Legal Opinion
Prison Legal News v. Columbia County
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided April 24, 2013No. Case No. 3:12-cv-00071-SIPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
SIMON, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This case concerns the constitutionality of a county jail’s inmate mail policies. Defendants Columbia County, the Columbia County Sheriffs Office (the “CCSO”), and Sheriff Jeffrey Dickerson (collectively “Defendants”) operate the county jail in Columbia County, Oregon (the “Jail”). Plaintiff Prison Legal News (“PLN”) alleges that Defendants violated the First Amendment by rejecting dozens of PLN’s publications and letters mailed to inmates incarcerated in the Jail. PLN also alleges that Defendants violated the Fourteenth…
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