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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 06:37:05+00:00

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prisoner litigant pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
27 declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief.
for handling and processing prisoners mail.
2 acted under color of law.
5 resulted in no corrective action.
6 remedy at law other than the relief requested herein.
11 involved in the criminal justice system.
inquiring as to why he had not received a single issue.
sent to him each month since January, 1996.
Center mailroom's failure to deliver his mail.
23 himself or the pUblisher.
27 the mail further than the facility."
to sender if possible or disposed of properly."
to his appeals which are identical.
On April 27, 1996, plaintiff appealed both responses.
5 Exhibits 3 & 4.
9 business agent of the Prison Legal News.
21 violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
26 Amendment of the United States Constitution.
and an opportunity to appeal the rejection.
for each rejected and destroyed magazine.
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
relief as the court may deem appropriate and just.
SIGNED UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY this 18th day of July, 1996.
requirements. The continued rejection and destruction of the PLN violates the state and federal constitutions.
SUGGESTED RE~1EDY: Stop rejecting nonprofit bulk mail such as the Prison Legal News.
.?JICC field Ins tzuct'ion ~?-450.100 reads IIBuE< tail t.;ill rout ce del.Ivececi."
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DOC form 5-525. (emphases added).
• "thereasons for the action. (emphases ad ed).
of the deliberate indifference of the superintendent and/or the superintendent's designee.
protecll inmate's constitutional rights and th~ imP7rtce 0 honoring those obligations.
" reads "iarl.k llai.I t-Till not be del.Lvered ,"
- 1" 1 mar• 1 .,..
I' ·t.. tto~eve to the next level'~e res;onse of the Grievance'Coordinator dated ~25/96.~.~ received the .
. t tisfy th e. ctualcriteria to be examinedin making.
I ~vc reviewed your appeal to Levell, LevelI ~e~. and appeal to Level Il, W~ ~ rcCeiVcd ~er .
.c~cation from Headquarters regarding bulk mail, When bulk mail arrives at an institUtiod:Jmd -has ~~tumed .
adckessed in both the WAC and DOG policY when'ihey are next revised.
; ' : ; . ~ .- .
AlICCField Instruction 450.100 defines "Pmk mail"?
P~e Guaranteed" .written on it, it will ~~de1ivef.ed to the inmate if the Contents are.plherwiSe iIi compliance .
ad~ed in boththe WAC and DOC policy'when theY are next revised. .
De f e nd an t s .
returned by the post office.
neither has seen fit to respond to my inquiry.
publications via first or second class mail.
him via third class mail.
notice whatsoever from prison officials that PLN was being censored.
have recently reviewed the Domestic Mail Manual and contacted George Hoyt, U.S.
than first class mail in terms of it being delivered to its addressee.
correspondence with Mr. Riveland and Mr. Rolfs.
Sworn and Subscribed to on this 25th day of June, 1996.
P.O. Box 1684. Lake Worth, FL. 33460.
subscribers across the country, including throughout the Washington DOC.
anyotherWashington state facilities, nor anywhere else in the country for that matter.
censorship and providedan opportunity to appeal the matter.
address or phone. I look forward to your replyand assistance in this matter.
Penitentiary Field Instruction 450.100, Inmate Use ofMail, outlines the process required.
examine bulk mailings for contraband articles.
Clerk of the above-entitled court.
18 docket for that day.
Respectfullj submitted this 18th day of July, 1996.
on the sole ground that the mail is sent bUlk rate.
~ Civil Procedure, and the attached memorandum of authorities.
Respectfully submitted this 18th day of July, 1996.
15 Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction.
18 prisoner litigant pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
24 reasons given for rejectiny the magazines.
violation of his constitutional rights.
hardships tip sharply in [the movant's] favor."
v. Borg, 918 F.2d 793, 795 (9th Cir. 1990).
of time, constitutes irreparable injury.
347, 373, 96 S.Ct. 2673, (1976).
~endin9 resolution of this action.
Likelihood of Success on the Merits.
7 incompatible with their status as prisoners.
Abbott, 490 U.S. 401, 109 S.Ct. 1874, 104 L.Ed.2d 459 (1989).
12 applied to alleged infringements of constitutional rights."
they are reasonably related to legitimate penological interests."
18 Thornburgh, 490 U.s. at 414, (citing Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S.
78, 89~ 107 S.Ct. 2254, 2261, 96 L.Ed.2d 64 (1987».
The law is well established that it does not.
1 prohibit prisoners from receiving all bulk rate mail.
3 one, for a blanket prohibition against mail sent by bUlk rates.
The Sixth Circuit rejected such a distinction.
for purposes of first amendment protection."
publication constitutes a commercial transaction.
Harper v. Wallingford, 877 F.2d 728, 733 (9th Cir.
18 v. Mazur-Hart, 789 F.Supp. 1081, 1085 (D. Or. 1992).
21 order, safety, security, or rehabilitation.
Parrish v. Johnson, 800 F.2d 600, 604 (6th Cir. 1986).
10 Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787 (9th Cir. 1982); Brooks v.
on the security of the prison.
20 873, 877 (9th Cir. 1993).
resembles personal correspondence than a mass mailing." Id.
27 advertisements, and mail addressed to "occupant".
because of threat to security).
10 rejection of all bUlk rate mail.
15 appeal in connection with the rejections.
17 accompanied by "minimum procedural safeguards."
25 at a hearing conducted by an impartial third party.
27 explaining why his magazines were not being delivered.
6 issued due to the enormous workload that would be generated."
decision to reject delivery of the Prison Legal News.

References: § 1983
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