded, Aug. 15, 2024. Attorney Client, Prisoner Privileges, Disclosure of Records, Recordings, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of.
- Idaho Stopped From Repeatedly Scheduling Executions That It Cannot Carry Out, July 1, 2024. Injunctions, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Punishment, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
- Texas Bankruptcy Court Rejects Proposed Settlement of Prisoner Claims Against Corizon Health, June 1, 2024. Corizon, Malpractice, Damages, Bankruptcy.
- Over $71,000 Awarded to Michigan Prisoner for Sexual Abuse by Guard, June 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages.