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Jones v. Bock and Williams v. Overton (09/19/2006)
Challenge to a set of judicially-created rules that seriously impair a prisoner's ability to bring grievances to federal court. DECIDED

Beard v. Banks (03/16/2006)
Reviewing whether maximum security prisoners in long-term segregation can be denied access to all non-religious newspapers and magazines. DECIDED

Jay V. Johnson v. California (02/18/2005)
Reviewing the procedure by which a defendant can establish that the prosecution improperly used its peremptory jury challenges in a racially discriminatory fashion. DECIDED

Cutter v. Wilkinson (12/30/2004)
Reviewing the constitutionality of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a federal law designed in part to protect the free exercise rights of prisoners and other institutionalized persons. DECIDED

Garrison S. Johnson v. California (09/08/2004)
Reviewing whether California's policy of racially segregating all new prisoners should be subject to strict judicial scrutiny. DECIDED

Overton v. Bazzetta (02/20/2003)
DECIDED

Bell v. Cone (05/18/2002)
DECIDED

CSC v. Malesko (09/01/2001)
DECIDED

Shaw v. Murphy (12/01/2000)
DECIDED

Booth v. Churner (12/01/2000)
DECIDED