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Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a rare litigation loss for Prison Legal News, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) censorship of books distributed by …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
New York DOCCS Settles Statewide PLN Censorship Suit for $155,000 by Alex Friedmann The New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYDOCCS) has settled a federal lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News that challenged the censorship of PLN's monthly publication, books and correspondence at New York prisons statewide. …
Publication • 2013
North Carolina - 2013 North Carolina Department of Public Safety Disapproved Publications Report Report Date: 11/12/2013 530 matches found. The selection criteria for this report was: Review Date: Min Review of 01/01/2013 and Max Review of 11/01/2013 Publication Name Publication ID A DANCE WITH DRAGONS Publication Type RAN0004-0009 BOOK Item/Issue …
$75 Awarded for Magazine Denial; Access to Personal Law Books Denied by On January 3, 2001 a U.S. Magistrate judge upheld the denial of a prisoner's access to personal law books and awarded $75 for magazines denied by the unit. Louisiana State prisoner Leo J. Schwartz, III was segregated over …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
No Free Speech Protection for Prisoners Who Copy Excerpts from Books by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners who copy "arguably inflammatory” or “incendiary” passages from the books they check out from a prison library or are allowed to purchase are not entitled to rely on the First Amendment to protect them from …
ADX Prisoner Not Allowed to Communicate with Family Members or Receive Publications under SAMs by Christopher Zoukis In another series of court rulings upholding the use of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs), a prisoner at the federal ADX supermax facility in Florence, Colorado was prohibited from receiving certain publications and communicating …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books
Ninth Circuit Affirms Confiscation of Book about Black Panthers Sent by Mail to Prisoner by In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to prison officials who confiscated a book from a prisoner’s incoming mail. In 2009, prison officials seized a book, The Black Panthers …
Brief • February 20, 2013
Underwood v. Manfre, FL, Class Action Complaint, Postcard Only Mail Policy, 2013 Case 3:13-cv-00192-UAMH-TEM Document 1 Filed 02/20/13 Page 1 of 19 PageID 1 ·FILED UN ITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1013FEB20 AH II: 40 M IDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CLERII. US DISTRIC T cour" Jacksonville Di vision HtOOLE OISiRiCT OF …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Seventh Circuit Approves Illinois Prison’s Rejection of PDR and Drug Guide by On March 9, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights action that alleged violation of his constitutional rights due to the censorship of two books by prison officials. James Munson, …
Brief • November 10, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Betterton, TX, Complaint, Censorship, 2012 Case 2:12-cv-00699-JRG Document 1 Filed 11/01/12 Page 1 of 8 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, PLAINTIFF v. ANTHONY BETTERTON, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Upshur County; …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Fifth Circuit Holds Louisiana Prisons Can’t Ban Nation of Islam Newspaper by In 2005, Louisiana prison officials instituted a statewide ban on The Final Call, a newspaper published by the Nation of Islam. The ban was based solely on the content of a statement of beliefs called “The Muslim Program,” …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Sacramento County, California Jail by On July 17, 2012, Prison Legal News settled a lawsuit against Sacramento County, California and Sheriff Scott R. Jones for $300,000 plus policy changes in the county’s jail system. The suit was filed in federal court in April 2011 after …
Filing • August 6, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Sacramento Co - Jones, CA, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-00907-JAM-DAD Document 61 Filed 08/06/12 Page 1 of 11 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 62566 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 KENNETH M. WALCZAK – 247389 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD, LLP 3 315 Montgomery Street, Tenth …
Article • July 15, 2012
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Colorado District Court on Mail Issue; Jail Publication Ban Unconstitutional by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner made sufficient allegations to state a claim for infringement on a prisoner’s right to receive newspapers and magazines. Appellant Russell Berger, a …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
PLN Lawsuit Ends No-Publication Policy at Washington Jail, Results in $180,000 Settlement by Less than 90 days after PLN filed suit challenging a no-publication mail policy at Washington State’s Chelan County Regional Justice Center (RJC), the defendants conceded the policy was unconstitutional and agreed to the entry of a consent …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Maryland DOC Rescinds Ban on Prisoner’s Book by On July 20, 2011, the Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services (DPSCS) rescinded its ban on The Marshall Plan: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther, a memoir co-authored by Maryland state prisoner Marshall “Eddie” Conway and Dominque …
Article • July 15, 2012
Second Circuit Examines New York Prisoner’s Jail Mail Restrictions by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s suit challenging mail restrictions on mootness grounds because a rule change abandoned the objectionable regulation. While awaiting trial at the Monroe County Jail, Rochester, New York appellant Gregory …
Article • June 15, 2012
New York District Court Rules on Prison Mail Issue by The United States District Court, Southern District of New York, ruled for the plaintiffs in November 1970, granting a preliminary injunction lifting New York State prison officials’ ban on the newsletter, Fortune News, published by the Fortune Society. Plaintiffs Roger …
Publication • 2012
Florida - LRC_Decisions_1991-2011 BEGINS WITH A NUMBER OR SYMBOL (NON-ALPHA CHARACTER) 2012/07/05 ACTION TAKEN (2) HOT MALE COUPLES. 2002/03-2002/04. <2IJ, 04-16-02> REJECTED (2) HOT MALE COUPLES. 2002/05-2002/06. <2IJ, 05-29-02> REJECTED (2) HOT MALE COUPLES. 2002/11-2002/12. <2IJ, 11-27-02> REJECTED (2) HOT MALE COUPLES. 2003/07-2003/08. <3I, 07-09-03> REJECTED (2) HOT MALE COUPLES. …
10th Circuit Weighs 1st Amendment Rights for Muslim Prisoners by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in March, 1972, reversed and remanded a § 1983 complaint wherein Petitioner alleged certain religious liberties, violations, and mail issues. Prior to the instant action, Petitioner Eddie Hoggro brought his cause before the U.S. …
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