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Russell v NYPD, NY, Complaint, organizing Occupy Movement, 2013
Brief • March 14, 2016
Filed under: Protests, First Amendment
Russell v NYPD, NY, Complaint, organizing Occupy Movement, 2013
PLN v AGPA, PA, BIO to Def MTD and ISO PI Motion, Silencing Act, 2015
Brief • March 14, 2016
Filed under: Censorship, First Amendment
PLN v AGPA, PA, BIO to Def MTD and ISO PI Motion, Silencing Act, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00045-CCC Document 38 Filed 02/17/15 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, DANIEL DENVIR, PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER, CHRISTOPHER MORAFF, PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY, ...
PLN v AGPA, PA, BIO to Def MTD and ISO PI Motion, Silencing Act, 2015
Filing • March 14, 2016
Filed under: Censorship, First Amendment
PLN v AGPA, PA, BIO to Def MTD and ISO PI Motion, Silencing Act, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00045-CCC Document 38 Filed 02/17/15 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, DANIEL DENVIR, PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER, CHRISTOPHER MORAFF, PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY, ...
PLN v Kane, PA, BIS of Mot Prel Injunction, 1st Am Revictimization Relief Act, 2015
Brief • March 14, 2016
Filed under: First Amendment
PLN v Kane, PA, BIS of Mot Prel Injunction, 1st Am Revictimization Relief Act, 2015 SUPERIOR COURT Docket No. 228-4-05 Wncv STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON COUNTY, SS. LEO PRATT, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT HOFMANN, VERMONT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, RANDY STOVAL, WARDEN, LEE ADJUSTMENT CENTER, and JOHN DOE, ...
PLN v Kane, PA, BIS of Mot Prel Injunction, 1st Am Revictimization Relief Act, 2015
Filing • March 14, 2016
Filed under: Censorship, First Amendment
PLN v Kane, PA, BIS of Mot Prel Injunction, 1st Am Revictimization Relief Act, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00045-CCC Document 41 Filed 02/17/15 Page 1 of 52 Case 1:15-cv-00045-CCC Document 41 Filed 02/17/15 Page 2 of 52 Case 1:15-cv-00045-CCC Document 41 Filed 02/17/15 Page 3 of 52 Case 1:15-cv-00045-CCC Document 41 Filed ...
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Amicus Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011
Brief • March 11, 2016
Filed under: Videotaping, First Amendment, False Arrest
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Amicus Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011 Case: 10-1764 Document: 00116161442 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/23/2011 Entry ID: 5520809 10-1764 IN THE United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit SIMON GLIK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN CUNNIFFE, in his individual capacity; PETER J. ...
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Plf Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011
Brief • March 11, 2016
Filed under: Videotaping, First Amendment, False Arrest
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Plf Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011 Case: 10-1764 Document: 00116159256 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/18/2011 Entry ID: 5519386 No. 10-1764 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT _________________________________ SIMON GLIK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN CUNNIFFE, in his individual capacity; PETER SAVALIS, ...
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Opp Defense Mtn for PO, police IA censorship, 2011
Brief • March 11, 2016
Filed under: Videotaping, First Amendment, False Arrest
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. ...
Gordon v Benson, MI, Default Judgment, 1st Am retaliation, 2015
Brief • March 11, 2016
Filed under: Retaliation, First Amendment
Gordon v Benson, MI, Default Judgment, 1st Am retaliation, 2015
Hershey v Goldstein, NY, Amended Complaint, literature distribution advocacy, 2012
Brief • March 11, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, First Amendment
Hershey v Goldstein, NY, Amended Complaint, literature distribution advocacy, 2012
Jackson v Melia, FL, Order Mtn SJ, 1st Am discovery, 2015
Brief • March 11, 2016
Filed under: Discovery, First Amendment
Jackson v Melia, FL, Order Mtn SJ, 1st Am discovery, 2015 Case 4:13-cv-00398-WS-CAS Document 67 Filed 05/11/15 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION MITCHELL JACKSON, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 4:13cv398-WS/CAS TREVOR MELIA, and CHARLES RICHTER, Defendants. / ORDER ...
