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HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, stipulation and consent decree, censorship, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01296-JCS Document 30 Filed 06/11/20 Page 1 of 6 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 062566 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 2 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 LISA ELLS – 243657 3 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – 267933 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN …
Filing • October 24, 2019
Prison Legal News v Inch, Florida DOC censorship case, attorney fee order, 2019 Case 4:12-cv-00239-MW-CAS Document 357 Filed 10/22/19 Page 1 of 36 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 4:12cv239-MW/CAS MARK S. INCH, in his official capacity …
PLN v. Cook County, IL, Settlement, Censorship, 2018
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Kansas Jail Prisoners Win Lawsuit Over Postcard-only Policy by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When Wilson County, Kansas Sheriff Pete Figgins instituted a postcard-only correspondence policy at the county jail, prisoners were only allowed to send and receive letters to and from attorneys. No notice was provided when mail was …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Due Process Mandatory Before Texas Requires Sex Offender Registration for Crimes not Covered by Statute by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 8, 2017, a Texas federal district court determined that requiring a person on community supervision to register as a sex offender for a crime not covered by …
Filing • February 13, 2018
HRDC v. Baldwin, censorship suit against Illinois DOC, complaint 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-01136 Document #: 1 Filed: 02/13/18 Page 1 of 45 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) JOHN BALDWIN, in …
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: Due Process
Prison Mailbox Rule Applies to Alabama Sentence Reconsideration Motions by The Alabama Supreme Court held last year that the prison mailbox rule applies to a motion for sentence reconsideration under former state law. Alabama Code § 13A-5-9.1 authorized the filing of a motion for sentence reconsideration, but the state legislature …
PLN Settles Censorship Challenge at Oklahoma Jail for $125,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Faced with the censorship of its monthly publication and other correspondence by a jail in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed suit in federal district …
Hines v. Mincks, WA, Prelim. Inj. - Jail Attorney Phone Call Policy, 2017 Case: 2:17-cv-00436-ALM-TPK Doc #: 11 Filed: 05/25/17 Page: 1 of 5 PAGEID #: 71 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION DAKOTA HINES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LARRY R. MINCKS, …
$7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s “Nuisance Suit” by In January 2016, Pennsylvania’s Northumberland County agreed to pay $7,500 to settle a former prisoner’s lawsuit alleging he was denied access to the courts, visitation, recreation and receipt of incoming publications. While at the Northumberland County Prison, Charles Picarella, Jr., who is …
Kentucky Prisoners Entitled to Review of Audio Recordings at Disciplinary Hearing by A Kentucky Court of Appeals held on February 26, 2016 that prisoners have a due process right to request the review of audio recordings at a prison disciplinary hearing. Proceeding pro se, Kentucky state prisoner Sammy F. Mobley, …
Five Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Men Receive Almost $8 Million by David Reutter Five former prisoners who were wrongfully convicted in a home invasion murder have received settlements and compensation totaling nearly $8 million following a botched investigation and misconduct by the sheriff’s office in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Three …
$5,000 Settlement for Prison Interfering with California Prisoner's Mail by In November 2015, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled for $5,000 a federal civil rights action brought by CDCR prisoner Sherman Manning alleging interference with Manning's mail and retaliation for his publication of books critical of the CDCR. Manning …
Another Appeal in New York Post-Release Supervision Case by Matthew Clarke On October 14, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin held she would retain jurisdiction over a class-action civil rights lawsuit in order to determine the damages to be awarded former prisoners for the imposition or continuation of post-release …
Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Fifth Circuit Holds Louisiana Prisoner May Sue Over Failure to Credit Good Time by Matthew Clarke On January 1, 2016, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Louisiana prisoner may sue prison officials for failing to credit him with good conduct time which would have shortened his sentence. …
Abu Zubaydah: Torture’s “Poster Child” by Marjorie Cohn In August, Abu Zubaydah, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo for 14 years without being charged with a crime, appeared for the first time before the U.S. military Periodic Review Board, which determines whether Guantanamo detainees will continue to be held as …
A Primer on Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights by Alex Friedmann Prison Legal News (PLN) regularly reports on prison and jail-related court decisions involving violations of prisoners’ constitutional rights. Those who are new to the arena of civil rights litigation and unfamiliar with prisoners’ few remaining rights may need a basic introduction …
Fifth Circuit Holds Four Decades in Solitary Confinement Implicates Liberty Interest; Last Angola 3 Member Finally Released by Matthew Clarke On December 17, 2014, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that holding a prisoner in solitary confinement for almost 40 years implicated a liberty interest, and that prison officials …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Conviction for Contacting Victim by Lonnie Burton On April 27, 2016, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction of a Texas state prisoner for Improper Contact with a Victim. David Schlittler was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of his five-year-old stepdaughter. He …
Wisconsin Jail Policies Unconstitutional But Not Enjoined by Mark Wilson A Wisconsin federal court held that a jail's disciplinary, mail, and publication rules were unconstitutional. The court declined to enjoin those practices, however, essentially rendering its holding a mere advisory opinion. On September 29, 1970 pretrial detainees of the Milwaukee …
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