STEFANOW v. McFADDEN

No. 95-16134.

103 F.3d 1466 (1996)

Michael STEFANOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James McFADDEN, Warden; Dr. McKinley; Mike Shuller, Nurse, Special Management Unit; Sgt. Manriquez; Officer Brydon; CSO Martinez; CSO Simms; CSO Granillo; J. Polley; Wes Mayhew, Administrative Assistant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess A. Lorona, Burch & Cracchiolo, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Elizabeth Teply and Thomas J. Dennis (on the briefs), and Darrin J. DeLange (argued), Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees.

Before: RONEY, BEEZER, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a suit brought by Michael Stefanow ("Stefanow"), a prisoner in the Arizona State Prison Complex, against the prison warden and other prison officials (collectively, the "prison officials") pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We must decide whether the prison officials' confiscation of Christianities Ancient Enemy, a book sent to Stefanow by the pastor of his church, violated Stefanow's First Amendment...

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