11-1804 Gonzalez v. Feinerman
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11-1804 Gonzalez v. Feinerman

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Civil Rights
Excessive force

Civil Rights
Due process; inadequate medical care

Civil Rights
PLRA; In forma pauperis; three strikes

Civil Rights
Prisons; medical needs; deliberate indifference

Civil Rights
Prisons; freedom of religion

Civil Rights
Due process; medical assistance

Civil Rights
False warrants

Civil Rights
Excessive force; nominal damages

Civil Rights
Foreclosure

Civil Rights
Equal protection

Civil Rights
Warrantless search; exigent circumstances; burden of proof

Civil Rights
Excessive force; qualified immunity

Civil Rights
Due process

Civil Rights Attorney fees; frivolous claims When a plaintiff’s suit involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, a court may grant reasonable fees to the defendant, but only for costs that the defendant would not have incurred but for the frivolous claims. Congress’s purpose in enacting §1988—to relieve defendants of the burdens associated with fending off [...]

Civil Rights Prison conditions; due process The plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to determine whether 240 days in segregation at Columbia Correctional Institution is a deprivation of liberty under the Due Process Clause. “When answering Marion’s complaint, defendants denied that conditions in DS-1 confinement deprived him of liberty or property. Marion had to come [...]

Civil Rights Attorney fees; prevailing party Litigants who prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court are prevailing parties entitled to attorney fees, even if the defendants repealed the unconstitutional statutes before the district court could order them to on remand. “The municipalities insist that the Supreme Court’s decision addressed only ‘a preliminary legal issue that did [...]