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Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Withholding Legal Mail States Legal Access Claim by by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has held that withholding legal mail while a prisoner is out to court states a colorable claim for denial of legal access because it impedes efforts to pursue litigation. …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Theft of Prisoners Book by Guards Valid Legal Basis for Texas Civil Suit by Theft of Prisoners Book by Guards Valid Legal Basis for Texas Civil Suit A Texas court of appeals has held that a claim that two Texas state prison guards removed a law book from a prisoners …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
New Jersey's Legal Mail Policy Enjoined; Qualified Immunity Granted by A New Jersey federal district court has held that a prison policy of opening legal mail outside of prisoners' presence is unconstitutional, but that prison officials are entitled to qualified immunity from damages. This civil rights action was brought by …
From the Editor by Paul Wright In addition to PLN's own censorship litigation for prisoners we also undertake advocacy and support for prisoner rights on behalf of prisoners in other court cases. In the current supreme court term, PLN submitted an amicus brief in Goodman v. Georgia, a case involving …
Ban on Separatist Religious Publication by Ban on Separatist Religious Publication Reversed by Eighth Circuit The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment to prison officials related to the refusal to deliver a religious publication they deemed to be racially inflammatory Missouri Department of …
Florida Violates Sex Offenders for Possessing Common Men's Magazines by Florida Violates Sex Offenders for Possessing Common Men's Magazines The State of Florida, in a crackdown on sex offenders, is sending probationers to jail for probation violations because they possessed racy magazines or sex manuals. The crackdown comes from increased …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
SABER's Sexual History Disclosure Requirement Violates Fifth Amendment by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the compelled sexual history disclosure required by the Sexual Abuse Behavior Evaluation and Recovery Program (SABER) violates the Fifth Amendment's guarantee against self incrimination. The court also held that a supervised release condition …
Fired, Tattooed, Nude-Posing Guard Settles with Maryland DOC for $10,000 by by Matthew T. Clarke Maryland has agreed to pay an ex-guard who appeared nude on a website and in a tattoo magazine $10,000 to get her to drop her wrongful discharge claim after an administrative law judge sided with …
PLN Loses Florida Writer Pay Ban/Censorship by David Reutter Lawsuit: Appeal Pending by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court has held that PLN has not suffered, and is not currently suffering, a significant First Amendment injury from Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) rule, policies, or procedures that ban …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Oklahoma Civil Action Timely by Under Mailbox Rule The Oklahoma Court of Appeals held that the prison mailbox rule applies to prisoner filings of civil actions. It also held that the trial court violated District Court rule 13(f) when it ruled on a summary judgment motion without giving the prisoner …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Damages Denied To Bilingual Iowa Prisoner Prohibited From Writing Family In Spanish by by John E. Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that an Iowa prisoner was not entitled to damages when he challenged a policy requiring prisoners to correspond only in English because he had not …
Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Detainee May Not Be Housed In Punitive Segregation by by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California sexual predator civil commitment detainee, while awaiting commitment proceedings, is entitled to conditions of confinement that are not punitive. Oscar Jones was …
Pennsylvania Control Unit Newspaper, Magazine and Photo Ban Invalidated; Supreme Court Grants Review by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's decision upholding a Pennsylvania prison policy prohibiting a class of segregated prisoners from possessing newspapers, magazines and photographs. The U.S. supreme court granted review in the …
PLN in Court by by Paul Wright Since PLN started in 1990 we have been censored in prisons and jails around the country. We have always attempted to resolve censorship issues administratively, but in cases where the goal was to keep PLN out of prison at any cost, that obviously …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Colorado Settles Mail Censorship Lawsuit with Due Process Guarantees by by Bob Williams Guaranteeing due process, training, and a centralized review committee for appeals, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has settled a 2000 lawsuit brought by publishers and prisoners challenging a system-wide practice of unconstitutional censorship. The 42 U.S.C. …
Brief • 2005
Syring v. Oneida County, WI, Declaration of Mark Syring, Zoning Regulations, 2005 (1) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN Mark Syring, Darlings Gifts HZL, Inc., and MLS Investments, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 05 C 0061 C ONEIDA COUNTY and TOWN OF HAZELHURST, Defendants. DECLARATION OF MARK SYRING …
Brief • 2005
Syring v. Oneida County, WI, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Zoning Regulations, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN MARK SYRING, DARLINGS GIFTS HZL, INC., and MLS INVESTMENTS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 05 C 0061 C ONEIDA COUNTY and TOWN OF HAZELHURST, Defendants. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION …
Brief • 2005
Syring v. Oneida County, WI, Brief in Support of Preliminary Injunction, Zoning Regulations, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN MARK SYRING, DARLINGS GIFTS HZL, INC., and MLS INVESTMENTS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 05 C 0061 C ONEIDA COUNTY and TOWN OF HAZELHURST, Defendants. BRIEF IN SUPPORT …
Brief • 2005
Syring v. Oneida County, WI, Declaration of Mark Syring, Zoning Regulations, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN Mark Syring, Darlings Gifts HZL, Inc., and MLS Investments, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 05 C 0061 C ONEIDA COUNTY and TOWN OF HAZELHURST, Defendants. DECLARATION OF MARK SYRING IN …
PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by Bob Williams On November 12, 2004, Colorado Federal District Court Judge Wiley Daniel dismissed all official capacity claims, one defendant, and one substantive claim in PLN's suit over ADX censorship …
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