GUAJARDO v. TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

No. 03-20170.

363 F.3d 392 (2004)

Guadalupe GUAJARDO, Jr.; Class Action for Texas Inmates # 844, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gwendolyn Johnson Samora, Ara Ayles Hardig (argued), Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Rance Lamar Craft (argued), Jacqueline Lee Haney, Ast. Atty. Gen., Austin, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

At issue is the district court's terminating the prospective relief provided by a 20-year-old consent decree concerning Texas prison correspondence rules, pursuant to motion by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996) (codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. § 3626(b)(2)) (PLRA). Essentially for the reasons stated by the district court, see Guajardo v. Texas Department...

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