ALEXANDER v. HAWK

No. 96-3752.

159 F.3d 1321 (1998)

Michael ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kathleen HAWK, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan F. Brooke, II, Bedell, Dittmar, Devault, Pillans & Coxe, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter R. Maier, Barbara L. Herwig, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, HULL, Circuit Judge, and MOORE, District Judge.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

Michael Alexander, a federal prisoner, brought suit against prison officials claiming that their enforcement of new federal legislation restricting prisoners' access to magazines which are sexually explicit or feature nudity violates his First Amendment rights. Alexander appeals the district court's dismissal of his action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PLRA"), 42 U.S.C...

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