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THONGVANH v. THALACKER

Nos. 93-1788, 93-1966.

17 F.3d 256 (1994)

Khamfeuang THONGVANH, Appellee/Cross Appellant v. John A. THALACKER, Mike Lambert and Larry Brimeyer, Appellants/Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Kristin Wright-Ensign, AAG, of Des Moines, IA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was David L. Takes of Waterloo, IA.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge and WOODS, District Judge.

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

Khamfeuang Thongvanh is an inmate in the Iowa Men's Reformatory (IMR), Anamosa, Iowa. He filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging the IMR rule that all his correspondence — both in-coming and out-going — be in English, except for correspondence with his parents and grandparents. He alleged that the ban on non-English correspondence violated his rights to free speech, due...

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