Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Judge Rules Inmate's Mail Can Be Reviewed
KENTUCKY....
Under an order issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Karl F. Forester, the Bureau of Prisons can review and reject any legal mail sent by Jonathan Lee Riches, an inmate at the federal prison in Lexington. Forester also barred Riches from using legal mail, which is generally sent without detailed inspection by prison officials, or the names of other people to submit "frivolous, fraudulent, or malicious" documents to the federal courts and from using anyone else's name to submit the documents to any court. Anything deemed to be worthy of further consideration by Bureau of Prisons personnel may be forwarded to the courts. Riches has filed at least 5,000 lawsuits targeting the famous, the infamous and even the long-dead. Since 2006, Riches has filed legal actions in almost every jurisdiction in the country, nearly all of them being quickly dismissed by judges.
Under an order issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Karl F. Forester, the Bureau of Prisons can review and reject any legal mail sent by Jonathan Lee Riches, an inmate at the federal prison in Lexington. Forester also barred Riches from using legal mail, which is generally sent without detailed inspection by prison officials, or the names of other people to submit "frivolous, fraudulent, or malicious" documents to the federal courts and from using anyone else's name to submit the documents to any court. Anything deemed to be worthy of further consideration by Bureau of Prisons personnel may be forwarded to the courts. Riches has filed at least 5,000 lawsuits targeting the famous, the infamous and even the long-dead. Since 2006, Riches has filed legal actions in almost every jurisdiction in the country, nearly all of them being quickly dismissed by judges.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 4:39 PM 
