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Plaintiff appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant state corrections officials, dismissing plaintiff’s §1983 complaint. Where there was a material factual dispute involving the information plaintiff was required to submit along with his administrative-grievance appeal, t he ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights Correctional Inmate Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies

Plaintiff, an inmate, filed a §1983 action, challenging his placement in a special administrative unit and the deprivation of his personal property during his placement in the unit. Plaintiff also asserted a qui tam action under the FCA against prison ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights Grievance System Liberty Interest

Where an inmate challenged the entry of judgment against him on his action claiming violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the judgment is affirmed because the official capacity claims for declaratory and injunctive relief were moot ...

Tagged with: Action Mootness civil rights Inmate

Plaintiff, an inmate, appealed from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants in plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. §1983 action arising from his medical treatment for fractures suffered during an altercation. Where the record demonstrated no genuine issue of material ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights Eighth Amendment Medical Care

Where an inmate sought an alternative plan to accommodate his religious practice after the prison satisfied its obligation to show that the denial of his first request furthered a compelling government interest, the defendant was improperly trying to raise a ...

Tagged with: civil rights Exhaustion Requirement Inmate Action

Where an inmate argued that a prison nurse was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by delaying the administration of anti-nausea and pain medication, the judgment is affirmed because the inmate failed to show deliberate indifference. Judgment is affirmed. ...

Tagged with: civil rights Deliberate Indifference Inmate Action

Plaintiffs received class certification in their complaint alleging defendants violated the Eighth Amendment and the ADA by failing to provide adequate medical care for inmates with chronic Hepatitis C viral infections. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that defendants failed to provide anti-viral ...

Tagged with: civil rights Eighth Amendment Failure to Provide Treatment Inadequate Medical Care

Plaintiffs received class certification in their complaint alleging defendants violated the Eighth Amendment and the ADA by failing to provide adequate medical care for inmates with chronic Hepatitis C viral infections. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that defendants failed to provide anti-viral ...

Tagged with: civil rights Eighth Amendment Inadequate Medical Care

Where a plaintiff in an excessive force case challenged the district court’s limitations on discovery and the grant of summary judgment to the police officer defendants, the judgment was affirmed because the denial of the plaintiff’s discovery requests was not ...

Tagged with: civil rights discovery excessive force Qualified Immunity

Where a plaintiff in an unlawful detainer action challenged a remand to state court after she attempted removal to federal court, the remand was proper because the plaintiff failed to show sufficient grounds for removal since she did not plausibly ...

Tagged with: civil rights jurisdiction Removal-Unlawful Detainer Action

Where an inmate argued that his health care providers violated the 8th Amendment when they stopped administering his multiple sclerosis medication, the judgment is affirmed because even if the inmate did not refuse the injections, the health care providers’ decision ...

Tagged with: civil rights Denial Of Medical Care Inmate Action