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Prisons & Jails – Civil Rights – Constitutional – Eighth Amendment (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: September 21,2011

Moore v. Laurens County Plaintiff brings his Eighth Amendment claim against the defendant Department of Corrections (DOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; however, as an administrative agency of the State of South Carolina, DOC does not qualify as a person subject to suit under ¤ 1983. Plaintiff’s federal claims are dismissed with prejudice. The court declines to exercise jurisdiction over plaintiff’s state claims, and they are dismissed without prejudice.


Prisons & Jails – Civil Rights – ADA – Crutches Withheld – SCTCA (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: September 21,2011

Moore v. Laurens County Where the defendant-county asserts that the county jail prohibited plaintiff from using his crutches only because the crutches were a potential weapon, and where plaintiff does not allege the jail prohibited his use of crutches on the basis of his disability, plaintiff has not made out a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court grants the county’s motion for summary judgment.


Prisons & Jails – Parole Hearing – DOC – Prisoner’s Information – Unprosecuted Charges – Historical Facts (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: May 3,2011

Compton v. South Carolina Department of Corrections The Department of Corrections is enjoined from forwarding to the parole board information about escape charges that were brought against the respondent-prisoner but never prosecuted; however, ...


Prisons & Jails – Civil Rights – Prison Inmate – Filing Fee – Multiple Pending Suits (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: July 26,2010

Civil Rights - Prison Inmate - Filing Fee - Multiple Pending Suits


Prisons & Jails – Civil Rights – Prison Inmate – Deliberate Indifference – Inmate Assault (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: July 26,2010

Civil Rights - Prison Inmate - Deliberate Indifference - Inmate Assault


Prisons & Jails – Constitutional – Cruel & Unusual Punishment – Prison Biscuits – Hemorrhoids – Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies – Immunity (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: May 24,2010

Constitutional - Cruel & Unusual Punishment - Prison Biscuits - Hemorrhoids - Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies - Immunity


Prisons & Jails – Labor & Employment – Prison Industries Program – Prevailing Wage – Overtime Compensation – Time-and-a-Half (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: April 12,2010

Labor & Employment - Prison Industries Program - Prevailing Wage - Overtime Compensation - Time-and-a-Half


Prisons & Jails – Labor & Employment – Prison Industries Program – Prevailing Wage – Overtime Compensation – Time and a Half (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: April 12,2010

Labor & Employment - Prison Industries Program - Prevailing Wage - Overtime Compensation - Time and a Half


Prisons & Jails – Administrative – Intentional Destruction of Prison Property – Library Sign – Kicking Door (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: February 15,2010

Administrative - Intentional Destruction of Prison Property - Library Sign - Kicking Door


Prisons – Prison Industry Program – Lost Wages – Payment Of Wages Act (access required)

By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: March 5,2007

Prison Industry Program - Lost Wages - Payment Of Wages Act


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