United States Seventh Circuit

District court judgment is affirmed where Institution Supplement THA 1480.05A banning person-to-person meetings between reporters and inmates of the Special Confinement Unit is valid and consistent with the Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2009
• Published 06/25/2009

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER, POSNER, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jerold S. Solovy, Chad E. Bell, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Lucy A. Dalglish, Gregg P. Leslie, Nathan Winegar, Kevin M. Goldberg, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, Arlington, VA, Stephen A. Key, Hoosier State Press Association, Indianapolis, IN, Bruce W. Sanford, Bruce D. Brown, Laurie A. Babinski, Baker & Hostetler, Kathleen A. Kirby, Wiley Rein, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward Himmelfarb, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.