KIMBERLIN v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. CIV. A. 97-2663(EGS).

150 F.Supp.2d 36 (2001)

Brett C. KIMBERLIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Barry Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Unio, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Brett C. Kimberlin, Pro Se.

Michael Anthony Humphrey, U.S. Atty's Office, Washington, DC, Robin Earnest, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Jennifer U. Toth, U.S. Atty's Office, Washington, DC, Halsey B. Frank, U.S. Atty's Office, Portland, ME, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Brett Kimberlin and Darrell Rice, prison inmates, challenge the constitutionality of the Bureau of Prisons' ("BOP") ban on electric or electronic instruments in federal prisons, except those used in connection with religious activities, and the Zimmer Amendment, section 611 of Pub.L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 ("the Amendment"), which bans federal funding for electric...

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