Joseph Amatel v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1998-12-11

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Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD. STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge: A group of prisoners and publishers challenges the constitutionality of a statutory ban on the use of Bureau of Prisons funds to distribute sexually explicit material to prisoners. The statute is not enforced directly; instead, the Bureau has promulg…

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