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WOLF v. ASHCROFT

No. 01-1869.

297 F.3d 305 (2002)

Carl WOLF; Joseph Craveiero, Jr.; Douglas Nyhuis, for themselves and all other inmates of the Federal Correctional Institution at McKean, Appellants, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States of America, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States; Kathleen M. Hawk, Director—BOP, in her official capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons; John E. Hahn, Warden, in his official capacity as the Warden of the Federal Correctional Institution at McKean.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed July 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere Krakoff (Argued), Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellants.

Laura S. Irwin, Office of U.S. Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, Edward Himmelfarb (Argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for appellees.

Before MANSMANN, RENDELL and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

A class of federal prisoners challenges a prison policy that prevents them from viewing movies rated R or NC-17. The District Court granted the government's motion for judgment on the pleadings, reasoning that the prison policy met the requirement that restrictions on First Amendment rights of inmates be "reasonably related to legitimate penological interests." Turner...

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