COTTON v. LOCKHART

No. 79-1830.

620 F.2d 670 (1980)

Seymour X. COTTON, Jr., Appellant, v. A. L. LOCKHART, etc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour X. Cotton, Jr., for appellant pro se.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., and Robert J. DeGostin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, ROSS, and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Seymour X. Cotton appeals the dismissal with prejudice of his civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officers of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

In his complaint, Cotton charges the application of the Department's "publisher-only" rule (the rule), violates his first amendment rights of freedom of expression and religion. The rule prohibits inmates from receiving magazines, newspapers and...

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