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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 …
Article • April 15, 2011
Library Purge Deemed Unconstitutional by On October 16, 2000, West Virginia prisoner Roger Cline filed suit against William Fox who was the warden at St. Mary’s Correctional Center, the facility where Cline was housed. The complaint was filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 accusing Fox and his staff of …
Brief • April 12, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Complaint in Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-2 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF …
Brief • April 12, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, MIS Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-1 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVSION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) …
Brief • April 12, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Mot to Intervene, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
PLN and HRDC Win Consent Judgment Against Louisiana Sheriff in Censorship Case by On May 18, 2010, Prison Legal News (PLN) and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), won another battle against censorship by prison and jail officials. In 2009, PLN and HRDC sued Jack A. Stephens, …
Article • March 15, 2011
Sixth Circuit Certifies to Ohio Supreme Court for Interpretation of State Law by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sua sponte certified questions to the Ohio Supreme Court as to the proper interpretation of the scope of an Ohio statutory scheme restricting internet communications. In 2002, the Ohio Legislature enacted …
Article • February 15, 2011
Gang Validation - The New Inquisition by Steve Champion On July 23, 2010, my cell was searched and three boxes of my property (legal material, books, notes, and personal writings) were confiscated and turned over to Institutional Gang Investigations (I.G. I.) for possible gang validation. The reason for the action, …
Brief • January 21, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Spokane Co, WA, Complaint, censorship, 2011
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
North Carolina Prison Censorship Class Action Suit Settled by A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that challenged the way the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) administers its policies related to the receipt of books and magazines by prisoners. The suit sought to enforce the First …
Brief • January 4, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Livingston et al., TX, Order, TDCJ censorship, 2011 Case 2:09-cv-00296 Document 96 Filed in TXSD on 01/04/11 Page 1 of 32 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, VS. BRAD LIVINGSTON, et al, Defendants. § § § § …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Virginia DOC for $125,250 by Prison Legal News announced on September 23, 2010 that it had settled a censorship lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) for $125,250 in damages, attorney fees and costs. In October 2009, PLN filed suit against Gene M. Johnson, …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Federal Court Finds Nation of Islam Publication Not Racially Inflammatory by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2010, a Louisiana U.S. District Court held that the denial of access to a religious publication based solely on the inclusion of a section called “The Muslim Program” was a …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Couch v. Jabe, VA, Judgment, Censorship Prisoner Library, 2010 Case 7:09-cv-00434-jct-mfu Document 43 Filed 09/01/10 Page 1 of 21 'CLERK'S OFFlee U,S, DI8T. coURT AT ROANOKE, VA FILED SEP 0 1 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION WILLIAM R. COUCH, Plaintiff, …
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