In 2016, the Department of Corrections suddenly doubled the percentage it was withholding from Ortiz’s prison wages for the payment of restitution, even though this conflicted with the judgment of conviction. Ortiz fought the deduction in the prison and then the courts, and GRGB was asked to write a Response Brief on his behalf, pro bono. The court of appeals agreed with Ortiz and GRGB and ordered the DOC to cut in half the amount of Ortiz’s prison wages it was taking for the payment of restitution.

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