CALLAHAN v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

No. 19-5210.

965 F.3d 520 (2020)

Scott O. CALLAHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; Steven Garcia, individually; Francisco J. Quintana, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , Cheryl D. Morgan , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee. Scott O. Callahan, Lexington, Kentucky, pro se.

SUTTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GRIFFIN, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 526-34), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Federal prison officials seized one of Scott Callahan's paintings and some mail-order photos on the ground that they violated the prison's rules against possessing sexually explicit materials. After filing internal grievances without success, Callahan turned to federal court to seek money damages and other...

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