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Brief • October 11, 2013
Koger v. Dart, IL, Mtn. for Injuctive Relief, Jail Newspaper Ban, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07150 Document #: 7 Filed: 10/11/13 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION GREGORY KOGER, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS J. DART, SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY; …
Brief • October 4, 2013
Koger v. Dart et al, IL, Complaint, jail mail censorship newspapers, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07150 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/04/13 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GREGORY KOGER, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS J. DART, SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY; …
Brief • October 4, 2013
Koger v. Dart, IL Complaint, Jail Newspaper Ban, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07150 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/04/13 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GREGORY KOGER, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS J. DART, SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY; and COOK COUNTY, …
Brief • September 30, 2013
Jackson v. Ash, KS, Class Action Complaint, Postcard Only Mail Policy, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-02504-EFM-JPO Document 1 Filed 09/30/13 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS TYRELL JACKSON and RANDALL CHAPMAN, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, …
Brief • September 9, 2013
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Ballenger v. Morgan, MS, Consent Decree, Mailroom Policy, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION TARA BALLENGER, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF MORGAN, MISSOURI, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) No. ) ) ) ) 2:13-cv-4177-NKL CONSENT ORDER AND JUDGMENT Upon the parties’ joint motion …
Article • August 15, 2013
Records Requested from Washington DOC Under Public Records Act May Be Rejected as Contraband by The Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) may reject as contraband records requested from the DOC under the Washington Public Records Act, the Washington Supreme Court held, July 3, 2008. Michael Livingston, a Washington prisoner, filed …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a rare litigation loss for Prison Legal News, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) censorship of books distributed by …
Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Illinois: Conditions Lawsuit Filed by Civilly Confined Sex Offenders Dismissed by Derek Gilna Civilly committed sex offenders confined pursuant to Illinois' Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, 725 ILCS 207/1-99, filed suit in federal court in 2007 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the conditions of their confinement at the Rushville …
Brief • July 8, 2013
Jackson v. Meisner, WI, Settlement, ICE Withholding of Mail, 2013 Co y STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE J.n. VAN HOLLEN 17 W. Main Street P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707·7857 www.doj .state.wLus ATTORNEV GENERAL Kevin M. St. John Deputy Attorney Gene ral Me lissa R. SchaJltr Assistant Attorney Genera …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
New York DOCCS Settles Statewide PLN Censorship Suit for $155,000 by Alex Friedmann The New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYDOCCS) has settled a federal lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News that challenged the censorship of PLN's monthly publication, books and correspondence at New York prisons statewide. …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
PLN Prevails in Challenge to Postcard-only Policy at Oregon Jail by On April 24, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon held that a postcard-only policy at the Columbia County Jail, which restricted mail sent to and from detainees at the facility to postcards, was unconstitutional. The …
Barrett v. Williams, OR, Memorandum of Law, Rejecting Qualified Immunity, 2013 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 1 of 18 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 2 of 18 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 3 of 18 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 82 Filed 05/22/13 Page 4 of …
$75 Awarded for Magazine Denial; Access to Personal Law Books Denied by On January 3, 2001 a U.S. Magistrate judge upheld the denial of a prisoner's access to personal law books and awarded $75 for magazines denied by the unit. Louisiana State prisoner Leo J. Schwartz, III was segregated over …
Brief • April 24, 2013
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Stephens v. Fredrickson, WA, TRO, Mail Interference, 2013 Case 2:12-cv-01067-RAJ-MAT Document 60 Filed 04/24/13 Page 1 of 14 HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 FRED A. STEPHENS, 11 12 CASE NO. C12-1067RAJ Plaintiff, …
ADX Prisoner Not Allowed to Communicate with Family Members or Receive Publications under SAMs by Christopher Zoukis In another series of court rulings upholding the use of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs), a prisoner at the federal ADX supermax facility in Florence, Colorado was prohibited from receiving certain publications and communicating …
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 …
Murphy v. Lockhart, MI, Settlement, escape retaliation religious rights mail telephone family segregation, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION TIMOTHY MURPHY, #183248, Plaintiff, No. 2:10-cv-11676 V. HON. DAVID M. LAWSON SEAN LOCKHART, THOMAS BIRKETT, RAYBOWERSON, MICHAEL KRAJNIK, SARAH BEARSS, KENNETH WERNER, MAG. LAURIE J. MICHELSON …
Brief • February 20, 2013
Underwood v. Manfre, FL, Class Action Complaint, Postcard Only Mail Policy, 2013 Case 3:13-cv-00192-UAMH-TEM Document 1 Filed 02/20/13 Page 1 of 19 PageID 1 ·FILED UN ITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1013FEB20 AH II: 40 M IDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CLERII. US DISTRIC T cour" Jacksonville Di vision HtOOLE OISiRiCT OF …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
From the Editor by Paul Wright I would like to thank everyone who has donated to the Human Rights Defense Center/Prison Legal News annual fundraiser. As of mid-January 2013 we had raised a little over $29,000 of our $60,000 goal to continue the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, and still …
Forms of Judicial Deference in Prison Law by Sharon Dolovich by Sharon Dolovich1 Anyone familiar with the constitutional law of prisoners’ rights knows how ready courts are to find against prisoners in the name of “judicial deference.” It is not unreasonable for courts to grant a measure of deference to …
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