Prisoner
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Striking Out of Federal Court: Heck Dismissals are now PLRA Strikes in the Fourth Circuit
By Alex Gracia As of September 16, 2024, indigent prisoner-plaintiffs in North Carolina must be weary when their civil… Read More
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Dunn v. Smith: Religious Liberties Do Not Cease at the Death Chamber Door
By Sutton Travis In a decision that expanded religious liberties for prisoners on the verge of execution, the Supreme Court… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Vacates and Remands Prison Grievance Claim for Further Fact-Finding
By Kelsey Mellan On March 23, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in Custis v. Davis, a… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Deems Deprivation of Prisoner’s Medical Care Unconstitutional
By Kelsey Mellan On November 4, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in Scinto v. Stansberry, a civil… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Remands Prisoner’s Civil Rights Case for Further Discovery
By Blake Stafford On March 17, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion in Raynor v. Pugh, a civil… Read More
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FCTA’s Discretionary Function Exception Applies to the Placement and Handling of Prisoners, According to Fourth Circuit
By Daniel Stratton On December 29, 2015, the Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, and reversed in part, a district court’s dismissal… Read More
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Prisoner’s Due Process Claim Not Confined by District Court’s Decision
By Taylor Anderson On July 1, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion regarding the civil case Incumaa v.… Read More
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Prisoner Exhausted Over Exhaustion Defense, Fourth Circuit Steps In
By Taylor Anderson On May 21, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion regarding the civil case Blake v.… Read More
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The Fourth Circuit Affirmed that Religious Group is a Prison Gang
By David Darr Today, in the civil rights case Infinite Allah v. Virginia, the Fourth Circuit affirmed in an unpublished… Read More
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A Prisoner’s Constitutional Right to Medical Information: Doctrinally Flawed and a Threat to State Informed Consent Law
By: Robert Gatter Gatter_LawReview_9.10 Read More