United States Eighth Circuit

Prison regulation limiting prisoners' ability to correspond in languages other than English was reasonably related to a penological interest, and district court did not err in finding for defendants on claim that the regulation violated plaintiff's First Amendment right.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/25/2004
• Published 05/25/2004

Judges

• HEANEY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, HEANEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick Ingram, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William A. Hill, argued, Assistant Attorney General, of Des Moines, Iowa (Thomas J. Miller on the brief), for appellee.