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decided: January 27, 1975.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, APPELLEE,v.ROBERT LOWE, APPELLANT
Joseph Michael Smith, Philadelphia, for appellant.
James J. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Mark Sendrow, Asst. Dist. Atty., Asst. Chief, Appeals Div., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellee.
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Robert Lowe, the appellant, was convicted in a non-jury trial of voluntary manslaughter. Post trial motions were denied and Lowe was sentenced to ten years probation. This appeal followed.
Lowe initially contends the evidence was insufficient to support the finding of voluntary manslaughter, but, on the contrary, established the killing was committed in self-defense.
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proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Commonwealth v. Lee, 450 Pa. 152, 299 A.2d 640 (1973). Read in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the instant record discloses the following pertinent facts:
On May 20, 1972, Lowe shot and killed Bernard Walker in a dispute between neighbors. At the time, Walker lived at 3231 Monument Street, Philadelphia. He had three stepsons: Kenny Jackson (aged 19); Larry Jackson (aged 17); and, Joseph Jackson (Jo-Jo, aged 15). Lowe lived two doors away at 3227 Monument Street with his wife and children. He had moved into the neighborhood eight months previously. The family of Sam DeShields occupied the house between the Lowes and the Walkers at 3229 Monument Street.
A few days prior to the fatal evening, Lowe had complained to the police that Neil Williams of 3222 Monument Street had raped his daughter Margaret. Neil was fifteen and Margaret fourteen. The police had taken Neil Williams into custody on May 15, 1972, for questioning regarding this alleged incident, but he was released when the girl admitted that the relations were consensual. Neil Williams was accompanied to the police station by his mother and brother, Robert Williams.
On the afternoon of May 20, 1972, Lowe came out on his porch and observed Robert Williams standing with Larry Jackson and Sam DeShields on the DeShields' porch next door. Lowe challenged Williams to a fight for comments Williams had made at the police station. Disparaging remarks were exchanged between the group of boys and Lowe. Kenny Jackson, overhearing the exchange from inside, emerged to accept Lowe's challenge. Before any blows were struck the fight was broken up by DeShields. As Kenny Jackson returned to his house, Lowe ran toward his own residence shouting that he was going to get a rifle and shoot someone. Momentarily, Lowe emerged from his house waving the rifle. He aimed at the group of boys still standing on the DeShields'
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porch, and fired at least one shot*fn1 at Larry Jackson, as the individuals scattered into the house for cover.
Neighbors called the police. Lowe denied having a gun when questioned by the police. He was frisked and the first floor of his house was searched, but no weapon was found. At this point, Bernard Walker, the victim, rushed onto Lowe's porch and managed to punch Lowe before the police separated them. The police escorted Walker to his home, and cautioned him to remain there. Lowe was also instructed to stay indoors.
After the police left the scene, however, Walker stepped over onto Lowe's porch and knocked on the door. When Lowe answered, Walker stated he wished to speak with Lowe "man-to-man." Lowe slammed the door in Walker's face. Walker then stepped over onto the DeShields' porch, and was conversing with a group of boys, when Lowe stepped out of his house with the rifle and fired a shot at Walker, but the shot missed. The group on the DeShields' porch scrambled toward the vestibule of the DeShields' house. Lowe leaned over the banister, separating the two porches, and fired a second shot which struck Walker and fatally wounded him.
To rebut the Commonwealth's evidence, Lowe took the stand. His testimony, in direct contradiction to the Commonwealth's eyewitnesses, was that Walker, at the head of a shouting mob, banged on Lowe's door. Lowe slammed the door shut, and started to the back door with his family, but members of the group were coming over the back fence. Slamming the back door shut, Lowe grabbed his rifle. He could hear the crowd outside yelling
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obscene threats. At this point, Walker burst open the front door, and yelled, "Shoot m. f. or you've had it." Walker had his right hand in his pocket. Lowe shot Walker as he attempted to cross Lowe's threshold.
Two witnesses, Lowe's wife and one Elmo Swanson, corroborated the essentials of Lowe's version of the shooting.
Lowe argues that it was physically impossible for the shooting to have occurred as described by the Commonwealth's witnesses, when the angle of penetration of the bullet and the relative heights of Lowe and Walker are taken into account. On the other hand, he contends the shooting could have occurred as he described it, and thus his testimony should have been credited. However, Lowe's position is not supported by the record. The Medical Examiner, after describing the course of the fatal bullet, testified that the wound was consistent with both the Commonwealth's and the defense's factual theories.
To establish self-defense, the following elements must be shown: (1) the slayer must have been free from fault in provoking or continuing the difficulty which resulted in the killing; (2) the slayer must have reasonably believed that he was in imminent danger of death, great bodily harm or some felony, and that there was a necessity to kill in order to save himself therefrom; (3) the slayer must not have violated any duty to retreat or avoid the danger. Commonwealth v. Tiernan, 455 Pa. 88, 90-91, 314 A.2d 310 (1974); Commonwealth v. Johnston, 438 Pa. 485, 263 A.2d 376 (1970). However, even if we were to assume that the testimony offered by Lowe established the claim of self-defense, it was for the trier of fact to accept or reject Lowe's version of the confrontation, to determine where the truth lies and to find the facts. Commonwealth v. Zapata, 447 Pa. 322, 326, 290 A.2d 114, 117 (1972). While accounts corroborative of Lowe's version were related by Lowe's
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wife and Swanson, both were subject to impeachment through prior inconsistent statements given to the police shortly after the shooting. It is also well-settled that "'a [trier of fact] can believe all or part or none of a defendant's statements . . . .'" Commonwealth v. Ewing, 439 Pa. 88, 93, 264 A.2d 661, 663 (1970); Commonwealth v. Kirkland, 413 Pa. 48, 195 A.2d 338 (1963). The trial court had a right to disregard Lowe's exculpatory version of the shooting. The trial court's finding that Lowe was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and had failed to establish the claim of self-defense is fully supported by the record.
Lowe also asserts the trial court erred in admitting into evidence testimony by a police detective that no bloodstains matching the victim's blood were found on Lowe's front porch. While a timely objection was made at trial, the issue was not raised in the post trial motions, and, hence, may not now be asserted. Commonwealth v. Clair, Pa., 326 A.2d 272 (1974); Commonwealth v. Agie, 449 Pa. 187, 296 A.2d 741 (1972).
