Legal Opinion
Hammer v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 15, 2008No. 06-1750PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
David Hammer, a federal prisoner on death row, sued various Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) officials alleging that they violated his First Amendment and equal protection rights by implementing and enforcing a policy that prevents him from giving face-to-face interviews with the media and from talking with the media about other inmates. The current defendants — the former Attorney General of the United States, John Ashcroft; a former BOP Director, Kathleen Hawk-Sawyer; and former wardens of the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, Harley Lappin and Keith Olson — moved for…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Pruitt v. MoteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by19 opinions
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