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Ninth Circuit: Appeal Challenges Probation Revocation for Exercising First Amendment Rights

Loaded on Feb. 3, 2016 published in Prison Legal News February, 2016, page 55
Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Parole Conditions, First Amendment. Location: California.

A former federal prisoner is appealing the revocation of his supervised release for engaging in conduct that he argues is protected under the First Amendment. The Cato Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida and First Amendment Coalition filed a joint amicus brief ...

 

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