Lynch v. Leis.

• Position: FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, ASSOC - Violation of United States Constitution. 6th Amendment - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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Lynch v. Leis, 382 F.3d 642 (6th Cir. 2004). A detainee joined a class action that challenged a county policy that allowed prisoners to make only collect telephone calls, which in combination with the public defender's policy of refusing collect calls operated to deny pretrial detainees their right to counsel. The district court found a Sixth Amendment violation of the pretrial detainees' rights and ordered an injunction. The county complied with the injunction. The district court...