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PLNs Publication-Ban Suit Against Kansas DOC Set For Trial On Declaratory And Injunctive Relief

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2006 by John Dannenberg published in Prison Legal News October, 2006, page 16
Filed under: Mootness, Qualified Immunity, Publications/Books, Due Process, Media, PLN Litigation. Location: Kansas.

PLNs Publication-Ban Suit Against Kansas DOC Set For Trial On Declaratory And Injunctive Relief

by John E. Dannenberg

Seeking to overturn restrictive bans on prisoner receipt of publications in the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), two former KDOC prisoners and Prison Legal News sued KDOC for damages and declaratory/injunctive relief ...

 

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