Order affirmed.
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July 27, 2006
DONALD A. LEHN, PLAINTIFF,v.STEVEN C. BRYANT, GRAHAM WARDEN,
Before the Court are:
1) the defendants' motion for summary judgment (d/e 59), the plaintiff's responses thereto (d/e's 64, 66), and the defendants' reply (d/e 67);
2) the plaintiff's motion to compel (d/e 63) and the defendants' response thereto (d/e 64); and,
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For the reasons below, the Court grants in part and denies in part the defendants' summary judgment motion. After this order, the only claims remaining are: the defendants' refusal to allow the plaintiff's pattern books violated and/or violates his First Amendment rights; and 2) Defendant Greenwood retaliated against the plaintiff for the exercise of the plaintiff's protected First Amendment rights.
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1. In April, 2002, the plaintiff was incarcerated in Graham Correctional Center. The plaintiff received five iron-on pattern books in the mail, that had been ordered for him by his brother. Prison officials refused to give the books to plaintiff for the stated reason that the patterns could be used to make tattoos. (d/e 59, Ex. 15).
2. In May, 2002, the plaintiff received approval for the books from the IDOC Central Publication Review Committee. Id. However, Graham's Warden, defendant Bryant, still refused to allow the plaintiff his books. Nor would Bryant allow the plaintiff to return the books for a refund or send the books to someone else outside the prison.
3. September, 2002, the plaintiff filed an action for replevin in Montgomery County Court, seeking the return of the books, or an order allowing him to return them to the sender.
(d/e 59, Ex. 13).*fn1
4. In February, 2003, defendant Bryant filed an amended affidavit in the replevin action, as part of an amended motion for summary judgment.(d/e 34, p. 17).*fn2 In the affidavit, Bryant averred that he had the authority to follow or not follow the recommendations of the Central Publication Review Committee, and that he had overruled the Committee's decision to allow the plaintiff to possess five iron-on transfer books. Plaintiff apparently believed that Bryant's affidavit was a contrived attempt to win summary judgment based on false and/or self-serving statements.
5. A hearing on the amended motion for summary judgment in the replevin action was held on March 8, 2003. (d/e 34, "Criminal Complaint," p. 8).
6. Out of frustration from waiting for the replevin court's ruling and Bryant's conduct in the replevin action, the plaintiff filed supplemental materials in support of his replevin action (d/e 34, "Criminal Complaint," p. 10). He included in the copy sent to the Illinois Attorney General a note that stated:
When I was sentenced to imprisonment in the IDOC, the Judge at the time told me that I was to learn to obey the law. I sure am not going to learn how by observing you and prick who runs this prison. Isn't perjury a crime? (Defendants' exhibit 1; Plaintiff's dep. pp. 10-12; d/e 34, "Criminal Complaint p. 11).
7. The Illinois Assistant Attorney General faxed the letter to Graham Correctional Center, where the letter eventually made its way to Lt. Brookshire of Internal Affairs. (d/e 59, Affidavit of Bryant).
8. On the morning of May 12, 2003, the plaintiff was taken to segregation, with no explanation and no chance to pack and inventory his property. (d/e 34, p. 12). That evening, the plaintiff received two disciplinary reports. One was written by Defendant Brookshire, charging the plaintiff with insolence and intimidation/threats, based on the plaintiff's letter to the Attorney General calling the Warden a prick. (Defendants' exhibit 2; Bryant Affidavit; Plaintiff's dep. p. 13, l. 1 - 15). The second was written by Defendant Greenwood, charging the plaintiff with unauthorized and excess property in his cell. (d/e 34, Appendix, p. 31).
9. On May 13, 2002, the plaintiff wrote a letter addressed to Warden Bryant, stating in relevant part (d/e 59, Ex. 10):
I am writing this from seg where you were so kind to send me.
By your reaction it is apparent that you truly are ignorant of the law. I fail to understand how someone so incompetent got to be warden. Apparently it must be an affirmative action quota thing.
Until now, it wasn't a high priority for me to spend the $150 filing fee just to show you were and are incompetent. Now I'm going to enjoy dancing with you and Mr. Taylor in federal court as we have done so locally.
Hopefully, I can cause enough consternation among your supervisors so that they will fire you for your incompetence and for wasting the state's money over such petty bullshit.
I should tell you that I have never found anyone who is as big of an asshole as I am. You will soon learn that I am a tenacious son of a bitch too.
10. On May 13, 2006, Correctional Officer Price confiscated the May 13th letter in the plaintiff's cell and wrote a disciplinary ticket against the plaintiff for insolence (304) and intimidation/threats (206) based on that letter. (d/e Ex. 6). Specifically, the report states:
On the above date and time [5/13/03, 10:45 a.m.] this c/o was giving inmate Lehn his chow. At that time this c/o took a letter out of Lehns door. The Letter was not in a envelope. This c/o looked threw the letter and seen it was for warden Bryant. This c/o seen in the letter that it was intimidating and threatening towards warden Bryant. So at that time this c/o gave the letter to Ass. Warden Beck.
(D/e 59, Ex. 6)(sics not noted). The plaintiff's May 13th letter was never attached to the May 13th disciplinary report.*fn3
11. On May 13, 2003, the plaintiff was approved for a transfer from Graham Correctional Center to Pinckneyville Correctional Center. The transfer documents state the reason as: "Inmate Lehn is being submitted for transfer to Pinckneyville CC upon administrative request for making inappropriate comments to the Warden. IDR will follow." (d/e 59, Ex. 17).
12. On May 14, 2003, after learning of his imminent transfer to Pinckneyville, the plaintiff wrote another letter to Warden Bryant (d/e 59, Ex. 5):
They just told me that I'll be shipped out tomorrow. I guess when you have no chance of winning in court because your lies have been exposed you have to do what you have to do. As they say, "Power corrupts."
I am going to file [a] fed civil rights 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against you as soon as I get where I'm going.
