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Claims Dismissed in First Challenge to BOP Communications Ban
Loaded on March 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2002, page 11
by Matthew T .Clarke
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Attorney Client,
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA),
Telephones,
Telephone Access,
Mail Regulations,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Colorado.
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the claims in the first published challenge to the implementation of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) dismissed without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, a federal prisoner at ...
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