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ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter A federal district court in Michigan granted a preliminary injunction that requires officials at the Livingston County Jail (LCJ) to deliver letters …
Publication • June 9, 2014
Ltr. re Policy on Inmate Emails to Counsel on TRULINCS U.S. Atty's Office for E.D.N.Y. 2014 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Eastern District of New York JM:EJK:DCP 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York I l20l June 9,2014 By First Class Mail Peter Kirchheimer, Esq. Attomey-in-Charge Federal Defenders …
Brief • January 7, 2014
Parsons v. Ryan, AZ, TRO Mtn. re Interference w/ Class Members' Legal Mail, Medical Neglect Class Action, 2014 Case 2:12-cv-00601-NVW Document 736 Filed 01/07/14 Page 1 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daniel Pochoda (Bar No. 021979) Kelly J. Flood (Bar No. 019772) James Duff …
Brief • January 7, 2014
Filed under: Due Process, Legal Mail
Parsons v. Ryan, AZ, Mot for Order Prohibiting Def to Interfere w Legal Mail, ADC legal mail, 2014 Case 2:12-cv-00601-NVW Document 736 Filed 01/07/14 Page 1 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daniel Pochoda (Bar No. 021979) Kelly J. Flood (Bar No. 019772) James Duff …
Barrett v. Williams, OR, MSJ Opinion and Order, Mail Denied due to Pictures on Envelope, 2013 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 103 Filed 11/14/13 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON JACOB BARRETT, Plaintiff, Case No. 6:11-cv-06358 OPINION & ORDER v. MAX WILLIAMS, et …
Eighth Circuit Denies Civilly Confined Minnesota Patients 1983 Action by Derek Gilna Civilly-committed patients in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) officials, alleging that various conditions of their confinement were …
PA Prison Might Unconstitutionally Restrict Prisoners’ Court Access by William Bryan, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, sued prison officials in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming that they denied him adequate access to the courts. Legal business was conducted through a prisoner-staffed law clinic which was not allowed to …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Filed under: Mail, Legal Mail
Indigent Prisoner’s Damages Claim in Legal Mail Case Survives Summary Judgment by The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has reversed a grant of summary judgment to defendant prison officials in a civil rights case challenging a policy that requires indigent prisoners to leave their legal mail unsealed for …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Oregon ACLU Sues Jail over Mail Policy; County Quickly Capitulates by The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon filed a federal lawsuit against a county jail in June 2012, challenging a policy that prevented prisoners from receiving ACLU correspondence. County officials quickly agreed to change the policy and the suit …
Article • March 15, 2013
Dismissal of Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Legal Mail Claim Reversed by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to officials at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at Smithfield (SCI) in a civil rights action claiming they engaged in a pattern or practice of opening a prisoner’s legal mail …
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: Appeals, Mail, Legal Mail
Oregon Service by Mail Adds 3 Days by The Oregon Court of Appeals vacated a lower court's dismissal of a prisoner's appeal as untimely. The court held that a state rule of civil procedure added three days to the applicable time limit. Oregon prisoner William Harvey sued Elizabeth Christie in …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Order, guard brutality retaliation, 2016 Mann v. Failey, C/A No. 0:11-2232-RMG (D.S.C. Mar 05, 2013) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Mann v. Failey C/A No. 0:11-2232-RMG (D.S.C. Mar 05, 2013) D.S.C. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Letter to Gluck ACLU re legal mail, CCA inmate mail policy, 2009 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 191-4 3785 Filed 10/16/12 Page !' f,. 1 of 2 "'- r' 'I \ LL\'IH LINGLE GOVERNOR ('" PageID #: j etA YTON A. FRANI( DIRECTOR DAVID …
Article • July 15, 2012
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Colorado District Court on Mail Issue; Jail Publication Ban Unconstitutional by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner made sufficient allegations to state a claim for infringement on a prisoner’s right to receive newspapers and magazines. Appellant Russell Berger, a …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Prisoner's Legal Mail Claims Dismissed by The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a prisoner's action, challenging the opening his legal mail outside his presence. After Oregon prisoner Jacob Barrett was transferred to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OKSP), Oregon attorney Charles Simmons continued to represent …
Fifth Circuit Issues Landmark Ruling on Texas Prison System Correspondence Rules by Texas state prisoner Guadalupe Guajardo filed a federal civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the restrictions on prisoners correspondence in Texas prisons. After partial settlement, the court ruled that, because only declaratory judgment was …
Article • May 15, 2012
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Prison Mail Regulations Vague & Overbroad by Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Prison Mail Regulations Vague & Overbroad The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that a prison policy governing censorship of incoming mail was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. The court also held that another policy requiring …
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 …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Complaint, guard brutality retaliation, 2011 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 2 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number 1 Page 3 of 19 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 08/23/11 Entry Number …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Judge Rejects Challenge to BOP’s Special Administrative Measures by Brandon Sample On January 27, 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis T. Babcock dismissed a lawsuit challenging Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) imposed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). SAMs are authorized under 28 C.F.R. § 501.3(a). Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, …
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