LATEST SUMMARIES

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
• Harden-Bey v. Rutter

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, HABEAS CORPUS
• Jackson v. McKee

LATEST SUMMARIES

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
Harden-Bey v. Rutter, No. 06-1473
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against several employees of the Michigan Department of Corrections challenging plaintiff's placement and continued confinement in administrative segregation, dismissal pursuant to section 1997e(c) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the district court erred in dismissing a due process claim on the ground that the duration of plaintiff's prison discipline, three years and counting, does not affect whether he has a protected liberty interest; but 2) he failed to state a cognizable cruel-and-unusual-punishment claim or a cognizable equal protection claim. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, HABEAS CORPUS
Jackson v. McKee, No. 07-1247
Denial of a habeas petition from convictions for felony murder and carrying a firearm during the commission of a felony is affirmed where state court decisions were neither contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, Supreme Court precedent, in denying claims that: 1) petitioner's confession was involuntary; 2) a Miranda waiver was not knowing or intelligent; and 3) the admission of certain non-testimonial hearsay statements violated the Confrontation Clause. Read more...