You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit In Webb v. Douglas County [Oregon], the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reviewed a lawsuit brought on behalf of an inmate, Webb, who suffered serious harm following a brain [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit One of the issues that routinely leads to liability in the jail setting is the failure to provide medications that have been properly prescribed either before or during incarceration. In Prewitt v. [...]

You are viewing 10th Circuit Archuleta v. Wagneri provided an example of the United States Court of Appeals analysis of strip search cases. Mrs. Archuleta, the mother of nine children was riding with her husband when they were stopped for a [...]

You are viewing an article from 9th Circuit IMPORTANT UPDATE: FOR THE 2010 UPDATE ON 9TH CIRCUIT STRIP SEARCH POLICY CLICK HERE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE BULL V. SAN FRANCISCO RULLING In Way v. Ventura County,ii the United States Court of Appeal for [...]

You are viewing 8th Circuit Since 1985, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has restricted the authority of jails to conduct strip searches of arrestees upon entry to the jail.i As with many of the early [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit In Meeks v. Allison, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reviewed a lawsuit brought against a jail doctor who failed to order dental care for Meeks, a prisoner who [...]

You are viewing an article from the 7th Circuit A case from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Inidiana provides an example of the interplay between the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and allegations of rights violations [...]

You are viewing 7th Circuit One of the foundation cases routinely cited throughout the United States was a Chicago case which made its way to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 1983.i Mary Beth G. involved [...]

You are viewing 6th Circuit The foundation case for the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit is Masters v. Couch,i in which the court rejected the notion of strip searches of arrestees entering a jail where the arrest was [...]

You are viewing an article from the 7th Circuit Meals/Materials/Worship Inmates in jails and prisons make a variety of complaints based upon freedom of religion.  There are many cases based on a complaint that the jail has failed to provide [...]