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Brief • October 4, 2013
Koger v. Dart et al, IL, Complaint, jail mail censorship newspapers, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07150 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/04/13 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GREGORY KOGER, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS J. DART, SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY; …
Brief • October 4, 2013
Koger v. Dart, IL Complaint, Jail Newspaper Ban, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07150 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/04/13 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GREGORY KOGER, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS J. DART, SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY; and COOK COUNTY, …
Brief • September 30, 2013
Jackson v. Ash, KS, Class Action Complaint, Postcard Only Mail Policy, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-02504-EFM-JPO Document 1 Filed 09/30/13 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS TYRELL JACKSON and RANDALL CHAPMAN, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, …
Brief • September 9, 2013
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Ballenger v. Morgan, MS, Consent Decree, Mailroom Policy, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION TARA BALLENGER, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF MORGAN, MISSOURI, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) No. ) ) ) ) 2:13-cv-4177-NKL CONSENT ORDER AND JUDGMENT Upon the parties’ joint motion …
Article • August 15, 2013
Ensign Amendment Upheld; BOP’s Failure to Retain Rejected Publications During Period of Administrative Review Violates Due Process by On July 11, 2008, U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham rejected a challenge to a ban on federal prisoners receiving information that features nudity or is sexually explicit. The Court found merit, however, …
PA Prison Might Unconstitutionally Restrict Prisoners’ Court Access by William Bryan, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, sued prison officials in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming that they denied him adequate access to the courts. Legal business was conducted through a prisoner-staffed law clinic which was not allowed to …
Prisoner Denied Pornography in a Wisconsin Prison by A Wisconsin appellate court held that a prisoner’s lawsuit against guards for denying him pornography was properly dismissed. The Court of Appeals, District IV, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Green Bay Correctional Institution prisoner Charles Downing on January 3, …
Article • August 15, 2013
Records Requested from Washington DOC Under Public Records Act May Be Rejected as Contraband by The Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) may reject as contraband records requested from the DOC under the Washington Public Records Act, the Washington Supreme Court held, July 3, 2008. Michael Livingston, a Washington prisoner, filed …
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 • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Illinois: Conditions Lawsuit Filed by Civilly Confined Sex Offenders Dismissed by Derek Gilna Civilly committed sex offenders confined pursuant to Illinois' Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, 725 ILCS 207/1-99, filed suit in federal court in 2007 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the conditions of their confinement at the Rushville …
Brief • July 8, 2013
Jackson v. Meisner, WI, Settlement, ICE Withholding of Mail, 2013 Co y STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE J.n. VAN HOLLEN 17 W. Main Street P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707·7857 www.doj .state.wLus ATTORNEV GENERAL Kevin M. St. John Deputy Attorney Gene ral Me lissa R. SchaJltr Assistant Attorney Genera …
Brief • July 3, 2013
Jackson v. Meisner, WI, AAG Letter to Judge, Columbia CI error rejecting inmate complaint, 2013 • STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE J.B. VAN HOLLEN ATIORNEY GENERAL 17 W. Main Street P.O. Box 7857 Madison, W1 53707-7857 www.doj.state.wi.us Kevin M. St. John Deputy Attorney General Rebecca A. Paulson Assistant Attorney …
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. …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
PLN Prevails in Challenge to Postcard-only Policy at Oregon Jail by On April 24, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon held that a postcard-only policy at the Columbia County Jail, which restricted mail sent to and from detainees at the facility to postcards, was unconstitutional. The …
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 …
Barrett v. Williams, OR, Memorandum of Law, Rejecting Qualified Immunity, 2013 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 1 of 18 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 2 of 18 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 3 of 18 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 4 of …
$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 …
Brief • April 24, 2013
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Stephens v. Fredrickson, WA, TRO, Mail Interference, 2013 Case 2:12-cv-01067-RAJ-MAT Document 60 Filed 04/24/13 Page 1 of 14 HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 FRED A. STEPHENS, 11 12 CASE NO. C12-1067RAJ Plaintiff, …
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 …
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