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Washington DOC Costs Policy Enjoined
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1996, page 5
Past issues of PLN have reported the ongoing efforts by the Washington attorney general's office to intimidate prisoners who file civil rights suits. Part of this strategy has included seeking costs against prisoners who lose such suits then taking every last penny from the prisoners account. We have reported on ...
Filed under:
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Litigating,
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Costs,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Location:
Washington.
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