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Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against NYDOCS by On October 11, 2011, Prison Legal News filed suit against New York State Department of Correctional Services officials, including NYDOCS Commissioner Brian Fischer. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges First and Fourteenth Amendment …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
PLN Sues Jails in Louisiana, Washington State Over No-Publication Policies by On September 9, 2011, Prison Legal News filed separate lawsuits against the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans, Louisiana and the Chelan County jail in Washington State over mail policy-related issues. PLN’s suit against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Settlement Reverses Virginia DOC’s Ban on Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook by David Reutter A settlement agreement between the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and two civil rights organizations that publish the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook (JLH) overturned the VDOC’s ban on JLH and requires that five copies of that publication be placed …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Human Rights Defense Center Litigation Update by Lance Weber This month marks the beginning of my second year practicing law with the Litigation Project of the Human Rights Defense Center. The Litigation Project was envisioned by PLN founder Paul Wright as a complement to HRDC’s principal project, Prison Legal News, …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy by On September 7, 2011, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) and the law firm of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Pinal County, Arizona …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
PLN Sues Kansas Jail Over No-Publication Policy by On August 31, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Commissioners for Shawnee County, Kansas and Richard Kline, Director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. PLN’s suit alleges First Amendment violations due to a policy at …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Michigan Jail over “Postcard Only” Policy by On August 9, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against Livingston County, Michigan and the county’s sheriff, Bob Bezotte, alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations due to improper censorship at the Livingston County Jail. The suit …
Brief • September 9, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Gusman, LA, Complaint, censorship, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA * * * * * MARLIN GUSMAN, Sheriff, Orleans * Parish, CARLOS LOUQUE, Warden, * House of Detention, KEVIN WINFIELD, * Warden, Old Parish Prison, CHARLES * EZEB, Warden, Temporary Jails, JERROD * …
Brief • September 9, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Chelan Co, WA, Complaint, censorship, 2011
Filing • September 7, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Babeu, AZ, Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-01761-GMS Document 1 Filed 09/07/11 Page 1 of 13 1 ERNEST GALVAN (CA Bar No. 196065)* KENNETH M. WALCZAK (CA Bar No. 247389)* 2 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94104-1823 Telephone: …
Brief • September 7, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Babeu, AZ Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-01761-GMS Document 1 Filed 09/07/11 Page 1 of 13 1 ERNEST GALVAN (CA Bar No. 196065)* KENNETH M. WALCZAK (CA Bar No. 247389)* 2 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94104-1823 Telephone: …
Brief • August 31, 2011
Prison Legal News v. BoC of Shawnee Co - Kline, KS, Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-02497-WEB -KGG Document 1 Filed 08/31/11 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF KANSAS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS …
Charges Against Phoenix New Times Editors Dropped/Private Prosecutor Dismissed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In the middle of the night of October 18, 2007, Phoenix New Times founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were arrested at their homes and charged with revealing grand jury information for publishing an article …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Federal Court Dismisses PLN’s Texas Prison Censorship Suit; Appeal Pending by On January 4, 2011, a Texas federal district court dismissed PLN’s challenge to censorship of books by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). PLN had filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against TDCJ Executive …
Brief • August 9, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Bezotte, Livingston County Jail Censorship Complaint, 2011 2:11-cv-13460-DPH-MAR Doc # 1 Filed 08/09/11 Pg 1 of 7 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff, v Case No. 11-cv-13460 …
Brief • August 3, 2011
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Spokane County, WA, Consent Decree, jail mail censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 JesseW@mhb.com Katherine C. Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 KatherineC@mhb.com MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, …
Brief • August 3, 2011
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Spokane County, WA, Order Entry of Consent Decree, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 108 Filed 08/03/11 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, 8 Plaintiff, 9 v. 10 NO. CV-II-029-RHW SPOKANE COUNTY, et aI., 11 ORDER …
Prison Officials’ Determination of Gang Symbols in Outgoing Mail Accorded Deference by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has applied the “substantial deference” doctrine to a prisoner’s claim challenging censorship of his outgoing mail. After the district court granted summary judgment to prison officials, Wisconsin prisoner Joseph Koutnik appealed that …
Brief • June 27, 2011
Filed under: Censorship
Plan for 1983 Cases City of NY Protective Order censorship 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- x IN RE Plan for Certain § 1983 Cases Against the City of New York PROTECTIVE ORDER ----------------------------------------------------------------------- x WHEREAS, on May 25, 2011, the Court adopted the Plan …
Article • May 15, 2011
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged by Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged On October 19, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action brought by a man who …
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