Jordan v. Pugh, No. 02-cv-01239-MSK-PAC (D.Colo.) (504 F.Supp.2d 1109) (August 9, 2007) (Judge Marcia S. Krieger)
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2007
published in Punch and Jurists
October 29, 2007
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Here the Court held that the BOP's 28-year old rule (set forth in 28 C.F.R. § 549.20(b)), which prohibits inmates from publishing under a byline unconstitutionally violates the First Amendment; and it enjoined the BOP from punishing inmates for violations.
In a ruling that is, at times, amusing, …
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