Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth's Top 10 Frivolous Prison 
Inmate Lawsuits

10) Prisoner claims discrimination because he was not given a Department 
of Corrections raincoat like other inmates. (Walker v. DOC) 

9) Prisoner sues to be served fresh rather than reconstituted milk. 
(Gerteisen v. Bowers) 

8) Prisoner sues for right to conduct martial arts sparring and 
full-contact fighting as part of his religion. (Gibson v. Miller) 

7) Prisoner sues over being served three cheese sandwiches a day for one 
week while in disciplinary confinement. (Derks v. Perrin, Jr.)

6) Prisoner sues because he was required to eat off of a paper plate. 
(Procup v. Strickland, et al) 

5) Prisoner who has filed more than 140 actions in state and federal 
court sues over finding gristle in his turkey leg. (Attwood v. Bowers) 

4) Prisoner sues to be served fruit juice at meals and three pancakes 
instead of two. (Spradley v. Rathman)

3) Prisoner who murdered five people sues after lightning knocks out the 
prison's TV satellite dish and he must watch network programs which he 
says contain violence, profanity and other objectionable material. 
(Jackson v. Barton) 

2) Prisoner sues to be given Reeboks, Adidas, Pony or Avia brand 
hightops rather than inferior brand sneakers issued by prison. (Brown v. 
Singletary)

1) Prisoner who lost a lawsuit claiming his rights as a Muslim were 
violated because the prison put "essence of swine" in his food announces 
his conversion to satanism and sues for tarot cards and doves' blood. 
(Marshall v. DOC)