Ex-offenders.

• Position: Cox v. Malone - Donaldson v. Purkett - Meloy v. Bachmeier - Case for prisoner abuse

13. Ex-Offenders U.S. District Court Cox v. Malone, 199 F.Supp.2d 135 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). A state prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action PLRA-Prison against prison officials, alleging excessive use Litigation of force during a pat down frisk search, and due Reform Act process violations in connection with a disciplinary hearing. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the officials, finding that the physical injury requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applied after the prisoner was paroled, and that the scratch on the prisoner's hand allegedly resulting from a pat frisk was not sufficiently serious to warrant Eighth Amendment protection. (Mid-Orange Correctional Facility, New York) U.S....