MURCHISON v. ROGERS

No. 13-2660.

779 F.3d 882 (2015)

Joseph MURCHISON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. John ROGERS; Terrena Ballinger; Greg Hadley; Warden Michael Bowersox; George Lombardi; Superintendent Dave Dormire, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina D. Arnone , Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Kansas City, MO, argued ( John C. Aisenbrey , on the brief), for appellant.

Andrew W. Blackwell , Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BYE, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Joseph Murchison, a former prisoner in the South Central Correctional Center ("SCCC") in Licking, Missouri,1 filed this action alleging prison officials violated his First Amendment rights when they censored his subscribed issue of Newsweek magazine. The district court2

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