TRAVIS v. NORRIS

Nos. 86-1030, 86-1069.

805 F.2d 806 (1986)

Vernon Dale TRAVIS, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Warden; Marvin Evans, Assistant Warden; and Sgt. L.C. Sipes, Maximum Security Unit, Tucker, Arkansas, Appellees. James Gary WHITTINGTON, Appellant, v. Sgt. L.C. SIPES, Mail Supervisor; Marvin Evans, Assistant Warden Maximum Security Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Tucker, Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1986.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Madsen, Stuttgart, Ark., for appellants.

A. Carter Hardage, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and REGAN, Senior District Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Vernon Travis and James Whittington appeal from the District Court's order dismissing their complaints for failure to state a claim. They assert First Amendment claims and argue that the District Court erred in holding that the Arkansas Department of Correction may prohibit inmates from receiving a publication entitled Gorilla Law. We affirm.

Travis and Whittington are inmates at the Tucker Maximum Security Unit of the Arkansas...

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