As I said in my last missive, you made a big, big mistake by not notifying me that you had overruled the CPRC and by not notifying the CPRC or allowing me to send the books back to the sender.
Even if you had the right to not allow me to have the books you still had no right to just keep them as you did.
By submitting the affidavit to court as you did you fucked yourself royally. Without that affidavit I probably wouldn't have a case against you. . . .
Hopefully the new director will see the mess you are causing the IDOC and the amount of money you are costing the state and will fire your ass.
Rest assured, you have not heard the last of me. Warden Holmes shipped me from BMRCC 4 years ago and I am still giving him grief in court. He, like you, thought he was above the law. He didn't realize just how tenacious I am.
Rest assured, you will be hearing from me for a long while to come. . .
I hope you don't take this personally. It's just that I don't think that you are qualified to be warden let alone a dog catcher.
With all due respect [emphasis in original],
Don p.s. If you think what I wrote in my note to B.Paul Taylor was disrespectful, you should hear what your own officers say about you behind your back. . .
13. Officer Myers wrote the plaintiff a disciplinary ticket for insolence on May 14, 2003, based on the May 14th letter (d/e 59, Exhibit 8). The May 14th report states:
On the above date and approximate time [5/14/03 at 10:00 a.m.], this R/O was reviewing a letter sent from inmate Lehn B72472 to Warden Steven Bryant. The letter uses several curse words toward Warden Bryant directly. This action places Inmate Lehn B72472 in violation of Rule 304-Insolence. (Letter is attached).
14. The plaintiff was not served with the May 14th disciplinary report until May 21, 2003 (at the Adjustment Committee hearing). The plaintiff waived 24-hour notice. (d/e 59, Ex. 8).
15. On or around May 14-15, 2002, the plaintiff was transferred to Pinckneyville Correctional Center. According to the IDOC website, Pinckneyville is classified as a "secure medium facility" and Graham is a "medium facility." For purposes of this order, the Court accepts as true the plaintiff's description of Pinckneyville as a far less desirable prison from an inmate's perspective--more restrictive, with more problematic and violent inmates.
16. The plaintiff asserts that his transfer to Pinckneyville was in retaliation for his replevin action. Defendants assert that Plaintiff was transferred to Pinckneyville because of his behavior and disciplinary tickets. Defendant Bryant, the Warden at Graham, avers:
It is imperative that the Warden, and others in command within a prison setting, maintain order and discipline among the inmates in their charge. If Mr. Lehn were to continue his behavior while remaining in the institution, it would have served to undermine my authority and the authority of those under my command, and if tolerated, would have created a danger for both staff and inmates.
Because of his behavior and subsequent disciplinary tickets, Mr. Lehn was transferred to another medium security institution, Pinckneyville Correctional Center, where any continued insolence directed to me or my staff, while still a violation of Departmental rules, would not tend to create quite the same security risk as the same behavior would create at Graham.
(Bryant Aff., attached to d/e 59, ¶¶ 11-12).
17. On May 21, 2003, after the plaintiff had been transferred to Pinckneyville, the Adjustment Committee held hearings on all four disciplinary tickets the plaintiff had received at Graham (May 12th, 13th and 14th). The Adjustment Committee hearing lasted from about 2:10 until 2:20 p.m. and was presided over by defendants Klindworth & Fernandez. The plaintiff asserts that he asked for copies of his letters before the hearing in order to prepare a defense, but that his requests were refused.
18. The hearing on the May 12th disciplinary report for insolence & intimidation/threats (note to the IAG calling the Warden a prick) was held at 2:10 p.m., May 21, 2003. (d/e 59, Ex. 3). The Committee found the plaintiff guilty of insolence, but deleted the charge of intimidation/threats. The Committee recommended Plaintiff received one month segregation and demotion to C grade for one month. The recommendation was approved by the Warden and upheld on appeal by the Administrative Review Board (d/e 59, Exhibits 3 & 4).
19. The hearing on the May 12th disciplinary report for contraband/unauthorized property was held at 2:15 p.m., May 21, 2003. (d/e 34, Appendix, p. 40). The plaintiff was found guilty and received a verbal reprimand.
20. The hearing on the May 13th disciplinary report was held at 2:18 p.m., on May 21, 2003. (d/e 59, Ex. 7). The plaintiff's May 13th letter was not attached to the May 13th report. According to the plaintiff, he asked to see the letter but was told the letter was not with the ticket and was not available. Klindworth allegedly denied the plaintiff's request for a continuance until a copy of the letter could be obtained. Klindworth also allegedly said that he did not need to see the letter to know that the plaintiff was guilty. (d/e 34, Criminal Complaint, p. 23). Although the May 13th report regarded the May 13th letter (calling the Warden incompetent and ignorant of the law), the Adjustment Committee Summary recounted statements in the May 14th letter as the basis for the guilty finding. Specifically, the Adjustment Committee Summary on the May 13th ticket states:
Inmate read the letter out loud, which is addressed to Warden Bryant . . .The following statements were in the letter, "By submitting the affidavit to the court as you did you fucked yourself royally.""Rest assured, you will be hearing from me for a long while to come.""It's just that I don't think you are qualified to be a dog catcher let alone a warden."
(d/e 59, Ex. 7)(Incident #200301950). The Adjustment Committee found the plaintiff guilty of insolence and intimidation/threats based on these statements (d/e 59, Ex. 7). The plaintiff lost one month of good time credit, received three months segregation, and one month grade demotion. Id. On appeal, the Administrative Review Board recommended that the May 13th disciplinary report be rewritten to substantiate the charge and reheard. (d/e 59, Ex. 4). The ARB did not explain why.
The May 13th disciplinary report was reheard on October 18, 2003. (d/e 59, Ex. 11). The record states:
**IDR rewritten, reserved and reheard per inmate issues to substantiate charges. Original IDR was heard under incident #200301950. **All discipline as a result of this rehearing has been served by inmate.
IDR read to inmate.
Inmate pled not guilty stating "I wrote the A/G and told them to tell the "Prick" (Warden) to obey the law. I wrote the letter and did make the statements towards the Warden."
