Brewster v. Nassau County.U.S. District Court ACCESS TO COURT Brewster v. Nassau Nassau, former duchy, GermanyNassau (nä`sou), former duchy, W central Germany, situated N and E of the Main and Rhine rivers. It is now mostly included in the state of Hesse, and partly in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. County, 349 F.Supp.2d 540 (E.D.N.Y. 2004). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court dismissed the complaint, finding that the detainee failed to state a [section] 1983 conspiracy claim against a legal aid society legal aid society n. an organization formed to assist persons who have limited or no financial means but need legal help, usually sponsored by the local bar association's donations, sometimes with some local governmental financial support. Such societies examine the assets and income of the applicant, decide if the person has a legitimate need for legal services, give counselling, provide mediation, prepare simple documents, and if absolutely necessary, which had sent three successive attorneys work with the detainee. The court considered these to be state law malpractice claims and declined to exercise jurisdiction. The court found that even if the detainee suffered all of the psychological and emotional injuries that he alleged, the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) precluded recovery against corrections officials under [section] 1983 because the detainee did not allege any physical injury. (Nassau County Correctional Facility, and Nassau County Legal Aid Society, New York) |
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