Prison Legal News v. Jones

ORDER

Mark E. Walker, United States District Judge

This case' involves an as-applied First Amendment challenge to Florida Administrative Code Rule 33 — 501.401(3)(Z) and (m), as well as a procedural due process claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Prison Legal News1 and Julie L. Jones, on behalf of the Florida Department of Corrections, litigated this case to a four-day bench trial beginning on January 5th, 2015.2 This order sets forth the findings of fact, analysis of law, and verdict.

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The parties dispute the constitutionality of the FDOC’s impoundment and rejection of PLN’s magazine, Prison…