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Clippings Suit Set for Trial
Loaded on March 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1996, page 16
The court of appeals for the second circuit held that whether a New York DOCS policy prohibiting prisoners from receiving newspaper clippings furthered a penological interest was doubtful and needed to be resolved at trial. Jimmie Allen filed suit against various prison officials after they twice removed newspaper clippings from ...
Filed under:
Summary Judgment,
Qualified Immunity,
Mail,
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations.
Location:
New York.
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