BLANKENSHIP v. GUNTER

Nos. 89-1226, 89-1445.

898 F.2d 625 (1990)

Gary L. BLANKENSHIP, Appellant, Richard L. Campbell, v. Frank O. GUNTER, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; Harold W. Clarke, Warden, Nebraska State Penitentiary; Mario Peart, Associate Warden, Nebraska State Penitentiary, in their individual and official capacities, Appellees. Roy K. LYMAN, Appellant, v. Bob BENSON (U S II), John Eggers (U # 4Mgr.), Harold Clarke (Warden), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Blankenship, pro se.

Robert R. Otte, Lincoln, Neb. (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Yvonne E. Gates, Lincoln, Neb., for appellees.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), Gary L. Blankenship, an inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, challenges a prison regulation that prohibits inmates from using monies in their Inmate Trust Fund accounts for religious donations. The district court1 granted summary judgment in favor of defendants Frank O. Gunter, Director of the Nebraska...

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