cruel and unusual punishment
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Federal judge dismisses inmate’s lawsuit over alleged assault from living with gay cellmate
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A federal judge last month dismissed an incarcerated man’s lawsuit against two corrections officers who allegedly left him in a cell with a gay inmate, despite knowing other prisoners would attack him for rooming with a “known homosexual.” Although judges have analyzed other cases involving prisoners’ claims that their sexual orientation posed a risk of…
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10th Circuit declines to consider prison food-tampering claim
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has declined to consider an incarcerated man’s allegations that a prison official tampered with his food by placing “light brown matter,” “red matter” and saliva on his meals, causing illness. On Aug. 16, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit issued an…
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Federal judge dismisses allegations of ‘years-long campaign’ of retaliation by prison employees
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A federal judge has dismissed an incarcerated man’s lengthy set of assault allegations against state prison officials because he did not properly file three grievances for each incident first. Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, people who are incarcerated must “exhaust” their administrative remedies before bringing a civil rights lawsuit. In Colorado’s Department of Corrections, detainees…
