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PLRA’s Mental and Emotional Damage Award Ban Unconstitutional in $219,000 First Amendment Claim

PLRA's Mental and Emotional Damage Award Ban Unconstitutional in $219,000 First Amendment Claim

A Michigan federal district court has held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act?s (PLRA) prohibition of mental or emotional damages without physical injury is unconstitutional as applied to First Amendment Violation Claims.

A jury awarded Michigan prisoner ...

 

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