Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Dimasi, No. Cr. No. 09-10166-MLW (D.Mass.) (220 F.Supp.3d 173) (November 17, 2016) (Judge Mark L. Wolf) by U.S. v. Dimasi, 215 F.Supp.3d 179 (D.Mass. Oct. 17, 2016) (“DiMasi I”) (Judge Mark Wolf) U.S. v. Dimasi, 220 F.Supp.3d 173 (D.Mass. Nov. 17, 2016) (“DiMasi II”) (Judge Mark Wolf) The …

Sample v. Bureau of Prisons, No. 05-5038 (D.C. Cir.) (466 F.3d 1086) (November 3, 2006) (Judge David B. Sentelle) by In this case, the petitioner made a Freedom of Information Act request for a large number of BOP documents in electronic format; but the BOP provided them as paper copies …

Thornburgh v. Abbott, No. 87-1344 (U.S. Supreme Court) (490 U.S. 401; 109 S.Ct. 1874) (May 15, 1989) (Justice Blackmun) by At issue in this case were regulations promulgated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons that broadly permited federal prisoners to receive publications from the "outside," but which also authorized prison …

Turner v. Safley, No. 85-1384 (U.S. Supreme Court) (482 U.S. 78; 107 S.Ct. 2254) (June 1, 1987) (Justice O'Connor) by This decision is the Supreme Court's seminal decision on the standards that should apply to determine the vbalidity of prison regulations. Here, the Eighth Circuit had affirmed a district court's …

Kimberlin v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, No. 01-5387 (D.C. Cir.) (318 F.3d 228) (February 11, 2003) (Per Curiam) by On March 20, 2003, United States Senator John Ensign (R-NV) introduced the latest version of prisoner-bashing legislation to the U.S. Senate - namely the “Mandatory Prisoner Work and Drug Testing Act …

Webber v. Crabtree, No. 97-30614 (9th Cir.) (158 F.3d 460) (October 8, 1998) (Per Curiam) by Case held that due to language in 28 CFR § 551.163 that warden "shall identify" smoking areas, a ban on smoking in all areas of a prison camp was improper and not a proper …

Bass v. Singletary, No. 96-3095 (11th Cir.) (143 F.3d 1442) (June 19, 1998) (Judge Paul H. Roney) by Case held that a prison regulation which treated legal papers of one inmate found in the possession of another as contraband did not violate the inmates' right of access to the courts …