United States Third Circuit

The district court erred when it upheld a correctional institution's policy, which banned inmates' access to newspapers, magazines and photographs that were neither legal nor religious in nature, as reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/22/2003
• Decided 02/25/2005
• Published 02/25/2005

Judges

• Before ALITO, FUENTES, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jere Krakoff [Argued], PA I.D. No. 13701, Pittsburgh, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, Kemal Alexander Mericli [Argued], Senior Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Appellate Litigation Section, Office of Attorney General, Pittsburgh. for Appellee.