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PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss
Loaded on April 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2005, page 9
PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially
Filed under:
Limitations,
Mootness,
Qualified Immunity,
Sovereign Immunity,
Publications/Books,
Media,
PLN Litigation.
Location:
Colorado.
Survives Motion to Dismiss
by Bob Williams
On November 12, 2004, Colorado Federal District Court Judge Wiley Daniel dismissed all official capacity claims, one defendant, and one substantive claim in PLN's suit over ADX censorship of PLN. The court allowed PLN to proceed on one …
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