Reporting officer's report stating that he took a letter which was written by Lehn and stated "The new Director will see how much you are costing IDOC and the amount of money you are costing them will fire you [sic] ass.""Rest assured you will be hearing from me for a long time to come." (d/e 59, Ex. 11). The same punishment was imposed. Id.
On December 16, 2003, the Administrative Review Board upheld the all the discipline, but recommended that the charge of intimidation/threats be deleted (Exhibit 12).
21. The May 14th disciplinary report was served on the plaintiff at the Adjustment Committee hearing, and a hearing on the May 14th disciplinary report was held at 2:20 p.m. (d/e 59, Ex. 8& 9)(the plaintiff waived notice). According to the plaintiff, he was asked to read the May 14th letter out loud, and had to explain to defendant Klindworth was a "missive" was. (d/e 34, Criminal Complaint, p. 24). In answering that question, the plaintiff explained that the word "missive" in his May 14th letter referred to his May 13th letter. The plaintiff also asked how the charge of insolence could be applied to a letter, instead of to a charge of dangerous communications (208) or dangerous written material (209), but the Adjustment Committee members refused to answer.
The record of proceedings for the May 14th report states:
Inmate stated the letter in question was the same letter referred to on IDR #200301950, written the day before by C/O Price. On that basis, the May 14th ticket was expunged. (d/e 59, Ex. 9).
The plaintiff, however, asserts that he never told the committee that the May 14th ticket was based on the same letter as the May 13th ticket.*fn4 The Court accepts that assertion as true for purposes of this order.
22. On May 27, 2003, the Montgomery County Judge ruled in favor of the IDOC in the plaintiff's replevin action. (d/e 59, Ex. 13). The reasons why are not clear--the docket sheet from that proceeding says " . . . evidence heard on petitioner's complaint. Complaint denied for reasons stated on record . . ." (d/e 59, Ex. 14). The plaintiff appealed that decision in June, 2003, but around the end of July, 2003, filed a motion to withdraw his appeal. (Ex. 13, 14, 15). In that motion he explained he was withdrawing the appeal for two reasons: 1) he had no access to his legal papers or to civil law material in the law library due to his transfer and segregation in Pinckneyville; and 2) he believed the First Amendment issues were better addressed in federal court (d/e 59, Ex. 15).
23. Lt. Gabeau did not have any duty to answer grievances. Grievances are answered by counselors, grievance officers, and the Warden or the Warden's designee. (d/e 59, Gabeau affidavit).
24. Plaintiff was given assistance with legal documents, his legal box, or copies on May 22, 2003, June 6, 2003, June 12, 2003, June 19, 2003, June 26, 2003, July 24, 2003 and July 31, 2003 (d/e 59, Exhibit 16). The plaintiff maintains this is immaterial, as he was denied access to his large property box, the box that contained the legal papers he needed.
25. Plaintiff refused library assistance on July 18, 2003, July 22, 2003, July 3, 2003, July 4, 2003, July 8, 2003, and July 1, 2003. (d/e 59, Flagg affidavit). The plaintiff says this is immaterial, as the library does not contain civil law materials and was therefore useless regarding the replevin action.
26. Plaintiff did not ask the Illinois appellate court for additional time or for a stay of proceedings pending his ability to fully access his documents (d/e 59, Plaintiff's dep. p. 91, l. 10-12).
27. Plaintiff received his legal documents two to three weeks after he moved to dismiss the appeal. (d/e 59, Plaintiff's dep. p. 93).
28. Plaintiff admits he did not know if either defendant Pierson or defendant Flagg received his grievances about access to his documents. (d/e 59, Plaintiff's dep. p. 91). Plaintiff's grievance regarding his property box was handled by counselor Linda Fritts and grievance officer Wilbur Pursell. (d/e 59, Exhibit 15). Fritts and Pursell indicated in their response that the plaintiff would receive access to his property to which he was entitled. (d/e 59, Exhibit 15).
I. The Plaintiff's Discipline for His Letters did not Violate the Plaintiff's Constitutional Rights
A. First Amendment: Free Speech and Right to Petition for Redress of Grievances
It is well settled that prison officials may discipline inmates for insolent, disrespectful and/or threatening language in written communications to prison officials (or intended for prison officials). In Ustrak v. Fairman, 781 F.2d 573, 579 (7th Cir. 1986), the Seventh Circuit upheld an inmate's punishment for violating a regulation forbidding, among other things, disrespect or insolence. The inmate in Ustrak had written a letter describing prison officers as "'stupid lazy assholes'" and challenging them to "'bring their fat asses around the gallery at night.'" 781 F.2d at 580. The Seventh Circuit held that "[i]f inmates have some First Amendment rights, still they have only those rights that are consistent with prison discipline . . . We can imagine few things more inimical to prison discipline than allowing prisoners to abuse guards and each other. The level of violence in American prisons makes it imperative that the authorities take effective steps to prevent provocation." Id.
The plaintiff seems to concede that the letters were insolent--they were (or at least the prison officials acted within Constitutional bounds in concluding they were). The plaintiff argues instead against the charges that the letters were threatening or intimidating. He says the bogus threat/intimidation charges were intentionally added in order to justify his placement in segregation as a security threat and his transfer to Pinckneyville.*fn5
The Illinois Administrative Code defines intimidation or threats as "Expressing by words, actions, or other behavior an intent to injure any person or property that creates the reasonable belief that physical, monetary, or economic harm to that person or to another will result." 20 Ill.Admin. Code 504 App. A. The plaintiff was charged with intimidation/threats for his note to the Illinois Attorney General calling the Warden a prick, and for his May 13th letter stating the plaintiff's intent to "cause enough consternation among your supervisors so that they will fire you for your incompetence."
There is a reasonable argument that these letters were not intimidating or threatening within the meaning of the IDOC regulation. The ultimate deletion of these charges by prison officials supports that argument.
