A NY Parole Board commissioner and a prison offender rehabilitation coordinator won’t face a parolee’s First Amendment suit for restricting his access to the Internet as a condition of his release, the Second Circuit said Monday.
Commissioner Ellen Alexander and coordinator Gina Leon are immune from Leroy Peoples’ suit, the opinion by Judge Beth Robinson said.
Peoples had two rape convictions and was scheduled to be released in 2019. Among other conditions, the board in 2018 said that when he was released he’d be banned from accessing commercial social networking sites or online gaming activities, and prohibited from possessing a ...
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