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Article • January 13, 2016
Pre-Litigation Attorney Solicitation Letters are Protected Legal Mail by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction that requires officials at Michigan’s Livingston County Jail (LCJ) to deliver correspondence to prisoners marked “legal mail” from the ACLU. That ruling came in a lawsuit the ACLU initiated after LCJ’s …
Article • January 13, 2016
PLN’s Florida Censorship Suit Passes Summary Judgment Stage by David Reutter Florida Northern District federal court denied the cross-motions for summary judgment in PLN’s lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) impoundment and rejection of PLN based upon ad content. The current suit is not the first round of …
PLN Intervenes, Unseals Settlement in CCA Fair Labor Standards Act Case by David Reutter PLN’s intervention in a federal lawsuit alleging Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) had improperly classified supervisors at two Kentucky prisons as being exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Kentucky’s Wage …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna As many of our readers know, Prison Legal News is a strong proponent of breaking down barriers that restrict prisoners’ First Amendment rights. Jail …
Brief • December 16, 2015
Brown v. Taylor et al, 5th Cir, Amicus Brief - Human Rights Defense Center, Prison Mailbox Rule GEO sex offender treatment, 2015 Case: 13-10588 Document: 00513310537 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/16/2015 No. 13-10588 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRTH CIRCUIT CLARENCE D. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ALLISON …
Brief • December 16, 2015
Prison Legal News v. County of Tulare, CA, Order re Mot for PI, mail censorship, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 3 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 …
Brief • December 3, 2015
FCC Leter to Securus re WC Docket No. 12-375, In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, December 3, 2015 Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 December 3, 2015 DA 15-1382 Robert Pickens President Securus Technologies, Inc. 3000 Kellway Dr. #150 Carrolton, TX 75006 RE: WC Docket No. …
Brief • November 13, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Co. of Bernalillo, et al., NM, Settlement, censorship, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00107-JAP-WPL Document 49 Filed 11/13/15 Page 5 of 8 Case 1:15-cv-00107-JAP-WPL Document 49 Filed 11/13/15 Page 6 of 8 Case 1:15-cv-00107-JAP-WPL Document 49 Filed 11/13/15 Page 7 of 8 Case 1:15-cv-00107-JAP-WPL Document 49 Filed 11/13/15 Page 8 of …
Filing • November 6, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Complaint, PLN Censorship, 2015 Case 2:15-cv-02245-BSB Document 1 Filed 11/06/15 Page 1 of 24 Ballard Spahr LLP 1 East Washington Street Suite 2300 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2555 1 Lisa Ells – Cal. Bar No. 243657* Jenny S. Yelin – Cal. Bar No. 273601* 2 ROSEN …
Filing • October 30, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. County of Tulare, CA, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2015 1 LISA ELLS – 243657 CHRISTOPHER D, HU – 293052 & GRUNFELD LLP 2 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN 50 Fremont Street, 19th Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94105-2235 Telephone: (415) 433-6830 4 Facsimile: (415) 433-7104 5 LANCE WEBER – …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Jail in Knoxville, TN by Alex Friedmann PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Jail in Knoxville, TN by Alex Friedmann On October 6, 2015, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal court against Knox County, Tennessee, Sheriff James “J.J.” Jones and the assistant chief deputy at …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail In September 2015, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in federal court against unconstitutional censorship practices at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NWADC) in Winchester, Virginia. The suit names the Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, …
Filing • October 19, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. County of Kane, IL, Complaint, Kane County Jail Censorship, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-09250 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/19/15 Page 1 of 14 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
Filing • October 6, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Sheriff Jones, TN, Complaint, Knox County Censorship, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, Case No.: _____________ v. JAMES “J.J.” JONES, Sheriff of Knox County, Tennessee, …
Filing • October 1, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, CO, Complaint, Censorship at ADX, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-02184 Document 1 Filed 10/01/15 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 15-cv-2184 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS …
Filing • September 11, 2015
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Harrisonburg Division PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, 5:15CV00061 Case No.:__________ COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND DAMAGES AND JURY DEMAND v. NORTHWESTERN …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) hates publicity and hates revealing information about its operations to the general public. Recently, however, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck …
Filing • August 14, 2015
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 186 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 187 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 188 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document …
Brief • August 14, 2015
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 186 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 187 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 188 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim In the aftermath of a 2013 ruling by the California Court of Appeal that found a book containing sexually explicit content was not obscene and must …
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