But, interpretation of the letters is in the eye of the beholder. The fact that the Adjustment Committee (or a Court) in hindsight do not view the letters as intimidating or threatening does not render those charges unconstitutional, or even suspicious on the facts of this case. The tone of the letters could have reasonably been construed as an escalation of animosity by the plaintiff toward the Warden--a warning shot to the Warden that the gloves were off--"fighting words." The letters could be reasonably construed as challenge to the Warden's authority and a threat to his effectiveness, because they sought to diminish respect for the warden by his employees and by the Illinois Attorney General. The letters further suggest that plaintiff 's frustration with Bryant's actions in the replevin action was causing the plaintiff to lose his grip on his anger and his ability to control his actions--which allows a reasonable belief that harm to the Warden might ultimately result. Brookshire and Price acted within Constitutional bounds in charging the plaintiff with intimidation/threats, regardless of the ultimate disposition of that charge. Further, the plaintiff has no evidence that the intimidation/threat charges were motivated by retaliation for any of the plaintiff's First Amendment activities (see discussion below).
B. Fourteenth Amendment: Procedural Due Process; Fifth Amendment (Double Jeopardy)
The plaintiff lost good time for the statements in his May 14th letter. Before that loss was imposed, he was entitled to procedural due process protections as set forth in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974).*fn6 The minimum requirements of procedural due process are: sufficient advance written notice in order to inform the prisoner of the charges and to enable the prisoner to marshal the facts and prepare a defense; an impartial decision maker; an opportunity to call witnesses and present documentary evidence, if consistent with the prison's safety and correctional goals; and, a written statement by the fact finders as to the evidence relied on and reasons for the disciplinary action. Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 529, 94 S.Ct. 2963 (1974).
The plaintiff's challenge is based on: 1) The plaintiff did not receive adequate notice of the May 13th charge because he never received a copy of the May 13th letter; 2) the May 14th charge, based on the May 14th letter, was expunged; 3) because the May 14th charge was expunged, the plaintiff could not be punished for the May 14th letter; 4) the punishment for the May 13th report was for the May 14th letter.
It does appear that Adjustment Committee members used the wrong letter in finding the plaintiff guilty of the charges in the May 13th disciplinary report. The May 14th report was expunged because the Committee concluded, mistakenly, that the May 14th letter was the basis for both the May 13th and May 14th disciplinary reports.
The Committee's error is not a Constitutional one. The bottom line is that the plaintiff was punished for his May 14th letter. The plaintiff waived notice on the insolence charges regarding his May 14th letter--so there is no notice problem with charges of insolence on the May 14th letter. He read the May 14th letter out loud at the hearing and had an opportunity to argue why it was not insolent. In fact, the plaintiff arguably "lucked out," because he escaped discipline for the May 13th letter because of the Committee's mistake.*fn7
Plaintiff also argues that, "Since the May 14, 2003 disciplinary report-and attached letter-were expunged . ..using this letter as the basis of the rewrite of the May 13, 203 disciplinary report instead of the real May 13, 2003, letter . . . was improper and a violation of Lehn's Fifth Amendment rights against double jeopardy. The failure to attach the letter to the Disciplinary Report or to make it available to Lehn or the Adjustment Committee was a Brady violation" and constituted double jeopardy." (d/8 68, p.3).
Prison disciplinary proceedings are not criminal proceedings, and do not require the same protections to the accused as criminal proceedings do. See Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 556 (1974). Due process in prison disciplinary proceedings does require disclosure of exculpatory evidence subject to institutional concerns, Rasheed-Bey v. Duckworth, 969 F.2d 357 1992), but the May 13th letter is not exculpatory evidence. In any event, the Committee did not punish the plaintiff for the May 13th letter. Further, the double jeopardy clause does not prevent successive prison disciplinary hearings, even if an inmate is acquitted at the first hearing (which the plaintiff was not). Meeks v. McBride, 81 F.3d 717, 722 (1996).*fn8
II. The plaintiff's retaliation claim fails, except for his claim regarding Defendant Greenwood, because Greenwood does not move for summary judgment on this claim.
A. Insolent Letters
As discussed above, the plaintiff says that bogus threat/intimidation charges were intentionally added in order to justify the plaintiff's placement in segregation as a security threat and to justify his transfer to Pinckneyville. In both reports the intimidation/threat charge was ultimately deleted, though the punishment stood based on the insolence charge.
Also discussed above, charging the plaintiff with intimidation/threats did not, alone, violate the Constitutional. But, acts which are constitutional may become unconstitutional if done in retaliation for the exercise of the plaintiff's First Amendment rights. See DeWalt v. Carter, 224 F.3d 607, 618 (7th Cir. 1999)(citations omitted).
The record does not support an inference that Brookshire or Price were motivated by retaliation when they charged the plaintiff with intimidation/threats. The timing is not suspicious-- the plaintiff's debate with Warden Bryant about the books had already been going on for over a year, and the replevin action had been going on for nearly eight months. The disciplinary report followed on the heels of the plaintiff's notes and letters, not on the heels of any protected First Amendment activity. Similarly, there is no evidence that the May 14th report (which charged only insolence) was motivated by retaliation--it was written the same day the plaintiff wrote his indisputably disrespectful letter to the Warden.
Even if the record allowed an inference of retaliatory motive, the claim would still fail. "[T]he ultimate question is whether events would have transpired differently absent the retaliatory motive . . ." Babcock v. White, 102 F.3d 267, 275 (7th Cir. 1996). The plaintiff has no evidence that the adverse events would not have happened, regardless of retaliatory motive. Prison officials had a legitimate penological reason for punishing the plaintiff for his notes and letters regardless of retaliatory motives they might have harbored. Allowing the plaintiff's letters and note to go unpunished would hold the Warden up to ridicule and a loss of respect and authority as to both inmates and other officers. A Warden without the respect and authority of inmates and officers is a threat to the security of the institution--potentially leading to a general breakdown of the authority and effectiveness of the Warden, deleterious effects on officer morale, and encouragement to other inmates to engage in similar behavior. The plaintiff's punishment and transfer were thus reasonable responses to legitimate prison concerns and would have occurred regardless, at least on this record.
B. Dirty Laundry
The plaintiff alleges that on March 8, 2003, the day after the defendants purportedly lost their summary judgment motion in the replevin case, he awoke to discover that the clothes he had left out for the laundry porter had not been washed. Defendant Gabeau allegedly denied the plaintiff's request to use the laundry machine, berating the plaintiff for being a "jailhouse lawyer." Gabeau allegedly told the plaintiff that he did not care about the plaintiff's dirty clothes, and that the plaintiff could wear dirty clothes for another week. The plaintiff filed a grievance, but it was never answered.
