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BROWN v. PEYTON

No. 13797.

437 F.2d 1228 (1971)

Richard X. BROWN, Appellant, v. C. C. PEYTON, etc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison M. Grey (court-appointed) for appellant.

C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Va. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Va., on brief) for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, an inmate of the Virginia state prison who professes adherence to the Islamic, or Black Muslim, faith, filed a complaint against prison officials alleging that he had been denied permission to subscribe to the newspaper Muhammad Speaks, to purchase the book Message to the Blackman in America by Elijah Muhammad, to order Islamic buttons and emblems and an Arabic dictionary and...

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