United States Ninth Circuit

A prison policy, prohibiting same-sex kissing and hugging of non-family members during prison visits, is not on its face reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/15/2002
• Decided 08/12/2002
• Published 08/12/2002

Judges

• Before HUG, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Courtney Joslin, San Francisco, CA, and Martha Matthews, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel P. Schaack, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendants-appellees.