Gabeau avers that he does not remember the plaintiff. (d/e 59, Gabeau Aff. ¶2). He is, however, familiar with how laundry is done at Graham: "Inmate laundry schedules are posted in each housing unit. If an inmate misses their assigned laundry day, they must wait until their next assigned day. Inmates who are not assigned as housing unit laundrymen are not allowed to use the washing machines, and Mr. Lehn would have been informed of that had he requested to use the machines." Id. ¶¶ 3-4. Gabeau further avers that he could not have refused to answer the plaintiff's grievance, because answering grievances was not part of his job.
The plaintiff does not dispute these assertions, responding:
In regard to the claim against Lt. Gabeau, Lehn's complaint is not so much that Lt. Gabeau wouldn't let him wash his clothes, it is that Lt. Gabeau lectured him on being a "Jail-house lawyer" while denying Lehn's request to use the washing machine. Since filing a grievance and exhausting administrative remedies is required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Lehn had to include the failure to answer his grievance as part of his complaint in order to have it not automatically dismissed . . .
(d/e 68, p. 11).
Based on the response, it is not clear if the plaintiff intends to pursue a retaliation claim against Gabeau. The Court wonders whether the denial of one request to use the washing machine is too de minimus to support a Constitutional retaliation claim. See Thaddeus-X v. Blatter, 175 F.3d 378, 395 (6th Cir. 1999)(For purposes of retaliation claim, "adverse action" is "one that would 'deter a person of ordinary firmness from the exercise of the right at stake.'"). No matter, for the plaintiff does not dispute that inmates are not allowed to use the machines unless they are assigned to do so. Thus, the denial would have occurred anyway, even if Gabeau's refusal was animated by retaliation.
C. Defendant Greenwood
Mishandling/confiscation of Property and May 12th Disciplinary ticket The plaintiff alleges that, on May 9, 2003, the Illinois Attorney General faxed the plaintiff's note to Warden Bryant, and informed Bryant that the summary judgment motion had been denied and that a trial was set for May 27, 2003. (d/e 34, Criminal Complaint, p. 11). That day, the plaintiff's cell was allegedly searched, but no contraband was found, as evidenced by a shakedown slip. Id.
The plaintiff maintains that Greenwood's May 12th disciplinary report for unauthorized/excess property was bogus and in retaliation for the plaintiff's replevin action and a letter to Governor Blagoevich. He points to the fact that he had all the purported contraband in his cell during the May 9 search, but was issued no ticket that day. He further alleges that Greenwood stole some manilla folders with important legal cites, and tossed his legal papers haphazardly into the bottom of his large property box, rather than into his legal box, and intentionally re-packed items in such a way that they did not fit in the boxes. (d/e 34, Criminal Complaint, p. 15).
The defendants do not address this claim in their summary judgment motion, so the court does not address it. To ensure a justiciable claim exists for trial, defendant Greenwood will be directed to file a summary judgment motion.
D. Transfer to Pinckneyville
The plaintiff asserts that the real reason for his transfer was retaliation for his replevin action and to hinder him from prevailing in that action. He says that the replevin Judge could not order Bryant to give back the books if the plaintiff was no longer at Graham.
For the same reasons set forth in section IIA above, no reasonable inference arises that the plaintiff was transferred out of retaliation for his replevin action or any other First Amendment activities. His transfer was the result of his note to the Illinois Attorney General calling the Warden a prick and his May 13th letter calling the Warden incompetent and ignorant of the law. His insolent May 14th letter also did not help matters, only further proving that the transfer in place was justified. As to his replevin action, the plaintiff does not explain how his transfer would have mooted his replevin action--he did not get the books at Pinckneyville either. In any event, even if the transfer was motivated in part because of the replevin action, it was justified by legitimate penological reasons (the insolent letters and notes), as discussed above, and would have occurred regardless.
E. Denial of Access to Legal Papers in Pinckneyville
The plaintiff clarified in his deposition that this denial is not part of his retaliation claim, but is part of his access claim. (d/e 59, Plaintiff's Dep. p. 92-94). However, his inability to access his legal documents timely is attributed to systemic ineptitude and incompetence, not retaliatory motive. Id. In any event, he offers no evidence to support an inference that the difficulty and delay in obtaining his legal papers in Pinckneyville was attributable to any retaliatory motive arising from his replevin action or letters written in Graham.
F. Failure to Answer Grievances
It appears that the plaintiff mentions the failure to respond to his grievances in order to show that he did exhaust available administrative remedies, rather than as part of his retaliation claim (d/e 68, p.11). If he does intend it to be part of his retaliation claim, there is no evidence that any of the defendants were responsible for failing to answer his grievances. As discussed above, Gabeau did not have that duty. That is the counselor's duty, in the first instance, and then the grievance officer's, none of whom are named as defendants.*fn9
III. The plaintiff's access-to-the-courts claim fails because there is no reasonable inference that he was blocked from litigating a non-frivolous case.
"[A] right to access-to-courts claim exists only if a prisoner is unreasonable prevented from presenting legitimate grievances to a court; various resources, documents, and supplies merely provide the instruments for reasonable access, and are not protected in and of themselves." Ortloff v. United States, 335 F.3d 652, 656 (7th Cir. 2003)(general allegations that destruction of legal papers prejudiced pending lawsuits did not state a claim).
The plaintiff asserts that he was unable to effectively litigate the replevin action because Graham did not have the federal reporter volume containing the case Aikens v. Jenkins, 534 F.2d 75 (7th Cir. 1976), and the inability to access unspecified legal documents in Pinckneyville before the hearing in the replevin court. According to the plaintiff, his inability to cite this case caused his defeat in the replevin action, because it precluded him from convincing the Judge that Procunier v. Martinez applied to published materials as well as mail. He also says he had no access to the legal materials he needed to finish his pre-trial brief.
