Ashker v. California Dept. of Corrections.U.S. District Court BOOKS Ashker v. California Dept. of Corrections, 224 F.Supp.2d 1253 (N.D.Cal. 2002). State prisoners brought a [section] 1983 action challenging a prison requirement that books received from vendors have a special shipping label attached, alleging violation of their First Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the prisoners and held that injunctive relief injunctive relief n. a court-ordered act or prohibition against an act or condition which has been requested, and sometimes granted, in a petition to the court for an injunction. was warranted. The court held that the policy unduly burdened the prisoners' First Amendment rights, noting that the policy was not applied to non-book packages. The court also noted that the goal of reducing opportunities for contraband contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy. smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain could be met by comparing a generic package label with an invoice inside a package, and that the prison was already searching all mail for contraband. (Security Housing Unit, Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison is a California State Prison that houses some of California's most dangerous inmates. The prison is a "supermax" facility located in the northwestern part of the state near Crescent City, Del Norte County, on 275 acres (1.1 km²). , California) |
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