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Fifth Circuit Affirms Termination of Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2004, page 33
By Matthew T. Clarke On March 16, 2004, the Fifth Circuit issued a per curiam opinion affirming the district court's termination of the 20-year-old consent decree which had regulated prisoner mail in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).
The case involves a class-action civil rights suit initiated by Texas ...
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