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WILLIAMS v. BRIMEYER

No. 96-2469.

116 F.3d 351 (1997)

Harold D. WILLIAMS, Appellee, v. Larry BRIMEYER, sued as Larry Brimyer; John Sissel; and Erma Heiken, sued as Irma Heiken, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Layne M. Lindebak (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, for appellants.

Patrick E. Ingram (argued), Iowa City, IA, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, and HANSEN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Harold Williams, an inmate at Iowa Men's Reformatory, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials when he was denied two pieces of incoming mail he had ordered from the Church of Jesus Christ Christian. The District Court1 awarded him $1.00 in compensatory damages and $500.00 in punitive damages from each of two defendants, and ordered that Williams be allowed to receive, read...

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