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Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit by David Reutter On February 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed judgment that the “postcard-only” policy for periodicals and books at Arkansas’ Baxter County Jail and Detention Center constituted a de facto blanket …
Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Milwaukee Jail’s Mail Policy in HRDC Suit by Like many local lockups, Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) imposes restrictions on the number and types of books and periodicals that prisoners and detainees can receive. As of July 2024, MCJ’s mail policy required periodicals to be “mailed …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Fourth Circuit Upholds South Carolina DOC Policy Restricting Prisoner Access to News Media by Those in custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) “lose the privilege of speaking to the news media,” a policy that makes it “unique among prison systems nationwide,” according to the American Civil Liberties …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Eleventh Circuit Revives Volunteer Pastor’s First Amendment Claim at Georgia Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A volunteer minister took a dustup with Georgia jailers over baptism to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which agreed on September 16, 2024, that he had been subjected …
CoreCivic Fails to Defeat California’s Anti-SLAPP Law at Ninth Circuit, Must Pay $45,630 in Attorney Fees by In November 2022 the federal court for the Northern District of California shot down a suit by private prison giant CoreCivic which sought to weaponize anti-defamation law against one of the company’s more …
HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, Granting in Part Motion for Attorney Fees, censorship, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01296-JCS Document 50 Filed 03/28/21 Page 1 of 28 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, 7 Case No. 20-cv-01296-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. …
Filing • December 2, 2020
Hoever v. Carraway, Correctional Officer, et al., FL, Motion with attached Amici Curiae Brief, 2020 USCA11 Case: 17-10792 Date (1 ofFiled: 40) 12/02/2020 Page: 1 of 12 No. 17-10792 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit CONRAAD L. HOEVER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellant, v. C. CARRAWAY, Correctional Officer, …
Brief • December 2, 2020
Hoever v. Carraway, Correctional Officer, et al., FL, Motion with attached Amici Curiae Brief, 2020 USCA11 Case: 17-10792 Date (1 ofFiled: 40) 12/02/2020 Page: 1 of 12 No. 17-10792 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit CONRAAD L. HOEVER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellant, v. C. CARRAWAY, Correctional Officer, …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority, et al., opinion and order, attorney fees and costs, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00013-JPJ-PMS Document 140 Filed 08/24/20 Page 1 of 27 Pageid#: 4233 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, stipulation and consent decree, censorship, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01296-JCS Document 30 Filed 06/11/20 Page 1 of 6 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 062566 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 2 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 LISA ELLS – 243657 3 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – 267933 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, order granting fees and costs, censorship, 2020 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 77 Filed: 05/15/20 Page: 1 of 11 - Page ID#: 537 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Human Rights Defense Center v. County of Tehama, et al., CA, stipulation and consent decree, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00359-WBS-DMC Document 23 Filed 05/13/20 Page 1 of 7 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 062566 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 2 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 LISA ELLS – 243657 3 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Chatham County Jail Reverses On Book Ban But Limits Number of Publications by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following a letter from the ACLU of Georgia, the Chatham County sheriff rescinded a jail policy that banned detainees from receiving books and magazines from outside sources. The ACLU still took …
Illinois Prison Guilty of Censoring Free Speech Over Facebook Posts by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An Illinois federal district court held on September 9, 2019, that Larry Harris was retaliated against when he was punished and transferred to a less-desirable prison because of what his daughter, Amanda Carrasco, posted …
Human Rights Defense Center v. County of Tehama, et al., CA, complaint, 2020 Case 2:20-at-00165 Document 1 Filed 02/14/20 Page 1 of 18 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 062566 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 2 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 LISA ELLS – 243657 3 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – 267933 ROSEN BIEN …
Reid et al. v. Wetzel et al., PA, settlement, solitary confinement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ANTHONY REID, et al., : : : : : : : : : Plaintiffs, v. JOHN WETZEL, et al., Defendants. Honorable John E. Jones, III No. …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Mexico Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Monte Whitehead was incarcerated at the Otero County Prison Facility in New Mexico, operated by for-profit contractor Management & Training Corp. (MTC). He filed suit in state court raising various claims under the …
Filing • August 22, 2019
HRDC v Winn, MI DOC censorship suit, complaint 2019 Case 2:19-cv-12470-MFL-DRG ECF No. 1 filed 08/22/19 PageID.1 Page 1 of 36 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) O’BELL WINN, in his official …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, settlement agreement, censorship, 2017 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 62-1 Filed: 07/15/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 323 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF …
PLN v. Cook County, IL, Settlement, Censorship, 2018
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