23. Hygiene-prisoner personal.

U.S. Appeals Court HYGIENE ITEMS

Curtis v. Curtis, 37 Fed.Appx. 141 (6th Cir. 2002). A prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that a prison officer had improperly denied him personal hygiene items. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the officer and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court noted that all inmates held in the detention facility had been provided with a personal hygiene packet, and that the inmate had money in his jail account that he could have used to obtain additional hygiene items. (Henderson County, Kentucky)

U.S. Appeals Court INDIGENT PRISONERS

Moore v. Chavez, 36 Fed.Appx. 169 (6th Cir. 2002). A state prisoner brought suits against a state corrections department and correctional officials, alleging that he was improperly denied indigent status after he dropped out of an educational course, and that the defendants denied him employment when he refused to take a qualifying exam. The...