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Case Name	Prison Legal News v. Ryan	PC-AZ-0021
Docket / Court	2:15-cv-02245-BSB ( D. Ariz. )
State/Territory	Arizona
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Prison Legal News
Attorney Organization	Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld
Case Summary	On November 6, 2015, Prison Legal News filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Arizona. The plaintiff sued the Arizona Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by public interest counsel, the plaintiffs asked the court for damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, ... read more > On November 6, 2015, Prison Legal News filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Arizona. The plaintiff sued the Arizona Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by public interest counsel, the plaintiffs asked the court for damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming violations of the the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, PLN claims that the defendants refused to deliver issues of PLN's monthly publications to subscribers in Arizona prisons when those issues contained articles describing sexual contact between prison or jail guards and prisoners who did not consent. As of January 30, 2016, the case is ongoing. Kat Brausch - 01/30/2016 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Freedom of speech/association

Defendant-type

Corrections

General

Mail

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Arizona Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Prison Legal News, a publisher of a journal of corrections news and analysis and a distributor of books to prisoners, lawyers, etc. about the criminal justice system and legal issues affecting prisoners.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	Moot
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


Case Studies	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]
Links	Cruel Confinement: Abuse, Discrimination and Death Within Alabama's Prisons Written: Jun. 04, 2014 (Southern Poverty Law Center ) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Prison Legal News Homepage Prison Legal News By: Prison Legal News [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

15-cv-02245-ROS (D. Ariz.)
PC-AZ-0021-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 01/20/2016
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Damages [ECF# 1]

PC-AZ-0021-0001.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/06/2015
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Silver, Roslyn O. Court not on record PC-AZ-0021-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bodney, David Jeremy (Arizona) PC-AZ-0021-0001 \| PC-AZ-0021-9000
	Ells, Lisa Adrienne (California) PC-AZ-0021-0001 \| PC-AZ-0021-9000
	Horrocks, Heather Elizabeth Todd (Arizona) PC-AZ-0021-0001 \| PC-AZ-0021-9000
	Neelakanta, Sabarish (Florida) PC-AZ-0021-0001 \| PC-AZ-0021-9000
	Stone-Manista, Krista Michelle (California) PC-AZ-0021-9000
	Weber, Lance (Florida) PC-AZ-0021-0001 \| PC-AZ-0021-9000
	Yelin, Jenny Snay (California) PC-AZ-0021-0001 \| PC-AZ-0021-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Brachtl, Mark Carl (Arizona) PC-AZ-0021-9000
	Gottfried, Michael Evan (Arizona) PC-AZ-0021-9000