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Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to PLN in Sacramento County Jail Censorship Suit by On March 8, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez entered a preliminary injunction against the County of Sacramento, California in a lawsuit that alleges unconstitutional censorship of publications sent to prisoners at the county’s jail. …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Challenge to BOP’s Ban on Sexually Explicit Publications Dismissed by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) implementation of the Ensign Amendment, a law that prohibits the expenditure of federal funds “to distribute or make available to …
Brief • March 9, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Geatreaux - East Baton Rouge, LA, Complaint, Censorship, 2012
Brief • March 8, 2012
Diaz-Wassmer v. Ferriter, MT, Settlement, English-Only Mail Policy, 2012 Case 6:10-cv-00060-RKS Document 41 Filed 03/08/12 Page 1 of 5 Jennifer A. Giuttari Montana Legal Justice, PLLC 415 N. Higgins Ave., Suite 1 Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 356–6546 jeng@montanalegaljustice.com Attorney for Plaintiff Colleen E. Ambrose Ira Eakin Montana Department of Corrections …
Brief • March 7, 2012
Prison Legal News v. Columbia Co Sheriff Office, OR, Amicus Brief, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00071-SI Document 47 Filed 03/07/12 Page 1 of 14 Page ID#: 1507 Lynn S. Walsh, OSB #924955 email: walsh@europa.com 209 SW Oak Street, Suite 400 Portland, Oregon 97204 Telephone: 503-790-2772 Facsimile: 503-227-6840 Attorney for Amicus Curiae Partnership …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Ninth Circuit Applies Turner Test to Evaluate First Amendment Interest in Prisoners’ Receipt of Unsolicited Publications by Michael Brodheim Ninth Circuit Applies Turner Test to Evaluate First Amendment Interest in Prisoners’ Receipt of Unsolicited Publications by Mike Brodheim On January 31, 2011, a divided Ninth Circuit panel reversed the grant …
Article • February 15, 2012
Federal Court Holds New Jersey Prisoner's PLN Denial Claim is Valid by On February 23, 2011, a federal court held that a New Jersey state prisoner's suit complaining of, among other issues, prison officials denying him access to Prison Legal News, stated a valid claim. Raheem Taylor, a New Jersey …
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against South Carolina Jail; County Agrees to Pay $599,900 and Change Policies by On January 10, 2012, Prison Legal News settled a First Amendment censorship suit against the Sheriff’s Office for Berkeley County, South Carolina. The settlement includes changes at the Berkeley County Detention Center (BCDC) …
Brief • February 13, 2012
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2012 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 158 Filed 02/13/12 Page 1 of 17 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133-1 Fileci12/01/11 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et aL, Plaintiffs, v. No.3: 10-cv-355 MCRIEMT WENDELL …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
PLN Wins $230,000 in Settlement that Ends Spokane, Washington Jail’s Postcard-Only Rule by by Matt Clarke In July 2011, the Board of County Commissioners of Spokane County, Washington agreed to pay $230,000 to Prison Legal News to settle a federal lawsuit challenging unconstitutional restrictions on prisoners’ mail at the Spokane …
Brief • January 11, 2012
Muthana v. Hofbauer, MI, R&R, Destruction of Mail Written in Arabic, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-00132-GJQ-TPG Doc #41 Filed 01/11/12 Page 1 of 13 Page ID#635 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION ALI MUSAID MUTHANA, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:11-cv-132 Honorable Gordon J. Quist GERALD HOFBAUER …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Prison Legal News Files Censorship Suit Against Florida DOC by On November 17, 2011 the ACLU of Florida and the Florida Justice Institute filed a lawsuit on behalf of Prison Legal News in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Named as defendants in the suit are …
Brief • December 1, 2011
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Motion Approve Class Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133 Filed 12/01/11 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:10-cv-355 MCR/EMT WENDELL HALL, Defendant. / JOINT MOTION FOR …
Brief • December 1, 2011
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133-1 Filed 12/01/11 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:10-cv-355 MCR/EMT WENDELL HALL, Defendant. / SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE Plaintiff, …
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 • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Boulder, Colorado Jail’s Postcard-Only Correspondence Policy Ends with Settlement by The ACLU has settled a lawsuit on behalf of detainees at Colorado’s Boulder County Jail, ending a policy that limited prisoners’ personal correspondence to postcards. The policy went into effect in March 2010 and the ACLU filed suit five months …
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Sheriff’s Motion to Dismiss Denied in Florida Jail’s “Postcard Only” Mail Policy Suit by A Florida federal district court has denied a sheriff’s motion to dismiss a pretrial detainee’s civil rights action that challenged a “postcard” only correspondence form. Marcie Hamilton, a prisoner in the Santa Rosa County Jail, filed …
Article • November 15, 2011
Federal Magistrate Rules on Case Filed by State Prisoner Denied Delivery of Prison Legal News by Derek Gilna A United States Magistrate in the State of Oklahoma has issued a Report and Recommendation regarding Oklahoma prison officials' motion for summary judgment seeking to dismiss an Oklahoma prisoner's civil rights and …
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