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ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter A federal district court in Michigan granted a preliminary injunction that requires officials at the Livingston County Jail (LCJ) to deliver letters …
Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC by Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC Prison Legal News continues its efforts to defend its First Amendment right to communicate with prisoners in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). In 1999 the NDOC banned all copies of PLN, claiming the publication …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
PLN Settles Lawsuit Against Kenosha County, Wisconsin for $116,500 by Derek Gilna PLN Settles Lawsuit Against Kenosha County, Wisconsin for $116,500 by Derek Gilna After 29 prisoners at a jail in Kenosha County, Wisconsin did not receive their monthly copies of Prison Legal News or informational brochures and soft-cover books …
Filing • August 5, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Holder, el al., TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2014
Brief • August 5, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Holder, el al., TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2014
Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC by Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC Prison Legal News continues its efforts to defend its First Amendment right to communicate with prisoners in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). In 1999 the NDOC banned all copies of PLN, claiming the publication …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Preliminary Injunction Entered in PLN Censorship Suit Against Ventura County, California by Preliminary Injunction Entered in PLN Censorship Suit Against Ventura County, California On May 29, 2014, in a significant victory for the First Amendment rights of prisoners and those who correspond with them, the U.S. District Court for the …
Filing • May 19, 2014
Prison Legal News v. Kenosha County, Order of Stipulation & Dismissal 2014 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) DAVID G. BETH, individually …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Court Awards $802,176 in Fees, Costs in PLN Censorship Suit Against Oregon County by In March 2014, a U.S. District Court ordered Columbia County, Oregon to pay $763,803.45 in attorney’s fees and $38,373.01 in costs in a lawsuit raising claims of illegal censorship at the Columbia County Jail. Prison Legal …
PLN v. CCA, VT, Ltr from def counsel re. surrendered VDOC docs, 03-28, 2014 LY\N, LYNN &_ BLACK N, RC. March 28, 2014 Dan Barrett, Esq. ACLU Foundation of Vermont 137 Elm Street Montpelier, VT 05602 Re: PLN v. CCA, Docket No. 332-5-13 Wncv Dear Dan: I am writing in …
Hammond v Kates, DC, Amicus Brief - HRDC, transgender abuse discrimination, 2014 USCA Case #13-5212 Document #1485371 Filed: 03/25/2014 Page 1 of 50 [ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED] ______________________________ Nos. 13-5212 & 13-5213 ______________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ______________________________ PATTI HAMMOND …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Texas County Jail for $175,000 by In December 2013, Prison Legal News settled a federal lawsuit against Upshur County, Texas that alleged unconstitutional censorship when PLN’s publications were rejected by jail officials. The suit, filed in October 2012, named the county, Sheriff Anthony Betterton and …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Florida Jail by On December 17, 2013, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal court against St. Lucie County, Florida Sheriff Ken J. Mascara; the lawsuit alleges unconstitutional censorship based on a policy at the county jail that prohibits prisoners from receiving letters, books and …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Nevada DOC by On June 27, 2013, Prison Legal News filed suit in U.S. District Court against Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) Director James G. Cox and other defendants, seeking to enjoin unconstitutional censorship by state prison officials. The lawsuit contends that the Nevada DOC …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Tennessee Jail by On October 10, 2013, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against Sullivan County, Tennessee, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff J. Wayne Anderson, alleging that the county jail unconstitutionally censored books, magazines, letters and other correspondence sent to prisoners and …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
PLN Files Federal Lawsuit Over Censorship at Virginia Jail by On July 30, 2013, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in federal court against Virginia Beach Sheriff Kenneth Stolle and other sheriff’s office officials due to the censorship of books, magazines and correspondence mailed to prisoners at the Virginia Beach …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
PLN Resolves Censorship Suit Against Oregon County Jail for $51,000 Plus Fees and Costs by Alex Friedmann In August 2012, Prison Legal News accepted an offer of judgment made by officials in Umatilla County, Oregon to resolve a First Amendment censorship suit filed against the county, the sheriff’s office and …
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 …
PLN v. FBOP, DC, Memorandum Opinion, FOIA Request, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) ) ) CHARLES E. SAMUELS, JR., 1 Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, ) ) Defendant. …
PLN Files Public Records Suit Against CCA in Vermont by On June 7, 2013, Prison Legal News, represented by the ACLU of Vermont, filed a lawsuit in state court after submitting a public records request seeking information about legal settlements involving Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) – the nation's largest …
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