The court observes that the plaintiff's own materials show that he did cite Aikens, along with many other cases, to the replevin court. (d/e 34, Appendix, pp. 5-6). In any event, the inability to obtain one case does not amount to a denial of access. Further, the plaintiff was only without his legal documents for 12 days before his replevin hearing, which had been going on since September 2002. The plaintiff, by his own account, submitted supplemental materials in support of his replevin action on May 5, 2003 (d/e 34, Criminal Complaint, p. 10), appeared in Court on May 27, 2003, and argued the merits of his Complaint. He argued that the pattern books posed no threat to security, that he had been allowed other pattern books, and that inmates were allowed similar items that posed as much if not more of a threat for tattoos than the pattern books. (d/e 34, Criminal Complaint, pp. 25-26). The plaintiff therefore had ample opportunity to present his grievance to the replevin court.
As to interfering with his appeal in the replevin action, the plaintiff did timely file an appeal. He moved to withdraw that appeal, instead of seeking an order for his allegedly needed documents, or asking the court for an extension until he got those documents. The plaintiff cannot parlay his voluntary decision to withdraw his appeal into an access to the courts claim.
IV. On the present record, the defendants are not entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiff's claim that the withholding of his pattern books violates his First Amendment rights.
A. Res Judicata and/or Issue Preclusion
The Court has little information on exactly what happened in the replevin action, other than the parties' recollection and parts of the docket sheet. Accordingly, the Court cannot tell whether the Judge addressed the First Amendment issues argued by the plaintiff, or granted judgment to the defendants on some other ground. Doctrines of res judicata or issue preclusion may apply, but that cannot be determined on the present record. In order to ensure that justiciable issues exist, the parties will be given another opportunity to move for summary judgment.
B. There is not enough information in the record to determine whether the withholding of the pattern books withstands scrutiny under the First Amendment.
Defendant Bryant avers that he refused the books because, "Iron-on transfers pose a security threat, as they can be used as symbols of security threat groups, also known as 'gangs', and can be used in tatooing the symbols. . . . Inmates can, and have been, disciplined for receiving tattoos in prisons, or even for possessing tatooing equipment. . . I have the authority to either concur or not concur with the finding of the Central Publication Review Committee . . ." (D/e 59, Bryant Aff. ¶¶ 5-6).
"Courts owe 'substantial deference to the professional judgment of prison administrators.'" Beard v. Banks, 126 S.Ct. 2572, 2578 (2006), quoting Overton v. Bazzetta, 539 U.S. 126 (2003). The plaintiff's claim to his books turns on whether the prison's refusal is "'reasonably related' to legitimate penological interests," and not an "exaggerated response." Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 87 (1987), quoted by Beard, 126 S.Ct. At 2578. The Turner test is guided by considerations of: 1) whether a "valid, rational connection" exists between the restriction and the government interest; 2) whether the plaintiff has alternative means of exercising the right; 3) the impact on prison resources, guards and other inmates that accommodation of the right would have; and, 3) whether the government has "ready alternatives" to the restriction that would accomplish the same goal. Beard, 126 S.Ct. At 2578, quoting Turner, 107 S.Ct. 2254.*fn10
The record is not developed enough to make this determination. In order to ensure justiciable issues exist for trial, the parties will be given another opportunity at summary judgment on this issue.
V. Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Discovery (d/e 63)
Two of the plaintiff's requests were already provided to him in the defendants' motion for summary judgment--copies of the letters for which he received disciplinary reports, and the reasons why the plaintiff was transferred. Those requests are therefore moot. His requests for a comparison of the inmate populations at Graham and Pinckneyville is irrelevant, because the court already assumes for purposes of this order that Graham has fewer violent inmates than Pinckneyville. His requests for disciplinary records of particular inmates at Pinckneyville is likewise irrelevant, as is his request for guidelines regarding placement of sex offenders, and guidelines for placing inmates in Pinckneyville. As discussed above, no reasonable inference arises that the plaintiff was transferred out of retaliation. The plaintiff's debate with Warden Bryant about the books had already been going on for over a year, and the replevin action had been going on for nearly eight months. He was transferred because of his letters calling the Warden a prick, incompetent, ignorant of the law, etc. The plaintiff implies that he should have been transferred to a different prison, but the plaintiff's placement is not for the Court's to decide. The plaintiff could have been transferred to a maximum security prison.
The plaintiff also seeks, for both Graham Correctional Center and Pinckneyville Correctional Center, the number of insolence tickets issued in 2003, the number of those tickets that resulted in a loss of good time, and the number of these that resulted in segregation time. He also seeks the number of inmates transferred from Graham "on an emergency basis as Lehn was rather than via the normal transfer method. (In 2003)," along with the rationale for the emergency transfer, and whether those inmates had lawsuits against an IDOC employee (d/e 63, p.7).
The burden and expense of producing this discovery well outweighs any possible minimal benefit it might give to the plaintiff. Determining the number of insolence tickets issued would require a review of every single inmate's file who spent time incarcerated in these prisons in 2003. Graham's total average daily population is 1,906 (as listed now on the website), and Pinckneyville's is 2,052. That is nearly 4,000 inmates (which does not even account for inmate turnover). Further, the comparison of other inmates' insolent writings to the plaintiff's would result in needless and irrelevant inquiries, for the insolent writings would have to be nearly identical to the plaintiff's to have any meaning to this case, and, the inmates writing them would have to be similarly situated to the plaintiff.
There are a few requests that might arguably lead to relevant evidence, which the court has ordered to be produced below, to the extent not already produced.
1) The defendants' motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part (d/e 59). The defendants are granted summary judgment on all of the plaintiff's claims except for his claims that:
a) the refusal to allow him his five pattern books violated and continues to violate his First Amendment rights; and,
b) Defendant Greenwood retaliated against the plaintiff for the plaintiff's protected First Amendment activities.
2) The following defendants are dismissed because they are not implicated in the two remaining claims: Gabeau, Brookshire, Price, Meyers, Klindworth and Fernandez. The remaining defendants are: Bryant, Beck, Greenwood, Pierson, Evans, Flagg, and Walker.
3) The defendants' motion to strike is denied (d/e 71);
4) The plaintiff's motion to compel (d/e 63) is granted only to the extent he seeks:
1) "copy of the notice that Warden Steven C. Bryant was required to send to the Director that he had overruled the Publication Review Committee (See Administrative Directive 04.01.108 A-J)."