CJA v Honea, CA, Order, FOF COL 1st Am media, 2015
Brief • March 10, 2016
Filed under: First Amendment
CJA v Honea, CA, Order, FOF COL 1st Am media, 2015 Case 2:08-cv-00343-TLN-EFB Document 144 Filed 05/29/15 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CRIME, JUSTICE & AMERICA, INC., 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 ...
California Prisons Are Deleting Records of Social Media Censorship
Article • March 7, 2016
Filed under: Computers, First Amendment
California Prisons Are Deleting Records of Social Media Censorship by Dave Maass By Dave Maass Facebook Rightfully Questions Claims That California Inmates Are Banned from Having a Social Media Presence Up until last spring, Facebook had maintained a semi-secret channel for corrections facilities to file "Inmate Takedown" requests. A prison official could ...
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit Filed by Widow of Workplace-Harassed Prison Guard
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Whistleblowing, Workplace Injury, Failure to Train/Supervise, Suicides, First Amendment
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit Filed by Widow of Workplace-Harassed Prison Guard by Derek Gilna California state prison guard Scott Jones committed suicide in 2011, leaving a note that said, “the job made me do it.” His wife, Janelle Jones, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the California ...
$1,001 Default Judgment in Michigan - Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, First Amendment
$1,001 Default Judgment in Michigan - Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit by In March 2015, a Michigan prisoner was awarded $1,001 in a First Amendment retaliation claim following entry of a default judgment. Prisoner Deontae J. Gordon’s problems began when he asked “Defendant Little,” a librarian’s assistant at the Oaks Correctional Facility, ...
Punishing Protest - Government Tactics that Suppress Free Speech, National Lawyers Guild, 2007
Publication • February 25, 2016
Filed under: First Amendment, Police
Punishing Protest - Government Tactics that Suppress Free Speech, National Lawyers Guild, 2007 fold My neighbors told me the agents who had come to our building said that they were investigating a “domestic terrorism” situation. Upon hearing this I felt shocked, then sickened. This was the beginning of the most ...
Pennsylvania State Security Firm Drops Terrorist Tag for Environmental Activists
Article • February 3, 2016
Filed under: Lobbying, Advocacy, Water, First Amendment
Pennsylvania State Security Firm Drops Terrorist Tag for Environmental Activists by Derek Gilna Pennsylvania State Security Firm Drops Terrorist Tag for Environmental Activists   by Derek Gilna   Domestic covert surveillance of peaceful political activists by law enforcement is not a new thing, although the newest manifestation of this practice ...
Ninth Circuit: Appeal Challenges Probation Revocation for Exercising First Amendment Rights
Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Parole Conditions, First Amendment
Ninth Circuit: Appeal Challenges Probation Revocation for Exercising First Amendment Rights by A former federal prisoner is appealing the revocation of his supervised release for engaging in conduct that he argues is protected under the First Amendment. The Cato Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, Brechner First Amendment Project at the ...
New York Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Nets $147,000 in Damages, Fees and Costs
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, First Amendment
New York Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Nets $147,000 in Damages, Fees and Costs by David Reutter A New York federal jury entered a verdict that awarded a state prisoner $40,002 in a case alleging a First Amendment retaliation claim, and post-trial the court awarded over $107,000 in attorney fees and costs. ...
PLN Settles Lawsuit against Florida Jail’s Postcard-only Policy
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, First Amendment, PLN related
PLN Settles Lawsuit against Florida Jail’s Postcard-only Policy by After PLN filed suit, a South Florida federal district court granted a preliminary injunction requiring the St. Lucie County Jail (SLCJ) to keep its amended postcard-only policy in effect during the litigation, which later resulted in a settlement. PLN filed a ...
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