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Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required by Paul Wright Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required by Paul Wright On June 17, 2003, Seattle federal district court judge Robert Lasnick issued a permanent …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Texas Prisoners Have Limited Right to Appear at Expungement Hearing by Texas Prisoners Have Limited Right to Appear at Expungement Hearing by Matthew T. Clarke Guadalupe Guajardo, Jr., a Texas state prisoner, filed a motion to expunge the record of two of his prior arrests pursuant to Articles 55.01 and …
Injunction Allows Legal Mail Between Iowa Prisoners by The U.S Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently upheld a preliminary injunction enjoining Iowa prison officials from interfering with prisoner-to-prisoner legal mail. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa imposed the injunction to ensure the prisoners' right …
Prisoner Rights Litigation, John R. Williams, 2003 PRISONER RIGHTS LITIGATION John R. Williams 51 Elm Street New Haven, CT 06510 203.562.9931 Fax: 203.776.9494 E-Mail: jrw@johnrwilliams.com Because prisoners do not forfeit all civil rights upon conviction, other actions under Section 1983 also are available even to sentenced inmates. There is no …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Writing to Win by John E Dannenberg by Steven D. Stark, Broadway Books, 1999, soft back, 283 pages Review by John E. Dannenberg Write succinctly! Or, alterna-tively, bore your intended reading audience to death with burdensome legal treatises steeped in excessive, redundant verbosity, liberally laced with old-as-the-hills cliches. Get it? …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
Texas Pro Se Litigant Entitled to Notice of Hearing by Texas Pro Se Litigant Entitled to Notice of Hearing A Texas court of appeals has held that a pro se litigant who files an affidavit of indigence, when seeking to appeal an adverse ruling in a civil case in forma …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access, Judiciary
Book Review: Law and the Rise of Capitalism by Peter Wagner by Michael E. Tigar & Madeleine R. Levy, New (2000) Edition by Michael E. Tigar, Monthly Review Press, 348 pages, $18.00 Review by Peter Wagner Famed litigator and scholar Michael Tigar has reissued his 1977 classic Law and the …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Georgia DOC to Provide Court Access With Computers, Legal Software by Georgia DOC To Provide Court Access With Computers, Legal Software The Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) is changing the way it affords prisoners access to courts. Out are the six lawyers who provided prisoners with free legal assistance. In …
Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A class-action lawsuit launched by Michigan state prisoners in 1988 which ultimately cost taxpayers $7.5 million in litigation costs was settled on November 4, 2003, resulting in prisoners gaining appropriate classification and psychiatric …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Stun Belt Violates Due Process; Habeas Granted by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the use of a stun belt to restrain a California criminal defendant during his trial violated due process of law and was grounds for reversal upon a …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
The Citebook by Michael Rigby by Tony Darwin, Starlite, Inc., 2004, 20th ed., 308 pp., $35.95, soft cover Review by Michael Rigby For anyone not trained in the law, navigating the U.S. judicial system can be a daunting prospect. But with knowledge comes confidence, and that's exactly what Tony Darwin …
Ninth Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against Idaho DOC Lawyer; DOC Retaliated for Litigation by by Matthew T. Clarke The Ninth Circuit court of appeals upheld the injunctive relief granted against Idaho Department of Corrections (DOC) officials for retaliating against prisoners who filed grievances or litigation. Sanctions awarded against the defendants' attorney …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
Protecting Your Health and Safety: A Litigation Guide for Inmates by Paul Wright by Robert Toone, Southern Poverty Law Center, 2002, 328 pages Review by Paul Wright The bottom-line for most prisoners is surviving prison. That means staying healthy, getting medical care as needed in a safe environment and not …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
South Carolina County Pays $276,660 for Illegal Wiretaps on Judges' Telephones by The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's $276,660 damage award to South Carolina state court judges who alleged that Greenville County law enforcement officers ran unlawful wiretaps on their telephones …
Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual, Fifth Ed. and 2002 Supplement by Paul Wright by Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 2002, 1,593 pages Reviewed by Paul Wright The law review staff at Columbia University in New York has published A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (JLM) since 1978. Now in its fifth edition, the …
Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002
Dismissal of Legal Mail and Retaliation Claims Reversed by by Matthew T. Clarke The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has reversed the district court's dismissal of claims that prison officials violated a prisoner's right of access to courts and retaliated against him for litigating against them. William R. …
Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002
Prisoner Allowed Discovery in Mail Destruction Case by The Second Circuit court of appeals has reversed summary judgment in a case involving the destruction of legal materials in a package mailed to a prisoner to allow the prisoner discovery to determine the name of the person who received the package …
$275,000 Awarded in Stun Belt Settlement by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed a preliminary injunction order that had enjoined the Los Angeles County Sheriff from using a stun belt on prisoners. After remand, a settlement for $275,000 and a change in policy was reached. Ronnie Hawkins, a …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Reviews, Resources, Court Access
Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case, 3rd Ed. by Sam Rutherford Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case, 3rd Ed. By Attorneys Paul Bergman & Sara BermanBarrett, Nolo Press, 2001 (528 pages) Reviewed by Sam Rutherford The third edition …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
California Prison Law Libraries Survive by The California Department of Corrections (CDC) stipulated to ending its motion under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) [18 USC §3262(b) et seq.] to terminate a 1976 consent decree which mandates prison law libraries in CDC prisons. In August 2002, the Ninth Circuit US …
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