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KEUP v. HOPKINS

No. 09-1079.

596 F.3d 899 (2010)

Tyler J. KEUP, Appellee, v. F.X. HOPKINS; Dennis Bakewell; all being sued in their individual capacities, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda L. Willard, AAG, argued, Lincoln, NE, for Appellant.

Dana C. Bradford, III, argued, Omaha, NE, for Appellee.

Before RILEY, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Tyler Keup, an artist in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS), tried to send drawings of a marijuana leaf and a bare-breasted woman to his mother and the Maoist Internationalist Movement (Maoists). When NDCS rebuffed Keup's efforts, Keup sued various NDCS officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his First Amendment rights. The district court directed a verdict in Keup's favor against F.X. Hopkins and...

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