Bradbury v. Wainwright

OPINION

JOHN H. MOORE, II, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court upon the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff Bradbury, an inmate of the Florida penal system, contends that defendant Wainwright, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, has promulgated an administrative rule (Rule 33-3.13) that unconstitutionally deprives plaintiff of his right to marry while incarcerated.1 Defendant avers that prison inmates have no fundamental right to marry, or, alternatively, that Rule 33-3.13 is constitutional in light of the State’s compelling interest in rehabilitation and…