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Armstrong v. Brown
District court may not appoint expert to resolve disputes between inmates and California as to compliance with injunction to ensure accommodations for disabled inmates. 		Prisoners Rights Sep. 28, 2014
Colwell v. Bannister
Nevada Dept. of Corrections' policy of refusing cataract surgery to inmates if they could function with one eye amounts to deliberate indifference under Eighth Amendment. 		Prisoners Rights Aug. 14, 2014
Nordstrom v. Ryan
Inmate raises valid Sixth Amendment claim alleging prison officials read confidential letter he wanted to send to his attorney, instead of only inspecting it for contraband. 		Prisoners Rights Aug. 11, 2014
Allen v. Meyer
Magistrate judge improperly dismisses inmate’s civil rights claim against correctional officers because officers never consented to judge’s jurisdiction. 		Prisoners Rights Jun. 22, 2014
Parsons v. Ryan
Arizona inmates’ lawsuit against Arizona Dept. of Corrections based on allegedly inadequate health care and conditions of confinement may proceed as class action. 		Prisoners Rights Jun. 6, 2014
Wood v. Yordy
Prisoner cannot maintain Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act claim against wardens, in their individual capacities, for restricting access to prison chapel. 		Prisoners Rights Jun. 4, 2014
Plata v. Brown
California must comply with court order that required it to give 120-day notice before filing motion to terminate relief in prison health care litigation. 		Prisoners Rights May 29, 2014
Brown v. Oregon Dept. of Corrections
Prisoner’s 27-month confinement in Oregon correctional institution’s 'Intensive Management Unit' without meaningful review implicates due process concerns. 		Prisoners Rights Apr. 30, 2014
Albino v. Baca
Trial court must use summary judgment procedures to determine whether prisoner has exhausted administrative remedies before dismissing civil rights suit. 		Prisoners Rights Apr. 4, 2014
Davis v. Walker
District court incorrectly stays pro se prisoner’s lawsuits, until he is found competent, without making inquiries in addition to pro se coordinator’s advice. 		Prisoners Rights Mar. 25, 2014
Peralta v. Dillard
Jury may consider prison dentist’s lack of resources when deciding whether he should have to pay damages for failing to provide prisoner with necessary care. 		Prisoners Rights Mar. 7, 2014
Flores v. California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Prisoner who claimed correctional officers wrongfully confiscated his television from him must file civil action if he wishes to recover his property. 		Prisoners Rights Mar. 3, 2014
Griffin v. Gomez
California prison system may not release murderous Aryan Brotherhood leader into general prison population, because he remained an active gang member. 		Prisoners Rights Jan. 29, 2014
Grenning v. Miller-Stout
Washington prison officials may have subjected inmate to cruel and unusual punishment by keeping him in cell with continuous lighting. 		Prisoners Rights Jan. 17, 2014
Gonzales v. California Dept. of Corrections
Prisoner may challenge prison's ‘debriefing’ procedure, which allows gang members to renounce gang affiliation, even if he never admitted to being in a gang. 		Prisoners Rights Jan. 16, 2014
Cano v. Taylor
Former prisoner may pursue claims against Arizona Dept. of Corrections based on his inability to access kosher food and self-help litigation manuals. 		Prisoners Rights Jan. 15, 2014
Knapp v. Hogan
California prisoner must end appeal in civil rights suit against officials following three dismissals by district court and two more by Ninth Circuit. 		Prisoners Rights Dec. 27, 2013
Faunce v. Cate
Prisoner does not have reasonable expectation of privacy in prison physician’s treatment room where correctional officer was present as well. 		Prisoners Rights Dec. 17, 2013
Crowley v. Bannister
Prisoner fails to hold prison medical director liable for Lithium overdose by pointing to daily two pill call policy, which enlarged his doses. 		Prisoners Rights Oct. 31, 2013
Armstrong v. Brown
California prison officials may not shirk responsibility to provide accommodations to disabled parolees, who are awaiting hearings in county jails. 		Prisoners Rights Oct. 7, 2013
Castle v. Eurofresh Inc.
Arizona prisoner who picked tomatoes to fulfill prison’s hard labor requirement may sue state, but not tomato company, for possible civil rights violations. 		Prisoners Rights Sep. 25, 2013
Blaisdell v. Frappiea
Prisoner may not sue prison official for being disciplined after serving her with a summons and complaint on another inmate’s behalf. 		Prisoners Rights Sep. 11, 2013
Lemire v. California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Prison officials at California State Prison-Solano may be liable for inmate's suicide by convening staff meeting that left inmates unsupervised for more than three hours. 		Prisoners Rights Aug. 8, 2013
Woods v. Carey
Fee cap on attorney fees does not apply to fees incurred by prisoner, who successfully defended verdict in his favor on appeal. 		Prisoners Rights Jul. 18, 2013
Pride v. Correa
Prisoner may bring independent claim for relief based on individual medical needs, despite ongoing class action seeking systemic reform of California prison system. 		Prisoners Rights Jul. 17, 2013
Shearin v. Brown
Class certification motion is denied for prisoners who were incarcerated longer than they should have been because sentencing miscalculations were result of various causes. 		Prisoners Rights Jul. 12, 2013
Engebretson v. Mahoney
Former prisoner may not sue prison warden for enforcing illegal sentence because warden was executingg a facially valid court order at the time. 		Prisoners Rights Jul. 1, 2013
In re Martinez
Prison officials may not withhold erotic romance novel about werewolves from prisoner due to obscenity because it did not lack serious literary value. 		Prisoners Rights Jun. 18, 2013
Jones v. McDaniel
Prisoner who was disciplined after writing letter to fellow inmates to join his class action against administrators may not appeal after settling with administrators. 		Prisoners Rights Jun. 10, 2013
In re Martinez
Prison officials may not withhold erotic romance novel about werewolves from prisoner due to obscenity because it did not lack serious literary value. 		Prisoners Rights Jun. 3, 2013
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