No. 18-9068

Dennis Rydbom v. Lisa Boggs, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-information catalog-ban censorship civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech mail-censorship penological-objectives prisoner-rights
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the ban against West Virginia prisoners' receipt of catalogs and of internet documents excessive and overly broad under the First Amendment's free speech clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : QUESTION (S) PRESENTED Prison officials withheld mail addressed to prisoner : Dennis Rydbom; such mail being (1) an Edward R. Hamilton book catalog, and (2) a National Academy of Science report on. eyewitness identification printed from the internet. Prison officials incorrectly described the internet document aS "book(s), newSspaper(s), or magazines(s) not ' received directly from the publisher 'COPIES NOT ALLOWED, '" received from Steven Saines, and costing $1.89 to mail out. Prison officials and the lower courts refused to explain how withholding Rydbom's mail was reasonably related . to legitimate penological objectives. . 1. Is the ban against West Virginia prisoners' receipt of catalogs and of internet documents excessive and overly broad under the First Amendment's free Speech clause? — 2. Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause require prison officials to give a prisoner a reasonably honest and accurate description of seized mail along with a valid penological reason for withholding a particular catalog or internet document, so the prisoner can knowingly and intelligently decide whether to accept/dispute such seizure? 3. Must a federal court actually state how withholding a prisoner's mail is “reasonably related to legitimate penological interests" when dismissing a prisoner's civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim? LI F PARTI : All parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. A list of all

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-04-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Dennis Rydbom
Dennis Rydbom — Petitioner
Dennis Rydbom — Petitioner