Amatel v. Reno, No. Civil Action No. 96-2774(SS) (D.D.C.) (975 F.Supp. 365) (August 12, 1997) (Judge Stanley Sporkin)
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published in Punch and Jurists
November 17, 1997
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This is a significant prison litigation case in which the court invalidated - as "facially violative of the First Amendment" - a recent, little noticed statute that permits the Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") to refuse to distribute to prisoners mail that it deems to be "sexually explicit" or …
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