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Case Name	Big House Books v. Hall	PC-MS-0008
Docket / Court	3:18-cv-00259-DPJ-FKB ( S.D. Miss. )
State/Territory	Mississippi
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Equal Protection

Establishment Clause

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-basis

Religion discrimination

General

Conditions of confinement

Grievance Procedures

Library (non-law) access

Mail

Racial segregation

Recreation / Exercise

Religious programs / policies

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Mississippi South Mississippi Correctional Institution
Plaintiff Description	Two prisoners at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution; Big House Books, a non-profit organization that sends donated books to prisoners
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
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 ]

Documents

Docket(s)

3:18-cv-259 (S.D. Miss.)
PC-MS-0008-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/01/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1]

PC-MS-0008-0001.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/26/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Ball, F. Keith (S.D. Miss.) [Magistrate] PC-MS-0008-9000 Jordan, Daniel Porter III (S.D. Miss.) PC-MS-0008-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	McDuff, Robert B. (Mississippi) PC-MS-0008-0001 \| PC-MS-0008-9000
	Orlansky, Beth L. (Mississippi) PC-MS-0008-0001 \| PC-MS-0008-9000