SIZEMORE v. WILLIFORD

No. 85-3243.

829 F.2d 608 (1987)

Michael D. SIZEMORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerry WILLIFORD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Shapiro, Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Laura J. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, CUDAHY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Michael Sizemore, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his suit against various officials and officers at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois. Sizemore, an inmate at Marion, alleges that defendants violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by arbitrarily denying him access to certain published materials. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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