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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 to Congress: Roll back Supreme Court’s limitations on suing federal officials
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In an extraordinary move, a federal judge in Colorado has called upon Congress to roll back the U.S. Supreme Court’s broad limitations on suing federal officials for constitutional violations. U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez, in an Aug. 3 order, criticized the fact that prisoners, if they are in a federal facility, are largely…
