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Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2012
Brief • February 13, 2012
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations, Due Process
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2012 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 158 Filed 02/13/12 Page 1 of 17 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133-1 Fileci12/01/11 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et aL, Plaintiffs, v. No.3: 10-cv-355 MCRIEMT WENDELL …
PLN Wins $230,000 in Settlement that Ends Spokane, Washington Jail’s Postcard-Only Rule
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Media, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Wins $230,000 in Settlement that Ends Spokane, Washington Jail’s Postcard-Only Rule by by Matt Clarke In July 2011, the Board of County Commissioners of Spokane County, Washington agreed to pay $230,000 to Prison Legal News to settle a federal lawsuit challenging unconstitutional restrictions on prisoners’ mail at the Spokane …
Muthana v. Hofbauer, MI, R&R, Destruction of Mail Written in Arabic, 2012
Brief • January 11, 2012
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Prisoner Property, Mail Regulations, Due Process
Muthana v. Hofbauer, MI, R&R, Destruction of Mail Written in Arabic, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-00132-GJQ-TPG Doc #41 Filed 01/11/12 Page 1 of 13 Page ID#635 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION ALI MUSAID MUTHANA, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:11-cv-132 Honorable Gordon J. Quist GERALD HOFBAUER …
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Motion Approve Class Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011
Brief • December 1, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations, Due Process
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Motion Approve Class Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133 Filed 12/01/11 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:10-cv-355 MCR/EMT WENDELL HALL, Defendant. / JOINT MOTION FOR …
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011
Brief • December 1, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations, Due Process
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133-1 Filed 12/01/11 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:10-cv-355 MCR/EMT WENDELL HALL, Defendant. / SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE Plaintiff, …
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against NYDOCS
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Media, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against NYDOCS by On October 11, 2011, Prison Legal News filed suit against New York State Department of Correctional Services officials, including NYDOCS Commissioner Brian Fischer. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges First and Fourteenth Amendment …
PLN Sues Jails in Louisiana, Washington State Over No-Publication Policies
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Media, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Sues Jails in Louisiana, Washington State Over No-Publication Policies by On September 9, 2011, Prison Legal News filed separate lawsuits against the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans, Louisiana and the Chelan County jail in Washington State over mail policy-related issues. PLN’s suit against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, …
Boulder, Colorado Jail’s Postcard-Only Correspondence Policy Ends with Settlement
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Boulder, Colorado Jail’s Postcard-Only Correspondence Policy Ends with Settlement by The ACLU has settled a lawsuit on behalf of detainees at Colorado’s Boulder County Jail, ending a policy that limited prisoners’ personal correspondence to postcards. The policy went into effect in March 2010 and the ACLU filed suit five months …
Sheriff’s Motion to Dismiss Denied in Florida Jail’s “Postcard Only” Mail Policy Suit
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Sheriff’s Motion to Dismiss Denied in Florida Jail’s “Postcard Only” Mail Policy Suit by A Florida federal district court has denied a sheriff’s motion to dismiss a pretrial detainee’s civil rights action that challenged a “postcard” only correspondence form. Marcie Hamilton, a prisoner in the Santa Rosa County Jail, filed …
Federal Magistrate Rules on Case Filed by State Prisoner Denied Delivery of Prison Legal News
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process
Federal Magistrate Rules on Case Filed by State Prisoner Denied Delivery of Prison Legal News by Derek Gilna A United States Magistrate in the State of Oklahoma has issued a Report and Recommendation regarding Oklahoma prison officials' motion for summary judgment seeking to dismiss an Oklahoma prisoner's civil rights and …
US District Court in South Carolina Rules against Prisoner Challenging Withholding of Mail to Prisoner that Violated Jail Policies
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
US District Court in South Carolina Rules against Prisoner Challenging Withholding of Mail to Prisoner that Violated Jail Policies by By Derek Gilna In a decision published September 14, 2010, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, in the matter of Michael R. Ray v. Sheriff …
Barrett v. Williams et al, OR, Complaint, ODOC NM prisoner to prisoner mail policy, 2011
Brief • November 10, 2011
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Barrett v. Williams et al, OR, Complaint, ODOC NM prisoner to prisoner mail policy, 2011 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ • !tJ " Document 2 -rl-t(.. L\,N~-rE[) FDR. THE Filed 11/10/11 S'"iA'l£~ Page 1 of 23 Page ID#: 6 I)fs,lZU.r C5I..l1l.f OrS'fJtr.::.-r Of: Op-£&o/V .JA CDB DAIt~E. if I PIA'I"f'l ~~ fro> Se. …
FDOC Pen Pal Advertising Ban Passes Constitutional Scrutiny
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, RLUIPA, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Access to Media
FDOC Pen Pal Advertising Ban Passes Constitutional Scrutiny by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In January 2011, a federal district court granted summary judgment to the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in a lawsuit challenging FDOC rule 33-210.101(9), Florida Administrative Code, which prohibits prisoners from advertising for pen pals …
Human Rights Defense Center Litigation Update
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Media, PLN Litigation, Censorship
Human Rights Defense Center Litigation Update by Lance Weber This month marks the beginning of my second year practicing law with the Litigation Project of the Human Rights Defense Center. The Litigation Project was envisioned by PLN founder Paul Wright as a complement to HRDC’s principal project, Prison Legal News, …
Postcard-Only Mail Policy Enjoined at Colorado Jail
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations, Access to Media
Postcard-Only Mail Policy Enjoined at Colorado Jail by On December 20, 2010, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel issued a preliminary injunction against a postcard-only mail policy instituted at the El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The injunction resulted from a class-action lawsuit filed by a …
Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy by On September 7, 2011, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) and the law firm of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Pinal County, Arizona …
PLN Sues Kansas Jail Over No-Publication Policy
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Media, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Sues Kansas Jail Over No-Publication Policy by On August 31, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Commissioners for Shawnee County, Kansas and Richard Kline, Director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. PLN’s suit alleges First Amendment violations due to a policy at …
Seventh Circuit: Wisconsin DOC Mail Ban On Commercially Published Photos Of Celebrities Upheld
Article • September 15, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Photos, Mail Regulations
Seventh Circuit: Wisconsin DOC Mail Ban On Commercially Published Photos Of Celebrities Upheld by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) policy that bans prisoners from receiving in the mail commercially published photographs of “celebrity figures, movie …
South Carolina MSU Publication Ban Challenge is Moot
Article • September 15, 2011
Filed under: Mootness, Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations
South Carolina MSU Publication Ban Challenge is Moot by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a South Carolina prisoner’s challenge to a prison publication ban, concluding that the action was moot because the ban no longer applied to him. In 1995, South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) prisoner …
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Michigan Jail over “Postcard Only” Policy
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Michigan Jail over “Postcard Only” Policy by On August 9, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against Livingston County, Michigan and the county’s sheriff, Bob Bezotte, alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations due to improper censorship at the Livingston County Jail. The suit …
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