Vance v. Barrett.

• Position: Prisoners sues prison officials for violating their constitutional rights - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER ACCOUNTS

INMATE FUNDS

Vance v. Barrett, 345 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2003). Two state prisoners brought separate [section] 1983 actions, alleging that prison officials violated their constitutional rights by conditioning prison employment on the waiver of their property rights to money in their prison trust accounts, and retaliated against them for refusing to waive such rights. The district court dismissed the actions and prisoners appealed. The appeals court reversed...