In a § 1983 action by a former jail inmate, default judgment was granted against a jail employee who failed to appear despite being properly served. The court found that the employee sexually assaulted and raped the inmate and, after ...
Tagged with: Civil Rights Constitutional Eighth Amendment Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »A district court properly dismissed constitutional challenges to Virginia’s civil interdiction process, which can lead to criminal penalties for possession, consumption, or purchase of alcoholic beverages by individuals subject to a civil interdiction order. Background Virginia regulates the consumption, purchase, ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Constitutional Due Process Eighth Amendment Equal Protection Fourteenth Amendment Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Read More »An inmate’s claim that officials at Green Rock Correctional Center violated his Eighth Amendment rights by keeping cell lights off for 23 hours per day survived a motion to dismiss. Other claims, including the inmate’s assignment to a top bunk ...
Tagged with: Constitutional Eighth Amendment Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Prisons & Jails U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »The Department of Corrections was enjoined from reverting back to solitary-confinement conditions for Virginia death-row inmates prior to 2015, as such conditions violate the Eighth Amendment. Background Plaintiffs Thomas Porter, Anthony Juniper, and Mark Lawlor have been convicted of capital ...
Tagged with: Constitutional Eighth Amendment Judge Leonie Brinkema Prisons & Jails U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »The Eastern District enjoined the Department of Corrections from reverting back to solitary-confinement conditions for Virginia death-row inmates prior to 2015, as such conditions violate the Eighth Amendment. Background Plaintiffs Thomas Porter, Anthony Juniper, and Mark Lawlor have been convicted ...
Tagged with: Constitutional Criminal Eighth Amendment Judge Leonie Brinkema Prisons & Jails U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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