Seventh Circuit Also Rules Internal Investigation Does Not Toll Exhaustion
by Jacob Barrett
A June 16, 2021, ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit highlights the importance for prisoners who file grievances to make sure they are not so narrowly drawn as to preclude filing a ...
by Jacob Barrett
On January 8, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina approved a $2 million settlement to be paid by Buncombe County, North Carolina, for the wrongful death of Michele Quantele Smiley, a 34-year-old mother of six children left to die in a ...
But ICE Makes Sure That It Doesn’t Matter
by Jacob Barrett
On July 29, 2021 the Supreme Court of Washington ruled that a state prisoner was entitled to credit for all the time he was held in custody, even time outside the state, so long as he was being held ...
