The Texas Lawbook: O’Melveny, SMU Law Clinic Secure Pro Bono Win for Permanent Injunction Over Jail’s Mail Policy
March 17, 2025
US District Judge Amos Mazzant entered a permanent injunction in a lawsuit against the Grayson County jail in North Texas requiring it to allow books and magazines sent from the Human Rights Defense Center. O’Melveny partner Timothy S. Durst, who represents the Human Rights Defense Center, said he believes the order will “ensure the go-forward protection of the First Amendment rights” of inmates and the advocacy group. “Protecting those freedoms was a primary objective of the lawsuit,” Durst added. The O’Melveny team also includes counsel Brandon Duke and Frances Mackay, and associate Don Olmos.
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