On October 11, 1995, Clayton Crofton, a Washington state inmate brought a pro se civil rights action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, challenging a Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) regulation that prohibited receipt by a prisoner of gift magazine subscriptions ...
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On October 11, 1995, Clayton Crofton, a Washington state inmate brought a pro se civil rights action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, challenging a Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) regulation that prohibited receipt by a prisoner of gift magazine subscriptions. The inmate sought injunctive relief and monetary damages.
On May 14, 1996, the District Court (Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno) issued an order and judgment granting in part plaintiff's claim for injunctive relief, permanently enjoining the WSP from rejecting gift magazine subscriptions mailed to inmates, so long as the content of the magazines otherwise complied with WSP regulations. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendants on plaintiff's remaining claims.
Plaintiff Crofton filed a similar lawsuit in 1995, styled Crofton v. Roe. (See PC-WA-5).
Dan Dalton - 04/25/2007
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