The U.S. Supreme Court on June 12 revived on an 8-1 vote a federal inmate’s stalled lawsuit over alleged mistreatment in prison after it was dismissed for missing a court filing deadline.
The new ruling is concerned with procedural rules—as opposed to the merits of the inmate’s lawsuit—and may make it easier for prisoners to pursue appeals.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the court’s majority opinion in Parrish v. United States. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissenting opinion.
The petitioner, Donte Parrish, sued the federal government in April 2017 in federal district court in West Virginia for compensation based on his claim that he was wrongfully placed in administrative segregation for three years after being accused of murdering a fellow inmate. Parrish denied involvement in the killing….