Stewart M. Mann v. Dallas Smith

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1986-08-04

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PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge: A pretrial detainee at a county jail was subjected to a general rule under which inmates were forbidden, to receive newspapers and magazines. The proffered justification for this rule was a desire to reduce the threat of fires and clogged toilets. In view of the jail’s policy of allowing inmates to possess other material that was flammable…

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