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Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against NYDOCS by On October 11, 2011, Prison Legal News filed suit against New York State Department of Correctional Services officials, including NYDOCS Commissioner Brian Fischer. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges First and Fourteenth Amendment …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
PLN Sues Jails in Louisiana, Washington State Over No-Publication Policies by On September 9, 2011, Prison Legal News filed separate lawsuits against the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans, Louisiana and the Chelan County jail in Washington State over mail policy-related issues. PLN’s suit against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Settlement Reverses Virginia DOC’s Ban on Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook by David Reutter A settlement agreement between the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and two civil rights organizations that publish the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook (JLH) overturned the VDOC’s ban on JLH and requires that five copies of that publication be placed …
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Media
Texas Prisoner’s Defamation Suit Dismissed by Federal Prisoner’s Defamation Suit Dismissed On June 17, 2011, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson dismissed a defamation suit filed by a federal prisoner against a Washington Post columnist. James Carpenter, a federal prisoner, sued Colbert I. King, a Washington Post columnist, after the …
Brief • October 19, 2011
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Opp Defense Mtn for PO, police IA censorship, 2011 Case 1:10-cv-10150-LTS Document 52 Filed 10/19/11 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS __________________________________________ SIMON GLIK, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 10-10150 LTS ) JOHN CUNNIFFE, PETER J. …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
FDOC Pen Pal Advertising Ban Passes Constitutional Scrutiny by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In January 2011, a federal district court granted summary judgment to the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in a lawsuit challenging FDOC rule 33-210.101(9), Florida Administrative Code, which prohibits prisoners from advertising for pen pals …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Human Rights Defense Center Litigation Update by Lance Weber This month marks the beginning of my second year practicing law with the Litigation Project of the Human Rights Defense Center. The Litigation Project was envisioned by PLN founder Paul Wright as a complement to HRDC’s principal project, Prison Legal News, …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Postcard-Only Mail Policy Enjoined at Colorado Jail by On December 20, 2010, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel issued a preliminary injunction against a postcard-only mail policy instituted at the El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The injunction resulted from a class-action lawsuit filed by a …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy by On September 7, 2011, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) and the law firm of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Pinal County, Arizona …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
PLN Sues Kansas Jail Over No-Publication Policy by On August 31, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Commissioners for Shawnee County, Kansas and Richard Kline, Director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. PLN’s suit alleges First Amendment violations due to a policy at …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Jail Guitar Doors, USA Offers Free Musical Instruments to Prisons by Bruce Reilly Long before words there was the drum, the beat, the foundation of all communication. Some drummers and musicians communicate through the most finely crafted instruments of their day. For the prisoner it is typically the sound of …
Brief • September 27, 2011
Prison Legal News v EOUSA, US, Reply Brief, FOIA public records NO. 10-1510 In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, v. Petitioner, EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, Respondent. ________________ On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for …
Article • September 15, 2011
Working (with) the Media by Paul Wright By Paul Wright There are two types of lawyers, those who love the media, promptly return calls, are proactive about publicizing their cases, causes and clients, and those who fear the media. Some lawyers see the media as an enemy, hostile to their …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Michigan Jail over “Postcard Only” Policy by On August 9, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against Livingston County, Michigan and the county’s sheriff, Bob Bezotte, alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations due to improper censorship at the Livingston County Jail. The suit …
Brief • September 9, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Gusman, LA, Complaint, censorship, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA * * * * * MARLIN GUSMAN, Sheriff, Orleans * Parish, CARLOS LOUQUE, Warden, * House of Detention, KEVIN WINFIELD, * Warden, Old Parish Prison, CHARLES * EZEB, Warden, Temporary Jails, JERROD * …
Brief • September 9, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Chelan Co, WA, Complaint, censorship, 2011
Filing • September 7, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Babeu, AZ, Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-01761-GMS Document 1 Filed 09/07/11 Page 1 of 13 1 ERNEST GALVAN (CA Bar No. 196065)* KENNETH M. WALCZAK (CA Bar No. 247389)* 2 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94104-1823 Telephone: …
Brief • September 7, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Babeu, AZ Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-01761-GMS Document 1 Filed 09/07/11 Page 1 of 13 1 ERNEST GALVAN (CA Bar No. 196065)* KENNETH M. WALCZAK (CA Bar No. 247389)* 2 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94104-1823 Telephone: …
Brief • August 31, 2011
Prison Legal News v. BoC of Shawnee Co - Kline, KS, Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-02497-WEB -KGG Document 1 Filed 08/31/11 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF KANSAS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS …
Charges Against Phoenix New Times Editors Dropped/Private Prosecutor Dismissed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In the middle of the night of October 18, 2007, Phoenix New Times founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were arrested at their homes and charged with revealing grand jury information for publishing an article …
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