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Case Name	Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard	PC-KY-0009
Docket / Court	3:17-cv-00057-GFVT ( E.D. Ky. )
State/Territory	Kentucky
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Prison Legal News
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded 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
Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	The Human Rights Defense Center is a not-for-profit charitable organization whose purpose is to educate prisoners and the public about the constitutional rights of prisoners, conditions in American jails and prisons, and the economic and social costs of mass incarceration.
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) 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 Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]
	Prison Legal News Homepage Prison Legal News By: Prison Legal News [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

3:17-cv-00057 (E.D. Ky.)
PC-KY-0009-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 07/17/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-KY-0009-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/17/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Complaint [ECF #27] [ECF# 27] PC-KY-0009-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/06/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Van Tatenhove, Gregory Frederick (E.D. Ky.) PC-KY-0009-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bathurst, Camille (Kentucky) PC-KY-0009-0001 \| PC-KY-0009-0002 \| PC-KY-0009-9000
	Belzley, Gregory A. (Kentucky) PC-KY-0009-0001 \| PC-KY-0009-0002 \| PC-KY-0009-9000
	Johnson, Bruce E.H. (Washington) PC-KY-0009-0002 \| PC-KY-0009-9000
	Marshall, Daniel (Florida) PC-KY-0009-0001 \| PC-KY-0009-0002 \| PC-KY-0009-9000
	Mutamba, Masimba (Florida) PC-KY-0009-0001 \| PC-KY-0009-0002 \| PC-KY-0009-9000
	Neelakanta, Sabarish (Florida) PC-KY-0009-0001 \| PC-KY-0009-0002 \| PC-KY-0009-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Brown, Allison R. (Kentucky) PC-KY-0009-9000