Jailhouse lawyer Green warned to stop flood of appeals
A DC Circuit Court admonished Clovis Carl Green aka Reverend Green to halt his paper blizzard after filing more than 700 unaided inmate complaints. The prolific prisoner litigator, lacking legal assistance, has overwhelmed clerks with prison case filings and seeks release through endless appeals.
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Washington inmate appeals court keeps filing rights but bans frivolous cases
A Washington D C Missouri and Texas inmate, Green, faces contempt risk as courts routinely dismiss his appeals as frivolous. A 16 page order in Washington saved him from posting security or jail while urging him to stop filing baseless pleas. The court noted his 1975 rape sentence, completed in 1980, would have left him free but for 1978 and 1979 contempt convictions from jailhouse lawyering.
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Defamation suit against NBC over Scottsboro film settles
Victoria Price Street settles out of court with NBC over its broadcast of the film Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys. The case, once set for Supreme Court review, was dropped from the docket by mutual agreement, with terms undisclosed. Street sought 6 million dollars, and the attorney said his client was satisfied with the dismissal circumstances.
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UPI
NBC
Scottsboro Boys
Supreme Court
Victoria Price Street
Horton
Don Wyatt
Fayetteville, Tenn
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