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Washington DOC Pays PLN $541,000 for Illegally Withholding Records by Michael Rigby The Washington Department of Corrections will pay Prison Legal News $541,000 for illegally withholding public records. It is the largest records-related settlement in Washington state history, and it brings the total amount PLN has won against the state …
PLN Obtains Injunction Against Fulton County Jail in Censorship Suit by Alex Friedmann On February 4, 2008 the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division) granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News over censorship at the Fulton County Jail. PLN brought …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
PLN Sues CDCR Over Failure to Produce Public Records by On December 17, 2007, Prison Legal News filed suit against the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after the department failed to respond to PLN?s public records request seeking the CDCR?s payouts in prison-related settlements, claims, verdicts and judgments. …
Brief • December 18, 2007
Prison Legal News v. Tilton, CA, Complaint, CDCR Public Records, 2008 ,- DEPARTMENT --+0--6_ ~ _ F'~'t-=~~j{ ~i~itJ~J.¥l~:Ht i;~t9~~~ (:itf Ca~~f1}mia~ 5 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP Sanford Jay Rosen, Bar No. 62566 Amy Whelan, Bar No. 215675 Lon Rifkin, BarNo. 244081 KennethM. Walczak, BarNo. 247389 315 Mont~omery Street, 10th …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Fulton County Jail in Georgia by On October 22, 2007, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Fulton County and Sheriff Myron Freeman, due to a Fulton County Jail policy that prohibits prisoners from receiving …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
From the Editor by Paul Wright Long time readers of PLN may recall that from 1996 through 2004 John Midgley wrote our very popular Pro Se Tips and Tactics column with information on how prisoners could master civil procedure to vindicate their civil rights in court. John stopped writing the …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Filed under: Sewage, Water, Media, PLN Litigation
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month's cover story is on what goes in and comes out of prisons in the way of water and sewage. While a lot of attention is paid to the more dramatic effects of prison overcrowding, such as violence, inadequate medical care, prisoners sleeping …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
California DOC Pays PLN’s Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement by John Dannenberg California DOC Pays PLN's Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement by John E. Dannenberg In June, 2007, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and Prison Legal News (PLN) stipulated …
PLN Nazi Guard Censorship Suit Remanded for Injunctive Relief by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed in part and reversed in part a Washington federal district court's grant of summary judgment to Washington Department of Corrections officials who censored the May, 1999, issue …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
California DOC Settles With PLN Over Restrictive Publications Policies: Changes Regulations, Pays Damages by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On December 19, 2006, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled with Prison Legal News (PLN) over PLN's complaints of CDCR's restrictive publications-approval policies for California state prisoners. …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
PLN Sues Dallas County Jail for Censorship by On February 26, 2007, Prison Legal News filed suit against the Dallas County Jail in Dallas, Texas, challenging the jail?s total ban on magazines and newspapers. PLN claims the policy, which took effect on March 31, 2006, violates the publication?s right to …
Brief • April 12, 2007
Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger, CA, Complaint, California DOC Censorship, 2007 ( 1 2 3 4 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP Sanford Jay Rosen, Bar No. 62566 Meghan Lang, Bar No. 221156 Amy Whelan, Bar No. 215675 315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: (415) 433-6830 Facsimile: …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
From the Editor by Paul Wright This editorial is being written in Wichita, Kansas on February 14, 2007. For the past two days PLN?s executive director, Don Miniken, and I have been attending the bench trial before USDC Judge Monte Belot in Prison Legal News v. Werholtz. PLN filed the …
Brief • November 28, 2006
Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger, Settlement, California DOC Censorship, 2006 Settlement Agreement This Settlement Agreement is made between Prison Legal News (PLN) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) by and through the Secretary of CDCR, in his official and individual capacity. This Settlement Agreement sets forth the …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
PLNs Publication-Ban Suit Against Kansas DOC Set For Trial On Declaratory And Injunctive Relief by John Dannenberg PLNs Publication-Ban Suit Against Kansas DOC Set For Trial On Declaratory And Injunctive Relief by John E. Dannenberg Seeking to overturn restrictive bans on prisoner receipt of publications in the Kansas Department of …
PLN Wins FOIA Suit to Gain Copies of BOP Verdicts and Settlements without Charge by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The United States District Court (D.D.C.) granted PLNs motion for summary judgment and ordered the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide investigative material requested by PLN under …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue reports positive developments we have acheived in two lawsuits, one against the Washington Department of Corrections and the other against the federal Bureau of Prisons. Both cases have taken a lot of time and energy on the part of both PLN staff …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Supreme Court: Banning Publications to Punish Recalcitrant Prisoners Trumps Their First Amendment Rights by John E Dannenberg Supreme Court: Banning Publications to Punish Recalcitrant Prisoners Trumps Their First Amendment Rights by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) policy of banning its …
Brief • September 13, 2006
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Stip and Order - Atty Fees, BOP public records, 2006 Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 26 Filed 09/13/2006 Page 1 of 2 Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 26 Filed 09/13/2006 Page 2 of 2
Brief • June 26, 2006
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Verdict, BOP public records, 2006 Page 1 Cited As of: Jan 04, 2007 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. HARLEY G. LAPPIN, DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 436 F. Supp. …
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