28 C.F.R. § 551.117
Access to legal resources
(a) The Warden shall provide the opportunity for pretrial inmate-attorney visits on a seven-days-a-week basis.
(b) Staff shall provide pretrial inmates with access to legal materials in the institution.
(c) Staff shall allow the pretrial inmate, upon the inmate's request, to telephone the inmate's attorney as often as resources of the institution allow.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1994–2020 · leading case: Fed. Defenders of New York, Inc. v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons, 954 F.3d 118 (2d Cir. 2020).
Fed. Defenders of New York, Inc. v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons, 954 F.3d 118 (2d Cir. 2020). “§ 4001 , which generally authorizes 7See 28 C.F.R. § 551.117 (a) (“The Warden shall provide the opportunity for pretrial inmate- attorney visits on a seven-days-a-week basis.”
Montgomery v. Ray, 145 F. App'x 738 (3rd Cir. 2005). “This is especially true in light of regulations providing that “Staff shall allow the pretrial inmate, upon the inmate’s request, to telephone the inmate’s attorney as often as resources of the institution allow.”
Falcon v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 852 F. Supp. 1413 (S.D. Ill. 1994). “There have been special measures taken to make legal telephone calls available in less than the 24-48 hour time usually required to process requests, in accordance with 28 C.F.R. § 551.117 (c). (Declaration of Thomas Charles Peterson).”
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