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Publication Date: 2020-12-23
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Shwartz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Biggs, Kaitlin M. Edelman, Denise S. Kraft, Erin Larson, DLA Piper, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Wilson B. Davis, Stuart B. Drowos, I, George T. Lees, III, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Bri-onna L. Denby, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhill & Furman, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69237
A prison met its burden of showing that the denial of an inmate's request for a religious object was the least restrictive means of maintaining prison safety and security.
Publication Date: 2020-12-16
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam J. Waskie, Andrea Brooks, David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Rebecca Song, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69229
A prison official did not meet his burden of demonstrating that an inmate failed to exhaust his administra-tive remedies, so the court denied summary judgment.
Publication Date: 2020-12-09
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood and Stefania A. Rosca, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: George T. Lees III, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69221
State law did not provide a private right of action for alleged violations of the state's constitution, so the court dismissed those claims but denied the other aspects of the motion to dismiss.
Publication Date: 2020-11-11
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Shwartz
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Case Number: D69183
District court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants by focusing on decedent's vulnerability to suicide, rather than his serious medical need as alleged in plaintiffs' claim.
Publication Date: 2020-11-04
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Per Curiam
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Case Number: D69180
Inmate failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits in this matter involving religious items and activities.
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Publication Date: 2020-11-04
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter L. Frattarelli, Kevin F. Shaw, Archer & Grenier, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Stephen M. Ferguson, Kenneth L. Wan, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69179
Plaintiffs adequately alleged certain claims for personal liability against officials at a detention facility.
Publication Date: 2020-09-23
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Green, Sr., Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stephen M. Ferguson, Ryan P. Connell, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants and the state.
Case Number: D69131
The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment where an inmate failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing suit.
Publication Date: 2020-09-09
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luis Clark, Frackville, PA, pro se plaintiff.
for defendant: George Thomas Lees, Ill, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69110
Exhaustion of administrative remedies was an affirmative defense that a defendant was required to prove, and a defendant could not simply rely on plaintiff's failure to plead exhaustion in order to prove that the plaintiff had failed to exhaust his or her administrative remedies.
Publication Date: 2020-08-26
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vernon Ernest Dorian Cephas, James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Smyrna, DE, plaintiff pro se.
for defendant: Stuart B. Drowos, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Dana Spring Monzo and Emily Kara Silverstein, White & Williams, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69096
Motion to dismiss prisoner's civil rights complaint denied where plaintiff sufficiently asserted a claim for retaliation by alleging that defendant conspired to file disciplinary complaints against plaintiff in retaliation for grievances plaintiff had submitted for incidents involving defendant.
Publication Date: 2020-06-10
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Per Curiam
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Case Number: D69010
Plaintiff failed to object to the jury instructions at trial, and she did not file a post-verdict motion regarding the sufficiency of the evidence.
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