PJS Enterprises v. Klincar

Jessie Donald Sumner, incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his “motion” for leave to intervene in a suit brought by PJS Enterprises, the owner of the Peoria Journal Star, which is a daily newspaper of general circulation. The suit was brought against Paul Klincar, chairman of the board of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.

On March 9, 1983, the plaintiff sought and obtained a temporary restraining order forbidding the defendant from prohibiting the presence of the plaintiff at the parole hearing of Jessie Donald Sumner, which was scheduled to be…