2) "communication between Warden Steven C. Bryant and Pinckneyville CC personel [sic] regarding Lehn's transfer. (Record of calls, faxes and copies of documents)." The plaintiff may move to reconsider the court's summary judgment on the retaliation claim regarding the transfer, if the documents produced allow an inference that retaliation motivated the transfer.
The defendants are directed to produce these documents, if they exist, by August 18, 2006.
5) In order to ensure that material issues of disputed fact exist for trial, the defendants are directed to file a summary judgment motion on the remaining claims by September 8, 2006. The plaintiff may also file a summary judgment motion regarding his First Amendment claim, if he chooses, by September 8, 2006.
6) A final pretrial conference is scheduled for January 23, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. by video conference. The proposed final pretrial order is due January 16, 2007.
7) A jury trial is scheduled for January 29, 2007, at 9:00 a.m., by personal appearance before the Court in Urbana.
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Joe Foust returns for his fifth season of A Christmas Carol. Other Goodman credits include Measure for Measure and The Beard of Avon. Chicago credits include What the Butler Saw and Endgame at Court Theatre; Mother Courage and Her Children at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Sideman at American Blues; Kabuki Medea at Wisdom Bridge Theatre; The Seagull and Major Barbara at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company; Accidental Death of an Anarchist at Next Theatre Company; The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence, Spin and The Santaland Diaries at Theater Wit; Jeeves at Sea, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Unnecessary Farce and The Woman in Black at First Folio Theatre; 14 productions with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, including The Winter's Tale, Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Twelfth Night and Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and three seasons with Oak Park Festival Theatre. Regional credits include Hamlet at Nevermore Theatre; The 39 Steps and Around the World in 80 Days at Cleveland Play House; five productions at Milwaukee Shakespeare Company; Kabuki Achilles at People's Light & Theatre Company; The Winter's Tale at Missouri Repertory Theatre; Romeo and Juliet in London and 17 seasons acting and directing at Peninsula Players Theatre, where his new play, Once A Ponzi Time, had its world premiere.
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Advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for "George Kaplan". Kidnapped by two thugs, he is brought to the Long Island estate of Lester Townsend, and interrogated by spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Vandamm's henchman Leonard (Martin Landau) tries to arrange Thornhill's death, but he manages to escape a staged drunken driving accident.
Thornhill fails to convince his mother and the police that he was kidnapped. A woman at Townsend's home (Josephine Hutchinson) says he got drunk at her dinner party. She says Townsend is a United Nations diplomat. Thornhill searches Kaplan's hotel room, and visits the U.N. General Assembly building. He discovers that Townsend (Philip Ober) is not the man he met on Long Island. Townsend is killed instead of Thornhill, who is then wanted for murder. Thornhill flees and attempts to find the real Kaplan.
Thornhill sneaks onto the 20th Century Limited train. He meets Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint), who protects him from the police and sleeps with him. Kendall is actually working with Vandamm and his thugs. In Chicago, Kendall tells Thornhill she has arranged a meeting with Kaplan at an isolated bus stop.
Thornhill waits, but no one comes. He is attacked by a crop duster plane, but steps in front of a speeding tank truck; the airplane crashes into the truck, and Thornhill escapes.
When he reaches Kaplan's hotel in Chicago, he discovers that Kaplan had checked out and left before Kendall said she talked to him on the phone. Thornhill goes to her room, but she leaves. He tracks her to an art auction, where he finds Vandamm and his thugs. Vandamm purchases a Mexican Purépecha statue and departs. Thornhill is trapped, but acts crazy so the police come and take him away. He tells them he is the fugitive murderer; the police release him to FBI chief Professor (Leo G. Carroll), who reveals that Kaplan does not exist, and was invented to distract Vandamm from the real government agent: Kendall. Thornhill agrees to help maintain her cover.
At the Mount Rushmore visitor center, Thornhill (as Kaplan) negotiates Vandamm's turnover of Kendall for her prosecution as a spy. "Kaplan" confronts Kendall; she shoots him "fatally" with a handgun (loaded with blanks), and flees. Thornhill and Kendall meet in a forest. Thornhill discovers Kendall must depart with Vandamm and Leonard on a plane. Thornhill evades the Professor's custody, and goes to Vandamm's house to rescue Kendall.
At the house, Thornhill overhears that the sculpture holds microfilm. Vandamm implies that he will kill Kendall during the flight. Thornhill lets Kendall know they plan to kill her, but he is captured. As Vandamm is boarding the plane, Kendall takes the sculpture and runs to Thornhill. They attempt to flee, but they realize they are on top of Mount Rushmore. They begin to climb down the mountain's sculpture, pursued by two thugs. After a harrowing chase, all turns out well for them.
Later, Thornhill invites Kendall, as the new Mrs. Thornhill, onto the upper berth of a train, which then enters a tunnel.


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Publisher: Chicken House
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Released: September 4th, 2014
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Jodie is cursed with a terrible gift. She just doesn't know it yet. When she stumbles across one of her dead father's old papers on sound waves in the attic, it sets her on a terrifying journey to find out more, leading her across the streets of London to the dark, untrodden tunnels of the Underground, where she is forced to face the truth. Her worst nightmare is about to become real. Worse, she can hear it coming.
Killing Sound opens like a dark, creepy horror movie intent on giving you nightmares and stealing your sleep. It starts out nice enough, with some quality family time, before lunging into one of the best first chapters I've read in any YA book. There's blood, there's dismemberment, there's entrails... and there's a horrific being that kills without remorse. I wish there'd been more like this throughout the rest of the book, but it's fairly tame until the end, choosing instead to focus on the whys and hows of all the horrific goings on. Still, that opening chapter gripped me like no other, and I read on in a horror haze that I hoped would be present for the rest of the story.
My main problem with Killing Sound is the characters. Now, don't get me wrong, Jodie is likeable enough and her friends are pretty cool. Unfortunately she just didn't stick in my head, no matter how hard I tried to keep her there. She didn't make me want to be friends with her, which is a shame, but that's not to say she's written badly, because she isn't. I guess it's just one of those time where I don't connect with a character, which is a necessary evil of reading as many books as I do.
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