DAVIS v. SAMUELS

No. 18-1204.

962 F.3d 105 (2020)

Brian A. DAVIS; Fredericka K. Beckford, Appellants, v. Charles E. SAMUELS, Jr., Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; Federal Bureau of Prisons Administrator, Bureau of Prisons Privatization Management Branch; G. C. Wigen, Former Warden, Moshannon Valley Correctional Center; S. M. Kuta, Current Warden, Moshannon Valley Correctional Center; The Geo Group, Inc.; David O'Neal, Northeast Regional Director, Department of Homeland Security.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: June 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Fogdall [ARGUED], Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, 1600 Market Street — Ste. 3600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Appellants.

Scott W. Brady , Laura S. Irwin [ARGUED], Thomas M. Pohl , Office of United States Attorney, 700 Grant Street — Ste. 4000, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Appellees, Charles E. Samuels, Jr., Administrator Federal Bureau of Prisons, David O'Neal.

Thomas A. Specht [ARGUED], Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.O. Box 3118 Scranton, PA 18505, Counsel for Appellees, George C. Wigen, Sean M. Kuta, Geo Group Inc.

Before: JORDAN, RESTREPO, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

While confined at the Moshannon Valley Correctional Center ("MVCC"), a private prison operated by The GEO Group, Inc. under contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Brian Davis was denied permission to marry his fiancée, Fredericka Beckford. The warden of MVCC at the time was George...

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